Penland School of Cra fts Annual Report Fiscal Year 2011 May  – April  Penland School of Crafts Penland School of Crafts is a national center for craft education located in ’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Penland’s focus on excel - lence, its long history, and its inspiring retreat setting have made it a model of experiential education. The school offers workshops in books and paper, clay, drawing and painting, glass, iron, metals, photography, printmaking and letterpress, textiles, wood, and other media. Penland sponsors artist residencies, a gallery and visitors center, and community education programs. Penland School of Crafts is a nonprofit, tax-exempt institution.

Penland’s Mission The mission of Penland School of Crafts is to support individual and artistic growth through craft.

The Penland Vision Penland is committed to providing educational programs in a total-immersion environment that nurtures individual creativity. Penland’s programs embrace traditional and contemporary approaches that respect materials and techniques while encouraging conceptual explo - ration and aesthetic innovation.

Cover Information Front cover: Adrift (detail), recycled letterpress type, wire, fabricated steel, cast bronze; this piece, by core fellow Jessica Heikes, was part of The Core Show 2010 at the Penland Gallery. To see more of Jessica’s work, visit jessicaheikes.com. Back cover: Student Eli Corbin working on a monotype in the print studio. Inside front cover: The Penland auction tent during Friday night of the  Annual Benefit Auction. Inside back cover: Student Ben Grant using a lathe in the wood studio. Annual Report Credits Editor: Robin Dreyer; design: Leslie Noell; writing: Robin Dreyer, Jean McLaughlin, Wes Stitt; assistance: Kate Boyd, Mike Davis, Stephanie Guinan, Tammy Hitchcock, Polly Lórien, Nancy Kerr, Susan McDaniel, Jean McLaughlin, Jennifer Sword, Wes Stitt; photographs: Robin Dreyer, except where noted. Penland School of Cra fts Annual Report Fiscal Year 2011 May  – April 

Penland School of Crafts receives support from the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art. Introduction

We are asked frequently and with sincerity, “How is Penland doing?” Given the changing environment around us, it’s not a surprising question. Our response is simple and honest—Penland is doing very well because of your support and the com - mitment of many others. We have made difficult choices to reduce costs, and at the same time we have kept all staff positions and each of our programs. Our enrollment has been strong and steady, we have met or exceeded our fundraising goals, and, as a result of long-range planning, we have even made substantial improvements to our physical plant—all in a difficult economy. Penland is in good shape, and we are grate - ful for the love and support you have for this most important place. This report covers fiscal year  (May ,  – April ,  ), a year in which , students enrolled in Penland’s workshops;  percent of them received some kind of financial assistance. They took classes as varied as encaustic painting, puppetry, Japanese embroidery, felted , drawing with enamels, copper weathervanes, tile mosaics, and dozens of other topics taught by enthusiastic and committed artist educators. Seven people took part in our three-year resident artist program and nine worked and studied as core fellows. The school received financial support from such varied sources as the benefit auction, the state of North Carolina, the National Endowment for the Arts, 19 foundations, and 1,197 individuals. During this year we assessed our recent past and looked ahead to create a five-year strategic plan to guide our educational programs, the stewardship and evolution of our physical environment, and the ways in which we secure and allocate resources. In the Board of trustees chair Glen process we asked important questions: What must we do to lead and sustain craft edu - Hardymon helping sell a photograph cation? How do we care for our complex, historic facility? How do we ensure that during the Lucy Morgan Luncheon at Penland will serve creative people for years to come? the 2010 Annual Benefit Auction. One aspect of this future planning came in the form of systems, now in place, to cre - ate greater fiscal strength. In  , the board established an operating reserve fund to prepare the school for emergencies. The long-term goal is for the fund to equal one- third of the annual operating budget, or approximately . million. At the close of fis - cal year  , this fund held $ 453,467 , a substantial step toward meeting that goal. Recognizing its responsibility to maintain the school’s  buildings and  acres, the board also created building reserve and equipment reserve funds. The stewardship cost of ongoing maintenance is projected to be between , and , each year. Support for the building and equipment reserve funds will come through growth in annual, endowment, and capital gifts. We made great progress toward these goals in fis - cal year  . The annual fund grew from $ 494,725 to $ 521,263 , and we plan to increase it incrementally over the next five years. We also achieved strong growth in our endowment, from $ 7,081,781 to $ 12,995,757 , thanks to dedicated support for key programs and scholarships. And, after a rigorous review process, Penland was awarded a , building reserve grant from the Kresge Foundation to seed our building reserve fund and solidify our plan for its use and replenishment. We invite you to read our annual report for the details of our programs, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year  . We salute you, our supporters, for enabling us to undertake this work. With your ongoing support we look forward to greeting you by saying, “Penland is doing better than ever.” Jean W. McLaughlin, executive director Glen B. Hardymon, chair, board of trustees Director Jean W. McLaughlin

Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Strategic Planning

As part of Penland’s periodic strategic planning process, a group of staff and board members revisit a document that covers guiding principles, including an outline of the school’s educational philosophy and a list of core values. This is the document as revised in  .

Mission The mission of Penland School of Crafts is to support individual and artistic growth through craft.

Educational Philosophy —education at Penland is based on these ideas: Total immersion workshop education is a uniquely effective way of learning. Close interaction with others promotes the exchange of information and ideas between individuals and disciplines. Generosity enhances education: Penland encourages instructors, students, and staff to freely share their knowledge and experience. Craft is kept vital by constantly expanding its definition while preserving its traditions. Skills and ideas are equally important and their exploration has value that carries into life beyond the studio.

Core Values —these inform our decision-making: We respect artists, artistic integrity, and artistic quality. A student working on a portrait made from flameworked glass in a class We honor open communication, honesty, and integrity. taught by Janis Miltenberger. We respect and preserve Penland’s history as we plan for its future. We welcome and respect diversity and aim to be accessible for those who are differently abled. We value long-time friends of craft and encourage the next generations of makers and collectors. We serve as an asset and resource to the community, the region, and the nation. We take risks to be a leader in craft education. We foster a dynamic, supportive, working and learning environment for students, instructors, and staff. We care for the physical place and are good stewards of the environment. We support robust financial and strategic planning as a road map to sustainability.

Goals —the plan addresses these three goals: To lead in the field of craft by offering excellence in craft education to a diverse constituency. To preserve and restore Penland’s historic properties and grounds and thoughtful - ly improve the campus for current programs and future generations. To enhance the financial and human resources that support the mission of Penland School of Crafts.

Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Workshops

Penland Workshops Fiscal Year 2010 –2011

Students: 1,373 Instructors: 137 Classes: 124 Studios: 15

Visiting artists Andrew Dohner and Zack Noble striking hard in the iron studio.

Penland’s workshop programs are at the heart of the school’s mission to support individual and artistic growth and to help people live creative lives. Students engage with one or two carefully chosen instructors and a small group of fellow students in the intense study of one subject for a limited period of time: one, two, or eight weeks. This happens in an environment where basic needs are met, allowing students to be com - pletely absorbed in their work. People work in close proximity to other studios so the potential for collaboration and the cross-fertilization of ideas is always high. Penland’s fiscal year  included workshops in books, clay, drawing, glass, iron, letterpress, metals, painting, paper, photography, printmaking, textiles, and wood plus special classes in teacher training, repeat patterns, working with plastics, and exploring sources of inspiration. With no standing faculty, Penland can offer classes taught by full-time studio artists as well as artists who teach in college and university programs. Teachers come from all over the country and from overseas. Like their students, instructors arrive at Penland just before classes begin and work intensely until it’s time to say goodbye. Everyone shares the experience of working outside the context of their normal lives, which adds to the sense of community that develops during a Penland session. Among the ninety-eight workshops offered in summer  was a class team-taught Student Jim Hubbell driving a router by ceramic artists Kathy King and Paul Andrew Wandless in which screen printing, during a furniture class taught by relief printing, lithography, and monoprinting were adapted and applied to the surfaces Brent Skidmore. of clay objects. A class in flameworked glass taught by Jin Won Han used computer- aided design to create sculptural forms which were then realized through hand process - es in glass. Among a range of offerings in printmaking was a class led by Jenny Schmid exploring the labor-intensive and exceptionally beautiful technique of mezzotint.

Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Workshops

Our textiles studios hosted classes in , surface design, quiltmaking, hatmak - ing, embroidery, and one in fashion design taught by former core fellow Vincent Martinez, who runs a fashion program at Grady High School in Atlanta. Renowned fur - niture maker taught an intermediate-level wood class aimed at guid - ing students toward new ways of approaching their work. And sculptor Christina Shmigel taught a workshop for artists working in any medium that used images,  sketching, model making, and unfamiliar materials to help students “deepen their understanding of the wellsprings of their work.” Fall  presented seven, eight-week workshops, including a class in the fundamen - tals of blacksmithing taught by Mark Aspery, who runs a blacksmithing school in California and is writing a series of textbooks on the subject. Six, one-week classes were also offered, among them a workshop in making brushes. Students used a variety of animal hairs and other fibers to make brushes for ceramics, calligraphy, and painting. In the spring of  , resident artist Devin Burgess taught functional and sculptural glassblowing as part of a slate of seven, eight-week classes. One-week classes included a workshop by Scott Ludwig in hybrid printmaking, which combined inkjet prints with photopolymer plates, resists, and traditional intaglio and relief processes.

Students in Alex Bernstein’s summer workshop blowing glass into a large mold.

Student Jer’Lisa Devezin and instructor Tip Toland during a summer workshop on figurative sculpture.

Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Resident Artists

The Penland Resident Artist Program is one of the longest artist residencies in the country, offering three years of low-cost studio and housing to self-supporting artists who are at transitional points in their careers. The main responsibility of resident artists is to make their own work and to keep their studios open to the public. Some residents use the time as a springboard to a full-time studio practice; some use the program to move from one kind of work to another—jeweler Amy Tavern, for example, arrived making production work and is now creating more complex, one-of-a-kind pieces. Others use the program to explore and incorporate new materials into their work, to build and refine the equipment needed to move their work forward, or to work through technical challenges—often with input and assistance from other artists in the community. Resident artists in fiscal year  were glass and bead sculptor David Chatt, book and paper artist Margaret Couch Cogswell, glassblower Devin Burgess, jeweler Amy Tavern, sculptor/painter Daniel Marinelli, furniture maker Sarah Martin, and jeweler Jeong Ju Lee. Chatt, Cogswell, Burgess, and Martin all completed their residencies in early  , and the school welcomed four new resident artists: potter David Eichelberger, weaver Robin Johnston, wood sculptor and furniture maker Tom Shields, Sculptor and painter Daniel and potter gwendolyn yoppolo. Marinelli applied for a Penland Resident artists exhibited their work at SOFA Chicago, the Bellevue Art Museum residency nine months after com - (WA), the Philadelphia Museum Craft Show, the American Crafts Council Baltimore pleting his MFA at East Tennessee show, and other venues. State University. “I was in a situa - Penland School was invited to partner with United States Artists in the pilot phase tion where I was working all of their new USA Projects micro-philanthropy website. This partnership gave all cur - kinds of jobs, not making any art, rent and former Penland resident artists access to this resource. David Chatt and Amy not having any equipment or Tavern were both able to fund special projects through the site as were former resident tools,” he recalls. “I wanted to con - artists Jennifer Bueno, Susie Ganch, Rob Levin, IlaSahai Prouty, and Billy Bernstein, who raised money for the publication of a book of poetry by the late Betty Oliver, a beloved tinue making art, and this was a 44,000 great opportunity to focus for Penland instructor. These artists raised a total of over $ to support their projects. three years.” He spent those three years equipping and working in his sculpture studio, supplement - ing gallery sales with part-time teaching at a nearby university. Daniel’s time at Penland also put him back in touch with a dor - mant part of his artistic practice. “I have been making paintings and drawings, which sprung from coming here with nothing and having to make something. I didn’t want to sit idly until I could buy equipment, so the flatwork came back.” As he prepares to leave and set up his own shop, Daniel says that he feels fortunate for the experience. “It has propelled me,” he relates. “It has propelled me years down the road.” Resident artist Tom Shields working in his Penland studio. Tom has been making a series of distinctive furniture/sculpture pieces using old chairs as raw material.

Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Core Fellowship

The Penland Core Fellowship occupies a special niche in the craft world. This pro - gram provides artists with two years of housing, meals, studio space, and access to Penland classes. Core fellows work part-time for the school, which helps defray the cost of the program and also provides them with work experience in areas such as cooking, gardening, dining hall management, and organizing events. Although the program has no upper age limit, most participants are in their twenties and thirties, and for many it works as an alternative to or preparation for graduate school. While core fellows are free to focus on a primary medium or experiment across stu - dios, one of the strengths of the fellowship is that it allows participants to expand their aesthetic language. For example, Ele Annand joined the program with a high level of experience in block printing. During her first year, she took the carving skills she had developed in that medium and extended them into sgraffito clay, carved wood, and glass casting. The  core fellows were Eleanor Annand, Daniel Beck, Jason Burnett, Leah Frost, Ian Henderson, Jessica Heikes, Rosina Saqib, Amanda Thatch, and Mark Warren. Burnett, Frost, Heikes, and Warren completed the program in February  . Joining the program in March  were Bob Biddlestone, Rachel Garceau, Seth Gould, and Jack Mauch who were selected from among eighty-three applicants.

“My program in college was not very technical, and in my studio I continually felt stymied by mate - rials I was attracted to but didn’t really know how to use,” says core fellow Amanda Thatch. “My rela - tionship to media has certainly changed here; I have many more options now and so much more confidence.” Amanda took classes mostly in textiles and book arts, though she also counts several metals classes among her favorites. “I have learned so much about so many different materi - als,” she reflects, “and so many dif - ferent approaches to art and liv - Core fellow Ian Henderson in the downstairs clay studio during a workshop in mold making ing in community. Because I make and slipcasting taught by Tom Spleth. In describing his experience in the core fellowship, things, I get to have experiences Ian said: “The people in this community shape me as I learn to shape materials. I feel that everything I make here is a group effort.” that I would never be able to have otherwise. As a core student, I’ve been able to take fourteen Penland classes in two years. That’s a prett y incredible gift.”

Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Scholarships

enland is committed to making it possible for students from a wide range of t P t i W e backgrounds to benefit from its educational programs. To this end, the school has D y s t

e extensive and varied opportunities for financial assistance. Penland has scholarships that B offer students greatly reduced tuition and require them to do some work during their session; some students receive full scholarships with a work component; a few students receive full scholarships with no work obligation. The school has scholarships partially or fully funded by other institutions, and there are discounts for school teachers and local residents who take unfilled spaces at the last minute. In fiscal year  ,  percent of Penland’s students received some form of financial assistance including  work-study scholarships,  full scholarships,  studio assist - antships, and  stand-by discounts. Twenty students attended Penland free of charge as part of the Higher Education Partnership Program. These were students enrolled in a college or university that selected them for the scholarship and also helped support it. The William R. Kenan Fellowships, funded by the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, provided full scholarships for ten recent graduates of the high school visual arts program at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Penland’s scholarship programs are made possible by donations to the annual fund, the Alvin Lehman Foundation Fund, the Claire Lucas Fund, the Windgate Charitable Foundation, other foundations, special scholarship endowments, the sale of work at Lea McCormick Griggs is a grad - end-of-session auctions, and Penland’s general operating budget. For a list of specially uate of the University of North funded scholarships, see page 27 . Carolina School of the Arts. He received a 2010 William R. Kenan Fellowship, which he used to take a Penland class in flat glass imagery with British artist Mark Angus. “I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to participate in the Penland experience,” he said in a letter he wrote after the class. “Schools like this empower and dwarf individuals at the same time, allowing students to grow exponentially and broaden their technique while seeing themselves as a smaller part in a community. Penland has brought me to life this summer and has also placed my work in perspective. . . . This experience brought me closer to a community of other artists, pro - ducing lasting relationships with new friends and colleagues.”

Marsha-Gail Davis, who received the 2010 Bob and Peggy Culbertson Scholarship, working on a large and stylish hat to complement a dress she made in Vincent Martinez’s textiles class titled Fashion, Art, and Silhouette. 

Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Community Collaboration

Community volunteers installing a ceramic tile mural at Mitchell High School. The mural was created by students in a Penland clay class taught by Carlos Alves and Katrina Plato.

Penland engages in a variety of programs that connect the school to the sur - rounding community. The school is committed to a lasting partnership with the Mitchell County public schools, and central to this effort is the Teaching Artist Mayland Community College stu - Initiative, designed to broaden Penland’s impact and create ongoing relationships with dent Dustin Pendley working in classroom teachers. In fiscal year  , the Teaching Artist Initiative served  students the Penland print studio as part through arts activities integrated into their regular curriculum. For example, astrono - of the Dual Enrollment Craft my and nature studies are part of the third grade curriculum, and every third grader in Study Program. This program the county works with Meg Peterson, Penland’s teaching artist, to make their own offers nine-week studio classes to moon and nature journal—a handmade book used to record observations about the students at Mayland Community cycles of the moon and plant growth. College as well as local high Subs with SuitCASEs (Creative Approaches to Substitute Education) creates oppor - school students. The high school tunities for local studio artists by giving them training and materials to become well- students receive both high school prepared substitute teachers who bring compelling arts activities into the classroom. To and college credit for the classes. learn more about this program, visit subswithsuitcases.org. Penland has two collaborations with nearby Mayland Community College. The Dual In the fall of 2010 , nine high Enrollment Craft Study Program provides nine-week studio classes for students from school students and seven Mayland and local high schools. The high school students receive both high school and Mayland students spent time college credits. Students in the Mayland/Penland Associate of Arts Degree Program working in the clay studio with take studio classes at Penland and general education classes at Mayland, resulting in an potter Suze Lindsay and in the associate’s degree that is transferrable to most four-year college programs. print and letterpress studio with Kids Camp brought eighty-nine children to Penland for art-based, summer day camps Penland studio coordinator with topics that included photography, drama, painting, and Appalachian folk arts. Melanie Finlayson and former Thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, a church core fellow Beth Schaible. donation, and individual donations, forty-one of these children received scholarships. Penland also partners with   Penland’s annual community open house brought guests and volunteers to Mayland Community College on Penland for an afternoon of hands-on activities in Penland’s studios, including glass bead a two-year Associate of Arts making, forging garden stakes, throwing clay pots, and making wooden xylophones. degree that combines general Penland also supported community activities such as the Spruce Pine Troutacular Festival and the Fire on the Mountain blacksmithing festival. And a Penland clay class, education classes at Mayland and led by Carlos Alves and Katrina Plato, created a fifty-foot long ceramic mural celebrat - studio classes at Penland. ing mountain culture, which was installed by community volunteers on a brick wall at the entrance of Mitchell High School. For information on these and other Penland com - munity programs, visit penland.org/programs/community_education.html. 

Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Special Programs

Each year Penland has a variety of ongoing or one-time programs that aren’t  t t part of the regular class schedule. In fiscal year , these included a writers residency, i t S s e a professional development workshop, winter residencies and studio rentals, an off- W campus exhibition, and a trip to London for Penland friends. Ingrid Schaffner was the first writer selected for the Andrew Glasgow Writers Residency, which provides short residencies to writers who would benefit from spend - ing time in the Penland environment. In addition to visiting studios and writing, Ingrid gave a talk about her work as a curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. Fourteen artists, three of whom were writers, participated in January residencies in the print and letterpress studios. They worked under the guidance of printmaker Matthew Thomason or letterpress printer Nancy Lober, who were then able to spend the month of February making their own work. Penland offers independent study through winter rentals in some of its studios and this year twenty-three artists took advantage of that opportunity. In October  the nonprofit organization Creative Capital conducted an excellent workshop on business practices and marketing for artists. Twenty-four artists, includ - ing six core fellows, took part. Also in October, Penland hosted a symposium organized by the . Titled Why Craft Now?, the gathering brought together craft artists and educators from across the country for conversation, debate, and infor - Woodworker and printmaker Dustin mation sharing. Farnsworth spent two weeks at Director Jean McLaughlin and trustee Sarah Elson led a craft tour of London, in con - Penland as part of the January print junction with the COLLECT Fair, which included visits to museums, artist studios, and and letterpress residencies. The resi - collectors’ homes. The trip established new relationships for Penland with a number of dency came in the middle of an artists and institutions in the London craft community. A group of Penland staff members worked together to create a special exhibition of exceptional year: with the help of a large-scale work by four Penland artists, which was installed at the newly-opened Windgate Fellowship from the gallery of the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Center for Craft, Creativity, and The artists were paper cutter Béatrice Coron, mixed-media sculptor Anne Lemanski, Design, Dustin was spending a year glass sculptor Janis Miltenberger, and ceramic sculptor SunKoo Yuh. assisting a series of established mak - ers in wood and steel, including Penland instructors Stoney Lamar, Brent Skidmore, and Sylvie Rosenthal. “I’m pretty balanced between and print - making,” he said. “I have a hard time distinguishing between the two. Markmaking is the thread that runs between both.” About the winter resi - dency, he said, “It’s phenomenal to be stuck in the mountains in the middle of nowhere and be able to work sixteen hours a day.”

In November 2010, Penland presented an exhibition of large-scale work at the new gallery at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This mixed-media sculpture by Anne Lemanski, titled 21st Century Super Species: Jack-dor, was the centerpiece  of the show.

Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Archive

The Jane Kessler Memorial Archive is Penland’s repository for documents and articles related to the school’s history. Most of its holdings are paper records, photo - graphs, correspondence, and other documents. The archive also includes a small collec - tion of objects and artwork. Penland’s archivist, Michelle Francis, systematically col - lects publications, documents, and records as they are generated; these not only include official documents such as catalogs and board records along with posters promoting stu - dent events and other less formal items. Penland classes occasionally create collabora - tive or commemorative pieces and donate them to the archive, and the school regularly receives gifts of documents and artifacts from the past. Donations to the archive during fiscal year  included a collection from Irene Marshall Martin who taught metals at Penland in the summer of  . Donated by Martin’s daughter, Marsha Cobb, the collection includes three handwoven skirts pur - chased at Penland, a bamboo shepherd’s pipe made at Penland, and scans of photographs and documents. The documents include a letter from Penland founder Lucy Morgan inviting Ms. Martin to teach, in which Morgan says, “I believe you would get a great deal of joy out of the work here and that it would be a vacation as well as a lot of hard work. There are no rules to work by, no complicated records to keep.” Shari Clifton Flythe donated a collection of photographs made at Penland in the 1960 s by her mother, Dorothy Clifton, who took photography classes while her hus - band, Roy Clifton, taught lapidary. Agnes Stevens donated weaving notes, drafts, and weaving publications compiled by her grandmother, Corinne Blount Selby, who was a Penland student in  . Whenever she can, Michelle Francis adds to the school’s collection of articles made by the production department of the school, which existed from the  s through the Renowned potter and  s. Michelle recently acquired a number of pewter items including a plate etched student Shelly Riesman in a 1972 pho - tograph by photo instructor Nick Dean with a pine tree design, a bowl with oak leaf handles made by John Rufus Morgan, a recently given to the archive. water pitcher made by Rufus Wyatt, and two small candlesticks made by Howard “Toni” Ford, who was a long-time Penland instructor and neighbor.

These pewter items made at Penland in the 1940s and 1950s were recently acquired by the Penland archive. The pitcher was made by Rufus Wyatt; the candlesticks were made by Howard “Toni” Ford.  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Gallery and Visitors Center

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A view of the gallery’s exhibition room during the show, All This Happened, More or Less

Penland Gallery The Penland Gallery and Visitors Center, which is the school’s front door to the 2010 Exhibitions general public, sells work made by artists affiliated with the school, shows work by each session’s instructors, offers invitational exhibitions, welcomes arriving students and Artist, Educator, Mentor, instructors, conducts tours of the campus, and provides visitors with information about Rascal: Dolph Smith & the school, the artists, and craft processes. Although sales from the gallery support the Friends school and provide income for the artists, the primary mission of the gallery and visi - tors center is educational. All of its activities are aimed at providing information and Celebrating book arts instructor expanding the public’s understanding and definition of craft. Dolph Smith’s years of teaching. In fiscal year  , the gallery welcomed , visitors and showed work by  artists. The gallery returned , in commissions to artists whose work was sold. The Weight of Black Five hundred and twenty-four people participated in a total of sixty-two tours. In addi - Work that uses the color black tion to regularly-scheduled, twice-weekly tours, the gallery arranged special tours for  as an integral element. groups including the Asheville Public Arts Conference, Appalachian State University, the Raleigh Fine Arts Society, and the Open World Leadership Program. The gallery provided assistance to individuals, organizations, curators, and galleries All This Happened, More interested in Penland School and Penland-affiliated artists. Gallery staff worked with or Less patrons, corporate clients, design firms, and art museums interested in commissioned Five artists’ use of implied works or special purchases. Gallery director Kathryn Gremley consulted with resident narrative. artists, core fellows, and artists in the community on pricing and presenting their work. And she also worked with deputy director Jerry Jackson and other staff members to The Core Show 2010 produce a beautiful exhibition at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts in Winston- Salem, North Carolina. Work by Penland’s current core fellows.

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Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Facilities

The Penland facilities and grounds staff is responsible for the maintenance and improvement of the school’s  acres and  buildings. These include structures built in the nineteenth century and buildings that were completed during the year covered by this report. Penland is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the central campus cascades down the side of a steep hill, creating challenges for storm water management, road maintenance, accessibility, and site preparation for new buildings. In addition to coordinating the work of two general maintenance technicians, a studio technician, and a gardener, Penland’s director of facilities and grounds, Scott Klein, worked closely with the administrative and program staff and the board of trustees in planning new facili - ties. Scott also worked with architects, hired contractors for major renovations and new construction, and supervised their work. Ongoing maintenance in fiscal year  included bathroom renovations, furnace and water heater replacement and repairs, steam-line repairs, replumbing acetylene, oxygen, and propane lines in the metals studios, refinishing floors, replacing exhaust fans, repairing waterlines, and building new furniture in various studios. Two major construction projects were completed during this fiscal year. The guest house is a beautiful building in a secluded location near the wood studio. Privately fund - ed, this comfortable house designed by Dail Dixon, FAIA, is being used to house guests of the school and is also the site of weekly instructor gatherings. The new clay and met - als porches, also designed by Dixon, replaced an aging set of porches and created new outdoor workspaces. The project was completed a few weeks into the spring session and students began using the space the minute the paint was dry. The Cannon Foundation, the Nicholson Foundation, and forty individual donors made this project possible. The sleeping cabins under construc - Two major projects started during the year were part of the ongoing effort to tion. Each of the five small units will upgrade student housing. A new housing building located west of the Pines dining hall create two double rooms, so the com - will accommodate between twenty-four and forty-two students. The schematic design plex, which also includes a bath house, for this building was prepared by Dail Dixon with construction documents and con - will accommodate twenty students. struction oversight handled by Bowers, Ellis, and Watson, PA. Five sleeping cabins con - nected by a walkway to a bathhouse make up the second project, which will house twenty students. Dixon designed these buildings to sit lightly on the land, each with a different roof line, giving the group a jaunty appearance when seen from a distance.

New porches for the clay and metals studios have created excellent outdoor workspaces. 

Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Annual Benefit Auction

25th Annual Benefit Auction August 13 – 14, 2010

Works sold: 225 Contributing artists: 225 Volunteers: 204 Attendance: 527 Total income: $509,744

Auction Sponsors

Auction Sponsor ($10,000) WNC and G magazines The Penland Annual Benefit Auction is a highlight of each year and the school’s most important fundraising event. It’s a time when artists, staff, supporters of the Auction Patron ($5,000) school, and volunteers get together for a festive weekend. The auction, which brings Blue Ridge Printing more than  people to the campus, showcases work by current and former instruc - Frank Kiker tors and resident artists, and it raises a significant portion of Penland’s annual income. Our State magazine The 2010 auction was attended by  patrons and artists and was run by the Penland David H. Ramsey Commercial  Photography staff along with volunteers. SOFA CHICAGO 2010 The auction began with a luncheon, photography workshop, and auction preview for Lucy Morgan Leaders (see opposite page). The rest of the weekend included meals, live Auction Supporter ($2,500) music, beautiful exhibitions of the auction work, a sale of work by core fellows, an open American Craft magazine house at the studios of the Penland resident artists, and the sale—in live and silent auc - American Style magazine tions—of  pieces of art. The auction featured a commissioned work by steel sculp - Biltmore Wines tor Hoss Haley, titled Toric Knot, which brought the highest price at the event: , . Blue Ridge Soap Shed Photographer Evon Streetman was honored as Penland’s  Outstanding Artist Educator. A widely respected fine art photographer, Streetman helped create Penland’s Auction Associate ($1,500) photography program and taught at the school dozens of times. Helping to honor her were American Party Tent Rentals several of her former students and fellow Penland instructors led by trustee Alida Fish. EbenConcepts/Cardinal Insurance The benefit auction is an inspiring display of support for the school—support shown Hallmark Capital Management Jon Ellenbogen and by the generous donations of the artists, by the tireless work of staff and volunteers, and Rebecca Plummer by the attendance, enthusiasm, and lively bidding of auction patrons. Norman Sound & Productions, Inc.

 The 2010 auction volunteers posing with Hoss Haley’s steel sculpture, Toric Knot. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Lucy Morgan Leaders

Donor Profile: Ira & Phyllis Wender

“If you think about the fact that 1,400 people each year get a chance to practice art at Penland, that’s quite wonderful,” says Ira Wender, explaining why he and Phyllis, his wife of forty-five years, support the school. “And they have a great experience,” he adds. “It’s striking. It’s very rare that you meet anyone who attended Penland who doesn’t love it and remember it with great fondness.” Ira and Phyllis discovered Penland after Jean McLaughlin became the school’s direc - tor in 1998 . Phyllis had a family connection with Jean’s husband and the couple visited the school shortly after Jean started at the school. Ira was a partner in several law firms, mostly in , and he worked for a decade as a banker. He also taught law at Harvard and at New York University. Phyllis is a literary agent who represents some well-known writers including the actress Jamie Lee Curtis, who is a successful author of children’s books, and the estate of playwright Wendy Wasserstein. A few years after their first Penland visit, Ira was invited to join the board of trustees. He served for eight years; his second term ended in 2010 . He brought to the board a keen understanding of financial management and a willingness to advocate for issues he felt strongly about. And, although he is not an artist himself, he also brought a genuine commitment to the school’s mission. “I am a great believer in teaching the arts. It makes me sad that kids in schools don’t get an arts education any more. I think that’s dread - Ira and Phyllis Wender with their ful. Education has become less about learning and all about getting a job, and I think we granddaughter Lily. are screwing up education at every level. So I’m strongly for institutions like Penland. I think they are a great service to human beings.” Although Ira has retired from his law practice, he still puts time into a few business concerns, and he’s on several nonprofit boards including the Putney School, a Vermont boarding school where art classes are taught in the Wender Arts Building. Phyllis recent - ly sold her literary agency to another company, but continues to work there as an agent. And the Wenders are ongoing, generous supporters of Penland. “We think the arts should be a big part of every person’s human experience,” Ira says. “Penland is a really first-rate place doing a wonderful thing, and we’d like to help it con - tinue to be as wonderful as it is. And that takes money; there’s not much that’s free.” –Robin Dreyer

Lucy Morgan Leaders Penland’s Lucy Morgan Leaders are a special leadership group of annual fund donors who con - tribute $ 1,000 or more each year to support the operating needs of the school. Lucy Morgan Leaders honor and continue the work of Penland’s founder, Lucy Morgan, by investing in Penland and helping all who come here to grow personally and artistically. This listing includes gifts from individuals received in Penland’s fiscal year 2011 (May 1, 2010 to April 30, 2011 ). Lucy Morgan Leader art donors are listed on page 37 .

Bill Brown Visionary Laura Taft Paulsen and William F. Paulsen ($ 10,000 and above) Rob Pulleyn Laura Edwards and Elaine Andrews Betsy and Marcus Rowland Irene de Watteville Barbara and Samuel Wells Robyn and John Horn Ira and Phyllis Wender Susan Parker Martin and Alan Belzer  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Lucy Morgan Leaders

Jerry Jackson Bobby and Claudia Kadis Thomas S. Kenan, III and Chris Shuping Ruth D. Kohler Virginia Kraus and Jay Westwater Dr. Kent and Dr. Bob Leslie Isaac and Sonia Luski John Marek Charles L. McMurray Patricia Nevin Tom and Toni Oreck Sandy and Anne Overbey Lana Wilson Lauren Jones Worth and David Worth

Artist Advocate ($ 1,000 - $ 2,499 ) Anonymous ( 2) Marla and Joel Adams Cathy and Alan Adelman Auction volunteers and Lucy Morgan Craft Leader Barbara Benisch and Jacque Allen Leaders, including former trustees ($ 5,000 - $ 9,999 ) Suzanne and Walter Allen Shelton Gorelick (left, in blue shirt) Anonymous Patricia L. Amend and Stephen M. Dean and Susan Larson (right), during a Polly Allen Christopher Amundsen hands-on photography workshop that Lisa and Dudley Anderson Robert Annas and Doug Shaw was part of the 2010 annual benefit Elizabeth Aralia and Nicholas Graetz Daniel W. Bailey and Emily Stanley auction. Each year the auction week - Suzanne and Bud Baker Dawn Barrett and R.D. Oxenaar end begins with a luncheon, work - Lutu and Tom Coffey Joan Baxt shop, and auction preview for Lucy John and Jennifer Culver Helga and Jack Beam Morgan Leaders. Sarah Lee Elson and Louis Goodman Elson Katherine M. Belk Lisbeth C. Evans and Jim Lambie Elizabeth and James Bethune Glen and Florence Hardymon Daniel A. Bloom and Barry Golivesky Steven and Ellen LeBlanc Philip and Amy Blumenthal Dr. and Mrs. John E. Lee Kristin Hills Bradberry and John Bradberry Lincoln Financial Group Foundation, Inc. Dr. Larry Brady Little Acorn Fund Wade and Brenda Brickhouse Sara and Bob McDonnell Edwina Bringle Jean W. McLaughlin and Tom Spleth Harold and Kathryn Brown Kaola and Frank Phoenix Joseph M. Bryan, Jr. Laura Heery Prozes and Andy Prozes Claudia Burke Buck and Helgi Shuford Linda Carter Hellena and Isaiah Tidwell David Charak Emily and Charles Clark Studio Sustainer Nancy Clark ($ 2,500 - $ 4,999 ) CNA Foundation Anonymous Joan Levy Coale John and Judy Alexander Dorothy and Clyde Collins Mary Lou Babb and James G. Babb Jr. Marilue M. Cook Cynthia Bringle Robert and Elizabeth Cooper Katy and Mark Cobb Ann and Thomas Cousins Bob and Peggy Culbertson John Cram and Matt Chambers Janice Farley Rebecca M. Crowell John and Linda Garrou Mike Davis Laura and Michael Grace Rick and Dana Davis Jim and Marlene Hubbell William A. and Betty Gray Davis  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Lucy Morgan Leaders

Ellen and Bert Denker Sharon Mills Ginger S. Duensing Judy and Jim Moore Theresa Hand DuPre and William A. DuPre Bette Mueller-Roemer and It is an honor to support such a Richard and Bridget Eckerd James Walter Crocker fine institution that is making a Alida Fish and Stephen Tanis Scott Mullennix and Hilary M. Wilson Pepper and Donald Fluke Virginia E. Newell and Bob Wilkins difference in the lives of so Gusti and Daniel Frankel Sanford and Barbara Orkin many artists and the craft Gary Fuquay Sheldon and Myrna Palley movement as a whole. Michael and Libba Gaither Philip and Mary Ruth Payne Elizabeth Gant Edith Peiser —Paul Wisotzky, studio assistant in Paul Edwin Glass Jr. and Susan Payne Glass Gina Phillips clay and a Lucy Morgan Leader Shelton and Carol Gorelick John D. and Ann Porter Bill and Patty Gorelick Ronald C. Porter and Joe Price Adrienne and Harvey Gossett Joe Sam and Kate Queen Charlotte Graham-Clark Elaine Reily Harriett Green Stephen H. Reynolds Drs. Lewis and Olive Greenwald Eric S. Rohm and Amy Hockett Barbara and Frank Greiss John J. Ryan and Wesley Chenault James R. Hackney and Scott T. Haight Seymour and Marcia Sabesin G. Felda and Dena Hardymon Harry Santen In honor of Glen and Florence Hardymon Susan K. Schear Edwin F. Harris, Jr. and Susan Arrendell Stella Schloss Marty Hayes and Michael Cucchiara Lisa and Charles Shepherd Marian S. Heiskell Christina Shmigel and Patrick Moreton Mrs. Anne J. Henderson William and Catherine Sweeney Singer Highwater Clays Inc. James W.M. Smith and Pam Troutman Dorothy S. Hines Lisanne Smith Randy Hinson Robert Smith Dwight M. Holland Steven Stichter Garnett L. Hughes and Donna Moran Cynthia Taylor James and Peggy Hynes John A. Thompson, Jr. and Lee Rocamora Joia Johnson Caroline To Thomas Johnson Cynthia A. Toth Jan Katz and Jim Derbes Unitrin Services Company Richard Koopman Jr. Jonathan M. and Gwen G. Van Ark Stoney Lamar and Susan Casey Tim Veness Beth Lambert Charlotte Vestal Wainwright and George H. Lanier Steve Wainwright Susan and David Larson Charlene Diana Walker Barbara Laughlin Don and Karen Walker Clay studio coordinator Susan Feagin Carol and Seymour Levin Ned Walley and Kurt Gabrielson helping a guest at the community Mina Levin and Ronald Schwarz Tom Warshauer and Andy Dews open house. Frank D. Lortscher Wendy Weiner and Delia Champion Simone and Scott Lutgert Phil Wells Mary R. Lynn Rick and Brenda Wheeler Andrea and Bob Maricich Rob Williams and Warren Womble David Marshall Julia Wilson In memory of Alan Wiesenthal Paul Wisotzky Ken May and Martha Brim Martha H. Womble Barbara N. McFadyen and Michael Wright and Bob Glascock Douglass Phillips Jr. Foster Young John and Tina McGuire Ann Ziegler Bonnie and Chaffe McIlhenny Ron and Susan Meier Katherine W. Merten  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Annual Fund

“The last two weeks were not The Annual Fund just about making art in a life - May 1, 2010 – April 30, 2011 less, production-oriented man - ner, they were about connecting The Penland annual fund supports the annual operations of the school, from utilities that keep our buildings heated to propane for studio operation and scholarship assistance for many deserving stu - to the deep well of life and dents. The annual fund provides essential support each year and helps ensure the quality of the beauty within each one of us. Penland experience for both students and instructors. They were about taking risks In fiscal year 2011, 745 annual fund donors gave $ 521,263 to the school, providing essential and throwing yourself in. They operating support for our mission. Penland is grateful for the generosity of our annual fund donors. were about discovery.” The list that follows names donors who have made gifts of $ 999 or below between May 1, 2010 —Sarah Seabolt, recipient of the and April 30, 2011 . Gifts of more than $ 1,000 are listed in the Lucy Morgan Leader section, 2010 Betty Oliver Scholarship, who beginning on page 15 . Art donors are listed beginning on page 37. was a student in Meg Peterson’s We have made every effort to recognize donors who have made gifts during this timeframe. If teacher training workshop titled your name does not appear as you believe it should, please contact the development office so that Noticing What’s Going On. we may correct our records. Gifts made after April 30, 2011 will be recognized in our next annual report.

Patrons George C. Newman ($ 500 - $ 999 ) In honor of Holbrook Newman Anonymous John and Linda Ruck John S. Arrowood Emily and Zach Smith Frank and Ranlet Bell Patricia and Philip Smith Paulus Berensohn Evon Streetman David and Laura Brody Ellen B. Turner Philip Broughton and David Smith T. Tim Turner B.C. Burgess Trust Mary B. Uhland Dr. Felicia R. Cochran The Winston-Salem Foundation Helen Romayne Cox Julia and Richard Woodman Elizabeth B. Craven and Michael Warner Veva Edelson Sponsors Bert and Shan Ellentuck ($ 250 - $ 499 ) Louise Erskine Charles E. and Anna Reamer Baker Spencer and Mary Ann Everett Mr. and Mrs. William T. Barnett Greg and Cindy Feltus Jill Beech In honor of Robyn and John Horn Charlotte and Charles Bird Fund Betty Foster at the San Diego Foundation Chris and Susie Fox Alan and Rosalie Blumenthal Gary and Patricia Griffin Christopher M. Brookfield Bill and Mary Ellen Gumerson Leonard and Libby Buck In honor of Elizabeth Rowland Deborah and Michael Caliva Jonathan Halsey Thomas and Cindy Cook James Hatley William J. Craemer Student Maisha Barrett working in a In honor of Mike Davis William P. Daley summer class in traditional Japanese Geoffrey Isles Lucy C. Daniels embroidery taught by Carl Newman. Lois Joerling Bert Dillon Arthur and Anita Kurtz Mignon Durham Lorne E. Lassiter and Gary Ferraro Lynn and Barry Eisenberg In honor of Kate Boyd Catharine Ellis and Kent Stewart Lorinna W. Lowrance Edward and Kathleen Evans Adrian and Page Luxmoore Ilene Fine Wendy Maruyama and Bill Schairer Katherine McCarty Kathleen A. FitzGerald Nathan and Carole Metzger James E. Friedberg and Charlotte Moss  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Annual Fund

Steve Funk Jim Gallucci George and Susan Gibbins Martha Giberson Amy C. Gilbert Louis Gottlieb Daniel Greenberg and Susan L. Steinhauser Elliott L. Grosh Anna and John Hammond Borden and Ann Hanes Jane Hatcher In honor of Evon Streetman Brigid L. Hogan Michael Hooker Memorial Endowment Martin and Irina Horn Joan M. Hoyt Arthur H. Johns, Jr. Aimee and Alain Joyaux Deena and Jerome Kaplan Julia A. Leonard Paula Lombardi Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Student Virginia Chavis giving writer Stephanie and John Mitchell Deborah Ahalt and curator Ingrid Schaffner an intro - Patty and Welborn Alexander duction to the craft of letterpress print - David Perrin and Anne Kenan Robert and Kathleen Anderson ing. Ingrid was at Penland for two Haywood and Sabine Rankin Mary Anglin weeks as the recipient of the first Ché Rhodes Jess and Kate Askew Andrew Glasgow Writers Residency. She Harry Rhodes Sheila and Kevin Avruch is a curator at the Institute of Dabney and Walker Sanders Barbara and Ellis Aycock Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. “I am Clarissa T. Sligh and Kimberly Grey Purser Beverly and Gene Ayscue grateful for two weeks of solitude to Dana Smith Posey Bacopoulos focus on writing in the naturally beau - Karen Smith-Lovejoy Nancy Baron tiful and creatively energized place that Kathy and Scott Steinsberger Ann Batchelder and Henri Kieffer is Penland,” said Ingrid. “It took some Betsy B. Strandberg Hayne Bayless getting used to the fact that nothing Betsy Strandberg Fund of the Harold Black more was expected of me than to follow Triangle Community Foundation Rachel Bleil my own sense of curiosity. . . . Given Tom Suomalainen Elizabeth E. and Henry M. Booke this gift of time, I was also determined Sheila Sweetser Frances Brenner Terry Taylor David and Lisa Brewster to take advantage of the invitation to Toe River Arts Council Meredith Knapp Brickell and Ray Duffey step outside my own work and see what James and Pat Toole Fay and Phelan Bright Penland had to offer. I visited studios, Dennis R. Trombatore Jane Bruce attended evening lectures by the facul - Alison J. Van Dyk John and Martha Burtis ty and their assistants, and talked to Caroline Waite David Butler students.” Judith West Bernard Y. Calvert, III In memory of John Skau, Penland instructor Sean Calyer Catherine and Mason Williams Larry Carden William and Pat Williamson Patsy P. Carter Frankie and Vernon Winters Ellen Crozat Cassilly and Frank Konhaus Lucy Davis Christopher Partners James D. Clubb ($ 100 - $ 249 ) Bob Cmarik Anonymous Nelly Bly Cogan Peggy and John Acorn John Cogswell and Barbara E. Chapman Jim Adams Mary Beth and Ken Collins  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Annual Fund

Julie Connaghan Alix Hitchcock and Marshall Tyler Eli Corbin Dorothy D. Hodges Cristina Córdova and Pablo Soto Cheryl Walker and Jeff Huberman Alfred and Ann Crompton Benjamin and Eileen Hulsey Scott and Kim Cunningham Jan and Sam Hurt Jo Ann Czekalski Thomas Hynes Whit and Cathy Daily David and Robbie Irvin Ann P. Davis Susan L. Iverson John and Terrie Davis Nicholas and Lisa Joerling Joseph B. Davis, Jr. and Sally Johnson Dr. Ann Hoscheit-Davis Sandy and Lindsay Jordan Angela Dickerson Lynn Kaczmarek and Mack Bonk Patrick and Linda Dougherty Kenneth and Virginia Karb Ruth L. Doyle Diane Solomon Kempler Donna Jean Dreyer Nancy J. Kerr Robin Dreyer and Tammy Hitchcock Deanna King Frank E. Driscoll and Mary Cain Driscoll M. Alston Kirk Joyce and Alexis Dunfee Kenn and Michelle Kotara Beth Eakes Sharon Kotler Elizabeth Eggleston Jeff and Jean Leri Jon Ellenbogen and Rebecca Plummer Laura and Jon Levinson Deborah Louise Ellis Douglas A. Long Lee Ellis James S. Love The Tiny Gallery was a project of resi - David and Yvonne Evans Laurel Lovrek dent artist Margaret Couch Cogswell Exxon Mobil Foundation Kenneth and Sandra Lyles and staff member Mark Boyd. They Keith and Kiki M. Farish Mark Mitsuda’s glass class, Session 6, 2010 built this small, walk-through struc - Rebecca Faulk Suzanne Marsh ture (with a translucent roof for nice Lowell and Laraine Fine William P. Massey light) and filled it with small-scale Anita and Hayes Fletcher Sarah Toy McArdle work made by a number of artists in Rainer and Vernessa Foelix Forrest and Patti McCall the community. It was set up for a day In honor of Sarah Elson and Jean McLaughlin Maxine McCoy outside of the Pines dining hall. Leon and Jeanne Fox Caroline McLaughlin and Roy Baroff Robert R. Freedman John and Robin McLean C. Robert Friedman and Vernon Mosheim Elizabeth and Michael Mears Monica Garrett C. James and Laurel Meyer Cecilia Gelfman Barbara Middleton Martin Gellert Robert and Karen Milnes Diana Gibbs LeeAnn Mitchell and Jim Buonaccorsi Paul and Bonnie Gormisky Alex and Jennifer Moeller Dr. Brenda Graham Lois Moran Mike and Jeri Gray Chris Moses Lloyd Greenberg Ann P. Mullican Jack and Doris Hancox Ana M. Musachio and Bette Schmit Helen C. Hanes Charles and Cynthia Nash James G. Hanes, III David and Suzu Neithercut Martha D. Harper Kay Neubert Deborah M. Harris Arnold and Jean Nevins Jane W. Harrison Sam Newbury and Jan Myers-Newbury John and Barbara Hayes Kim Nikles Frederick Heath and Merrily Orsini Dell Orr and David Vandre Kay and Roderick Heller Rosemary L. Peduzzi Michael Heller Bruce Pepich and Lisa Englander Mark and Carol Hewitt David M. Pfeffer Howard and June Hicks Kathryn and Willy Phillips Linda and John Hillman Margaret Phillips  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Annual Fund

Dale and Larry Polsky Tyler Glass Guild Molly I. Brauhn Cindy Dawn Powell Alexandra E. VandeGrift Jessie Couch Brinkley April C. Price Ursula Vann William C. Brouillard J.Timothy Prout Margaret vonRosen Taylor Browning Jane Quimby Diana and Albert Voorthuis Paper Buck Dr. Alan and Sue Rapperport Leah and Richard Waitzer Susan E. Burnes Millie Ravenel Diana Parrish and Max Wallace Michael and Mary Jo Campbell Karla Reed André Bruce Ward and Jack Kendall Alice Cappa Susie Ward Vivianne L. Carey Grete E. Reppen Rebecca A. Wentworth Anna L. Carlton Emily Vaughn Reynolds Brother Robert Werle Jacquelyn Casey Chris Rifkin Ann N. White MacFarlane and Marguerite Cates Sang Parkinson Roberson James A. Wilkinson Johannes Causey Lisa C. Robey Andrea C. Willey Pam Chastain Design Bill and Joan Rocamora Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wirsing Norma Cheren Judith A. Rosen Julia and Richard Woodman Kyoung Ae Cho Nancy Rossi Stephen Lowe Young Morgan E. Clifford Geoffrey Roupas Margaret and Dan Cogswell Michael Rutkowsky Associates Vicki E. Cohen Andrew Saftel and Susan Knowles (under $ 100 ) Beatrice Coron Jane and Ronald Schagrin Anonymous ( 2) Cappy Counard and Greg Gehner Schaller Gallery Karin Abromaitis Linda Darty and Terry A. Smith Norman and Gloria Schulman Roger and Deane Ackerman Daria De Koning Mrs. Anna Rita Scott Ashleigh Adamosky Ellen Dissanayake Dawn and Vig Sherrill Susan L. Alban Kim L. Dolce Sally J. Shore Renee B. Altman Mr. and Mrs. B.K. Dorsey Denise Shoukas Klaus Anselm Emily Arthur Douglass C. Miller Sigmon Mr. and Mrs. Shepard L. Ansley Duncan and Floyd CPAs, P.A. Silver Peak REIT, Inc. Harvard and Jean Armus Karen Dunphy Annie Silverman Lois Aronow Rosanne Elkins Robin A. Sirkin Dr. and Mrs. C.W. Arrendell Stanley and Rhoda Epstein Stephanie L. Smart Herb and Donna Babcock Thomas W. Eshelman and Jeanne Finan Bonnie and Jere Smith Peg G. Bachenheimer Gisela Evitt Dolph and Jessie Smith Arthur and Rhonda Baines Cass and Andy Faller Paul J. Smith Dorothy Gill Barnes Susan Fecho Steve and Lark Smith Karene T. Barrow Len and Joyce Fidler Sam and Cindy Smoak James R. Barrows Judith G. Fields Charlotte Sommers Joan Bartram Heather Fletcher Sydney R. Sonneborn Joan M. Bass Rainer and Vernessa Foelix Harry V. Souchon Constance M. Baugh W. Ann Forbes Specialty Technical Consultants, Inc. Anne and John Baum Mary Francis Mark Spencer Earl and Jackie Bell Ed and Sue Frankel Kathleen and Darwin Stanley Eleanor Bemis Jose Fumero and Herbert Cohen Susan Stickney-Bailey and Susan Benoit Benjamin Galata Edward Cary Stickney Susan E. Bergman Donna J. Globus Linda Strong Allen Berk Patricia T. Glowa Ruth T. Summers and Bruce W. Bowen William and Katherine Bernstein Jenna Goldberg Jim Tanner Florence and Wayne Berryhill Martin I. Goldstein Lucia Taxdal Susan Bessey Maria L. Grandinette Dan and Rebecca Terrible Thomas and Melinda Blue Tina L. Granville Pat Thibodeaux and Glenn Squires Terry and Susan Bock Tyson Gregory W. Guenther Katie Tillman James Bonner Corine Guseman Ellie and Jon Totz Mary Beth Boone Peggy Hale Towson Bob and Jane Trotman Natalie R. Boorman Robert W. Hamilton Carl W. Tyler, Jr. Clara B. Boza Gail M. Hapner  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Annual Fund

Betsy Kruger Elaine W. Lamb June and Ken Lambla Jacklyn V. Lane Richard and Mary Lane Lois Langston Staton Jerry Leaders Leita Leavell Janine B. LeBlanc Joe S. Lee Rob and Wanda Levin Allan L. Levine Jing Li Thomas Loeser and Bird Ross Patty and Web Lonas Danielle Luscombe Robert Lynch and Diane Brace Theresa MacFarland Maya D. Machin Warren and Nancy MacKenzie Barbara Maloney Roger and Betsy Mandel Linda M. Marcuson Nicole J. Markoff Photographer Evon Streetman, who Kaye Hardister Karin Martin was honored at the annual benefit Cheryl A. Harper Kathleen Martinson auction as the 2010 Outstanding Artist Edwin R. Harris and Mildred Harris Elizabeth Mather Educator, with a couple of her biggest Lucia Harrison Heath Matysek-Snyder fans: photographers Jim Henkel and Michael Dwayne Hawks Peggy McBride Jim Abbott. Evon helped start the Stacey Hettes Ruth Morgan McConnell photography program at Penland, Maureen Hicks Elizabeth McCord building darkrooms, recruiting teach - John and Mimi Hileman Dale Lee McEntire ers, and shaping its artistic direction. Sheila Hoffman Duncan and Nancy McGehee She also made many of her iconic Mary Jane Hofmann and Pamela McKee images at or near the school. She is Charles H. Hofmann, Sr. Terrie McNamara professor emerita from the University Cathy Holt Alice Merritt of Florida where she taught for twen - Jefferson Holt Nancy Merritt ty-two years, and her accomplishments Phil Homes Ron and Hester Meyers as an artist and teacher have also Maren Hoye Chris H. Miller been honored by the Society for Chuck and Janis Humphrey Brandly Monroe Photographic Education. Evon’s friend Tomoko G. Ichikawa and Matthew Mayfield David Battick and Rebecca Moyer Mark Sloan, director of the Halsy Marcy Irby Valerie Musselman Institute of Contemporary Art at the Amy R. Ivanoff Holbrook Newman College of Charleston, said of her, “I Coles and Charles Jackson Kate L. Newsom think the reason she is so revered by Florence K. Jaffa Elin Noble and Lasse Antonsen so many people is because her brand Joyce and Gilbert Johnson Robin Noble-Lehan of teaching transcended whatever the Mary Ellen Jutras Bruce and Nancy Novell subject was that she was ostensibly Mitchell Kahan Craig Nutt there to teach.” Judy Kandl Barbara Odil Donna G. Kanich Paul and Elmerina Parkman Nicholas Kekic Andra Patterson Kristianne D. Kloss Deborah Patton Philip J. Koehler Thomas Paulson and Rebecca Causey Janet Koplos Brian S. Pearson Suzanne Krill Nan P. Perkins  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Annual Fund

David Pike Melissa Taylor Nancy M. Pike Patti Tracey and Chris Hudson Jodi Pinault Bill and Vivian Turner Harold C. Poole, Jr. Catherine F. Walker Paul W. Popish Janet Warner Laurel and Perrin Radley Barbara L. Watts Helen W. Read Arlene Weinsier Phil Renaldo Erica Weiss James S. Richards Dale Wilkie Rosalind Rich Rieser Regina and Mr. and Mrs. Johnie Robinson William Willoughby Katherine M. Ruffin Belva Ann Wilson Jill Ruhlman Marguerite Wood Lynette Russell Jean Woodall Alyssa C. Salomon and Bill Lupoletti Paula W. Zellner Judith Salomon and Jerry Weiss Therese Zemlin Arturo Alonzo Sandoval Diane E. Zimmerman Terry Schaible Gretchen Schermerhorn Alice and Bruce Schlein Marylena and Nicholas Sevigney Greg Shelnutt Terri Sigler Maxine and Gary Silverstein Melanie and Russ Sizemore Karen Skrinde Justin Soenksen Alan Solomon and Andrea Cartwright Melvin and Mary Stanforth Dr. Michael A. Stang and Participants in the American Craft Council Mrs. E. K. Stang symposium titled Why Craft Now? which Susan Finch Stevens took place at Penland in October, 2010. Elizabeth Stokes The group brought together artists, edu - Audrey Straight cators, gallery owners, and writers for a Brent Swanson weekend of conversation about where Fran Symes craft is headed, including such topics as Dana P. Taft “Our Digital Lives” and “Social and Janet R. Taylor Environmental Responsibility.”

 Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Government & Foundation Grants

“I specifically took a hot sculpt - Government and Foundation Grants ing glass class, a process/tech - Penland receives support each year from a variety of private foundations, and local, state, and fed - nique I have always been intim - eral government agencies. These awards directly supported the operating and capital needs of the idated by, but with the encour - school including Penland’s studio operations, residency programs, community collaborations, schol - arships, student housing, and historic preservation. Penland manages and reports on each grant agement of my teachers and according to the timeframe and guidelines of the granting institution. This report includes insti - peers as well as the fast-paced tutions from which grant funds were received in Penland’s fiscal year 2011 (May 1, 2010 to April class, there was little room for 30, 2011 ). a comfort zone. It is this com - Arts & Science Council of Mitchell County Board of Education fort zone that can hold your Charlotte/Mecklenburg National Endowment for the Arts work back. Intensive classes in The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation National Trust for Historic Preservation Fund Community Foundation of North Carolina Arts Council community atmospheres such as Western North Carolina North Carolina Rural Economic this can push your work in a The Doctor Foundation Development Center direction it would not normally Dover Foundation, Inc Samuel L. Phillips Family Foundation turn.” Flora Family Foundation The Randleigh Foundation Trust Foundation for Mitchell County The Seth Sprague Educational and —Colleen Castle, recipient of a 2010 The Golden Pearl Foundation Charitable Foundation Lucy Morgan Scholarship, who was a The Grable Foundation The Sulzberger Foundation student in Marc Petrovic and Ross John Wesley and Anna Hodgin United Way of Mitchell County Richmond’s class titled Hanes Foundation Windgate Charitable Foundation Hot Glass Sculpting Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts The Winston-Salem Foundation The Kresge Foundation

Cutting the ribbon after the completion of the new clay and metals porches. This project was funded in part by grants from the The Nicholson Foundation and The Cannon Foundation (made in fiscal year 2010). Left to right: facilities director Scott Klein, trustee Frank Lortscher, artists Lisa Joerling, Nick Joerling, and Paige Davis.

 Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Other Gifts

Andrew Glasgow Writers Residency The Andrew Glasgow Writers Residency provides emerging and established writers, scholars, and curators with time to conduct research and write on topics that advance the field of crafts. This pro - gram is intended for writers who would benefit from focused time in a retreat environment, who have project goals related to craft, and who want to interact with studio artists in the Penland com - munity. The following individuals made gifts during fiscal year 2011 (May 1, 2010 to April 30, 2011 ) to support this program. Anonymous Wil and Joyce Glasgow In honor of Suzanne Dawkins Rick and Sharon Gruber and David Guinn Dr. Allen W. Huffman and Jim Gentry Mrs. Barry G. Huffman In honor of Andrew Glasgow Andrea and Bob Maricich Andrew Glasgow Jean W. McLaughlin and Tom Spleth In honor of Brad, Drew, and Gabby Glasgow; in Devra Nusbaum honor of Don and Cynthia Glasgow; in honor Laura Taft Paulsen and William F. Paulsen of Elizabeth Glasgow; in honor of Tony, Jeff and Diane Pettus Michele, Madyson, Walker, and Anslee Glasgow; Randy Shull and Hedy Fischer in honor of Wil and Joyce Glasgow Carole Thielman United States Artists Special Events Contributions A Mitchell County third-grader with a These supporters served as hosts of Penland friends and alumni gatherings during fiscal year 2011 journal book he made as part of (May 1, 2010 to April 30, 2011 ). This also includes individuals who were participants in off-site Penland’s Teaching Artist Initiative, which provides art education to local educational experiences during the same timeframe. third, fourth, and tenth graders. The Lisa and Dudley Anderson Christina Shmigel and Patrick Moreton program engages children with art Sarah Lee Elson and Louis Goodman Elson Barbara and Samuel Wells projects that have content developed Florence and Glen Hardymon The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and to support their school curriculum. Susan Parker Martin and Alan Belzer Forsyth County Laura Taft Paulsen and William F. Paulsen Six Days in November Kaola and Frank Phoenix Suntrust Rob Pulleyn The Winston-Salem Foundation

Restricted Gifts

Archives Kids Camp Contributions Beverly and Gene Ayscue Siah Annend In memory of Oscar Bailey Ruth Ann and John Marotta Doris Bushong Kelly Rothe and Jeff Polgar Jill Siler Community Education St. Thomas Episcopal Church Nancy Baldwin William and Katherine Bernstein Lisa Blackburn and John Hartom Laurel Lovrek Mountainside Wine David Pike Carolyn and Jack Riley Margot Rossi Kay Goins Royer and Ron Royer Sue Sabes Charles and Jane Stover  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Scholarships

Scholarship Student Profile: Alex Anderson

For Alex Anderson of Seattle, Washington, a Penland workshop with potter Sam Chung was a perspective-changing experience. “I had avoided handbuilding, because I saw it as imprecise and less elegant than thrown forms,” he admits, “but the techniques I learned from Sam expanded my understanding of what is possible with clay.” In Sam’s class, Alex felt encouraged to explore altering the forms he throws on the wheel, and com - bining handbuilt and thrown pieces. “It changed my approach to my work,” he says. Alex’s participation in Sam’s workshop, Fusing Form, Surface, and Idea, in the summer of 2010 , was made possible by the Orville and Pat Chatt Memorial Scholarship, fund - ed by Mary Schnelly, Gene Phelps, David Chatt, and other friends of the Chatt family. Named in honor of the parents of David Chatt, a recent Penland resident artist and also a Seattle native, the scholarship offers full tuition for a summer session to a student liv - ing in the Pacific Northwest who shows artistic promise and financial need. “I would definitely not have been able to take this class without a scholarship,” Alex says, “because my college tuition is quite high, so an additional educational expense would not have been possible. I’m grateful for this wonderful opportunity.” Now in his junior year at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, Alex is majoring in Alex Anderson, recipient of the 2010 studio art and Chinese, and he is spending the current semester abroad, exploring Orville and Pat Chatt Memorial and studying Jingdezhen, China’s famous “city of porcelain.” Scholarship, who was a “So far I have been exposed to amazing artists and masters in every segment of the student in Sam Chung’s class titled ceramic world whose families have worked in their respective fields for generations,” Fusing Form, Surface, and Idea he said. “It is truly exciting to be in a place where tall porcelain vases line the streets and artists’ studios are everywhere and always open.” Alex describes his current studio work as functional sculpture. “I appreciate a strong, functional teapot or vase, but I like my work to have meaning,” he says. “However, I also make many pieces with the simple purpose of being beautiful.” He recently finished a series of oyster-shaped teapots, inspired by the way oysters turn irri - tants into pearls. These pieces represent the process of creating beauty and value from negative experiences. He plans to work next on a series of vases, beginning with the idea of “the societal pressures people face to achieve an image that aligns with what they consider to be attractive.” Alex has been documenting his adventure in China and its effect on his own work. You can follow along on his blog: alexandersonceramics.tumblr.com. –Wes Stitt

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Scholarships “The Lucy Morgan Scholarship These individuals made gifts in fiscal year 2011 (May 1, 2010 to April 30, 2011 ) to establish or supports emerging artists like increase the endowments of named scholarship funds. Endowed scholarship funds are an important me on a financial level, but source of support for a stable scholarship program. These funds will ensure that artists for genera - more importantly, it proves to tions to come are able to study at Penland and pursue their artistic dreams. A full Penland schol - the recipient the value of com - arship can be endowed for $ 50,000 and a work-study scholarship can be endowed for $ 35,000. munity, work ethic, and cre - If you are interested in learning more about creating or supporting an endowed scholarship fund, please contact our development office. “Principle gift to fund” refers to gifts of $ 10,000 or more. ative synergy. I say creative synergy only because what I Larry Brady and Edward Jones James F. Plowden, M.D. produced would not have been Scholarship Fund Presbyterian Health Care Foundation possible without the bonds I Dr. Larry Brady Betty and Dennis Rash formed and the input I received Principal gift to fund Patricia and B.D. Rodgers Lisa and Dudley Anderson Tommie Rush and Richard Jolley from those around me.” John S. Arrowood Dr. Les Silberstein —Christopher Kojzar, recipient of a Bank of America Matching Gifts Foundation Marc and Mattye Silverman 2010 Lucy Morgan Scholarship, Gerald and Allison Berkowitz Ward Simmons who was a student in Thomas Christopher Brady and Laurie Paratore-Brady J. Paul Sires and Ruth Ava Lyons Lucas’s printmaking class titled Colin and Sandra Brady Cinda B. Smith Printmaking Interchange Allen L. Brooks Ted Smith David Butler George and Barbara Stinson Robin Carson Clifford and Deborah Summey Lance and Lenore Deutsch Superior School of Real Estate, Inc. Robert Frank Dogens Marcia and Charles Teal C. Dwight and Kathi Jo Donaldson The Charlotte Lesbian and Gay Fund Board Charles and Edna Forbes John A. Thompson, Jr. and Lee Rocamora Foundation for the Carolinas Tom Warshauer and Andy Dews Matching Gift Program Angela and David Wilson Don Franklin and Billy Bolton Michelle Witherspoon Jose Fumero and Herbert Cohen Albert Woodard GE Foundation Michael Wright and Bob Glascock Hemby Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Jane Hunter Carey G. Bringle, Jr. Scholarship Fund Richard P. Hurley Cynthia Bringle Martin Gregory Jenkins Edwina Bringle John R. Jesso and Stacy Sumner Jesso Laurel and Perrin Radley Jean and Edwin Jones Richard E. Jones Orville and Pat Chatt Memorial Vicki Jones Scholarship Fund Andrew Kastanas David Chatt J. Scott King Mary Schnelly and Gene Phelps Peter J. Larson, MD Principal gift to fund Carl Larson Barbara Laughlin Paul H. and Ginger S. Duensing Ted Leger and Allen Taylor Scholarship Fund These objects were part of an Wesley Mancini and Bob Scheer Ginger Duensing exchange organized by the third ses - Eric Robert Martinez and Principal gift to fund sion wood class. Everyone on campus Frank Morrison Sutton was invited to bring eight small pieces McColl Center for Visual Art Glass/Apple Scholarship Fund to the exchange. Then each partici - Amy K. McGrath Paul Edwin Glass Jr. and Susan Payne Glass pant got back a paper bag with seven Janice McRorie Principal gift to fund items made by others—one complete Gary Michael Olsen Apple Foundation (Ben Vernon, Trustee) set of the pieces was saved for the Toni M. Perrone and Nina Cloaninger Principal gift to fund scholarship auction. Laura and Stephen Philipson  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Scholarships

Bobby Kadis Scholarship Fund Jane Peiser Danny and Caroline Kadis Principal gift to fund Donna Kadis Susan and David Larson Jeff and Shauna Kadis Principal gift to fund

Marcia Macdonald Scholarship Fund Betsy and Marc Rowland Brigid Flannery Scholarship Fund Israel and Majorie Goldberg Betsy and Marc Rowland Jenna Goldberg Principal gift to fund Paul and Roslyn Slovic Ellen Wieske and Carole Ann Fer Norm & Gloria Schulman Arthur and Heather Wimble Scholarship Fund Norm and Gloria Schulman Ann Skipper McAden Scholarship Fund Estate of Ann Skipper McAden Charles E. and Ellen H. Taylor Family Principal gift to fund Foundation Scholarships Charles E. and Ellen H. Taylor Mendes Family Scholarship Fund Family Foundation Jenny Mendes and Mark Roegner Principal gift to fund Principal gift to fund C. Matthew Taylor Joseph Mendes and Mollie Mendes Family Principal gift to fund Charitable Fund Principal gift to fund Sarah Everett Toy Scholarship Fund This is a moment from an outdoor per - Dr. and Mrs. John E. Lee formance by students in a class titled John Neff Memorial Scholarship Fund Principal gift to fund Moving Faces: Puppetry and Portraiture Mr. and Mrs. William T. Barnett taught by Clare Dolan and Erica Mott. Named Scholarships These endowed and annually funded scholarships were awarded in fiscal year 2011 (May 1, 2010 to April 30, 2011) . Most of Penland’s named scholarships are awarded for summer classes but a several of them apply to spring and fall concentrations. If you are interested in learning more about how to establish an endowed or annually funded scholarship, please contact our development office.

Endowed Scholarships Collins, Evans, Massey Scholarship Fund Janet Taylor Acosta Memorial Scholarship Fund Established in honor of Mr. And Mrs. T. Clyde Established in honor of Janet Taylor Acosta Collins, Lisbeth C. Evans, and William P. Massey Samuel A. Almon Scholarship Fund Paul H. and Ginger S. Duensing Established in honor of Samuel Almon Scholarship Fund Milton Baxt Scholarship Fund Established by friends and family in memory of Established in honor of Milton Baxt Paul Hayden Duensing Dr. Jerrold Belitz Scholarship Fund Eastern North Carolina Scholarship Fund Established through a bequest from Jerrold Established by Lisa and Dudley Anderson and Belitz Eastern North Carolina friends of the school Abby Watkins Bernon Scholarship Fund Grovewood Gallery Scholarship Fund Established in memory of Abby Watkins Bernon Established by the Grovewood Gallery of Orville and Pat Chatt Memorial Asheville in honor of Doug Sigler Scholarship Fund Huntley-Tidwell Scholarship Fund Established by friends and family in memory of Established by Hellena Huntley Tidwell and Orville and Pat Chatt. Isaiah Tidwell Carey G. Bringle, Jr. Memorial Bobby Kadis Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund Established by the family of Bobby Kadis Established by friends and family in memory of LeBlanc Scholarship Fund  Carey G. Bringle, Jr. Established by Steve and Ellen LeBlanc Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Scholarships

John and Ione Lee Scholarship Fund Established by John and Ione Lee Harvey and Bess Littleton Scholarship Fund Established by the Hellers of Heller Gallery and Harvey and Bess Littleton Mendes Family Scholarship Fund Established by Jenny Mendes and the Joseph Mendes and Molly Mendes Family Charitable Fund Lucy C. Morgan Scholarship Fund Established in honor of Penland’s founder John Neff Memorial Scholarship Fund Established by friends of John Neff David and Pat Nevin Scholarship Fund Established by Pat Nevin Betty Oliver Scholarship Fund Established by the friends and family of Betty Oliver Mark Peiser Scholarship Fund Instructor Phil Garrett doing a painting Annually Funded Scholarships Established by Judy and Jim Moore in honor of demonstration during his fall 2010 Mark Peiser Arts & Science Council of workshop, which began with a month Penland Flameworking Scholarship Fund Charlotte/Mecklenburg Scholarship of making monotypes in the printmak - Established by Judy and Jim Moore Funded by Arts & Science Council of ing studio and then moved to the Penland Vision Scholarship Fund Charlotte/Mecklenburg, Inc. drawing and painting studio for a Established by Judy and Jim Moore Patricia M. “Patty” Babb Scholarship month of painting. Michael Pierschalla Scholarship Fund Funded by Jim and Mary Lou Babb Established in memory of Michael Pierschalla Elizabeth Brim Scholarship Richard Ritter Scholarship Fund Funded by Dr. Kent Leslie Established by Judy and Jim Moore in honor of Bob and Peggy Culbertson Scholarship Richard Ritter Funded by Bob and Peggy Culbertson The Tommie Rush and Richard Jolley Furniture Society/Powermatic Scholarship Scholarship Fund Funded by Powermatic Established by Ron and Lisa Brill and family in Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) Scholarship honor of Tommie Rush and Richard Jolley Funded by Cathy and Alan Adelman School Teachers Scholarship Fund Higher Education Partnership Scholarships Established by friends and family of Dorothy Funded by recipient colleges and universities, the Heyman Windgate Charitable Foundation, and Penland Norm and Gloria Schulman Scholarship Fund School Established by friends of Norm and Gloria William R. Kenan Institute Fellowships Schulman Funded by the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Steele-Reese Scholarship Fund Arts Established by the Steele-Reese Foundation Isaac and Sonia Luski Scholarship Lenore G. Tawney Scholarship Fund Funded by Isaac and Sonia Luski Established by the Lenore G. Tawney Foundation McMurray Scholarship Teacher Training Scholarship Fund Funded by Charles McMurray Established anonymously Patricia Nevin Scholarship Sarah Everett Toy Memorial Scholarship Fund Funded by Pat Nevin Established by Sarah Lee Elson and Louis Mary Anna Box and Melvin Sidney Goodman Elson, John and Ione Lee, and Stanforth Scholarship Janet Lee Funded by Jerry Jackson Windgate Scholarship Fund UNC Chapel Hill Minority Established by the Windgate Charitable Student Scholarship Foundation Funded by Dr. Olive Greenwald and UNC- Christy Wright Endowment for Glass Art Chapel Hill Art Department Established by friends and family of Christy Wright  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Campaign for Penland’s Future

Campaign for Penland’s Future The following gifts were received, or written gift intentions were completed, prior to April 30, 2011 . The Campaign for Penland’s Future is a comprehensive campaign to secure increased annu - al giving, grow the endowment, and address needed capital improvements. The campaign was endorsed by the board of trustees in April 2010 and will continue until the goal is achieved. These individuals and foundations have committed their support toward Penland’s future programs, facil - ities, and services. This and subsequent annual reports will reflect the campaign’s cumulative gifts.

$5,000,000 and above Sara and Bob McDonnell Windgate Charitable Foundation Judy and Jim Moore Samuel L. Phillips Family Foundation $1,000,000 - $4,999,999 The Randleigh Foundation Trust Robyn and John Horn C. Matthew Taylor Barbara and Samuel Wells $500,000 - $999,999 The Kresge Foundation $10,000 - $24,999 The Apple Foundation $250,000 - $499,999 Daniel W. Bailey and Emily Stanley Laura Edwards and Elaine Andrews Bank of America Matching Gifts Foundation Laura Taft Paulsen and William F. Paulsen Elizabeth and James Bethune Kristin Hills Bradberry and John Bradberry $100,000 - $249,999 Alida Fish and Stephen Tanis Anonymous Paul Edwin Glass Jr. and Susan Payne Glass Randolph D. Fox Trust Harriet Green John Wesley and Anna Hodgin Susan and David Larson Hanes Foundation Lincoln Financial Group Foundation, Inc. William States Lee Foundation Mary R. Lynn Student Bill Worcester making a cop - Susan Parker Martin and Alan Belzer C. James and Laurel Meyer per weathervane in a class taught by The Nicholson Foundation John and Tina McGuire James D.W. Cooper. Rob Pulleyn Marion Stedman Covington Foundation Steve and Ellen LeBlanc Mary Schnelly and Gene Phelps Betsy and Marc Rowland Hellena and Isaiah Tidwell Lana Wilson $50,000 - $99,999 Polly Allen $5,000 - $9,999 Lisa and Dudley Anderson Anonymous Glen and Florence Hardymon John Andrew Joia Johnson Dawn Barrett and R.D. Oxenaar Bobby and Claudia Kadis William and Katherine Bernstein Dr. John E. Lee and Ione Lee Dail Dixon Jean W. McLaughlin and Tom Spleth Jon Ellenbogen and Rebecca Plummer Kaola and Frank Phoenix Gusti and Daniel Frankel The Cannon Foundation Elizabeth Gant Charles E. and Ellen H. Taylor Danny and Caroline Kadis Family Foundation Donna Kadis Jeff and Shauna Kadis $25,000 - $49,999 Frank D. Lortscher Dr. Larry Brady James W.M. Smith Cynthia Bringle Ruth T. Summers and Bruce W. Bowen Cristina Córdova and Pablo Soto Jerry Uelsmann Sarah Lee Elson and Louis Goodman Elson Julia and Richard Woodman John and Linda Garrou Barbara Laughlin Under $5,000 Estate of Ann Skipper McAden Anonymous  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Campaign for Penland’s Future

Pam Adam Bob Cmarik Kim Alderman Lutu and Tom Coffey Erica Anderson James and Marie Cohen Benares Angeley Kate Condon Dr. and Mrs. CW Arrendell Marianne Cordyack John S. Arrowood Linda Darty and Terry A. Smith Beverly and Gene Ayscue Cynthia Deitch Sheila and Kevin Avruch Lance and Lenore Deutsch Posey Bacopoulos Angela Dickerson Bryan C. Baker Lucy V. Dierks Tina Bambauer Robert Frank Dogens Bruce C. Bangert C. Dwight and Kathi Jo Donaldson Barbara Barnett Dover Foundation, Inc. James R. Barrows Judith and Royle Duff Sue Bass and Aleta Braun Sue Baum Renne Ensley Hayne Bayless Diane Falkenhagen Deborah Bedwell and Richard L. Hill Christa and Robert Faut Jill Beech Susan Feagin Elizabeth Bell Fred Fenster and Susan Doane Juliet Bell Angela Fina Chris Beloni Arline Fisch Paulus Berensohn Karen Fisher and Robert Warren Gerald and Allison Berkowitz Brigid Flannery Student Emily Acheson-Adams working Peter Bernett Charles and Edna Forbes in the print studio during a class with Barbara Berntson Michelle Francis and Harry Keiner Jenny Schmid titled Mezzotint Mikel and Cecelia Berry Sandy Frank Madddness. Emily is a graduate of the The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Don Franklin and Billy Bolton University of North Carolina School of Harold Black Robert R. Freedman the Arts who now attends the School of Anita and Henry Bodenheimer C. Robert Friedman and Vernon Mosheim the Art Institute of Chicago. She Natalie R. Boorman Jose Fumero and Herbert Cohen received a Kenan Fellowship to come to Rosemarie G. Bowie Gary Fuquay Penland. “I feel so lucky to have Linda and William Bowman Louise Glickman worked with so many talented artists Christopher Brady and Laurie Paratore-Brady Dennise Gackstetter and to have learned an entirely differ - Colin and Sandra Brady Sheila Gaddie ent form of printmaking from one of my Dorothy D. Bragdon Barbara Gaye-Gonzales favorite printmakers,” she said. “It has Carolyn Branch GE Foundation Frances Brenner Liz Gerard been such a thrill to work with Jenny Fleur Bresler George and Susan Gibbins Schmid, an artist I have long admired The Bresler Family Foundation Karen Glaser and can now call a friend. I am sad to Phoebe Leona Briley Patricia T. Glowa leave Penland, but when I return to Edwina Bringle Steve Godwin Chicago I will be armed with new skills Allen L. Brooks Jenna Goldberg and broader insight for my work.” Jane Comfort Brown Scott Goldberg Nick Buchholz and Mary Ker Israel and Majorie Goldberg Nathan and Marcy Bursac Eric Goldschmidt David Butler Joanna Gollberg and Jamie Sterling Frances Barr Cargill Scarrain and Geraldo Gomes Robin Carson Rusty Gray Keith Carter John R. Green Linda Casbon Jo Ellen and William Grubbs Colleen Castle Henry and Sandra Halem The Charlotte Lesbian and Gay Fund Board Anne and Lewis Hansen Christine Clark and Bill Will Marc Harper Cami Ruth Clemo Martha D. Harper  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Campaign for Penland’s Future

Timothy Knight Yih-Wen Kuo Lynn Kurisko Mary Pierce Lafleur Lois Langston Staton Carl Larson Peter J. Larson, M.D. Leita Leavell Ted Leger and Allen Taylor Julia A. Leonard Margaret Lepo Marc Leuthold Suze Lindsay and Kent McLaughlin Randy Long Adrian and Page Luxmoore Elizabeth Lyne Bruce and Diane MacEwen Maya D. Machin Warren and Nancy MacKenzie Instructor Julia Woodman demonstrat - Dale and Bonnie Harvey Joe Maguire ing copper forming techniques during Michael Dwayne Hawks James Malenda her fall metals workshop. Julia is an Frederick Heath and Merrily Orsini Wesley Mancini and Bob Scheer accomplished metalsmith who has Robyn W. Heeks Richard Margolis taught several times in the metals stu - Pamela and John Helms David L. Marsh and Kenneth Hanson dio and been a student many times in Hemby Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Eric Robert Martinez and the iron studio. She is also a frequent Mrs. Anne J. Henderson Frank Morrison Sutton auction volunteer. In honor of Louise Coffey Jessica Martinkosky Linda and John Hillman Marion and Kingsbury Marzolf Bonnie and Jeff Hitchcock Katherine McCarty Kim Hodges McColl Center for Visual Art Patti Hughes Louise McConnell Jane Hunter Amy K. McGrath Richard P. Hurley McKinney, Inc. Jan and Sam Hurt Sondra McLinn IBM International Foundation Janice McRorie Andre Jackson Elizabeth and Fred Menger Martin Gregory Jenkins Estate of John Menapace John R. Jesso and Stacy Sumner Jesso Chris H. Miller Nicholas and Lisa Joerling Myra Mimlitsch-Gray and Ken Gray Dan and Jennifer Turner Joiner John Moore and Olga Ronay Jacqueline and Sean Jones Clarence Morgan Jean and Edwin Jones Susan Morrison Richard E. Jones Bobby B. Mosley Vicki Jones Sandra Moy Dan and Ruth Jordan , Woodworker, S.A. and Aimee and Alain Joyaux Mira Nakashima Deena and Jerome Kaplan National Trust for Historic Preservation Fund Deb Karash Bea Nettles Andrew Kastanas Audrey Niffenegger Diane Solomon Kempler Nonah Craft House Kay E. Kennerty Nancy Nord Dorlin and Susan Kerr Bruce and Nancy Novell Mark Klett Jeff Oestreich Barbara Kiger Gary Michael Olsen  J. Scott King C. Lynne Osterman and Michael Newman

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Ben Owen Cinda B. Smith s e Mary H. Parker Gay Smith W Keith Parsley Laura P. Smith Tina and Callum Peak Ted Smith Jeannie Pearce Sam and Cindy Smoak Rosemary L. Peduzzi Anika Smulovitz Toni M. Perrone and Nina Cloaninger Gabriel Soren and Marie-France Labbe Margaret Peterson Spruce Pine Batch Company John Pfahl Beth Stanfield Laura and Stephen Philipson Kathleen and Darwin Stanley Margaret Phillips Kathy and Scott Steinsberger Katrina Plato B. Stewart James F. Plowden, M.D. George and Barbara Stinson Lynn P. Pollard Connie Stockdale Presbyterian Health Care Foundation Evon Streetman Dan Price Linda Strong Laura and Perrin Radley Sue Moss Sullivan Samuel C. Rankin Clifford and Deborah Summey Christine and Richard Rappoport Eva J. Summer and Sharon K. Little Betty and Dennis Rash Scott and Katie Sundby Joy M. Raynor Superior School of Real Estate, Inc. Keramet Ann Reiter Melissa Taylor Ann Anderson Rennie Terry Taylor Ann Robinson Marcia and Charles Teal Lee Robinson and Jerry Winakur John A. Thompson Jr. and Lee Rocamora Patricia and B.D. Rodgers Linda and Jim Threadgill Student Amanda Murdaugh working in Ann Anderson Rennie Suan Ying Tillman the iron studio during the spring 2011 Sang Parkinson Roberson Mariemma Tischer workshop taught by Elizabeth Brim. Lisa C. Robey Caroline To Amanda, who attended with a work- Holly Roberts Joe Todd study scholarship, was returning to Barbara Jo Ruble Anna Tomczak Penland for her fifth class. She is a Marie M. Runyon Dennis R. Trombatore jeweler, and all of her previous classes Tommie Rush and Richard Jolley Michelle Tuegel were in the metals studio. During that Jeanne Ryder Ursula Vann spring session her mother, Cathie, was Mary Sadler Caroline H. Vaughan also at Penland taking a clay class. For Arturo Alonzo Sandoval Diana and Albert Voorthuis Amanda, Penland has always been con - Phillip and Sara Sanders Karen Candice Wagner nected to family—Cathie has been tak - Dorothy Saxe Sarah Warner ing classes at Penland since the 1970s, Gary C. Scales Tom Warshauer and Andy Dews and the Murdaughs have volunteered Stella Schloss Mary Weiss many times for the auction. JoAnn Schnabel Rita and Steve Weisskoff Mrs. Anna Rita Scott Susan Wells Diana and Samuel Self Steve West Jeannette Austin Selvaggi Ellen Wieske and Carole Ann Fer Charlene Sevier Teresa K. Wilpers Douglas Sheafor Angela and David Wilson Michael and Margery Sherrill Arthur and Heather Wimble Lindy Shuttleworth Sarah Morgan Wingfield Dr. Les Silberstein Michelle Witherspoon Marc and Mattye Silverman Albert Woodard Laura Simmelink Lynalise Woodlief Ward Simmons Michael Wright and Bob Glascock J. Paul Sires and Ruth Ava Lyons Clarissa T. Sligh and Kimberly Grey Purser Paul and Roslyn Slovic  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Circle of Hands

Donor Profile: Rick & Brenda Wheeler Courtesy Brenda Wheeler Though they have yet to take a class, Penland enthusiasts Rick and Brenda Wheeler have been coming to Penland regularly for about ten years, visiting friends enrolled in work - shops and attending the annual benefit auction. “We kept hearing about the auction,” says Brenda, “but we thought it was a very elite thing. Then we received an invitation, and we’ve been coming ever since. It’s a very special place.” “Penland is one of the places in the world where I feel most comfortable,” says Rick, a salesman for extruded and fabricated aluminum products at Loxcreen Company. “The core of what goes on there speaks to us. Someday we want to have a home there, where we feel surrounded by all the positive aspects of life.” The Wheelers live in Columbia, South Carolina, which they describe as “an artistic city.” They have been collectors of glass and figurative ceramics since the early days of their marriage, when gifts from artist friends and art gifts to each other sparked an Brenda and Rick Wheeler interest. “I gave Brenda a painting for Christmas one year,” Rick recalls, “and she gave me a glass sculpture by Curtiss Brock, and that started us off. Our passion for it con - tinues to grow,” he adds, “and Penland has played a key role in prompting us to collect more seriously.” He wants to take a class someday; his first choice would be glassblow - ing, but he would love to try ceramics, too. Brenda would like to come one day for a jewelry class. “Every year, when we visit, some piece of jewelry leaves with us,” she says, including, most recently, a brooch by resident artist Amy Tavern. The Wheelers support Penland as Lucy Morgan Leaders, and, as members of the Circle of Hands, have made a gift to the school in their will. This charitable strategy is especially important to Brenda, who, as an estate planner with First Citizens Bank and executive member of the South Carolina Planned Giving Council, educates her clients and the public on how to protect, grow, and pass on their resources to the next gener - ation. “It’s important for people to think about their passions when planning a legacy,” she advises. “In our case, we feel close to Penland, and want to be sure it continues for a long, long time.” –Wes Stitt

Circle of Hands Penland’s Circle of Hands includes donors who have chosen to make a legacy gift to the school through a bequest or other planned or deferred gift. Circle of Hands donors demonstrate their com - mitments to Penland’s future by establishing a gift process now that will benefit the school at a future time. These gifts can ensure that the donor’s current support will continue. If you are con - sidering a legacy gift to Penland, please contact the development office.

Anonymous Louise Todd Cope Polly Allen Bob and Peggy Culbertson Lisa and Dudley Anderson Jan Detter Jill Beech Theresa Hand DuPre and William A. DuPre Dr. Larry Brady Mignon Durham Wade and Brenda Brickhouse Mariana Roumell Gasteyer Cynthia Bringle James R. Hackney and Scott T. Haight Edwina Bringle Francesca Heller Jan Brooks Dorothy S. Hines Paula L. Brown-Steedly Molly Holt Dorothy and Clyde Collins Patricia N. Jay  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Circle of Hands

Bobby and Claudia Kadis Rosemary L. Peduzzi Mary D. Kahlert Mark Peiser Dr. and Mrs. John E. Lee Nina Piccirilli Dr. Kent Leslie Rosalind Rich Rieser Betty Helen Longhi James W.M. Smith and Pam Troutman Mary R. Lynn Alan Solomon and Andrea Cartwright William P. Massey Steven Stichter Jean W. McLaughlin and Tom Spleth Constance Stumin Charles L. McMurray Hellena and Isaiah Tidwell Dana Moore Rick and Brenda Wheeler Sana Musasama Julia and Richard Woodman Laura Taft Paulsen and William F. Paulsen

In-Kind Donations These individuals made non-cash gifts to Penland during fiscal year 2011 (May 1, 2010 to April 30, 2011 ). These in-kind donations included gifts non-auction related art, equipment and supplies, goods and services, and lodging.

$5,000 and above Elizabeth and Robert Fenker Lillian Maxine Burrows Forrest Mfg. Co. Bob and Peggy Culbertson Peter F. Gearen and Lisa M. Gearen Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, Inc. Glass Alchemy Ltd. Family of Marcia Macdonald Grassy Creek Hardware Instructor Paul Wong working in the Glen and Florence Hardymon Penland book and paper studio during $2,500 - $4,999 Ruth H. Holm his paper class titled Pulp Dyna-Matrix. Deana Blanchard and Chuck Young Cheryl Hughes Paul is the artistic director of Dieu Charlotte H. Gower William K. Jackson Donné, a nonprofit artist workspace in Lee Valley Tools Joia Johnson New York City. Michael and Margery Sherrill Sandy and Lindsay Jordan Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice Bobby and Claudia Kadis Barbara Walters Ruth D. Kohler Emily Whittle Susan Parker Martin and Alan Belzer Marion and Kingsbury Marzolf $1,000 - $2,499 William P. Massey Lisa and Dudley Anderson Elizabeth Matheson Dorothy and Clyde Collins John and Tina McGuire Sarah Lee Elson and Louis Goodman Elson Roy Baroff and Caroline McLaughlin Dorothy D. Hodges Lynn McLure Kathleen Miller Northstar Glassworks, Inc. Kaola and Frank Phoenix John F. Nygren Martha Strawn Laura Taft Paulsen and William F. Paulsen Pisgah Brewing Co. Under $1,000 John Powell Altamira Lighting Rob Pulleyn Eleanor R. Annand Sequoia Brass & Copper Beverly and Gene Ayscue Ann Shengold George and Patty Bennett Melvin and Mary Stanforth Elizabeth and James Bethune Cynthia Stone Biltmore Company The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa Wade and Brenda Brickhouse Charlene Diana Walker Jan Brooks Ruth R. Warner and Robert J. Warner Desiree DeLong Barbara and Samuel Wells Estate of John Menapace Julia and Richard Woodman  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Auction Art Donations

Courtesy Alida Fish Donor Profile: Alida Fish

A photographer since childhood (beginning when her grandmother gave her a dark - room kit as a birthday gift), Alida Fish first came to Penland in 1971 to take a photog - raphy workshop while on vacation from work at an economic research firm. She fell in love with the school’s weekend cook and returned later that year; they were married on the knoll. Alida stayed on at Penland for two years, working for the school in exchange for room, board, and classes. “You might say we were prototypes for today’s core fel - lows,” she reflects. “For me, it was a remarkable opportunity. I learned an enormous amount not only about photography but also about all the craft media. I met extraordi - nary people and received the encouragement and support to continue to pursue my passion for photography.” In the years since, the confidence and understanding she cred - its to her time at Penland have led to what she describes as “a remarkably rewarding career.” This career has included an MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology; an exploratory studio practice in photography, printmaking, and painting; work in collec - tions like the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the State Museum of Pennsylvania, and the George Eastman House; fellowships from the NEA and the Polaroid Corporation; and Alida Fish in a group picture made a long tenure as professor, chair, and dean at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. during a Penland class in 1983. To her Combining silver and other historic photographic processes, digital manipulation, right is her co-teacher Evon Streetman and hand-painting, Alida’s strange, beautiful still lifes have a quiet sense of the fantasti - (see page 22). cal, the not-quite-real. “I love to subtly transform photographic documents to convey images that live primarily in my head,” she says. Her subjects—plants, curiosities, sculp - ture, and bodies—glow in the soft light of antique photographic techniques, illuminat - ing some quiet corner of the living, the uncanny, the remnants or remembrances of life now gone. Alida has maintained a close relationship with Penland and returned many times over the years. She has taught fifteen summer workshops and two concentrations, and cur - rently serves as a member of the board of trustees. “I keep coming back because it nour - ishes my soul,” she says. “It sounds corny, but it’s true! There is an openness in the way people work at Penland, in the energy in the studios, and in the flow of ideas that always seems to pick me up.” Alida also supports the school by donating her own artwork, and by organizing a spe - cial photography portfolio for the benefit auction. “Each year, we invite ten or twelve former faculty to donate a photograph,” she explains. “Each photograph donated for the special portfolio has either been created at Penland or has been influenced by the artist’s time at Penland.” All of the money raised from the sale of these photographs goes to a fund established to create a new photo studio and endow a studio assistant and scholar - ship student in that studio. “It’s an ambitious vision,” Alida says, “but these photogra - phers are quick to donate the best of their work. When hundreds of artists, art lovers, and other insightful, smart people from all walks of life are willing to step forward and give what they can to see Penland continue into the future, you know there is some - thing fundamentally significant going on.” –Wes Stitt

 Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Auction Art Donations

Art Donations Penland benefits from the extraordinary generosity of its community of artists. Each year many current and former instructors and resident artists donate work to the Annual Benefit Auction. Artists also donate to Art for Penland, a web-based art sales program. Lucy Morgan Leader art donors con - tributed work valued at $ 1,000 or more. This list includes work donated to the 2010 Annual Benefit Auction.

Lucy Morgan Leader Art Donors Gail M. Kendall Other Art Donors (Art donations valued at $ 1,000 or more) L. Brent Kington (Art donations valued under $ 1,000 ) Cathy Adelman Mark Klett Erika Adams Jacque Allen Jeong Ju Lee Carlos Alves Heather Allen-Swarttouw Anne Lemanski Stanley Mace Andersen Junichiro Baba Richard Margolis Christina Z. Anderson Alice Ballard Sarah Martin Lynn Avadenka Elizabeth Barton Laura Jean McLaughlin Posey Bacopoulos Rick Beck Jenny Mendes Kyle Bajakian Scott Benefield Hugh Merrill Bryan Christopher Baker Paulus Berensohn C. James Meyer Phillip Baldwin Alex Gabriel Bernstein Janis Miltenberger Boris Bally William Bernstein Ché Rhodes Curtis Bartone Elizabeth Brim David Naito Kenneth Baskin Cynthia Bringle Bea Nettles Chris Berti Lola Brooks Lilith Eberle Nielander Sharif Bey Angela Bubash and Nathan Blank Ben Owen, III Michael Bondi George Bucquet Jane Peiser George Bowes Thor and Jennifer Bueno Kiara Pelissier Deborah Brackenbury David Butler Sarah Perkins Edwina Bringle Susan Goethel Campbell John Pfahl Jay Burnham-Kidwell Helen Carnac Kenny Pieper Ralph Burns Keith Carter Jason Pollen Lisa Clague Gordon Chandler Richard Ritter Bede Clarke David K. Chatt Holly Roberts Margaret Couch Cogswell Nicole Chesney Mary Roehm Lisa Colby John Clark Tommie Rush and Richard Jolley James D.W. Cooper Phil Sanders Maggi DeBaecke Cristina Córdova Dail Dixon Scott Darlington Mark Shapiro Robin Dreyer Linda Darty Christina Shmigel Judith Duff Daniel and Vicki Essig Clarissa Sligh Jon Ellenbogen and Rebecca Plummer Shane Fero David T. Smith Kim Ellington Greg Fidler Dolph Smith Catharine Ellis Alida Fish Jerry Spagnoli Leah Fairbanks Pat Flynn Tom Spleth Fred Fenster Steven Forbes-deSoule Sam Stang Susan Filley Gail Fredell Paul J. Stankard Angela Fina Mark Gardner Evon Streetman Regina M. Flanagan Robert Gardner Billie Ruth Sudduth Terry Gess Celia Gray Boyd Sugiki Marguerite Jay Gignoux Hoss Haley Tim Tate Catherine Clark Gilbertson Susan Halls Amy Tavern Joanna Gollberg Douglas Harling Shoko Teruyama and Matt Kelleher Erica Gordon James Henkel Jen Townsend Carmen Grier Marvin Jensen Marlene True Bill Hall Keith Johnson Jerry Uelsmann Jin Won Han Daniel Johnston Jerilyn Virden and Devin Burgess Abie Harris Aimee Joyaux Julia Woodman Julia Harrison  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Auction Art Donations/Auction Sponsor & Patrons

Chuck Hindes Kaeko Maehata Alyssa C. Salomon Bryant Holsenbeck Daniel Marinelli Margaret Scanlan Adam Holtzinger Emily Martin Tommye McClure Scanlin John Horn Tom McCarthy Jenny Lou Sherburne Michael Hunt and Estate of John Menapace Stephen Sidelinger Naomi Dalglish Deb Menz Marjorie Simon Shawn Ireland Sequoia Miller Laura Sims Rob Jackson Mark Mitsuda Brent Skidmore Nicholas Joerling Clarence Morgan Adrienne Sloane Robert Johnson Zachary Noble Gertrude Graham Smith Deb Karash Gary Lee Noffke Vanessa Somers Ann Marie Kennedy Richard Notkin Jeff and Yaffa Todd Brian Kerkvliet Kathryn Osgood Anna Tomczak Kathy King Jeannie Pearce Bob Trotman Lisa Klakulak Noellynn Pepos Elizabeth Turrell Jeana Eve Klein Andrea Peterson Anthony Ulinski Chunghie Lee Meg Peterson Jan-Ru Wan Robert Levin Natalya Pinchuk Sandy Webster Suze Lindsay Amy Pirkle Wayne Wichern Janet Link Fawn Potash Lana Wilson Peter Loewer Gail Rieke Tara Wilson Steven Loucks Sang Parkinson Roberson Paul Wong Thomas Lucas Lisa Beth Robinson Sayumi Yokouchi David MacDonald Sylvie Rosenthal Jeff Zamek Marcia Macdonald Mike Rossi Jen Zitkov John Mac Kah Andrew Rubin Auction patron Rob Williams helping to raise money for Penland—by bid - ding often! Penland’s 25th Annual Benefit Auction In addition to providing significant resources for Penland’s annual operations, the benefit auction is an opportunity for collectors and art lovers to visit Penland and to see and acquire exceptional works of contemporary art and craft. Penland received the support of 225 artists who donated work and 204 volunteers who make the weekend a great success. We thank all of the patrons, artists, sponsors, and volunteers who were a part of the 25 th Annual Benefit Auction held on August 13 and 14, 2010 .

Auction Sponsors Auction Associate ($1,500) American Party Tent Rentals Auction Sponsor ($10,000) EbenConcepts/Cardinal Insurance WNC and G magazines Hallmark Capital Management Jon Ellenbogen and Rebecca Plummer Auction Patron ($5,000) Norman Sound & Productions, Inc. Blue Ridge Printing Frank Kiker Auction Patrons Our State magazine These are auction patrons who made contribu - David H. Ramsey Commercial Photography tions through ticket purchases, artist sponsor - SOFA CHICAGO  ships, Fund-a-Need, and the purchase of art Auction Supporter ($2,500) above retail value. American Craft magazine Auction Contributions American Style magazine $10,000 and above Biltmore Wines Robyn and John Horn Blue Ridge Soap Shed  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Auction Patrons

$5,000 - $9,999 Claudia Burke “I love Penland, I do, I do, I do! Lisa and Dudley Anderson Greg Cumbaa There are places on earth that Lutu and Tom Coffey Maggi and Jules DeBaecke have the power to open your Ann and Thomas Cousins Lance and Lenore Deutsch soul to possibilities, train your Richard and Yvonne McCracken Adrienne and Harvey Gossett Harriett Green hands to be creative, and uplift $2,500-$4,999 Carole and John Guyton your heart through friendship Polly Allen James R. Hackney and Scott T. Haight and community. Penland does Robert Annas and Doug Shaw Ruth Holmberg all that for me plus more. John and Jennifer Culver Joia Johnson Shelton and Carol Gorelick Jack and Candy Kruesi Penland is the vehicle of change Bobby and Claudia Kadis Henry LaBrun for my art making, which Thomas S. Kenan, III and Chris Shuping Lorne E. Lassiter and Gary Ferraro empowers me to change my life.” Sharon Mills Wesley Mancini and Bob Scheer Ronald C. Porter and Joe Price Carr and Chip McCuiston —Carola Jones, recipient of a 2010 Rob Pulleyn Barbara N. McFadyen and Douglass Phillips Jr. Lucy Morgan Scholarship and fre - Steve and Denise Vanderwoude Amy K. McGrath quent volunteer at the community Andrew Geer and Susan Moore open house and the auction. $1,000-$2,499 Pamola Powell and Guy Lescault Cathy and Alan Adelman Eric S. Rohm and Amy Hockett Mr. and Mrs. William T. Barnett Betsy and Marcus Rowland Elizabeth and James Bethune Catherine Schroeder and Phil McMillian Dr. Larry Brady Christina Shmigel and Patrick Moreton Wade and Brenda Brickhouse Jim Tanner Katy and Mark Cobb Tom Warshauer and Andy Dews Anne Dahle Larry Wheeler and Donald Doskey Lisbeth C. Evans and Jim Lambie Robert and Susan Wilson Laura and Michael Grace Michael Wright and Bob Glascock Glen and Florence Hardymon Tom and Elaine Wright Jack and Morgan Horner John R. Jesso and Stacy Sumner Jesso Under $500 Jacqueline and Sean Jones Michael and Catty Andry Dr. Terry Jefferson and Joseph Lampo Arkansas Arts Center Laura and Mike Luckett John S. Arrowood Susan Parker Martin and Alan Belzer Don Ball Kay and Robert Norris Ardis Bartle Gil and Jancy Patrick Helga and Jack Beam Laura Taft Paulsen and William F. Paulsen Betty and Jim Becher Gina Phillips Bill and Georgia Belk Kaola and Frank Phoenix Don Beskind and Wendy Robineau Mary Regan Kristin Hills Bradberry and John Bradberry Robert and Lisanne Smith Mike and Wendy Brenner Olivia Surratt Fay and Phelan Bright James and Jean Veilleux Edwina Bringle Phil Wells Karen Brosius and Willson Powell Rick and Brenda Wheeler Mary and Jim Brown Rob Williams and Warren Womble Robert Bruns Leonard and Libby Buck $500-$999 Linda and Jim Carlisle Janice and James Anderson Anna L. Carlton Mary Lou Babb and James G. Babb Jr. Lee Carter and Greg L. Bradley Sanford R. Berlin and Faron Franks MacFarlane and Marguerite Cates Daniel A. Bloom and Barry Golivesky Debbie and Jeff Chapman Philip and Amy Blumenthal Bruce D. Cohan and Carol Shapiro Anita Brame Donald Cole and Nancy Ackerman-Cole  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Auction Patrons

Dorothy and Clyde Collins Dr. Margaret S. Mertz Thorns and Perry Craven James and Sharon Miller Bob and Peggy Culbertson Judy and Jim Moore Allison Dahle and Lou Pounder Scott Mullennix and Hilary M. Wilson Rick and Dana Davis Cathie M. Murdaugh William A. and Betty Gray Davis Pamela Myers John and Terrie Davis Kim Nikles Patsy Davis Kit and Bill Pannill Katharine DeShaw Greg Parker and Randy Dickerson Lynn and Barry Eisenberg Jeannie Pearce Sarah Lee Elson and Louis Goodman Elson Edith Peiser Leigh and Carl Estabrook Toni M. Perrone and Nina Cloaninger Olga Faison and Jay Faison Alan Peterson and Priscilla Kistler Christa and Robert Faut Lucy Phillips Jane and Jim Fernandes Scott Provancher Suzanne Fetscher Patricia and Ron Pyle Alida Fish Eve Rapp Gene and Tate Foster Maynette Regan Andrew Glasgow John and Linda Ruck Paul Edwin Glass, Jr. and Susan Payne Glass Dabney and Walker Sanders Barbara and Jim Goodmon Mary Schnelly Jean Greer and Scott Radway Barbara Schroeder Edward and Susanne Gross Kellie and Jeff Scott Rick and Sharon Gruber Barbara and Robert Seiler Dean Hamrick Dawn and Vig Sherrill Steve W. and Chasie Harris Michael and Margery Sherrill Auction volunteer Shaan Hassan Lindsay Hearn and David Joerling Robert Shore and Brian Caldwell enthusiastically displaying a glass ves - Dr. and Mrs. Edward M. Hedgpeth, Jr. Buck and Helgi Shuford sel by Kenny Pieper. Marian S. Heiskell Randy Siegel Rogers and Victoria Howell C. Miller Sigmon Kathleen Jameson and John Bryant Brent H. Skidmore and Cheryl Hemmer Dr. Randall and Mary Johnson Cindy Spuria Dean Jordan Ruth T. Summers and Bruce W. Bowen Donna Kadis Andrew and Carson Tate Jan Katz and Jim Derbes Tim Tate Edward and Linda Kelly Amy Tavern Virginia Kraus and Jay Westwater Charlie Taylor Stoney Lamar and Susan Casey Mary E. Tevington Susan and David Larson John A. Thompson, Jr. and Lee Rocamora Julia A. Leonard Dr. Russell Tippins and Randy New Diane and Barry Leshin Patti Tracey and Chris Hudson Janet Link and Carl Dahle Ben and Lynn Trotter John Littleton and Kate Vogel Richard Wagner Deborah and Roger Lovelett Ruth R Warner and Robert J Warner Jane and Robert Lurie H. Lawrence Watson, Jr. Daylon Lutzenberger and Chuck Stephens Laura Way Roger Manley Ed Westreicher and Phillip E. Hoover David L. Marsh and Kenneth Hanson Nancy White Judith and Todd Marshall Wendi Williams and Aprille Shaffer Ken May and Martha Brim Chancellor Randy Woodson and David McClurkin Susan Woodson Sara and Bob McDonnell Diana Gayle Wortham John and Tina McGuire Martin Yate Jean W. McLaughlin and Tom Spleth Chris McLeod  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Auction Volunteers

Auction Volunteers Penland’s Annual Benefit Auction volunteers are an amazing group of people who come to Penland every August and volunteer in myriad ways to make the weekend event possible. They come from all across the US and range in age from eighteen to eighty-five. Many of them take time off from their jobs to join their auction friends, year after year, to work hard and help this event produce important operating support. These individuals epit - omize the Penland spirit. This listing includes individuals who volunteered for the 25 th Annual Benefit Auction held on August 13 & 14, 2010 .

Jack Abgott Bert Denker Dean Jordan Rob Pulleyn Cathy Adelman Ellen Denker Aimee Joyaux Elaine Quave Maranda Allbritten Karen Derksen Alain Joyaux David Ramsey Camille Ames Betsy Dewitt Soulie Kaghazi Kim Reavis Joanna Angell Artie Dixon Sally Kemp Neil Richter Sarina Angell Dail Dixon Beth Kirby Trish Salmon Timothy Ayers Megan Dolan Arlene Lane Alyssa Salomon Chris Ayscue Patrick Dolan John Leavitt Lies Sapp Gene Ayscue Janice Donatelli Amanda Lee Jack Schaefer William Barnes Miles Dreyer Mark Levine Bill Schmitz Heather Barrett Peg Dufresne Patty Lingle Joe Schnaufer Sue Baum Merrick Earle David Little Valerie Schnaufer Marie Beach Angela Eastman Polly Lórien Charles Schultz Stan Beach Shan Ellentuck Frank Lortscher Mary Gay Schultz Helga Beam Lee Ellis Bill Lupoletti Connie Schulze Jack Beam Dan Estabrook Kate Lydon Deborah Seay Patrick Beggs Susan Feagin Janet Macy John Selser Patricia Benard John Ferlazzo Suzanne Marsh Gary Shaw Jessica Benzaquen Michelle Francis Aurelia Mayer Kate Shaw Bob Boardman Collette Gabrielle Maxine McCoy Kimberly Shelton Judi Boardman Mary Clare Galvin James McDonald Chris Shepherd Dave Bond Bob Garron Devin McKim Ursula Shuler Candace Borden Lisa Gluckin Edward McKim Gordon Simmons Mark Boyd Jeff Goodman Ron Meier Terry Joe Sledd Burtie Bragg Daniel Gottlieb Sue Meier Gay Smith Cynthia Bringle Iris Gottlieb Barbara Middleton Becky Snavely Edwina Bringle Kathryn Guy Michelle Moode Russell Snipes Lori Buff Shaan Hassan William Moore Kathy Steinsberger Paul Burgo Bonnie Hayes Wick Mott John Ster Allie Burleson Tim Hayes Amanda Murdaugh Mary-Blue Ster Cheryl Burnett Laura Hein Cathie Murdaugh Cici Stevens Antonia Campanella Lindsay Hendricks Marvin Murdaugh Kent Stewart Jill Carway Megan Hicks Shannon Myers Wes Stitt Lindsey Cero Randy Hinson Berkeley Neblett Ruth Summers Charles Chandler Sarah Holden Pat Nevin Erin Taylor Pat Chandler Faye Holliday Kim Oberhammer Mary Bailey Thomas Jennifer Chang Donna Holt Pat O’Donnell Sophia Treakle Michael Chmielewski Sarah Holt Mark Oliver Glenmore Trenear-Harvey Cami Ruh Clemo Darko Hreljanovic Toni Oreck Brock Trevathan Charles Coffey Lucas Hundley Alison Overton Teena Tuenge Camille Cogswell James Hyatt Susan Owen Cherry Turner Will Cogswell Keiko Ishii Lauri Paggi Gwen Van Ark Betsy Coogler Patricia Jay Michael Panciera Jon Van Ark Niki Coverstone Bethany Jesseph Candace Pederson Daniel Van Ark Luke Daniels Lisa Joerling Jennifer Phelps Denise Vanderwoude Shane Darwent Beth Johnson Benjamin James Plato Valentina Vella Lisa Day Marsha Johnson Neil Prime Dede Vergot Desiree DeLong Carola Jones Ann Prock Christiane Voisin  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Volunteers

Heath Wagoner Char Walker Julia Wilson Donna Woods Linda Wagoner Don Walker Roberta Wood Phillip Zucchino Michael Waldeck Robin Warden Julia Woodman Karin Zuppiger Community Open House Volunteers Penland’s annual community open house invites the public into our studios for an afternoon of hands-on craft activities. The 2011 open house was made possible by the generous participation of 110 volunteers.

Kim Alderman Annie Cicale Miles Henry Marian Parkes Jacque Allen Kathleen Clarke Anne Hosey Rosemary Peduzzi Amanda Alexander Kate Colclasier Moe Hoxie Brad Pierce Joe Anderson Niki Coverstone Bill Jackson Nelle Fastman Pingree Ele Annand Jane Crowe Judi Jetson Liz Potenza Bailey Arend Kerstin Davis Gregg Johnson Linda Sacra Laura Aultman Mike Davis Dylan Katz Rosina Saqib Gene Ayscue Andrew Dutcher Nancy Kerr Dea Sasso Aaron Bagelman Miles Dreyer Carrie Klase Gloria Schulman Caron Baker Veva Edelson Mikey Krupiarz David Smith Dan Barron Ross Edwards Kate Littleton Jim Sockwell Amy Barron Catherine Ellis Polly Lórien Pablo Soto Daniel Beck Hannah Fearing Frank Lortscher Amy Tavern Pat Benard Kristen Flournoy Laurel Lovrek Terry Taylor Barbara Benisch Marie Fornaro Courtney Martin Wendy Thoreson Billy Bernstein Michelle Frances George Matthews Gretchen Travers Katie Bernstein Rachel Garceau Jack Mauch Mike Travers Bob Biddlestone John Geci Billy McClain Char Walker Stephen Biggerstaff Lisa Gluckin Susan McDaniel Don Walker Katherine Boone Pili Gonzalez Jasmin McFayden Amy Waller Kate Boyd Seth Gould Marsha McLawhorn Lily Walton Pam Brewer Alan Gratz Lynn McLure Tracie Waters Elizabeth Brim Alex Greenwood Raine Middleton Hye-Sook Wentzel Edwina Bringle Sue Grier Jennifer Moore Jim Wike Matt Bugnaski Stephanie Guinan Dana Moore Cory Williams Micah Cain Eileen Hallman Betsy Morrill Jacob Yelton Cristen Cameron Caroline Harkins Pat Nevin David Chatt Ian Henderson Cindy Ollis

Other Volunteers These individuals volunteered their time and energy in a variety of ways that helped in the operations of Penland and the maintenance and improvement of our grounds and facilities. They also volunteered in our studios and in campus tours, special events off campus, and many other invaluable ways.

Sharon Barnes Elaine Giovando Victoria Rabinowe Amelia Stickney Cynthia Bringle Gary Griffin Gail Rieke Edwina Bringle Mary Kanda Valerie Schnaufer Robin Warden Elizabeth Brim Marsha McLawhorn Gloria Schulman Jan Brooks Flo Perkins Doug Stewart

 Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Staff Profile

Staff Profile: Kathryn Gremley

When Kathryn Gremley greets members of the public at the Penland Gallery and Visitors Center, she does so with a knowledge of the school that is both broad and deep. She has worked at the Gallery and Visitors Center for fifteen years—for the first ten years as the exhibits manager and for the past five years as director—but her relation - ship with the school goes all the way back to 1981 . “I had gone to several colleges for art and dropped out several times,” she laughs. “I was reading American Craft and I kept seeing Penland in the artists’ bios. I figured if all these great people went to Penland, I should check it out.” She came for a fall Concentration in weaving and fell in love with the place. She returned in the spring, then stayed on as a core student, and was then invited to become a resident artist. She settled permanently in the community and continued her work as a production weaver of textiles for clothing and also worked in various capacities at the school. “I have worked in the kitchen,” she says, “I was a studio coordinator, I taught weaving and clothing design, I worked in the school store, and then I started working at the gallery.” She was also selling her work at large craft shows and a dozen other gal - leries. She was the first person involved with Penland Gallery who was also a selling craftsperson. “I didn’t have a background in conventional retail,” she says, “but I knew about the relationship between a gallery and an artist.” She also had a keen eye for good work and innovative displays. In her time at the gallery she has installed 135 instructor Kathryn Gremley (far left) on the gallery porch giving a Penland primer exhibitions and curated and installed approximately eighty invitational exhibits, both in to a group of visiting college students. the gallery and off campus. As Kathryn became increasingly involved with the gallery, she gradually wound down her own craft business. Today, as director, she functions as curator and exhibition designer and manages a staff of four—working with them as they arrange tours of the school, set up displays, keep track of inventory, and answer hundreds of questions about the art work, the school, the artists, and, of course, the location of the bathrooms. Although she has set aside her loom, Kathryn’s background as an artist informs everything she does. “I enjoy trying to create the presentation the work deserves,” she says. “Whether we are selling a greeting card, a mug, or a $ 20,000 sculpture, it should all be of the same quality. You go to a museum to see these beautiful paintings and sculp - tures, and then you go to the gift shop and it’s commercial products made in China. Here we want everything to have the same level of excellence.” Especially close to Kathryn’s heart are the invitational exhibitions mounted each year. These are built around themes and are intended to expand the public’s under - standing of craft. They are also meant to reflect aspects of Penland’s educational pro - grams, and Kathryn works closely with program director Dana Moore when planning the shows. “The exhibitions,” she says, “encourage people to slow down and thoughtful - ly view the work, so they are more likely to engage with the process and the intent behind it. If Penland is trying to advance the perception of what craft is in the world, the gallery is trying to have a role in that by having exhibitions that help create a deep - er understanding of what it is to be an artist.” –Robin Dreyer

 Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Financial Information

Operating Financial Information

Fiscal Year 2011 Fiscal Year 2010

e Contributions and grants 1,138,798 1,240,166

m Auctions and special events 576,791 551,417

o

c 1,979,719 1,919,384

n Tuition, room, board, and fees

I Sales* 618,855 515,899

g

n 8,489 12,000

i Investment return

t

a Change in beneficial interests** 120,000 120,000

r

e Other income 49,932 73,204

p O Operating income 4,492,584 4,432,070 Funds released from restriction 197,258 183,362 Total operating income 4,689,842 4,615,432 s

e 531,602 505,428

s Administration

n 615,300 527,156

e Development

p 1,863,605 1,723,017

x Programs E

Services 943,004 925,424 g

n Facilities 678,877 668,050 i t

a 4,632,388 4,349,075

r Total operating expenses e

p 57,454 266,357 O Change in net operating assets

*Sales includes gallery, supply store, coffee house, visitor meals, and studio materials.

**Beneficial interest in trust includes the John Evan Haun Endowment (FY 11 and FY 10 ) and the Winston-Salem Foundation Penland Endowment (FY 10 ).

Depreciation expense for the year was $ , and is not reflected in the above operating expenses. It is included in the audited financial statements.

Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the Charitable Solicitation Licensing Section at .... The license is not an endorsement by the State.

 Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Financial Information

Operating Expenses, Fiscal Year 2011 Services and facilities expenses directly support the operation of Penland’s educational programs. Tuition, Operating Income, Fiscal Year 2011 room, and board revenues covered 43% of Penland’s This chart reflects unrestricted operating income. operating expenses. The remainder was funded by con - tributions, grants, sales, and other sources.

Endowment and other income 9% Facilities 15% Contributions and Administration 11% Sales 13% grants 24%

Services 21% Development 13%

Auctions and special events 12% Programs 40%

Tuition, room, board, and fees 42%

Audited Financial Information

Balance Sheet Information 4/30 /11 4/30 /10 Assets Cash and investments 16,216,936 9,702,807 Property and equipment, net 11,231,163 9,550,995 Other 263,847 283,454 Total assets 27,711,946 19,537,256

Liabilities and Net Assets Liabilities 3,092,295 1,216,298 Net assets 24,619,651 18,320,958 Total liabilities and net assets 27,711,946 19,537,256

Audited financial statement highlights: Total assets for the organization increased by $ . million due primarily to contributions to the Campaign for Penland’s Future, new endowments, and building additions .

Total liabilities increased by $ . million due to the construction loan for new housing and deferred revenue from a $ , grant.

Total support and revenue increased approximately $  million over the prior year due primarily to endowment contributions. Tution, room, and board fees were approximately $ , higher than the prior year.

On April ,  , permanently restricted funds totaled $ . million.

A full copy of the audited financial statements is available from the director’s office.  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Penland Board of Trustees

Board o f Trustees Harriett Green Trustee rotations occur in November of each year. This listing includes Director of visual arts, South Carolina Arts Commission, all trustees who served between May 2010 – April 2011 . Columbia, SC Glen Hardymon, chair (beginning November 2010 ) Abie Harris Collector, attorney, K & L Gates, LLP, Mooresville, NC Artist, architect, campus planning consultant, Raleigh, NC Laura Taft Paulsen, chair (through November 2010 ) Joia Johnson Finance, New York, NY Lawyer, executive vice president, Hanesbrands Inc., Winston- Salem, NC Rob Pulleyn, vice chair Publisher, Lark Books (retired), ceramic artist, Marshall, NC Steve LeBlanc Senior managing director, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, John Garrou, treasurer Austin, TX Attorney, Winston-Salem, NC John E. Lee Frank Lortscher, secretary Physician (retired), woodworker, Atlanta, GA President, Array Analytics, printmaker, Penland, NC Julie Leonard Cathy Adelman Book artist, educator, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Bookbinder, collector, Malibu, CA Susan Parker Martin Polly Allen Fundraising professional (retired), New York, NY Arts advocate, collector, artist, Lebanon, NH Sara McDonnell Dan Bailey Attorney, senior vice president, Bank of America, Charlotte, NC Director, Imaging Research Center at University of Maryland, Glyndon, MD John McGuire Surgeon (retired), glass artist, Asheville, NC Suzanne Baker Volunteer, collector, educator (retired), Winston-Salem, NC C. James Meyer Metalsmith, professor emeritus, Virginia Commonwealth Dawn Barrett University, Midlothian, VA Dean of architecture and design, professor of design, Rhode Island School of Design, Barrington, RI Kaola Phoenix Artist, arts advocate, Chapel Hill, NC Betsy Bethune Volunteer, collector, Winston-Salem, NC Laura Heery Prozes Architect, New York, NY Kristin Hills Bradbury Fundraising professional, Charlotte, NC Ché Rhodes Glass artist, educator, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY Cristina Córdova Ceramic sculptor, Penland, NC Christina Shmigel Sculptor, educator, Shanghai, China John Culver Lawyer, collector, Charlotte, NC William M. Singer Architect, New York, NY Sarah L. Elson Art historian, consultant, collector, London, England Clarissa Sligh Artist, lecturer, Asheville, NC Alida Fish Artist, dean at University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA Barbara Wells Weaver, collector, Chapel Hill, NC Gusti W. Frankel Attorney (retired), NC Ira T. Wender Attorney, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler (retired), New York, NY Shelton Gorelick Collector, real estate and investment (retired), Charlotte, NC Lana Wilson Ceramic artist, Del Mar, CA  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Penland Staff

Staff April 30, 2011 Penland’s staff includes full-time, part-time, and seasonal employees.

Jean McLaughlin, executive director

Dean Allison, studio coordinator Beverly Ayscue, Campaign for Penland’s Future Ray Bell, facilities Kate Boyd, development Mark Boyd, information technology, studio coordinator Rebekkah Cook, gallery Ryan Cooper, gardener Jane Crowe, development Mike Davis, director of development and communications Kat Conley, who ran the supply store for twenty-five years, lead - Betsy DeWitt, studio coordinator ing the July 4 parade in a festooned golf cart. Kat retired in Day Dotson, kitchen December, 2010. Take it easy, Kat! Robin Dreyer, communications Susan Feagin, studio coordinator Sallie Fero, school store Leslie Noell, graphic designer, core fellowship coordinator Melanie Finlayson, studio coordinator Kim Oberhammer, kitchen Cassie Floan, gallery Stephani Ott, school store Megan Fluegel, studio coordinator Susan Pendley, housekeeper Marie Fornaro, assistant to the director Meg Peterson, community collaborations Michelle Francis, archivist Richard Pleasants, food services manager Anna Gardner, housekeeping Mikey Pumphrey, studio coordinator Lisa Gluckin, development John Renick, kitchen Melanie Gortney, accounting Jon Shearin, studio coordinator Scott Graham, kitchen Keith Southworth, coffee house Wendi Gratz, community collaborations Wes Stitt, communications Kathryn Gremley, gallery director Sheila Sweetser, office coordinator Stephanie Guinan, development Jennifer Sword, programs Julia Harry, coffee house Chris Thomas, kitchen Tammy Hitchcock, gallery Crystal Thomas, coffee house manager Amanda Hollifield, registration Gretchen Travers, registrar Cheryl Hughes, housekeeping Simone Travisano, studio manager Bill Jackson, kitchen Kevin Tuffo, facilities Jerry Jackson, deputy director Justin Webb, nighttime security Scott Klein, director of facilities Adam Whitney, studio coordinator Stacey Lane, community collaborations Cynthia Lindeman, services Philip May, studio technician Susan McDaniel, director of finance Jasmin McFayden, Campaign for Penland’s Future Abigail McKinney, office coordinator Tara McKinney, housekeeping Dana Moore, director of programs Betsy Morrill, school store  Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April  Penland Instructors

Books and Paper Scott Darlington Photography Deb Menz Lisa Blackburn Leah Fairbanks Christina Z. Anderson Carl Newman Melissa Jay Craig Eric Goldschmidt Dan Bailey Tommye McClure Scanlin Gabrielle Fox Jin Won Han Kyle Bajakian Kathrin Weber Scott Sara Langworthy Christopher McElroy Dan Estabrook Adrienne Sloane Emily Martin Elizabeth Ryland Mears Jeff Goodman Wayne Wichern Andrea Peterson Janis Miltenberger Scott McMahon Meg Peterson Mark Mitsuda Jerry Spagnoli Eileen Wallace Kiara Pelissier Jo Whaley Paul Wong Marc Petrovic Ross Richmond Clay Richard Ritter Carlos Alves Michael Schunke Alice Ballard Boyd Sugiki Kenneth Baskin Jan Williams John Byrd Lisa Zerkowitz Sam Chung Jen Zitkov Bede Clark Judith Duff Iron Janice Farley Mark Aspery Scott Goldberg Michael Bondi Vicki Hardin Elizabeth Brim Elisa Helland-Hansen James D.W. Cooper Instructor Dan Estabrook and student Valentina Vella hanging Valenta’s work for a photo exhibition in Long House during fall 2010. Kristen Kieffer Paige Davis Kathy King Erika Gordon Print and Letterpress Wood George Kokis Marc Maiorana Erika Adams Jacque Allen Rodney McCoubrey John Rais Lynn Avadenka Gail Fredell Jenny Mendes Mike Rossi Inge Bruggeman Mark Gardner Jane Peiser Morgan Calderini Matthew Hebert Katrina Plato Metals Nicole Chesney Thomas Huang Michael Sherrill Lola Brooks Phil Garrett Yuri Kobayashi Gay Smith Helen Carnac Roni Gross Stoney Lamar Tip Toland David Clemons John Horn Wendy Maruyama Paul Andrew Wandless Lisa Colby Thomas Lucas Brent Skidmore Jeff Zamek Kim Cridler Scott Ludwig Craig Vandall Stevens Marisela Gutiérrez Steve Miller Drawing and Painting Douglas Harling Paul Moxon Special Classes Curtis Bartone Marvin Jensen Jenny Schmid Christina Shmigel Clare Dolan Deb Karash Stephen Sidelinger Arthur González Myra Mimlitsch-Gray Textiles Celia Gray Natalya Pinchuk Dorothy Gill Barnes Resident Writer Bill Logan Phil Renato Elizabeth Barton Ingrid Schaffner Erica Mott Marjorie Simon Jeanne Brady Yoonmi Nam Dana Sperry Edwina Bringle Movement Kathy Vellard Deb Stoner Frank Connet Diann Fuller Marlene True Vicki Essig Dennise Gackstetter Glass Amy Tavern Suzanne Gernandt Cathy Holt Mark Angus James Thurman Lisa Klakulak Cara Levine Alex Gabriel Bernstein Julia Woodman Chunghie Lee Erica Mott Devin Burgess Sandy Zilker Vincent Martinez Holbrook Newman Louise Runyon Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May  ‒ April 

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