65th Craft Fair in Asheville, NC continued from Page 49 / back to Page 49 sive knowledge of traditional music and Hickory, NC, this band plays bluegrass and dance forms with an entertaining band gospel. featuring fiddle legend Arvil Freeman. For a complete listing of exhibitors, craft At 12:30pm - Bear Down Easy: One of demonstrations, and entertainment schedule Asheville’s hottest young bands featuring for the Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands, contemporary bluegrass picking, original visit (http://craftguild.org/). compositions and classic country vocals. Admission: Adults $8, children under 12 At 2pm - Split Rail: Split Rail provides free. Group discounts are available. a great continuity of sound that can only be For further information check our NC achieved from years of playing together. Institutional Gallery listings, call the Guild Strong vocal harmony is their trademark. at 828/298-7928 or visit (http://www.craft- At 3:30pm - The Moore Brothers Band: guild.org/). Led by a duo of young brothers from Groovewood Gallery in Asheville, NC, Offers Works by Leo Monahan The Groovewood Gallery in Asheville, signer and completed his first paper sculp- NC, will present the exhibit, Cut, Bend, ture. Monahan has created cover art for over Fold, Color: Paper Sculpture & Collage in 1,200 albums and his work has been used Dimension, featuring works by Leo Mona- by numerous clients in publishing, advertis- han, on view from Oct. 6 through Dec. 31, ing and promotion. In 1987 he closed his 2012. A reception will be held on Oct. 6, design business and then worked solely as a from 4-6pm and will include a retrospective paper sculptor, illustrator, and fine artist. Sue Hershey Ben’s Barn Infrared talk, a paper sculpting demonstration, and Monahan has earned numerous profes- live music provided by Bruce Lang. sional accolades including a “Lifetime The oldest Gallery in Western North Carolina devoted to Fine Art In conjunction with American Craft Achievement Award” from the Society of Week (Oct. 5-14), we are hosting a solo Illustrators in Los Angeles (their highest Photography, with nationally-acclaimed artists. exhibition featuring the work of internation- honor) and has a paper sculpture in the ally known paper sculptor Leo Monahan. Smithsonian’s permanent collection. Plus: The exhibit will feature Monahan’s unique Monahan is a member of the Society of style of intricate reliefs that blend impres- Illustrators of Los Angeles and New York, Canvas printing & stretching capability sionism and surrealism. Each piece is made the Southern Highlands Craft Guild, a 45- entirely of white paper that has been cut, year participant of the US Air Force docu- Workshops & Master Classes creatively colored and then assembled. This mentary art program, as well as founder Private Showings exhibition will feature unique, one-of-a- of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s kind paper sculptures of mask-like faces documentary art program. He has taught at Décor Consultations from the past, color wheels, and still life Chouinard Art Institute, California Institute scenes and landscapes comprised of vibrant of Art, Tokyo Communication Arts, and the Wed. - Sat., 10am - 5pm or by appointment boats, plants, birds, butterflies and more. Chouinard Foundation. Monahan was born in 1933 in the Black For nearly fifty years Monahan taught 36 West Jordan Street, Brevard, NC Hills of South Dakota. For the most part his color to Disney employees and was an 828.883.4142 artwork is based on his memories of life as independent contractor for Disney amuse- www.bluewoodphotography.com a young boy at the foot of Mount Rushmore ment parks. In his later years, contracting in the Black Hills - a life peopled with for Disney, he was creating paper sculptures Joe Miller, Katrina Miller, Betsy Morrill, miners, loggers, cowboys, farmers, and the that were then measured, digitized, and Rose Tripoli Mueller, Holden McCurry, Sioux Indians. Since relocating to Barnards- through Computer-Aided Design became Valerie McGaughey, Joe Frank McKee, Lee ville, NC, his art has also been influenced large-scale metal figures that you may have Zimmerman-Nelson, Mary Nichols, Terry by his new surroundings, particularly seen at Disney parks. Ostovar, Martha Owen, Charlie Patricolo, autumn in this region. For further information check our NC Susan Marie Phipps, Amy Putansu, Diana Monahan received the first Walt Disney Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery Ramsay, John Richards, Kathie Roig, art honor scholarship, allowing him to study at 828/253-7651 or visit (www.grovewood. Bernie Rowell, Joe Ruminski, Tommye fine art at the Chouinard Art Institute. In com). Scanlin, Alice Schlein, Judy Simmons, 1960, he began his career as a graphic de- Laura Sims, Liz Spear, Cheryl Stippich, Billie Ruth Sudduth, Barbara Swinea, Teena Tuenge, Kathleen Weir-West, Tamela Wells, Southern Highland Craft Guild Ali Wieboldt, Carol Wilcox Wells, and Amolia Willowsong. The Southern Highland Craft Guild, with in Asheville, NC, Features Exhibit headquarters at the Blue Ridge Parkway’s Folk Art Center, is an educational, non- profit organization founded in 1930. The with Black & White Theme Guild’s mission is to “bring together the Every other year the Southern Highland crafts and the craftspeople of the Southern Craft Guild hosts a Member Exhibition in Highlands for the benefit of shared resourc- the Folk Art Center’s Main Gallery, located es, education, marketing and conservation.” off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville, Today, Guild membership stands at more NC. The theme for the 2012 exhibition is than 900 artisans selected by a jury for the “black and white.” All Guild members were high quality of design and craftsmanship Ebony & Ivory, jewelry by Nancy Fleming invited to be in the show and space filled reflected in their work. The Guild represents an authorized concessioner of the National within the first month after the invitation artists living in the mountain counties of Park Service, Department of the Interior. was sent. This is the third time the theme nine states: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, For further information check our NC has been chosen and it continues to be an Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Institutional Gallery listings, call the Guild artist favorite. The exhibition, Black & Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. at 828/298-7928 or visit (www.craftguild. White III, is on view through Jan. 6, 2013. The Southern Highland Craft Guild is org). While many see the theme as a direc- tion, others see it as a challenge and a way to push the limits of their creativity within their own craft. Each craft media repre- Asheville Art Museum in Asheville, sented by the Guild including wood, paper, fiber, natural materials, clay, glass, metal, NC, Features Works by Fluxus Group mixed media, leather and jewelry, appears in the show and 88 artists are participating. Black & White III The Flute Player, art quilt by Judy Simmons and Madi Lord and Sally Massengale is an amazing representa- (photo by Tim Barnwell) tion of the talent and creativity of the mem- Asheville Art Museum in Asheville, NC, artists inspired by the Dada movement in bers of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. ing, Cat Francis, David Goldhagen, Amy is presenting two new exhibits including: the 1920s and artist Marcel Duchamp, as Participating artists include: Lori Ander- Goldstein-Rice, Sue Grier, Lynne Harrill, Flux Cuts: Experiments in Film, on view well as artist and composer John Cage. son, Hugh Bailey, Sharon Bailey, Joan Baz- Karen Hawkins, Marcia Heatwole, Derek in the New Media Gallery, through Jan. 27, Cage began teaching at New York City’s zel, Bonne Jean Bertlshofer, Cindy Billing- Hennigar, Bill Henry, Donald Herrick, Har- 2013 and Madi Lord and Sally Massengale: New School for Social Research in 1956. sley, Georgia Bonesteel, Norma Bradley, riet Herrick, Gail Holt, Ivan Ivanoff, Bar- Chasing the Image, on view from Oct. 5 Many of his students were artists who later Judy Brater, Connie Brown, Marcia Bugg, bara Joiner, Royelvis Lee Joiner, Ray Jones, through Jan. 20, 2013. organized themselves around the Fluxus Ed Byers, Jim Charneski, Ruthie Cohen, Collene Karcher, Alicia Kelemen, Jan A loosely organized group of artists call- movement. The artist’s involvement in the Jane Cole, Bill & Tina Collison, Darrell Kransberger, Mike Lalone, Jan Lee, Rob ing themselves Fluxus, meaning “flow” in avant-garde music scene, as well as his Copeland, Chery Cratty, Lisa Banner of Levin, Annie Fain Liden, Becky & Steve Latin, was established in 1962 with artist interest in creating art from daily life and Crossnore Weavers, Nancy Darrell, Peggy Lloyd, Janice Maddox, Rita de Maintenon, George Maciunas as its founding member. found objects, contributed to the element of DeBell, Claudia Dunaway, Catharine Ellis, Libby & Jim Mijanovich, Barbara Miller, The Fluxus movement included inde- chance evident in the Fluxus movement. Lee Entrekin, Carla Filippelli,Nancy Flem- continued above on next column to the right pendent international, multi-disciplinary continued on Page 52 Table of Contents Carolina Arts, October 2012 - Page 51