Upcoming Events and Workshops

  • Nov. 23, 2024 - Jan. 13, 2025

    I'm so excited to participate in "ReClaim the RAD," an exhibit at the CZART Gallery featuring 20+ Asheville artists. These local artists will exhibit their creations on pieces of debris reclaimed from the flood after Hurricane Helene. This show is meant to insprie the community and help artists recover through creations we navigate the future of the arts district in Asheville.

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    100% of all proceeds to benefit affected artists and local recovery and rebuilding efforts. For more details, visit the CZART Gallery website.

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    Opens Saturday, Nov. 23 and runs through January 2025.

  • Dec. 21 & 22, 2024

    Wood engraving is a printmaking technique that dates back to the late 1700s as a means to illustrate books and broadsides. I'll give a wood engraving demonstration in the new Orbit Gallery at the Tanger Asheville Outlets on Dec. 21 and 22 from 1-4pm. Stop by at any time and see how I carve and print from endgrain to create my illustrative prints.

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    Saturday Dec. 21, 1-4pm
    Sunday Dec. 22, 1-4pm

  • January 19-24, 2025

    Printed Crankies

    (workshop at JCCFS)

    Crankies are illustrated scrolls in boxes with attached handles that are "hand cranked" to create a moving panorama, inviting the viewer to experience the images like watching a movie. These historic storytelling devices were traditionally used to illustrate ballads sung by traveling musicians as they performed through the Appalachian mountains. Carve blocks to print smaller "personal" crankies as well as collaborate on a single long scroll to create a shared experience.

  • January 22, 2025

    A Night of Crankies and Songs

    I'll be performing a selection of my crankies at the John C. Campbell Folkschool to kick off the new year! I'm really excited about this show - I'll be playing alongside special guest Tyler Ramsey who will accompany my crankies as well as play his own music. This will also be the very first showing of The Dark Sea Crankie with him playing the song live! Get more details about the show at the John C. Campbell Folk School calendar page.

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Past events and workshops listed below:

  • May 25 - August 17, 2024

    "Press On" exhibit with the Asheville Printmakers, at the Bascom Center for the Visual Arts:

    Asheville Printmakers is an independent alliance of artists who express themselves through the medium of the print. Its membership encompasses both experienced and emerging artists, as well as those new to printmaking. The participants define “the print” broadly to encompass a wide range of processes and content, from traditional to experimental, and classic to contemporary.

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    A free public reception will be held July 11 at 5pm.

  • June 2-8, 2024

    Letterpress: Books and Broadsides at John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown NC

    Get to know the basics of letterpress printing and hand typesetting to print your own books and broadsides. Learn to set hot lead and wood type, print large broadsides and small books, and to use vintage printing presses. Add images with carved linoleum blocks, then finish the week by binding the small prints together into a book. All levels welcome.

  • July 19-21, 2024

    Make A Crankie! at Atlanta Printmakers Studio 

    Crankies are illustrated scrolls contained in boxes on dowels with attached handles. These scrolls are “hand cranked” to create a moving panorama, inviting the viewer to experience the images like watching a movie. These historic storytelling devices were often used as full-immersion experiences, filling an entire room with images of far-away lands to create the feeling of going on a journey.

  • Nov. 23-24, 2024

    I'll be exhibiting at the Piedmont Craftsmen's Fair for the first time this year, thanks to their generosity in reaching out to assist members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild whose craft fair in October had to be canceled due to Hurricane Helene.

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    At the Benton Convention Center

    Saturday, Nov. 23rd 10am-6pm
    Sunday, Nov. 24th Noon-5pm

  • Nov. 26 - Dec. 17, 2024

    Block Prints in Brilliant Color

    (online Course through JCCFS)

    Because the September printmaking class filled with a waitlist, we are offering a second class!

    Find inspiration in the textures and patterns you see in the nature to create multi-color block prints. Learn how to print in layers of colors made from a single block as well as how to combine blocks in a single composition. You’ll use these blocks to create prints as well as to print patterns that can be used to make personal stationery, patterned fabric, journal covers, and even as wall patterns. Open to individuals of all skill levels.

    This class meets online on Tuesday evenings 6-8pm for four sessions.

  • Dec. 7 - 8, 2024

    So thrilled to be back at the Big Crafty this year after a long hiatus! Voted Western North Carolina’s favorite art event for the past 16 years, The Big Crafty celebrates the beauty of a human-scale economy and community-building soul-enriching creative work.

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    @Harrah’s Cherokee Center Asheville, SAT $10 / Sun Free, noon-6PM