These sessions include pottery,
glass blowing, basket weaving, photography, jewelry making, painting, metal working,
and sculpture. Not only do they help the masters of each craft pay
their bills, but they provide an invaluable forum for sharing ideas
with fellow artisans and students. And, since arts centers frequently
occupy imaginative quarters in a romantic settings, the workshops are
something of a working vacation for everyone involved.
The Arrowmont
School of Arts and Crafts is located on 70 acres of wooded
hills just three miles from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in
Tennessee. One- and two-week workshops are offered by prominent artists
year-round. The fall 2008 program includes woodworking classes by Alf
Sharp, basketry by Scott
Gilbert, sculpture by Michael
Warrick, raku by
Harry Hearne,
and textiles by Beth
Nobles. For details: Arrowmont School of Arts
and Crafts, P.O. Box 567, Gatlinburg, TN 37738; (615)436-5860.
Photography is an art form with many practitioners, but few true masters. In the realm of nature photography, John Shaw
is a member of that class. His nature shots grace the pages of
magazines like Audubon, Natural History and National Geographic. When
he's not in the field, he conducts workshops at locations throughout
the country. Recent locales included Sanibel Island in south Florida,
the Saguaro National Monument in Arizona, Olympic National Park in
Washington, and the Triple D Game Ranch in Montana. John Shaw
Photography, 5504 Rutledge Dr., Greensboro, NC 27405.
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. The Haystack school sits on a
wooded slope overlooking Penobscot Bay at
the southernmost tip of Deer Isle. Workshops are held from June through
September and feature instruction in clay, metals, blacksmithing and
woodworking. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, PO Box 518,
Deer Isle, Maine 04627. (207) 348-2306; FAX: (207) 348-2307
The Southwest Craft Center is located on the grounds of an old French
Catholic convent in San Antonio, offering workshops by master artisans
in ceramics, fibers, metals, papermaking, and photography. Established
in 1965, the center attracts an average of 30 nationally recognized
artisans to its studios each year. Southwest Craft Center, 3000 Augusta, San
Antonio, TX 78205-1296; (210) 224-1848.
At the Sitka Center on the central Oregon Coast both weekend and
week-long workshops are offered near the grassy coastal meadows of
Cascade Head during the summer. The center's scenic beauty,
pleasant atmosphere, and spacious studios have attracted such artists
as printmaker Larry Thomas, photographer Gary Braasch, calligrapher
Inga Dubay, and woodcarver Bob Berry. Sitka Center for Art and
Ecology, P.O. Box 65, Otis, OR 97368; (503) 994-5485.
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