 "Connecting culture to environment through art since 1994" |
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THE GALLERY
The mission of Pocosin Arts
is connecting culture to the
environment through the arts.
The exhibits in the Pocosin Arts Gallery reflect this mission,
with a
permanent display of the traditional arts and folk craft of the people
of the pocosin region of eastern North Carolina. The gallery also
features temporary exhibits, often organized by theme, featuring the
current work of Pocosin Arts program participants, teachers, and
other
regional artists whose work exemplifies our mission. Its
about place... |
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Currently on Display: BLING! A Jewelry Exhibit
February 5th through March 13, 2010  Featuring work by the participants and instructors of Pocosin Arts jewelry and metals workshops and members of the Pocosin Arts Metals Guild including: Hilary Anderson Bruce Barnett Andy Bartley Valda Belyeu Dianne Cinkovich Stan Harmon Joanne Lang Tim Lazure Roberta Miller Kathryn Osgood Feather Phillips Annemarie Pomp Marlene True Ron Vick Lin Wanner-Hogan Many of the works in the exhibit are for sale. Previous Exhibits:
FIBER AND WOOD Summer of 2009 Pocosin Arts presents an exhibit celebrating the artistic mediums of wood and fiber. These materials are spun, woven, knitted, dyed, embellished, stitched, formed, pressed, sawed, carved, sanded, in some way transformed by the artists featured in Fiber and Wood. Fiber and wood has become shawls and scarves, vessels, furniture, decoys, guitars and flutes, clothing, weavings, collages, toys, baskets, sculpture, and more Participating Artists: C.J.Brickhouse - Outdoor log furniture Photos of some of the work in the exhibit are to the right.
Permanent Collection  Reproduction Native American Pottery by Carol Soo Lee and Artifacts   Menhaden Boat by Charles Madden of Moorehead, NC, permanent collection.   Huichol Yarn Painting and Prayer Bowl, unknown artists.  Pocosin Arts Donation Box by Roy Smith of Columbia, NC, permanent collection. Come visit, there's more!....
In addition the the permanent collection and the featured exhibit, the Pocosin Arts Gallery also carries a variety of books by local writers or about the area. The Carolina Childhood Series from Sweet Bay Tree Books is available, along with note cards, postcards and Homemade Pocosin Jam, Finger Pickin' Good, the compact disk of roots music recorded live locally.
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  Work by September Krueger and Ray Harrell  Flutes by Phil Hewett  Work by Emily Soldin Howard and C.J. Brickhouse  Mutation V by Dan DiCaprio and Sonya Yong James  Pine Needle Baskets by Teddi Forsyth  Ducks by Rick Smith  Vessel by Ray Harrell  Decoys by Otto Florschutz  Chest by Tim Lazure  Scarves by Celia Hewett-Hook  Dressing Table by Ben Hobbs  Turtle Stools by Nathaniel Presley  Guitars by William (Bill) Davenport  Toys and Baskets by J. Wallace and Joyce Hobbs  Decoys by David Patrick  Handmade Paper and Books by Suzanne Martin  Chasuble by September Krueger |
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In addition to local and regional art and craft, Pocosin Arts offers fair trade handmade gift items from Ten Thousand Villages. These items are resourcefully made from recycled and natural materials by creative peoples from all over the world.
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| POCOSIN ARTS P.O. Box 690 Columbia, NC 27925 phone (252) 796-2787 · fax (252) 796-1685 info@pocosinarts.org · http://www.pocosinarts.org |
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