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UNC Asheville Craft Campus Hosts "Meet the Maker" Lecture Series

September 23, 2009

UNC Asheville’s Craft Campus will launch its year-long lecture series, “Meet the Maker: Conversations of Meaning with Craftspeople,” this month. This fall series of events will focus on discussions with craftspeople in various media, including jewelry, blacksmithing, sculpture, glass making and painting. The series will also include screenings of the PBS series “Craft in America.”

--Tuesday, Sept. 29: William Schaaf, a painter and sculptor, will lecture on his work. He works in stone, wood and clay, and often uses Native American themes. This event will take place at 12:30 p.m. in UNC Asheville’s Owen Hall, room 237, and is free and open to the public.

--Wednesday, Sept. 30: Special guest Mark Hewitt will introduce “Origins” and “Process,” the next two episodes in the Peabody Award winning PBS series “Craft in America.” Hewitt, a prominent North Carolina potter, is featured in the “Craft in America” series. Using local clays, Hewitt blends the different North Carolinian folk traditions together into a contemporary style. His work has been featured in the Smithsonian Magazine and on the cover of American Craft magazine, and he has exhibited in London, New York and Tokyo. The screening will take place at 7 p.m. at the Fine Arts Theater, 36 Biltmore Ave. All proceeds will benefit the Sylva Billue Memorial Wood Studies Scholarship Fund and UNC Asheville’s “Meet the Maker” lecture series. Admission is $10 at the door, $3 for students with ID, and free for children 12 and under.

--Thursday, Oct. 1: A screening of “Origins” and “Process,” the next two episodes in the Peabody Award winning PBS series “Craft in America,” will take place at 1 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theater, 36 Biltmore Ave. All proceeds will benefit the Sylva Billue Memorial Wood Studies Scholarship Fund and UNC Asheville’s “Meet the Maker” lecture series. Admission is $8 at the door, $3 for students with ID, and free for children 12 and under.

--Wednesday, Oct. 7: A simultaneous national viewing party will be held for “Origins” and “Process,” the next two episodes in the Peabody Award winning PBS series “Craft in America.” The viewing will take place at 7:30 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Highsmith University Union Grotto. This event is free and open to the public.

--Tuesday, Oct. 27: Carl Powell, a National Endowment for the Arts recipient, will speak on his work as a glass artist. The speech will take place at 12:30 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Owen Hall, room 237. From 6-8 p.m. Powell will have an open studio and reception at Grovewood Gallery. These events are free and open to the public.

--Thursday, Nov. 12: Suzanne Ramljak, a writer, historian and current editor of “Metalsmith” magazine, will speak about the UNC Center for Craft, Creativity and Design exhibition, “Different Tempers: Jewelry and Blacksmithing.” The event will take place at 6 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Owen Hall Conference Room. It is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Jordan Dolfi, UNC Asheville Craft Campus Program Assistant at 828/250-2392 or visit www.unca.edu/craftcampus/mtm.htm.