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In this issue... • Upcoming Artisan Exhibits & Events • Artisans in the News • Calendar Visit our website Follow us on facebook The Kentucky Artisan Center is located at 200 Artisan Way, just off Interstate 75 at exit 77 at Berea. The Center’s exhibits, shopping, and travel information areas are all open daily from 8 am to 8 pm and the café from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Admission is always free. For more information, call 859-985-5448.		September 2, 2011 From the Director – We’ve enjoyed a successful summer at the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea, and anticipate a great fall as people continue to invest in authentic experiences and the Center’s unique products created by over 650 Kentucky artisans. Visitors this fall can enjoy our new exhibit “An Artful Array: Bowls by Kentucky Artisans,” and a wide range of demonstrations, book signings, and other special events, including a Meet the Artisans reception Sunday, September 18. The region also continues to have much to offer. Visitors can enjoy great events like the the Kentucky Guild of Artists & Craftsmen annual Fall Fair October 8 and 9 in addition to Berea's working artisan studios and other activities available on a daily basis. While you're visiting, be sure to enjoy lunch in our cafe. Whether you’re traveling here for a special event or just to visit the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea and explore the region, you will find much to enjoy this fall. Be sure to visit soon! Victoria A. Faoro Executive Director Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea An Agency in the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet / Commonwealth of Kentucky

UPCOMING EVENTS New Exhibition - "An Artful Array: Bowls by Kentucky Artisans" Meet the Artisans Reception: Sunday, Sept. 18 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm The Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea's newest exhibition An Artful Array: Bowls by Kentucky Artisans will be on display at the Center through Feb. 25, 2012. This exhibit showcases a wide range of bowls created by 41 Kentucky artisans. Included are works made from clay, wood, glass, fiber and stone. Bowls in this exhibit are both functional and non-functional with some works becoming pure sculpture. Numerous works follow a functional path such as Laura Ross's "Blue Dot Bowl Stack," comprised of six bowls that stack with a lid as the finale. The resultant shape looks like a high rise building, but practical storage is also inherent in its design. Brook White has created a work that mimics nature with his glass bowl titled "Green Fluke." This bowl's striped glass, attached fins and stretched form result in its resembling the mouth of a whale. In a less functional vein, Michael Frasca has taken eight stoneware bowls and joined them together into a diamond shaped wall sculpture that is breathtaking in its size and simplicity. Fiber artist Justine Dennis has stitched fabric into a shallow bowl titled "Mitosis," which features colorful stitched patterns suggesting its title. Chris Ramsey's bowl form "Have Another Cherry," with its undulating natural bark edge, was turned on a lathe from an extremely large wild cherry tree. Participating artists include Richard Adams, London; Lydia P. Allen, Peewee Valley; Steven C. Balson, Villa Hills; Wayne Bates, Murray; Linda Bowman, Louisville; Marianne Brown, Lawrenceburg; Karen Brown-Levy, Louisville; Lonnie Combs, Fisherville; Jerry Cooper, Berea; Ron Cooper, Mt. Vernon; Justine Dennis, New Haven; Dolita Dohrman, Louisville; Jamie Donaldson, Georgetown; Jack Fifield, McKee; Michael Frasca, Harrodsburg; Devin French, Louisville; Matthew Gaddie, Bardstown; Jack Gann, Berea; Tina Gebhart, Berea; Susan Goldstein, Lexington; Jim Gottuso, Louisville; Walter Hyleck, Berea; John Keeton, Winchester; Greg Kirkland, Elkhorn; Ann Klem, Louisville; Ron McWhorter, Richmond; Sebastian Moh, Louisville; Joe Molinaro, Winchester; Martha Puckett, Louisville; Patrick Rademaker, Louisville; Chris Ramsey, Somerset; Laura Ross, Louisville; Melvin Rowe, Louisville; Pamela Rucker, Lancaster; Henrietta and Jeff Scott, Columbia; Amelia Stamps, Lexington; David Waltz, Columbia; Michael Ware, Hindman; June and Rayford Watts, Williamsburg; Brook F. White Jr., Louisville; and Thomas R. Williams of Paris. A Meet the Artisans reception will be held on Sunday, Sept. 18, from 1-3 p.m. at the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea. This event is free and open to the public. "LaVon Williams: Kentucky Folk Artist" Lobby Exhibit Continues through Sept. 10 Works in this Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea lobby exhibit are from the Kentucky Folk Art Center at Morehead State University Collection and include carvings depicting musicians, such as "Mr. Johnson," a 41-inch tall rendering of a stand up Bass player; several smaller works that portray guitarists and a carved saxophone player titled "Yardbird." Of special interest is the carving titled, "When I Was Young, I Could Fly," which reflects the artist's career as a professional basketball player. Additional works by Williams are available for purchase at the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea, including low relief painted panels depicting musicians. New Lobby Exhibit Opening Sept. 17: "The Clays of Kentucky" A Kentucky Historical Society Exhibit The Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea is pleased to showcase in the Center's lobby, a Kentucky Historical Society exhibit titled, "The Clays of Kentucky," from Sept. 17 - Nov. 13, 2011. In the entire scope of Kentucky history, only a few families have played an influential role in public life over many decades. The Clay family is one of those. From the settling of Kentucky in the late 18th century to the close of the 20th century, members of the Clay family have made important contributions in business, politics, agriculture, and women's rights. The Clays have greatly affected life in Kentucky and the course of the Commonwealth's history. This exhibit contains images and documents rarely seen in public. Accompanying this exhibit will be information on Henry Clay and his historic estate Ashland located in Lexington, as well as information on Cassius Clay and his historical estate Whitehall, located outside of Richmond, Kentucky. The Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea will also be featuring a number of books focusing on members of the Clay family. Works by Center Artisans Featured in Films Works on display at The Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea were featured in an article about Kentucky artisans being tapped by filmmakers for authentic props for commercial films. The full length article in the Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper focused on Kentucky artisans Heidi Sanner, Harriet Giles and Phil Phillips, whose works have been featured in films such as Robert Redford's recent film The Conspirator. Photographs featured in the article were taken on site at the Center. . For more, see the entire article Free Guided Tours at Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea On the second Saturday of each month, the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea provides visitors with free guided gallery tours of the Center's special exhibits at 11 a.m. and at 2 p.m. These free guided exhibit tours are led by the Center's Information Specialist Gwen Heffner, who will talk about each exhibition, artisans and individual works. Heffner will answer questions, explain to visitors the many techniques and processes used, and relate biographical information about the artists. Each 20-minute tour includes both lobby and main gallery exhibits. Fall tours are scheduled for September 10, October 8 and November 12. Kentucky Guild of Artists & Craftsmen - Fall Fair Oct. 8-9 The Kentucky Guild of Artists & Craftsmen's annual Fall Fair will be held on Oct. 8 and 9, at the historic Indian Fort Theater in the Berea College Forest outside of Berea, KY. The fair offers an opportunity to purchase works by some of Kentucky's finest artists and craftspeople. KGAC members and guest artists will offer works for sale in glass, ironwork, jewelry, pottery, wood, photography, and two dimentional art. Artist demonstrations will be held throughout the weekend and live music and children's activities make the Kentucky Guild Fall Fair a great weekend destination. Fall Fair hours are Saturday, Oct. 8 - 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 9 - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. The fair is handicap accessible and free parking is available. Free shuttle service from Boone Tavern to the fair and back will be available. For more information contact the KGAC at 859/ 986-3192 or by email. 38th Celebration of Traditional Music - Oct 13-16 The Celebration of Traditional Music is an annual event in Berea that showcases the traditional music of the Appalachian Region. The festival focuses on old time string band music, blues, traditional gospel singing, and ballads using acoustic instruments and also offers many jam sessions and opportunities to learn how to sing, play and dance to this music. Guest performers this year are dance caller Mark Samples, WV; guitarist Eddie Pennington, KY; the Evangelistic-Coral-Airs, VA; fiddler James Bryan, AL; guitarist Carl Jones, AL; the Reed Island Rounders (Betty Vornbrock, Billy Cornette and Kirk Sutphin) VA; and singer Caroline Herring, GA. Held on the Berea College campus, all locations are handicap accessible. For more information call 859/ 985-3140 or E-mail .

ARTISANS IN THE NEWS Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea The Kentucky Arts Council has awarded Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowship awards of $7,500 each to seven Kentucky visual and media artists. Among the recipients of this year's awards are KACB ceramic artist Tina Gebhart of Berea, mixed media artist Kathleen O'Brien of Harrodsburg, and wood artisan Mark Whitley of Smiths Grove. New and emerging artists were also selected in a separate category. Among the three visual artists and one media artist receiving the $1,000 awards are KACB ceramic artisans Matthew Gaddie of Bardstown and Amelia Stamps of Lexington. Musician and songwriter Dale Ann Bradley has been nominated for the 2011 IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Female Vocalist of the Year - an award Dale Ann won in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Her newest CD Somewhere South of Crazy is now available at the Center. The Kentucky Arts Council has announced the 2011 recipients of the Governor's Awards in the Arts, the Commonwealth's highest honor in the arts. The recipients will be recognized by Gov. Steve Beshear at a public ceremony and celebration on October 20, 2011, in the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort. Kenneth F. vonRoenn Jr. of Louisville is the 2011 recipient of the Artist Award, which recognizes a lifetime of achievement by an artist who works in any discipline and resides in Kentucky. One of America's most celebrated glass artists, vonRoenn has created significant public works throughout the nation, including five dramatic windows in the gallery area of Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea that beautifully combine layered dichroic glass and blown glass elements. These windows were commssioned as the Center was being constructed. Singer and musician Robert Tincher performed at the Berea Celtic Festival and delivered a lecture titled "Roots and Branches." Matthew Gaddie gave a talk at Mudworks in Lexington titled "Building a Small Soda Kiln in your Backyard." KACB artisans leading and teaching workshops during the first annual Berea Festival of LearnShops were; Richard Adams, Nancy Kelly Allen, Pat Banks, Diana Colgate, Jeff Farmer, Steve Farmer, Thomas Freese, Ken Gastineau, Sally Gastineau, Diane Gilliam, Pat Jennings, Susan Mitchell, Kathleen O'Brien, Mary Reed, Robin Reed, Pat Ritter, Chris Robbins, Roberta Schultz, Octavia Sexton, Luann Vermillion, and Michelle Weston. Author Bobbi Junod received the Indie Excellence Book Award in the Gardening category for her book Do You Doubt the Daffodil?, currently available at the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea. The Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft opened an new exhibition titled, "Moving Forward: Circling Back - Celebrating 50 Years of the Kentucky Guild of Artists & Craftsmen," on display through Oct. 15, 2011 in Louisville. KACB artisans included in this retrospective exhibit are: Dobree Adams, Philis Alvic, Appalachian Fireside Crafts, Dan Neil Barnes, Wayne Bates, Berea College, Linda Bowman, Jamison Brumm, Warren Brunner, Sally Cammack, Page Candler, Dave Caudill, Teresa Cole, Mary Colmer, Neil Colmer, Justine Dennis, Neil DiTeresa, Jamie Donaldson, Paul Ferrell, Jack Fifield, Bruce Robert Frank, Harriet Giles, Doug Haley, Bruce & Kelley Hoefer, Lynn Horine, Emmy Houweling, Walter Hyleck, Ron Isaacs, Craig Kaviar, Ann Klem, John Lackey, Grey Zeitz and Larkspur Press, John Leeds, Ann LeGris, Satian Leksrisawat, Warren May, Mary McKinney, Robbie Moriarty, Philip Phillips, Lester Pross, Robin Reed, Mary Rezny, Jeff Rogers, Laura Ross, Arturo Alonzo Sandoval, Rachel Savané, Greg Seigel, Janet Serrenho, John Snell, Amelia Stamps, Erika Strecker, R.C. Thompson, Cathy Vigor, Rob Weingartner, Michelle Weston, Brook F. White Jr., Mark Whitley, T. R. Williams, and Jennifer Zurick. KACB artisan Jennifer Zingg received a Kentucky Foundation for Women grant to further develop her sculptural work with gourds.
CALENDAR 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM (unless otherwise noted) GALLERY EXHIBIT – Now Through Feb. 25, 2012 “An Artful Array: Bowls by Kentucky Artisans” Bowls by 41 Kentucky artisans. LOBBY EXHIBIT – Through Sept. 10, 2011 “LaVon Williams: Kentucky Folk Artist” Works from the Kentucky Folk Art Center at Morehead State University Collection LOBBY EXHIBIT – Sept. 17 - Nov. 13, 2011 “The Clays of Kentucky” A Kentucky Historical Society Exhibit about the Clay family. SEPTEMBER REED BASKET DEMONSTRATION Saturday, Sept. 3 Derek Downing, Lexington, KY SILK SHIBORI DEMONSTRATION Saturday, Sept. 10 Cathy Vigor, Lexington, KY FREE GUIDED TOUR OF EXHIBITS Saturday, Sept. 10 at 11am and 2pm Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea Staff Berea Spoonbread Festival—Sept 16-18 WOODCARVING Saturday, Sept. 17 Berea Welcome Center Carvers, KY MEET THE ARTISANS RECEPTION for "An Artful Array" exhibit Sunday, Sept. 18, 1:00 - 3:00 pm Free and open to the public FOLK ART PAINTING DEMONSTRATION Saturday, Sept. 24 Janice Miller, Wilmore, KY OCTOBER Perryville Battle Re-Enactment — October 1-2 WILLOW BASKETS & BIRDHOUSE DEMONSTRATION Saturday, Oct. 1 Ron Owens, Mt. Vernon, KY BOOK SIGNING Saturday, Oct. 1, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Thomas Freese, Louisville, KY Kentucky Guild Fall Fair — Indian Fort Theater, Berea, KY — Oct. 8 & 9 POTTERY ON THE WHEEL Saturday, Oct. 8 Bill Whitt, Waco, KY FREE GUIDED TOUR OF EXHIBITS Saturday, Oct. 8, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea Staff Celebration of Traditional Music Weekend — Berea College — Oct. 13-14-15-16 WOODCARVING DEMONSTRATION Saturday, Oct. 15 Berea Welcome Center Carvers, KY CARVED FOLK ART ROOSTERS & ANIMALS DEMONSTRATION Saturday, Oct. 22 Jo Ann Butts, Sandy Hook, KY CARVED WOOD CELTIC JEWELRY DEMONSTRATION Saturday, Oct. 29 Jerry Cooper, Berea, KY OIL PAINTING DEMONSTRATION Saturday, Nov. 5 Carl Von Fischer, Mt. Vernon, KY POTTERY ON THE WHEEL DEMONSTRATION Saturday, Nov. 12 Michael Ware, Hindman, KY FREE GUIDED TOUR OF EXHIBITS Saturday, Nov. 12 at 11am and 2pm Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea Staff WOOD CARVING DEMONSTRATION Saturday, Nov. 19 Berea Welcome Center Carvers, KY CLOSED - Thanksgiving Day Thursday, Nov. 24

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