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BRAHM TO GO Season 2- Derrick Beasley
Presenting BRAHM TO GO, the podcast that brings art and history to you through artist interviews, oral histories, and scholarly lectures.
BRAHM TO GO Season 2- Aspen Golann
Presenting BRAHM TO GO, the podcast that brings art and history to you through artist interviews, oral histories, and scholarly lectures.
BRAHM TO GO Season 2- Branching Out Works in Wood from North Carolina
Presenting BRAHM TO GO, the podcast that brings art and history to you through artist interviews, oral histories, and scholarly lectures.
Branching Out Artist Interview - Bob Trotman
Bob Trotman is a sculptor working in western North Carolina. He has received fellowship support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the North Carolina Arts Council and was recently named to the College of Fellows of the American Craft Council.
Curator’s Corner
Heads up! There's less than a month left to see our current exhibitions before we cycle in some new ones!
Branching Out Artist Interview - Kim & Paul Fuelling of Mabel Studio
Kim and Paul Fuelling operate under the name, Mabel Studios. Their work can be seen in Branching Out: Works in Wood from North Carolina. In this interview they chatted with our programs director, Willard Watson, about their creative process, influences, and their view of the state of wood as an artistic medium in North Carolina.
Coffee With the Curator: Branching Out
Grab a cup of your beverage of choice and join us on this tour through Branching Out: Works in Wood from North Carolina
Branching Out Artist Interview - Mark Gardner
Mark Gardner is a woodworker based out of Saluda, NC. He creates some pieces that are purely sculptural and he brings his unique decorative style to his functional pieces as well.
Branching Out Artist Roundtable: Jim Oleson, Roger Atkins, and Anthony Ulinski
Join us today, live on zoom.
Branching Out Artist Roundtable: Brent Skidmore, Erik Wolken, and Zak Weinberg
On July 30th, 2020. We sat down with three exhibiting artists featured in "Branching Out: Works in Wood from North Carolina," Brent Skidmore, Erik Wolken, and Zak Weinberg.
Branching Out Artist Interview: Craig Kassan
Craig Kassan is one of the exhibiting artists in our show, Branching Out: Works in Wood from North Carolina. We got Craig to sit down next to his piece in our gallery and answer some questions about his artistic process and influences.
Branching Out Artist Interview: Joel Urruty
Our programs and outreach director, Willard Watson, sat down with wood artist, Joel Urruty, to learn more about his background and artistic process.
Branching Out Artist Interview: Aspen Golann
Our programs and outreach director, Willard Watson, sat down with wood artist, Aspen Golann, to learn more about her background and artistic process.
Curator’s Corner: “Branching Out” featuring Jim Oleson
Jim Oleson is our featured artist this week from our current exhibition, "Branching Out: Works in Wood from North Carolina." Oleson is a sculptor who resides in Chapel Hill, NC. Like several of our other artists, Oleson has a diverse career background outside of being an artist. Learn more about this Medical Doctor, Physicist, and Sculptor in this week’s Curator Corner.
Curator’s Corner | “Branching Out” with Mark Gardner
Mark Gardner is one of featured artists in Branching Out: Works in Wood from North Carolina. Originally from Cincinnati, Mark now resides in Saluda, NC. Both pieces in the museum are detailed with milk paint, a nontoxic, water-based paint that has been utilized for thousands of years.
Curator’s Corner: Craig Kassan
Craig Kassan dreamed up the idea for this piece, called "Eclipse," during an airplane flight. Learn more about the artist and this piece for today’s curator’s corner.
Weekly Gallery Tour: Joël Urruty
Joël Urruty is one of the featured artists in our exhibition Branching Out: Works in Wood from NC. Learn more about his background, featured works, and the woods they’re made from.
Weekly Gallery Tour: Coffee with the Curator
Good morning! Grab a cup of coffee, tea, or whatever you'd like, and please join us for this video feature of Coffee with the Curator, where our Curator, Dianna Cameron, takes us on a virtual tour highlighting a few of the works and artists in our current exhibition, "Branching Out: Works in Wood from North Carolina." Today, we're featuring artists Aspen Golann, Bob Trotman, Derrick Beasley, and Roger Atkins. We hope you enjoy!
Lil' Docent Tour: "Branching Out" with Aiden
Join lil' docent, Aiden Smith, for this raw and unedited tour of Branching Out: Works in Wood from NC. (This tour was filmed during the installation process of the exhibition, so you’ll notice a few things out of place.) We wish you could tour this breathtaking exhibition in person as we're sure you would be as impressed and delighted as this six-year old! We remain hopeful you'll get a chance to come visit soon once it's safe to gather again.
Weekly Gallery Tour: Zak Weinberg
Zak Weinberg (b. 1993) is a multi-disciplinary sculptor and fabricator. Through the alter-ego, Grebniew Kaz (his name spelled backwards), a relationship has been forged with a laser cutter, creating and exhibiting machine fabricated wood relief sculptures. Each piece is an expression of universal language to celebrate the harmonious balance of difference.