Jenny Mastin
Ceramic sculpture
Asheville North Carolina

EVENTS AND NOTICES

Upcoming Events

Next Studio Stroll: June 12-13, 2010 Dates for 2010: June 12-13 :: November 13-14 Twice a year, every second weekend in June and November, Asheville's River Arts District Artists open their studios to the public for two days of festivities known as the STUDIO STROLL. Visit more than 120 working artist studios and galleries in Asheville's River Arts District. Painters, potters, sculptors, weavers, photographers, jewelers, woodworkers, great food & more......all in revitalized old factories and warehouses along the French Broad River, just minutes from downtown. Open from 10am to 6 PM both Saturday & Sunday! Ride free on the Asheville Historic Trolley between Studio Buildings

PAST EVENTS

OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND

The CURVE studios & garden Spring 2010 Open House Weekend takes place Friday, April 23, 11 to 8pm (party starts @ 5pm) & Saturday and Sunday, April 24 & 25, 11 to 4pm. The party means snacks & drinks & music in addition to all the fine art. CURVE studios & garden is located in the heart of Asheville's River Arts Dist...rict @ #6, #9 & #12 Riverside Drive. For more information please call Pattiy Torno @ 828.388.3526

The CURVE studios & garden Spring 2010 Open House Weekend is an opportunity to stroll the garden, enjoy the beauty found in and out of the studios & meet our 7 new resident artists... Barb Butler & Karen Donde are Sutherland Handweaving in #6, Fran Welch & Greg Vineyard in #9 & Akira Satake, Kyle Carpenter & Linda McFarling in #12 all work in ceramics. 

CURVE studios & garden did some major rearranging this past winter so there will be familiar faces in different places. Find Constance Williams, the encaustic painter, over on the main floor of #9. Cassie Ryalls & Jenny Mastin can still be found working in #9 CURVE, just up the stairs, on the second floor. Maria Andrade Troya has moved her pottery over to #12 CURVE. Pattiy Torno & Meagan Chaney have stayed put in #6 CURVE. In addition, represented artists will include Simone Wilson & Mimi Strang in #6 CURVE, Patty Bilbro, Cynthia Wynn, Kelly Prestwood & Mystery Masiello in #9 CURVE.

If you are looking for who is missing from CURVE, you can find Sandra Wright @ Odyssey Studios, Cynthia Lee & Holly de Saillan have set up their own shop in 375 Depot & Rick Melby & his wife Michelle, have moved to Peoria, Illinois.  

See More:  CURVE studios & garden Spring 2010 Open House Weekend Time:11:00AM Friday, April 23rd Location:#6 • #9 & #12 riverside drive • Asheville RAD (River Arts District)

NEW COURSES: CONTINUING EDUCATION: WESTERN PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE: MORGANTON, NC

www.wpcc.edu to sign up!

 ANIMAL SCULPTURE

Instructor:     Jenny Mastin Class

Date:           Feb. 25 - April 1, 2010

Time:          10:00 - 12:00 Thursdays

Lab Fee:      $30.00

Tuition:        $120.00  

Description: People have always felt a connection to animals as evident from the first depictions in prehistoric cave art to modern museum galleries. This class will introduce a variety of approaches to animal sculpture and explore the realms of realism, anthropomorphism, function and fantasy. Our approach will be as diverse as the animal world itself. Knowledge of basic handbuilding techniques will be helpful and will play an important role in subject interpretation. Students will be encouraged to work in a variety of scales. All skill levels welcome.  

TALKING HEADS:

Instructor:     Jenny Mastin

Class Date:   April 8 - May 13, 2010

Time:           10:00 - 12:00 Thursdays

Lab Fee:      $30.00

Tuition:        $120.00  

Description: This class explores various approaches to modeling the head. Focus will be on proportion and features that convey emotion. Knowledge of basic handbuilding techniques will be helpful. Detailed information on the measurements of correct placement of facial features will be demonstrated. Students will be encouraged to personalize the head by using symbols, lines, carving, and found object impressions. Some surface decorations will be explored by using slips, under glazes, and dry clays. All skill levels welcome.