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We will be closing at 1:00pm Friday July 23th
for the annual Asheville weekend street festival Bele Chere!
We will reopen at regular hours 10:00 am to 6:00 pm on Monday July 26th.
Enjoy the festive weekend!
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We welcome back to Blue Spiral 1 Robert Lyon. Featuring a new path for Robert, an exploration into a non traditional format. An article "From Wood to Paper, the Lath and Beyond" is in the June issue of American Woodturner, the journal of the American Association of Woodturners.
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The Greenville County Museum of Art has acquired for their permanent collection the painting "Abandoned Mansion II, Alabama" by Julyan Davis. Julyan has exhibited extensively throughout the UK and the Southeastern US including at the Birmingham Museum of Art (AL). Davis’ paintings are in the collections of the Gibbes Museum of Art (SC), Morris Museum (GA), Sloss Furnaces National Historic Monument (AL), Highgate Cemetery Museum (UK), Banker’s Club (OH), Skyline Club (IN) and Goodrich Corporation (NC) and the North Carolina Governor’s mansion and Western residence. |
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Lee Sipe recently won best in show in the South Carolina Palmetto Hands Juried Fine Craft Competition and Exhibition in North Charleston, South Carolina.
The South Carolina Palmetto Hands Fine Craft Competition & Exhibition, now in its 8th year, features over one hundred juried works from the state's top fine craft artisans. The unique exhibition offers fine craft artists the opportunity to exhibit their inspiring objects in the media of clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood, and three-dimensional mixed media, as well as compete for ribbons and cash prizes. The competition and exhibition is organized and presented by the North Charleston Cultural Arts Department, with assistance from the South Carolina Artisans Center, and is a component of the North Charleston Arts Festival. |
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Alex Gabriel Bernstein has eight of his glass sculptures installed into the permanent collection onboard the world’s largest (and most environmentally friendly) cruise ship, the Oasis of the Seas. Bernstein was commissioned to create one-of-a-kind sculptures that will line the foyer to the ship’s main, formal dining room. A variety of colors, shapes and sizes, the work is all reminiscent of the ocean, undersea views and nature that the passenger may see on their journey.
Currently on its way from Finland, where it was constructed, to Florida, where it will be based, the Oasis of the Seas is an architectural marvel. It carries 5,400 guests in 2,700 staterooms, spans 16 decks, has an ice rink, a small golf course, a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater and touts the cruise line’s new neighborhood concept of seven distinct themed areas. This innovate ship dumps no waste into the sea, reuses its wastewater and consumes 25% less energy than much smaller ships. |
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NCNC [North Carolina New Contemporary]
October 8, 2010 – January 9, 2011
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SECCA (Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art)
Winston Salem, North Carolina
Blue Spiral 1 artists include Gabriel Shaffer and Taiyo la Paix.
A recent movement in art-making is fusing seemingly disparate elements of history painting and collage with graffiti, video gaming, folk, anime, advertising and film. In a state of continual mutation, this movement congregates a variety of practices under one amorphous umbrella – speeding through titles as quickly as it does styles. From “pop surrealism” and “low brow” to “gen art” and “new contemporary,” the embryonic nature of this genre speaks to its ongoing attempts at mapping the history of the 21st century. Such efforts found immediate traction in major urban centers, and intriguing interpretations outside the mainstream. Such is the case in North Carolina, where a generation of young artists from across the state are animating “new contemporary” with painting and sculpture that traverses the aesthetic spectrum. Across Asheville, Thomasville, Charlotte, Winston-Salem and Raleigh, this exhibition will celebrate eight artists redefining the visual identity of North Carolina. --- Steven Matijcio, curator.
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Will Henry Stevens had a profound love of nature that permeated his work throughout his life. In thinking about a way to honor the memory of Stevens beyond his paintings John Cram knew it had to involve nature.
Blue Spiral 1 has created a Will Henry Stevens Revolving Loan Fund to benefit the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy and the Conservation Trust for North Carolina. Both non-profit organizations are dedicated to the protection of the Appalachian landscape and its magnificent nature resources for present and future generations. A percentage of his sales is donated to this fund.
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