Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:46:30 -0500
From: Forrest Greenslade
Subject: Tour
Art-lovers are feeling a great void these days. Our North Carolina
Museum of Art is closed while the world class collection is moved to the
new 127,000-square-foot state of art facility. Dan Gottlieb, the
museum’s Director of Planning and Design, is one of the people
shepherding this delicate operation.
According to a New York Times article, the “behind-the-scenes designs
[make] it possible to safely transfer invaluable pieces from one
building to another as part of the expansion that will cost $73.1
million in public money and $5.5 million in private funds. The work
includes a tunnel that connects the two buildings and a hidden, roll-up
door that will allow art the size of the massive museum walls to be
moved into the new building.”
Dan Gottlieb will take time from this herculean task to serve as judge
for the Opening Reception of the 17^th Annual Chatham Studio Tour at the
Pittsboro Campus of Central Carolina Community College on Friday
December 4^th from 7 to 9 PM. Gottlieb will judge artworks from more
than 50 regionally and nationally recognized artists who live and work
in North Carolina’s Chatham County. Members of the Chatham Artists
Guild, these painters, sculptors, photographers, potters, and artists
working in a variety of media open their studios across scenic rural
Chatham County to give visitors from all around the area a first-hand
experience with the creative process.
Guild President Forrest Greenslade asserts, “We really appreciate Dan
Gottlieb bringing his depth of art world experience to our Opening
Reception.” The free reception is open to the public and features one
sample work from each artist on The Tour, as well as elegant
refreshments created by glass artist and well known “foody” Gretchen
Niver. “This is a fantastic party, and the best way for folks to plan
their schedules for visiting our artists’ studios all over Chatham
County.” Greenslade continues.
A Tour brochure and map is available at many locations, including:
Durham Arts Council, Durham; General Store Cafe, Pittsboro; Aria Spa,
Chapel Hill; Arts Center, Carrboro; Artspace, Raleigh and Alamance
County Arts Council, Graham; NC Arts Incubator, Siler City. Information
about The Chatham Studio Tour is available online at:
http://www.ChathamArtistsGuild.org.
“Our members work all year long, preparing artworks, educational
demonstrations, and informational materials so that visitors can enjoy
The Tour, and learn more about creating art in the artists’ own
environments,” explains Maggie Zwilling, Executive Director of the
Chatham Artists Guild. “The Tour is also an important economic event for
Chatham County. People stop at restaurants, gas stations and all kinds
of businesses while they travel from studio to studio,” she adds.
Seven artist are new to The Tour this year. Emma Skurnick has created
nature illustrations for American Scientist Magazine, Brooklyn Botanical
Garden, North Carolina Aquariums, and the NC Wildlife Resources
Commission. She teaches illustration and design courses at Central
Carolina Community College, the ArtsCenter and North Carolina Botanical
Garden. In addition to Skurnick, wood furniture maker David Botts,
stoneware potter Lara O’Keefe, iron and steel forger Peter Ross, oil and
acrylics painter Deborah Sanks, wood turner Michael Thompson and jeweler
Mariah Wheeler are new artists participating in the 2009 Tour.
“The Chatham Studio Tour is a holiday tradition here in the heart of
North Carolina,” concludes Greenslade. We look forward to welcoming
folks from all around into our studios and sharing with them the joy and
excitement of creating art.”
For a photo, see:
http://chathamartists.blogspot.com/2009/11/nc-museum-of-art-move-strategist-to.html
—
Forrest C. Greenslade. PhD, DTM
Artist, Writer, Speaker
President, Chatham Artists Guild
http://www.forrestgreenslade.com
http://chathamartists.blogspot.com/