Main Gallery: Critters

Craven Arts Council & Gallery is proud to present “Critters” in the Main Gallery at Bank of the Arts for the months of November and December. Featuring artwork of animals of all types, this exhibition features local artists here in eastern North Carolina. Craven Arts Council & Gallery will host an opening reception during the downtown New Bern Artwalk, November 13th, from 5pm to 8pm. The December ArtWalk will also feature local author Monica Minus Perry signing copies of her book Soulful Pryaers, and a free piano performance by Dayton Vespers at 7pm.
                An annual holiday tradition in its fourth year, “Critters” celebrates all creatures that walk, wiggle, fly, swim or slither. The exhibition highlights local artists’ depictions of animals of all sorts, in mediums ranging from photography to painting, and sculpture to ceramics. Artists include Melissa Athena Hastings, Edna Stewart, Christine Provard, Susan Henry, Joy Parks Coats, Elizabeth Conley, and more.
                Admission to all galleries at Bank of the Arts is free and open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 5pm. 
Mary Phelps

Director's Gallery: Andrea Owens

 Craven Arts Council & Gallery is proud to present the work of Andrea Owen in the Director’s Gallery for the month of December. An accomplished singer, songwriter, and actress in addition to an artist, Andrea’s new works are inspired by the natural world around her. Craven Arts will host an opening reception for the exhibit during the downtown New Bern Artwalk on December 13th from 5pm to 8pm.
                Owner and operator of the Red Shoe Studio Gallery in downtown New Bern, Andrea creates unique wearable art, sculptures, and wall hangings with felting and other textile based techniques. Her recent works to be displayed in the exhibition utilize “botanical painting,” the process of using leaves and their natural tannins to dye the fabrics in one of kind ways. Layers of leaves, deconstructed fabric, and images of leaves are hand stitched to the original print, building an evolving story of the constant and inevitable change and impermanence of nature and life. Largely self-taught, Owens has taken workshops with renowned fiber artists Kristy Kun, Christine White, and Robin Firth.