Main Gallery: Anywhere But Here
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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
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Director's Gallery: Catherine Thornton
Catherine Thornton
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Craven Arts Council & Gallery is proud to present the work of Catherine Thornton in the Director’s Gallery for November 2019. A versatile painter and sculptor, Thornton’s work has been featured in numerous exhibitions and publications across the United States. Craven Arts Council will host an opening reception during the downtown New Bern Artwalk, November 8th, from 5pm to 8pm.
Catherine earned her BFA in Painting and Sculpture from Longwood College (currently Longwood University) in Farmville Virginia, while in her mid 30’s, but she was not able to consistently pursue her art career for another fifteen years. In those fifteen years, however, ideas, concepts, and techniques were explored, diligently filed away on several sketchpads, envelopes and dinner napkins and assigned to the future. Her professional launch came about through a summer course at Penland School of Crafts and consequently being accepted into Artspace. Speaking about her work, Thornton says “For me, art, creativity is still an inscrutable mystery. It is like the wind. It comes from somewhere we don’t see and goes somewhere we couldn’t anticipate. Sometimes it’s a welcomed breeze sometimes a purging storm. After all the planning, scrutiny and analyses, why this piece will work and that piece will not is completely up in the air. I love the process- most of the time!” |
