When: March 15, 2025, 11 AM – 1 PM Where: Herring-Kivette Gallery, Yancey County Library Every year Toe River Arts hosts the Arts In Education Showcase for Yancey and Mitchell Counties in partnership with Penland School of Craft and The Arts Matter. These are exhibitions where we feature the artwork of our local school-aged kids. […]
When: March 29 – April 26, 2025 Where: Kokol Gallery Toe River Arts hosts the Annual Blacksmith Exhibition. The exhibition is in conjunction with the Fire on the Mountain Blacksmithing Festival which takes place on Saturday, April 26th on Lower Street in Spruce Pine between 10 AM–4 PM. The festival is coordinated by Spruce Pine […]
Bring your favorite drawing implements and surfaces or use the provided materials, and let’s spend an evening each month drawing together. We’ll alternate between clothed live models and still-life set-ups each month, engage in thoughtful discussion about technique, and improve our observational drawing skills together. Come once, twice, or every month! This year, we are […]
When: April 19 – May 24, 2025 Where: Owen Gallery The first story was a dream. Long before complex language, or tools, our deepest ancestors were dreaming. I would even argue that dreamwork––communal dreamwork in particular––is one of the foundations for the development of art, ritual, and culture. In our technological age, dreaming has been […]
Join Bridget for a day making a one-of-a-kind, cute spring basket to hold your rolls for Easter dinner or something to hold all your candy from an egg hunt. All the tools and materials will be provided in the class. Here's your chance to learn a functional craft or maybe find a new hobby. When: […]
When: April 25, 2025, 5 PM – 7 PM Where: Kokol Gallery
When: May 2, 2025, 5 PM – 7 PM Where: Owen Gallery
When: May 10 – June 8, 2024 Where: Kokol Gallery The Studio Tour Preview Exhibition is an exhibition of work from artists in Mitchell and Yancey Counties who are participating in the June Studio Tour. The exhibit is in conjunction with the Annual June Studio Tour which takes place annually on the first weekend of […]
Bring your favorite drawing implements and surfaces or use the provided materials, and let’s spend an evening each month drawing together. We’ll alternate between clothed live models and still-life set-ups each month, engage in thoughtful discussion about technique, and improve our observational drawing skills together. Come once, twice, or every month! This year, we are […]
When: June 6 – July 12, 2025 Where: Owen Gallery I have been creating textile art for over forty years and have won awards in national and international exhibitions. My art is in collections around the world. Also, I have contributed non-fiction articles to trade, travel, and literary magazines in English and Spanish. In 2010, Jungle, […]