Bringle: A Tale of Two Makers Documentary

This legacy project facilitated by Toe River Arts highlights the Bringle sisters’ personal history, their artistic contributions to the field of craft, their significance as educators and mentors, their local and national community relationships, and the role they have played in the life of Penland School of Craft and the Toe River region. Cynthia Bringle and Edwina Bringle have led storied lives as craftspeople in the South, producing remarkable works of art, mentoring a vast community of makers, and sharing what they know with students, visitors and collectors at every turn. They have been anchors in the studio craft movement from the mid-1960s to the present and enabled others to carry those traditions forward. It is this story that Toe River Arts wishes to tell in a documentary video to be made available to film festivals, arts organizations, schools, libraries, and through the internet. Ultimately, the video will be archived with the Western Regional Archives of the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and the American Craft Council.

Free Community Showings 

We invite you to join Toe River Arts in a private screening of BRINGLE: A Tale of Two Makers. Two private screenings are scheduled, July 17th in Spruce Pine and August 4th in Burnsville. A meet and greet with Cynthia Bringle and Edwina Bringle will follow each viewing. To accommodate the number of anticipated guests, we will require that you RSVP as soon as possible. Our Spruce Pine location has limited space.

Wednesday, July 17th, 2024
6pm
Owen Gallery
Toe River Arts 
269 Oak Avenue, Spruce Pine, NC 28777
Register Here

Sunday, August 4th, 2024
4pm
The Burnsville Town Center
6 S Main St, Burnsville, NC 28714
Register Here