Bringle Documentary Accepted into Tryon International Film Festival
Spruce Pine, NC – Bringle: A Tale of Two Makers, a documentary full feature film produced by Toe River Arts and directed by Vincent Martinez, was recently accepted into the Tryon International Film Festival, and will be shown the weekend of October 6 – 8 in Tryon, North Carolina. The film features the renowned area artists, Edwina Bringle and Cynthia Bringle. Over the last year, filmmaker Vincent Martinez recorded extensive interviews, creating a documentary film to showcase the lives of these two remarkable women.
Born in Memphis TN in 1939, 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 1960s to the present and enabled thousands of others to carry those traditions forward. The Bringle’s established themselves as part of Penland School of Craft in 1964 and have built their homes and studios on and around the campus. Cynthia and Edwina have not only made significant creative contributions to the craft world but have given so many other inspired, searching, and eager souls the permission to explore, and be transformed by the artistic process.
2023 Fall Studio Tour
This driving tour through Mitchell and Yancey Counties will take visitors along the meandering Toe River, across its many bridges, around barns, acres of fields, and miles of forests all while visiting the talented studio artists and galleries participating.
When: November 10 – 12
Where: Click to see the participating artists and galleries.
– Upcoming Exhibitions –
Waking Dream – Paintings and Jewelry by Allison Edge and Diana Alexander
In this dual exhibition featuring the works of Allison Edge and Diana Alexander, “Waking Dream” refers to the experience of seeing the outside world in low-lit, half-lit, or fog-obscured scenarios, evoking a dream-like quality and straddling the boundaries of familiarity and unknowns.
September 23 – October 21 • Kokol Gallery
Compliant – Exhibition of work by Melisa Cadell
Melisa Cadell is presenting experimental work that explores the concept of beauty. The work will be largely focussed in work that utilizes plastic and its alluring pliant nature. The exhibit will include but not be limited to sculpture, painting, ice forms, water containers, video, and other ephemeral works.
September 30 – November 18, 2023
Reception: November 10 • 5PM – 7PM – Owen Gallery
Click here to see the complete Exhibition scheduled for 2023
– Events and Workshops –
Here’s what’s going on!
We’re excited to offer new workshops, events, and artist opportunities this spring. Keep an eye out for information coming to your inbox and mailbox!
2023 Fall Studio Tour
This driving tour through Mitchell and Yancey Counties will take visitors along the meandering Toe River, across its many bridges, around barns, acres of fields, and miles of forests all while visiting the talented studio artists and galleries participating. When: November 10 – 12 Where: Click to see the participating artists and galleries.
When: November 10 – November 12
Second Tuesday Life Drawing
Let’s draw together!
Bring your favorite drawing implements and surfaces, or use ours, and let’s spend the evening in the Toe River Arts Owen Gallery in Spruce Pine, sharing tips and tricks and improving our drawing skills. We’ll work with live-clothed models and still-life setups.
When: October 10 – November 14 – December 12
Where: Owen Gallery, Spruce Pine, NC
Register here >>
Meet the Toe River Artists and Galleries
Bridget Fox
Mudventions are the products of my cosmic imagination mingling with my hands in mud. Inspired by the textures, patterns and unusual organisms of the natural world I create a rare undersea garden of earthly treasures, cerebral concoctions and cosmic delights.
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