TOE RIVER ARTS | WORKSHOPS

For any of questions about the workshops, contact Community Outreach Coordinator Alena Applerose at 828.765.0524 or alena@toeriverarts.org . Participants must wear cloth face coverings over the nose and mouth and properly socially distance during workshops.

This year we are excited to bring local Toe River Artist Ivaylo Gueorgiev to our Life Drawing sessions to lead us through some fundamentals, tips, and techniques for illustration. He will join us for the Still Life set-up on April 8. Appropriate for all experience levels!

2025 Life Drawing at Toe River Arts

Join us in 2025 as we continue our Second Tuesday Life Drawing Series. 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 each month between clothed live models and still life set-ups, engage in thoughtful discussion about technique, and improve our observational drawing skills together. This year we welcome Toe River Artist Ivaylo Gueorgiev, our occasional guest instructor, offering to share his extensive knowledge. Come once, twice or every month! Ages 16+ (guardian consent needed for those under 18)

When: Second Tuesdays from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Where: Toe River Arts Owen Gallery

Cost: $10 per class for Toe River Arts members, $12 per class for the general public
Dates: April 18, May 13, June 10, July 8, August 12, September 9, October 14, November 11, December 9

Square Spring Baskets with Bridget VanRemortel

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 a 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: Saturday, April 19, from 10 am – 5 pm
Where: Toe River Arts Owen Gallery
Cost: $65 per person

WORKSHOP REFUND POLICY

Due to uncertainties created by COVID-19, we are no longer able to offer refunds for any workshop unless we can fill your spot. We will extend a 24-hour grace period immediately following the purchase of a workshop where a refund will be issued if requested by the student. Beyond that 24-hour grace period, refunds will not be issued under any circumstance. If you are issued a refund a check will be mailed for all your workshop fees minus a 3% processing fee.

TOE RIVER ARTS PARTNERSHIP STATEMENT

Toe River Arts encourages collaboration in service of our mission and reserves the right to decide when and with whom we will have community partners. The reasons for these collaborations include boosting organizational efficiency, and effectiveness and assisting our community and partners with the sharing of resources, information, and ideas. Toe River Arts hopes these partnerships create a stronger group of organizations that can advance their stated missions and common objectives more effectively.

Mayland Community College – Small Business Center

In collaboration with Toe River Arts, Mayland Community College’s Small Business Center has the following lineup of classes that are art-focused for those in an arts-related field and seeking more information about the arts—marketing, bookkeeping, sales, just getting started. All classes are held at the Arts Resource Center [ARC] in Spruce Pine [above the Toe River Arts Gallery; entrance in back] on Wednesday, but please note the times. Classes are FREE, but you must register.

Click here to access classes.

Please go to MCC Small Business Center, search for your class by location and date, and click the “Register” link. You can also contact Allen Cook at 828.766.1295 or tcook@mayland.edu.