Join the Penland community in the studios for an afternoon of hands-on workshops and demonstrations. Whether you're trying your hand at blacksmithing or learning to throw a clay pot, the Penland open house is about experimentation, creativity, and fun. No admission charged; all ages welcome.
The 11th Anniversary Exhibition features a room full of blacksmithed and metal worked art by participants in the Fire on the Mountain Festival that is held on Saturday, April 29, on lower street in downtown Spruce Pine. The exhibit begins weeks before the Festival and ends the evening of the Festival. A Pizza and Beer reception […]
The jungle is jumpin' with a jazzy beat in Disney's The Jungle Book KIDS. Specially adapted from the classic Disney animated film, Disney's The Jungle Book KIDSÂ features a host of colorful characters and your favorite songs from the movie. Banished by the ferocious tiger, Shere Khan, a human boy named Mowgli and his panther friend, […]
Ethan Peverall, creator of the Magus Tone Drums, will be offering a class for children. Galaxy is the only place in the world that you can find Magus Tone drums. Ethan and Carl Peverall developed these beautiful drums which deliver a beautiful sound that is unique to each drum. Â Using mallets and the hands, […]
with Dorothy Mahrie Doodles are the scribbles, shapes and patterns we create while our mind is focused elsewhere. As we meander about the page, the doodle takes on a shape of it's own from a combination of lines and curves. Sometimes they are precise, other times haphazard but always a beautiful creation of art in […]
We invite you to join us as Dr. Daniel Barron takes us on a fast-paced visual journey into the past and consider a variety of real people and cultures that have visited Mitchell County from around 8000 BC to 1540 to 1780 and one fictional character by the name of Jamie Fraser. Using historic and […]
Please join us for a Sunday afternoon of music with Rhonda Gouge and Samuel McKinney as they entertain us with their unique stylings of our mountain music....we're sure there'll be sing-a-longs!
Be careful what you wish for as Stephen Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s cockeyed fairytale comes to life in this adaptation of their groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical. Into the Woods JR. features all of your favorite characters—Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and his beanstalk) and the Witch in this lyrically rich retelling of classic Brothers […]
Be careful what you wish for as Stephen Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s cockeyed fairytale comes to life in this adaptation of their groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical. Into the Woods JR. features all of your favorite characters—Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and his beanstalk) and the Witch in this lyrically rich retelling of classic Brothers […]
Penland sessions end with an auction of work donated by students, instructors, and friends. These auctions are celebrations of the work done in the classes and an opportunity for neighbors, travelers, and craft lovers to enjoy the energy of a Penland session. The proceeds from these auctions support scholarship programs.