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VISITORS
During "Youth Art Month", Judith. LaRoche^
Mitchell County art teacher brought two
groups of students from Tipton Hill and
Buladean schools to visit Penland. All 480
students at Deyton Elementary will visit on
April 30. We will be setting up demonstra
tions in the studios and they will rotate
through in small groups.
Other recent visitors include the staff and
some board members of PCI who held a
retreat at FOPS (Penland's guest house) and
about 30 people from Atlanta who visited on
April 2 with "Culture Link". We're expecting a
group of about 40 from the High Museum on
April 22. They'll have brunch at school and
then visit some studios in the area.
The Visitor's Center will reopen in May.
We are looking for someone to manage the
center and craft shop from May through Oc
tober. The Center is open Tuesday through
Sunday. Once again we will have tours each
Tuesday at 10:30 and Thursday at 1:30 In
addition to a manager, we are also looking
for docents to help us as volunteer tour
guides. If you are interested either in volun
teering to be a docent or applying for the
position of manager, please give us a call.
We will also be in touch with artists to solicit
work for the craft shop in the near future.
And, finally, while we're on the subject of
visitors, we'd like to remind you about the
availability of the guest house where a single
is $20 and a double is $30. Call Connie
Sedberry for reservations.
RIDGEWAY REPORT
Jack Neff donated a painting to Ridgeway.
Stop by and see it. It's beautiful.
Over the last several years the Ridgeway
Committee has provided financial aid to
fellow community members who are going
through a rough time. The amounts have
been small, reflecting our funds, but always
appreciated. This seems like an appropriate
addition to the function of the Ridgeway
Committee, but in order to add to our funds
we will need to have another rummage sale.
So save your, junk, your seconds, anything
you want to get rid of and we'll have a
community rummage sale on May 26.
Reminder: Anyone who wants to have a
show in the gallery should contact Paige
Davis (688-3382) or Becky Plummer
(765-2670).
CAUSES TO CELEBRATE
Traditionally, craftspeople have been involved in many causes, often relating to the
environment or outreach to people in need, as well as community cooperative endeav
ors. This spring there are a number of ways that you can be involved either by donating
work or by donating your time or money.
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Celenbrate Earth Day by coming to brunch at Penland and joining in the road clean
up immediately following. If you have any questions, call Randy Shull at 765-1204; if
you want to sign up for the brunch, call Connie Sedberry at 765-2359 by April 19.
Once the road is all cleaned up, you may want to stay for the Earth Day events which are
being organized by Louise Todd-Cope and Paulus Berensohn to be held at Penland
from 1:00-4:00 on the same day.
Local groups are being invited to set up booths, share their art work or songs, and gather
together to celebrate the earth. Louise will be offering a hands-on workshop to make
reusable shopping bags and Paulus will offer a workshop to make raw clay containers for
bio-dynamic compost starters to bring to friend's gardens. Everyone is encouraged to
share in this event; call Louise (675-4868) or Paulus (765-7627) if you have suggestions.
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There are quite a few new residents this year and the costs of setting up a studio and
getting started while having to meet regular expenses of utilities and food is difficult, to
say the least. So Penland's seven residents have decided to hold an Auction at the
Pines on April 26 at 8:00 to help defray costs relative to the facilities which they all
share (living and working spaces). They will be putting up their own pieces for auction
but will also accept donated pieces to be auctioned. For more information, call Alicia
Keshishian (765-1204) or leave your piece with any of the residents at the Barns.
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A Silent Auction is in the works to benefit Tibetan Children. Ricky Berstein would
like to hear from you if you are interested in donating work. The auction will be adver-.
tised by means of a catalog which will be mailed in September. All proceeds will be used
by Hands-in-Outreach to purchase equipment for schools in Nepal. Call Ricky (401-
397-9278) or write him at Rt. 2, Box 19, Howard Hill Rd., Foster, RI.
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The Committee to End Hunger is soliciting donations of seconds (crafts which are
flawed enough to be unacceptable to retailers, but nice enough to be enjoyed by crafts
lovers.) These will be sold in a Holiday Crafts Seconds Sale in Washington to benefit
national and local organizations working to help the homeless and hungry. All dona
tions are tax deductible, donors will receive name and address list of sale attendants and
the donor's name can be included in publicity if desired. Send donations or inquiries to
Lynne Tarakan, 11319 Baritone Court, Silver Spring, MD 20901 (301-593-7664).
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Check the Ridgeway report for details about a Rummage Sale which will benefit folks
closer to home.
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Calling all carpenters to participate in a work day on the Flat Arts Building. Please
give Hunter a call (765-7912) if you are willing to help. We haven't set a date yet, but
we'd like to know how many people might be available.
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And finally, in the cause of beautification, Pat Thibodeaux, School Secretary, would
like to develop a garden of heaths and heathers near the Pines. If you would like to help
with this project Pat would welcome gifts of heaths or heathers from your own garden or
donations to purchase plants which range from $13.00 to $18.00. Call Pat at the School.
STANDBY PROGRAM
We'd like to urge those of you who live in Avery, Mitchell or Yancey countioes (NC),
to take advantage of Penland's reduced-tuition Stand By Program. Call Connie
Sedberry to register for classes which begin April 9th or for information about sum
mer sessions.