Penland Line
Blue Ridge Parkway, April 7, 199J.
PENLAND LINE
Editor/Writer: Robin Dreyer
Production: Robin Dreyer, Eileen Wallace
Photographs: Paul Bagley, Robin Dreyer, Dan Dubovsky, Tim Evans, 3ames Fossett,
Ann Hawthorne, Lynn Hey, James Milmoe, Dana Moore, Ben Simmons, Evon
Streetman
Contributors: Judi Ashe, Terry Gess, Bob Trotman, Kelsey Woodard
The Penland Line is published twice a year to communicate thoughts about the pro
grams, people, and philosophy of Penland and to keep in touch with several groups of
people at once: craftspeople and friends living nearby, instructors, donors, and
Penland Friends. We invite you to share your news, opinions, and/or photographs
with us. And please let us knovy what you think of the Penland Line.
Penland School of Crafts
P. 0. Box 37
Penland, NC 28765-0037
704-765-2369
704-765-7389 fax
e-mail: pnlndschl@aol.com
web page: http://www.arts.ufl.edu/penland/
A Letter from the Board of Trustees
At its spring meeting on April 19, the Board ofTrustees of the Penland School of
Crafts made a decision to seek new leadership for the school. Ken Botnick, who
served as the schools director for four years, has accepted a new position as Associate
Professor of Graphic Design at Washington University in St. Louis. The Board is grate
ful to Ken for his many contributions to the school and wishes him well in his future
endeavors. A story on page 3 details some of what was accomplished during the time
Ken spent at Penland.
Times of change are often disquieting and can generate many questions which don’t
have ready answers. What’s needed is a firm hand on day-to-day business. For this, we
have turned to a long-time friend, Donna Jean Dreyer, who will serve as Interim
Director. Donna Jean retired in 1995 after nine years at Penland. Her responsibilities
ranged from catalog editor to development director. She also had a long and varied
career with the American Friends Service Committee which included seven interim
administrative positions.
The board is currently forming a search committee: two of the committee’s eight
members will be chosen from outside the board. The first task of this committee is to
make a timeline for the search and to define the school’s expectations of the new
director.
Meanwhile, Penland can look forward to another exciting and vibrant summer of
craft classes. Programming is complete for fall and spring, and our excellent staff will
keep glass in the furnaces, clay on the wheels, and food on the tables.
Joe Bova
Chair, Board ofTrustees
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Students and staff membersfrom the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild (Pittsburgh) getting to know studentsfrom Mitchell
High School (Ledger). Manchester provides afier-school and summer programs in clay, photography, sculpture, two-
dimensional art, and computer technology. The Manchester visit, which took place this spring, was sponsored by The
Grable Foundation. In theforeground is an installation (ffclay “stones” made by the students during a workshop with
Paulus Berensohn.