Annual Report - Penland School of Craft

PenlandSchoo lof CraftsAnnual ReportFiscal Year 2011

May – April

Penland School of CraftsPenland School of Crafts is a national center for craft education located in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Penland’s focus on excel-

lence, its long history, and its inspiring retreat setting have made it a model of experiential education. The school offers workshops in books

and paper, clay, drawing and painting, glass, iron, metals, photography, printmaking and letterpress, textiles, wood, and other media.

Penland sponsors artist residencies, a gallery and visitors center, and community education programs. Penland School of Crafts is a nonprofit,

tax-exempt institution.

Penland’s Mission The mission of Penland School of Crafts is to support individual and artistic growth through craft.

The Penland Vision Penland is committed to providing educational programs in a total-immersion environment that nurtures individual creativity. Penland’sprograms embrace traditional and contemporary approaches that respect materials and techniques while encouraging conceptual explo-ration and aesthetic innovation.

Cover Information

Front cover: Adrift (detail), recycled letterpress type, wire, fabricated steel, cast bronze; this piece, by core fellow Jessica Heikes, was partof The Core Show 2010 at the Penland Gallery. To see more of Jessica’s work, visit jessicaheikes.com.

Back cover: Student Eli Corbin working on a monotype in the print studio.Inside front cover:The Penland auction tent during Friday night of the Annual Benefit Auction.Inside back cover: Student Ben Grant using a lathe in the wood studio.

Annual Report CreditsEditor: Robin Dreyer; design: Leslie Noell; writing: Robin Dreyer, Jean McLaughlin, Wes Stitt; assistance: Kate Boyd, Mike Davis, Stephanie Guinan, Tammy Hitchcock, Polly Lórien, Nancy Kerr, SusanMcDaniel, Jean McLaughlin, Jennifer Sword, Wes Stitt; photographs: Robin Dreyer, except where noted.

Penland School of Crafts receives support from the North Carolina ArtsCouncil, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the NationalEndowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

PenlandSchoo lof CraftsAnnual ReportFiscal Year 2011

May – April

We are asked frequently and with sincerity, “How is Penland doing?” Giventhe changing environment around us, it’s not a surprising question. Our response issimple and honest—Penland is doing very well because of your support and the com-mitment of many others. We have made difficult choices to reduce costs, and at thesame time we have kept all staff positions and each of our programs. Our enrollmenthas been strong and steady, we have met or exceeded our fundraising goals, and, as aresult of long-range planning, we have even made substantial improvements to ourphysical plant—all in a difficult economy. Penland is in good shape, and we are grate-ful for the love and support you have for this most important place.This report covers fiscal year (May , – April , ), a year in which

, students enrolled in Penland’s workshops; percent of them received somekind of financial assistance. They took classes as varied as encaustic painting, puppetry,Japanese embroidery, felted sculpture, drawing with enamels, copper weathervanes,tile mosaics, and dozens of other topics taught by enthusiastic and committed artisteducators. Seven people took part in our three-year resident artist program and nineworked and studied as core fellows. The school received financial support from suchvaried sources as the benefit auction, the state of North Carolina, the NationalEndowment for the Arts, 19 foundations, and 1,197 individuals. During this year we assessed our recent past and looked ahead to create a five-year

strategic plan to guide our educational programs, the stewardship and evolution of ourphysical environment, and the ways in which we secure and allocate resources. In theprocess we asked important questions: What must we do to lead and sustain craft edu-cation? How do we care for our complex, historic facility? How do we ensure thatPenland will serve creative people for years to come? One aspect of this future planning came in the form of systems, now in place, to cre-

ate greater fiscal strength. In , the board established an operating reserve fund toprepare the school for emergencies. The long-term goal is for the fund to equal one-third of the annual operating budget, or approximately . million. At the close of fis-cal year , this fund held $453,467, a substantial step toward meeting that goal.Recognizing its responsibility to maintain the school’s buildings and acres, theboard also created building reserve and equipment reserve funds. The stewardship costof ongoing maintenance is projected to be between , and , each year. Support for the building and equipment reserve funds will come through growth in

annual, endowment, and capital gifts. We made great progress toward these goals in fis-cal year . The annual fund grew from $494,725 to $521,263, and we plan toincrease it incrementally over the next five years. We also achieved strong growth in ourendowment, from $7,081,781 to $12,995,757, thanks to dedicated support for keyprograms and scholarships. And, after a rigorous review process, Penland was awardeda , building reserve grant from the Kresge Foundation to seed our buildingreserve fund and solidify our plan for its use and replenishment.We invite you to read our annual report for the details of our programs, activities,

and accomplishments during fiscal year . We salute you, our supporters, forenabling us to undertake this work. With your ongoing support we look forward togreeting you by saying, “Penland is doing better than ever.”

Jean W. McLaughlin, executive director Glen B. Hardymon, chair, board of trustees

Introduction

Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April

Board of trustees chair GlenHardymon helping sell a photographduring the Lucy Morgan Luncheon atthe 2010 Annual Benefit Auction.

Director Jean W. McLaughlin

Strategic Planning


As part of Penland’s periodic strategic planning process, a group of staff andboard members revisit a document that covers guiding principles, including an outlineof the school’s educational philosophy and a list of core values. This is the document asrevised in .

Mission The mission of Penland School of Crafts is to support individual and artisticgrowth through craft.

Educational Philosophy—education at Penland is based on these ideas:Total immersion workshop education is a uniquely effective way of learning.

Close interaction with others promotes the exchange of information and ideasbetween individuals and disciplines.

Generosity enhances education: Penland encourages instructors, students, andstaff to freely share their knowledge and experience.

Craft is kept vital by constantly expanding its definition while preserving its traditions.

Skills and ideas are equally important and their exploration has value that carriesinto life beyond the studio.

Core Values—these inform our decision-making: We respect artists, artistic integrity, and artistic quality.

We honor open communication, honesty, and integrity.

We respect and preserve Penland’s history as we plan for its future.

We welcome and respect diversity and aim to be accessible for those who are differently abled.

We value long-time friends of craft and encourage the next generations of makersand collectors.

We serve as an asset and resource to the community, the region, and the nation.

We take risks to be a leader in craft education.

We foster a dynamic, supportive, working and learning environment for students,instructors, and staff.

We care for the physical place and are good stewards of the environment.

We support robust financial and strategic planning as a road map to sustainability.

Goals—the plan addresses these three goals:To lead in the field of craft by offering excellence in craft education to a diverseconstituency.

To preserve and restore Penland’s historic properties and grounds and thoughtful-ly improve the campus for current programs and future generations.

To enhance the financial and human resources that support the mission of PenlandSchool of Crafts.

A student working on a portrait madefrom flameworked glass in a classtaught by Janis Miltenberger.

Penland WorkshopsFiscal Year 2010–2011

Students: 1,373

Instructors: 137

Classes: 124

Studios: 15

Penland’s workshop programs are at the heart of the school’s mission to supportindividual and artistic growth and to help people live creative lives. Students engagewith one or two carefully chosen instructors and a small group of fellow students in theintense study of one subject for a limited period of time: one, two, or eight weeks. Thishappens in an environment where basic needs are met, allowing students to be com-pletely absorbed in their work. People work in close proximity to other studios so thepotential for collaboration and the cross-fertilization of ideas is always high. Penland’sfiscal year included workshops in books, clay, drawing, glass, iron, letterpress,metals, painting, paper, photography, printmaking, textiles, and wood plus specialclasses in teacher training, repeat patterns, working with plastics, and exploringsources of inspiration.With no standing faculty, Penland can offer classes taught by full-time studio artists

as well as artists who teach in college and university programs. Teachers come from allover the country and from overseas. Like their students, instructors arrive at Penlandjust before classes begin and work intensely until it’s time to say goodbye. Everyoneshares the experience of working outside the context of their normal lives, which addsto the sense of community that develops during a Penland session. Among the ninety-eight workshops offered in summer was a class team-taught

by ceramic artists Kathy King and Paul Andrew Wandless in which screen printing,relief printing, lithography, and monoprinting were adapted and applied to the surfacesof clay objects. A class in flameworked glass taught by Jin Won Han used computer-aided design to create sculptural forms which were then realized through hand process-es in glass. Among a range of offerings in printmaking was a class led by Jenny Schmidexploring the labor-intensive and exceptionally beautiful technique of mezzotint.

Workshops


Visiting artists Andrew Dohner and Zack Noble striking hard in the iron studio.

Student Jim Hubbell driving a routerduring a furniture class taught byBrent Skidmore.

Workshops


Our textiles studios hosted classes in weaving, surface design, quiltmaking, hatmak-ing, embroidery, and one in fashion design taught by former core fellow VincentMartinez, who runs a fashion program at Grady High School in Atlanta. Renowned fur-niture maker Wendy Maruyama taught an intermediate-level wood class aimed at guid-ing students toward new ways of approaching their work. And sculptor ChristinaShmigel taught a workshop for artists working in any medium that used images,

sketching, model making, and unfamiliar materials to help students “deepen theirunderstanding of the wellsprings of their work.” Fall presented seven, eight-week workshops, including a class in the fundamen-

tals of blacksmithing taught by Mark Aspery, who runs a blacksmithing school inCalifornia and is writing a series of textbooks on the subject. Six, one-week classeswere also offered, among them a workshop in making brushes. Students used a varietyof animal hairs and other fibers to make brushes for ceramics, calligraphy, and painting.In the spring of , resident artist Devin Burgess taught functional and sculptural

glassblowing as part of a slate of seven, eight-week classes. One-week classes includeda workshop by Scott Ludwig in hybrid printmaking, which combined inkjet prints withphotopolymer plates, resists, and traditional intaglio and relief processes.

Student Jer’Lisa Devezin and instructor Tip Toland during a summer workshop on figurativesculpture.

Students in Alex Bernstein’s summerworkshop blowing glass into a largemold.


Resident Artists

The Penland Resident Artist Program is one of the longest artist residencies in thecountry, offering three years of low-cost studio and housing to self-supporting artists whoare at transitional points in their careers. The main responsibility of resident artists is tomake their own work and to keep their studios open to the public. Some residents usethe time as a springboard to a full-time studio practice; some use the program to movefrom one kind of work to another—jeweler Amy Tavern, for example, arrived makingproduction work and is now creating more complex, one-of-a-kind pieces. Others usethe program to explore and incorporate new materials into their work, to build andrefine the equipment needed to move their work forward, or to work through technicalchallenges—often with input and assistance from other artists in the community. Resident artists in fiscal year were glass and bead sculptor David Chatt, book

and paper artist Margaret Couch Cogswell, glassblower Devin Burgess, jeweler AmyTavern, sculptor/painter Daniel Marinelli, furniture maker Sarah Martin, and jewelerJeong Ju Lee. Chatt, Cogswell, Burgess, and Martin all completed their residencies inearly , and the school welcomed four new resident artists: potter DavidEichelberger, weaver Robin Johnston, wood sculptor and furniture maker Tom Shields,and potter gwendolyn yoppolo.Resident artists exhibited their work at SOFA Chicago, the Bellevue Art Museum

(WA), the Philadelphia Museum Craft Show, the American Crafts Council Baltimoreshow, and other venues. Penland School was invited to partner with United States Artists in the pilot phase

of their new USA Projects micro-philanthropy website. This partnership gave all cur-rent and former Penland resident artists access to this resource. David Chatt and AmyTavern were both able to fund special projects through the site as were former residentartists Jennifer Bueno, Susie Ganch, Rob Levin, IlaSahai Prouty, and Billy Bernstein, whoraised money for the publication of a book of poetry by the late Betty Oliver, a belovedPenland instructor. These artists raised a total of over $44,000 to support their projects.

Sculptor and painter DanielMarinelli applied for a Penlandresidency nine months after com-pleting his MFA at East TennesseeState University. “I was in a situa-tion where I was working allkinds of jobs, not making any art,not having any equipment ortools,” he recalls. “I wanted to con-tinue making art, and this was agreat opportunity to focus forthree years.” He spent those threeyears equipping and working inhis sculpture studio, supplement-ing gallery sales with part-timeteaching at a nearby university.Daniel’s time at Penland also puthim back in touch with a dor-mant part of his artistic practice.“I have been making paintingsand drawings, which sprung fromcoming here with nothing andhaving to make something. I didn’twant to sit idly until I could buyequipment, so the flatwork cameback.” As he prepares to leave andset up his own shop, Daniel saysthat he feels fortunate for theexperience. “It has propelled me,”he relates. “It has propelled meyears down the road.” Resident artist Tom Shields working in his Penland studio. Tom has been making a series of

distinctive furniture/sculpture pieces using old chairs as raw material.

Core Fellowship


The Penland Core Fellowship occupies a special niche in the craft world. This pro-gram provides artists with two years of housing, meals, studio space, and access toPenland classes. Core fellows work part-time for the school, which helps defray the costof the program and also provides them with work experience in areas such as cooking,gardening, dining hall management, and organizing events. Although the program hasno upper age limit, most participants are in their twenties and thirties, and for many itworks as an alternative to or preparation for graduate school. While core fellows are free to focus on a primary medium or experiment across stu-

dios, one of the strengths of the fellowship is that it allows participants to expand theiraesthetic language. For example, Ele Annand joined the program with a high level ofexperience in block printing. During her first year, she took the carving skills she haddeveloped in that medium and extended them into sgraffito clay, carved wood, and glasscasting. The core fellows were Eleanor Annand, Daniel Beck, Jason Burnett, Leah

Frost, Ian Henderson, Jessica Heikes, Rosina Saqib, Amanda Thatch, and Mark Warren.Burnett, Frost, Heikes, and Warren completed the program in February . Joiningthe program in March were Bob Biddlestone, Rachel Garceau, Seth Gould, andJack Mauch who were selected from among eighty-three applicants.

“My program in college was notvery technical, and in my studio Icontinually felt stymied by mate-rials I was attracted to but didn’treally know how to use,” says corefellow Amanda Thatch. “My rela-tionship to media has certainlychanged here; I have many moreoptions now and so much moreconfidence.” Amanda took classesmostly in textiles and book arts,though she also counts severalmetals classes among herfavorites. “I have learned so muchabout so many different materi-als,” she reflects, “and so many dif-ferent approaches to art and liv-ing in community. Because I makethings, I get to have experiencesthat I would never be able to haveotherwise. As a core student, I’vebeen able to take fourteen Penlandclasses in two years. That’s a prettyincredible gift.”

Core fellow Ian Henderson in the downstairs clay studio during a workshop in mold makingand slipcasting taught by Tom Spleth. In describing his experience in the core fellowship,Ian said: “The people in this community shape me as I learn to shape materials. I feel thateverything I make here is a group effort.”


Scholarships

Penland is committed to making it possible for students from a wide range ofbackgrounds to benefit from its educational programs. To this end, the school hasextensive and varied opportunities for financial assistance. Penland has scholarships thatoffer students greatly reduced tuition and require them to do some work during theirsession; some students receive full scholarships with a work component; a few studentsreceive full scholarships with no work obligation. The school has scholarships partiallyor fully funded by other institutions, and there are discounts for school teachers andlocal residents who take unfilled spaces at the last minute. In fiscal year , percent of Penland’s students received some form of financial

assistance including work-study scholarships, full scholarships, studio assist-antships, and stand-by discounts. Twenty students attended Penland free of charge aspart of the Higher Education Partnership Program. These were students enrolled in acollege or university that selected them for the scholarship and also helped support it.The William R. Kenan Fellowships, funded by the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for theArts, provided full scholarships for ten recent graduates of the high school visual artsprogram at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Penland’s scholarship programs are made possible by donations to the annual fund,

the Alvin Lehman Foundation Fund, the Claire Lucas Fund, the Windgate CharitableFoundation, other foundations, special scholarship endowments, the sale of work atend-of-session auctions, and Penland’s general operating budget. For a list of speciallyfunded scholarships, see page 27.

Lea McCormick Griggs is a grad-uate of the University of NorthCarolina School of the Arts. Hereceived a 2010 William R.Kenan Fellowship, which he usedto take a Penland class in flatglass imagery with British artistMark Angus. “I would like tothank you for giving me theopportunity to participate in thePenland experience,” he said in aletter he wrote after the class.“Schools like this empower anddwarf individuals at the sametime, allowing students to growexponentially and broaden theirtechnique while seeing themselvesas a smaller part in a community.Penland has brought me to lifethis summer and has also placedmy work in perspective. . . . Thisexperience brought me closer to acommunity of other artists, pro-ducing lasting relationships withnew friends and colleagues.”

Marsha-Gail Davis, who received the 2010 Bob and Peggy Culbertson Scholarship, working ona large and stylish hat to complement a dress she made in Vincent Martinez’s textiles classtitled Fashion, Art, and Silhouette.

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Community Collaboration

Penland engages in a variety of programs that connect the school to the sur-rounding community. The school is committed to a lasting partnership with theMitchell County public schools, and central to this effort is the Teaching ArtistInitiative, designed to broaden Penland’s impact and create ongoing relationships withclassroom teachers. In fiscal year , the Teaching Artist Initiative served studentsthrough arts activities integrated into their regular curriculum. For example, astrono-my and nature studies are part of the third grade curriculum, and every third grader inthe county works with Meg Peterson, Penland’s teaching artist, to make their ownmoon and nature journal—a handmade book used to record observations about thecycles of the moon and plant growth. Subs with SuitCASEs (Creative Approaches to Substitute Education) creates oppor-

tunities for local studio artists by giving them training and materials to become well-prepared substitute teachers who bring compelling arts activities into the classroom. Tolearn more about this program, visit subswithsuitcases.org.Penland has two collaborations with nearby Mayland Community College. The Dual

Enrollment Craft Study Program provides nine-week studio classes for students fromMayland and local high schools. The high school students receive both high school andcollege credits. Students in the Mayland/Penland Associate of Arts Degree Programtake studio classes at Penland and general education classes at Mayland, resulting in anassociate’s degree that is transferrable to most four-year college programs. Kids Camp brought eighty-nine children to Penland for art-based, summer day camps

with topics that included photography, drama, painting, and Appalachian folk arts.Thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, a churchdonation, and individual donations, forty-one of these children received scholarships.Penland’s annual community open house brought guests and volunteers toPenland for an afternoon of hands-on activities in Penland’s studios, including glass beadmaking, forging garden stakes, throwing clay pots, and making wooden xylophones.Penland also supported community activities such as the Spruce Pine Troutacular

Festival and the Fire on the Mountain blacksmithing festival. And a Penland clay class,led by Carlos Alves and Katrina Plato, created a fifty-foot long ceramic mural celebrat-ing mountain culture, which was installed by community volunteers on a brick wall atthe entrance of Mitchell High School. For information on these and other Penland com-munity programs, visit penland.org/programs/community_education.html.

Mayland Community College stu-dent Dustin Pendley working inthe Penland print studio as partof the Dual Enrollment CraftStudy Program. This programoffers nine-week studio classes tostudents at Mayland CommunityCollege as well as local highschool students. The high schoolstudents receive both high schooland college credit for the classes.In the fall of 2010, nine highschool students and sevenMayland students spent timeworking in the clay studio withpotter Suze Lindsay and in theprint and letterpress studio withPenland studio coordinatorMelanie Finlayson and formercore fellow Beth Schaible.Penland also partners withMayland Community College ona two-year Associate of Artsdegree that combines generaleducation classes at Mayland andstudio classes at Penland.

Community volunteers installing a ceramic tile mural at Mitchell High School. The mural wascreated by students in a Penland clay class taught by Carlos Alves and Katrina Plato.


Special Programs

Each year Penland has a variety of ongoing or one-time programs that aren’tpart of the regular class schedule. In fiscal year , these included a writers residency,a professional development workshop, winter residencies and studio rentals, an off-campus exhibition, and a trip to London for Penland friends.Ingrid Schaffner was the first writer selected for the Andrew Glasgow Writers

Residency, which provides short residencies to writers who would benefit from spend-ing time in the Penland environment. In addition to visiting studios and writing, Ingridgave a talk about her work as a curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art inPhiladelphia. Fourteen artists, three of whom were writers, participated in January residencies in

the print and letterpress studios. They worked under the guidance of printmakerMatthew Thomason or letterpress printer Nancy Lober, who were then able to spendthe month of February making their own work. Penland offers independent studythrough winter rentals in some of its studios and this year twenty-three artists tookadvantage of that opportunity. In October the nonprofit organization Creative Capital conducted an excellent

workshop on business practices and marketing for artists. Twenty-four artists, includ-ing six core fellows, took part. Also in October, Penland hosted a symposium organizedby the American Craft Council. Titled Why Craft Now?, the gathering brought togethercraft artists and educators from across the country for conversation, debate, and infor-mation sharing. Director Jean McLaughlin and trustee Sarah Elson led a craft tour of London, in con-

junction with the COLLECT Fair, which included visits to museums, artist studios, andcollectors’ homes. The trip established new relationships for Penland with a number ofartists and institutions in the London craft community.A group of Penland staff members worked together to create a special exhibition of

large-scale work by four Penland artists, which was installed at the newly-openedgallery of the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.The artists were paper cutter Béatrice Coron, mixed-media sculptor Anne Lemanski,glass sculptor Janis Miltenberger, and ceramic sculptor SunKoo Yuh.

In November 2010, Penland presented an exhibition of large-scale work at the new galleryat the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This mixed-mediasculpture by Anne Lemanski, titled 21st Century Super Species: Jack-dor, was the centerpieceof the show.

Woodworker and printmaker DustinFarnsworth spent two weeks atPenland as part of the January printand letterpress residencies. The resi-dency came in the middle of anexceptional year: with the help of aWindgate Fellowship from theCenter for Craft, Creativity, andDesign, Dustin was spending a yearassisting a series of established mak-ers in wood and steel, includingPenland instructors Stoney Lamar,Brent Skidmore, and SylvieRosenthal. “I’m pretty balancedbetween woodworking and print-making,” he said. “I have a hard timedistinguishing between the two.Markmaking is the thread that runsbetween both.” About the winter resi-dency, he said, “It’s phenomenal tobe stuck in the mountains in themiddle of nowhere and be able towork sixteen hours a day.”

Wes Stitt


Archive

The Jane Kessler Memorial Archive is Penland’s repository for documents andarticles related to the school’s history. Most of its holdings are paper records, photo-graphs, correspondence, and other documents. The archive also includes a small collec-tion of objects and artwork. Penland’s archivist, Michelle Francis, systematically col-lects publications, documents, and records as they are generated; these not only includeofficial documents such as catalogs and board records along with posters promoting stu-dent events and other less formal items. Penland classes occasionally create collabora-tive or commemorative pieces and donate them to the archive, and the school regularlyreceives gifts of documents and artifacts from the past.Donations to the archive during fiscal year included a collection from Irene

Marshall Martin who taught metals at Penland in the summer of . Donated byMartin’s daughter, Marsha Cobb, the collection includes three handwoven skirts pur-chased at Penland, a bamboo shepherd’s pipe made at Penland, and scans of photographsand documents. The documents include a letter from Penland founder Lucy Morganinviting Ms. Martin to teach, in which Morgan says, “I believe you would get a great dealof joy out of the work here and that it would be a vacation as well as a lot of hard work.There are no rules to work by, no complicated records to keep.”Shari Clifton Flythe donated a collection of photographs made at Penland in the

1960s by her mother, Dorothy Clifton, who took photography classes while her hus-band, Roy Clifton, taught lapidary. Agnes Stevens donated weaving notes, drafts, andweaving publications compiled by her grandmother, Corinne Blount Selby, who was aPenland student in . Whenever she can, Michelle Francis adds to the school’s collection of articles made

by the production department of the school, which existed from the s through thes. Michelle recently acquired a number of pewter items including a plate etchedwith a pine tree design, a bowl with oak leaf handles made by John Rufus Morgan, awater pitcher made by Rufus Wyatt, and two small candlesticks made by Howard “Toni”Ford, who was a long-time Penland instructor and neighbor.

These pewter items made at Penland in the 1940s and 1950s were recently acquired by thePenland archive. The pitcher was made by Rufus Wyatt; the candlesticks were made byHoward “Toni” Ford.

Renowned potter Toshiko Takaezu andstudent Shelly Riesman in a 1972 pho-tograph by photo instructor Nick Deanrecently given to the archive.


The Penland Gallery and Visitors Center, which is the school’s front door to thegeneral public, sells work made by artists affiliated with the school, shows work by eachsession’s instructors, offers invitational exhibitions, welcomes arriving students andinstructors, conducts tours of the campus, and provides visitors with information aboutthe school, the artists, and craft processes. Although sales from the gallery support theschool and provide income for the artists, the primary mission of the gallery and visi-tors center is educational. All of its activities are aimed at providing information andexpanding the public’s understanding and definition of craft. In fiscal year , the gallery welcomed , visitors and showed work by

artists. The gallery returned , in commissions to artists whose work was sold.Five hundred and twenty-four people participated in a total of sixty-two tours. In addi-tion to regularly-scheduled, twice-weekly tours, the gallery arranged special tours forgroups including the Asheville Public Arts Conference, Appalachian StateUniversity, the Raleigh Fine Arts Society, and the Open World Leadership Program. The gallery provided assistance to individuals, organizations, curators, and galleries

interested in Penland School and Penland-affiliated artists. Gallery staff worked withpatrons, corporate clients, design firms, and art museums interested in commissionedworks or special purchases. Gallery director Kathryn Gremley consulted with residentartists, core fellows, and artists in the community on pricing and presenting their work.And she also worked with deputy director Jerry Jackson and other staff members toproduce a beautiful exhibition at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Gallery and Visitors Center

Penland Gallery2010 Exhibitions

Artist, Educator, Mentor,Rascal: Dolph Smith &FriendsCelebrating book arts instructor

Dolph Smith’s years of teaching.

The Weight of BlackWork that uses the color black

as an integral element.

All This Happened, Moreor LessFive artists’ use of implied

narrative.

The Core Show 2010Work by Penland’s current core

fellows.

Dana Moore

A view of the gallery’s exhibition room during the show, All This Happened, More or Less

Facilities


The Penland facilities and grounds staff is responsible for the maintenance andimprovement of the school’s acres and buildings. These include structures builtin the nineteenth century and buildings that were completed during the year coveredby this report. Penland is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the central campuscascades down the side of a steep hill, creating challenges for storm water management,road maintenance, accessibility, and site preparation for new buildings. In addition tocoordinating the work of two general maintenance technicians, a studio technician, anda gardener, Penland’s director of facilities and grounds, Scott Klein, worked closely withthe administrative and program staff and the board of trustees in planning new facili-ties. Scott also worked with architects, hired contractors for major renovations and newconstruction, and supervised their work. Ongoing maintenance in fiscal year included bathroom renovations, furnace

and water heater replacement and repairs, steam-line repairs, replumbing acetylene,oxygen, and propane lines in the metals studios, refinishing floors, replacing exhaustfans, repairing waterlines, and building new furniture in various studios. Two major construction projects were completed during this fiscal year. The guest

house is a beautiful building in a secluded location near the wood studio. Privately fund-ed, this comfortable house designed by Dail Dixon, FAIA, is being used to house guestsof the school and is also the site of weekly instructor gatherings. The new clay and met-als porches, also designed by Dixon, replaced an aging set of porches and created newoutdoor workspaces. The project was completed a few weeks into the spring session andstudents began using the space the minute the paint was dry. The Cannon Foundation,the Nicholson Foundation, and forty individual donors made this project possible.Two major projects started during the year were part of the ongoing effort to

upgrade student housing. A new housing building located west of the Pines dining hallwill accommodate between twenty-four and forty-two students. The schematic designfor this building was prepared by Dail Dixon with construction documents and con-struction oversight handled by Bowers, Ellis, and Watson, PA. Five sleeping cabins con-nected by a walkway to a bathhouse make up the second project, which will housetwenty students. Dixon designed these buildings to sit lightly on the land, each with adifferent roof line, giving the group a jaunty appearance when seen from a distance.

New porches for the clay and metals studios have created excellent outdoor workspaces.

The sleeping cabins under construc-tion. Each of the five small units willcreate two double rooms, so the com-plex, which also includes a bath house,will accommodate twenty students.

The Penland Annual Benefit Auction is a highlight of each year and the school’smost important fundraising event. It’s a time when artists, staff, supporters of theschool, and volunteers get together for a festive weekend. The auction, which bringsmore than people to the campus, showcases work by current and former instruc-tors and resident artists, and it raises a significant portion of Penland’s annual income.The 2010 auction was attended by patrons and artists and was run by the Penlandstaff along with volunteers. The auction began with a luncheon, photography workshop, and auction preview for

Lucy Morgan Leaders (see opposite page). The rest of the weekend included meals, livemusic, beautiful exhibitions of the auction work, a sale of work by core fellows, an openhouse at the studios of the Penland resident artists, and the sale—in live and silent auc-tions—of pieces of art. The auction featured a commissioned work by steel sculp-tor Hoss Haley, titled Toric Knot, which brought the highest price at the event: ,. Photographer Evon Streetman was honored as Penland’s Outstanding Artist

Educator. A widely respected fine art photographer, Streetman helped create Penland’sphotography program and taught at the school dozens of times. Helping to honor her wereseveral of her former students and fellow Penland instructors led by trustee Alida Fish.The benefit auction is an inspiring display of support for the school—support shown

by the generous donations of the artists, by the tireless work of staff and volunteers, andby the attendance, enthusiasm, and lively bidding of auction patrons.

25th Annual Benefit AuctionAugust 13 – 14, 2010

Works sold: 225

Contributing artists: 225

Volunteers: 204

Attendance: 527

Total income: $509,744

Auction Sponsors

Auction Sponsor ($10,000)WNC and G magazines

Auction Patron ($5,000)Blue Ridge PrintingFrank KikerOur State magazineDavid H. Ramsey Commercial

PhotographySOFA CHICAGO 2010

Auction Supporter ($2,500)American Craft magazineAmerican Style magazineBiltmore WinesBlue Ridge Soap Shed

Auction Associate ($1,500)American Party Tent RentalsEbenConcepts/Cardinal InsuranceHallmark Capital ManagementJon Ellenbogen and

Rebecca PlummerNorman Sound & Productions, Inc.

Annual Benefit Auction


The 2010 auction volunteers posing with Hoss Haley’s steel sculpture, Toric Knot.

Bill Brown Visionary($10,000 and above)Laura Edwards and Elaine AndrewsIrene de WattevilleRobyn and John HornSusan Parker Martin and Alan Belzer

Laura Taft Paulsen and William F. PaulsenRob PulleynBetsy and Marcus RowlandBarbara and Samuel WellsIra and Phyllis Wender


Lucy Morgan Leaders

Donor Profile: Ira & Phyllis Wender“If you think about the fact that 1,400 people each year get a chance to practice art atPenland, that’s quite wonderful,” says Ira Wender, explaining why he and Phyllis, hiswife of forty-five years, support the school. “And they have a great experience,” he adds.“It’s striking. It’s very rare that you meet anyone who attended Penland who doesn’t loveit and remember it with great fondness.”Ira and Phyllis discovered Penland after Jean McLaughlin became the school’s direc-

tor in 1998. Phyllis had a family connection with Jean’s husband and the couple visitedthe school shortly after Jean started at the school. Ira was a partner in several law firms,mostly in New York City, and he worked for a decade as a banker. He also taught law atHarvard and at New York University. Phyllis is a literary agent who represents somewell-known writers including the actress Jamie Lee Curtis, who is a successful authorof children’s books, and the estate of playwright Wendy Wasserstein. A few years after their first Penland visit, Ira was invited to join the board of trustees.

He served for eight years; his second term ended in 2010. He brought to the board akeen understanding of financial management and a willingness to advocate for issues hefelt strongly about. And, although he is not an artist himself, he also brought a genuinecommitment to the school’s mission. “I am a great believer in teaching the arts. It makesme sad that kids in schools don’t get an arts education any more. I think that’s dread-ful. Education has become less about learning and all about getting a job, and I think weare screwing up education at every level. So I’m strongly for institutions like Penland.I think they are a great service to human beings.”Although Ira has retired from his law practice, he still puts time into a few business

concerns, and he’s on several nonprofit boards including the Putney School, a Vermontboarding school where art classes are taught in the Wender Arts Building. Phyllis recent-ly sold her literary agency to another company, but continues to work there as an agent.And the Wenders are ongoing, generous supporters of Penland.“We think the arts should be a big part of every person’s human experience,” Ira says.

“Penland is a really first-rate place doing a wonderful thing, and we’d like to help it con-tinue to be as wonderful as it is. And that takes money; there’s not much that’s free.”

–Robin Dreyer

Ira and Phyllis Wender with theirgranddaughter Lily.

Lucy Morgan LeadersPenland’s Lucy Morgan Leaders are a special leadership group of annual fund donors who con-tribute $1,000 or more each year to support the operating needs of the school. Lucy MorganLeaders honor and continue the work of Penland’s founder, Lucy Morgan, by investing in Penlandand helping all who come here to grow personally and artistically. This listing includes gifts fromindividuals received in Penland’s fiscal year 2011 (May 1, 2010 to April 30, 2011). Lucy MorganLeader art donors are listed on page 37.

Craft Leader($5,000 - $9,999)AnonymousPolly AllenLisa and Dudley AndersonElizabeth Aralia and Nicholas GraetzSuzanne and Bud BakerLutu and Tom CoffeyJohn and Jennifer CulverSarah Lee Elson and Louis Goodman ElsonLisbeth C. Evans and Jim LambieGlen and Florence HardymonSteven and Ellen LeBlancDr. and Mrs. John E. LeeLincoln Financial Group Foundation, Inc.Little Acorn FundSara and Bob McDonnellJean W. McLaughlin and Tom SplethKaola and Frank PhoenixLaura Heery Prozes and Andy ProzesBuck and Helgi ShufordHellena and Isaiah Tidwell

Studio Sustainer($2,500 - $4,999)AnonymousJohn and Judy AlexanderMary Lou Babb and James G. Babb Jr.Cynthia BringleKaty and Mark CobbBob and Peggy CulbertsonJanice FarleyJohn and Linda GarrouLaura and Michael GraceJim and Marlene Hubbell

Jerry JacksonBobby and Claudia KadisThomas S. Kenan, III and Chris ShupingRuth D. KohlerVirginia Kraus and Jay WestwaterDr. Kent and Dr. Bob LeslieIsaac and Sonia LuskiJohn MarekCharles L. McMurrayPatricia NevinTom and Toni OreckSandy and Anne OverbeyLana WilsonLauren Jones Worth and David Worth

Artist Advocate($1,000 - $2,499) Anonymous (2)Marla and Joel AdamsCathy and Alan AdelmanBarbara Benisch and Jacque AllenSuzanne and Walter AllenPatricia L. Amend and Stephen M. DeanChristopher AmundsenRobert Annas and Doug ShawDaniel W. Bailey and Emily StanleyDawn Barrett and R.D. OxenaarJoan BaxtHelga and Jack BeamKatherine M. BelkElizabeth and James BethuneDaniel A. Bloom and Barry GoliveskyPhilip and Amy BlumenthalKristin Hills Bradberry and John BradberryDr. Larry BradyWade and Brenda BrickhouseEdwina BringleHarold and Kathryn BrownJoseph M. Bryan, Jr.Claudia BurkeLinda CarterDavid CharakEmily and Charles ClarkNancy ClarkCNA FoundationJoan Levy CoaleDorothy and Clyde CollinsMarilue M. CookRobert and Elizabeth CooperAnn and Thomas CousinsJohn Cram and Matt ChambersRebecca M. CrowellMike DavisRick and Dana DavisWilliam A. and Betty Gray Davis

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Auction volunteers and Lucy MorganLeaders, including former trusteesShelton Gorelick (left, in blue shirt)and Susan Larson (right), during ahands-on photography workshop thatwas part of the 2010 annual benefitauction. Each year the auction week-end begins with a luncheon, work-shop, and auction preview for LucyMorgan Leaders.

Lucy Morgan Leaders


Ellen and Bert DenkerGinger S. DuensingTheresa Hand DuPre and William A. DuPreRichard and Bridget EckerdAlida Fish and Stephen TanisPepper and Donald FlukeGusti and Daniel FrankelGary FuquayMichael and Libba GaitherElizabeth GantPaul Edwin Glass Jr. and Susan Payne GlassShelton and Carol GorelickBill and Patty GorelickAdrienne and Harvey GossettCharlotte Graham-ClarkHarriett GreenDrs. Lewis and Olive GreenwaldBarbara and Frank GreissJames R. Hackney and Scott T. HaightG. Felda and Dena Hardymon

In honor of Glen and Florence HardymonEdwin F. Harris, Jr. and Susan ArrendellMarty Hayes and Michael CucchiaraMarian S. HeiskellMrs. Anne J. HendersonHighwater Clays Inc.Dorothy S. HinesRandy HinsonDwight M. HollandGarnett L. Hughes and Donna MoranJames and Peggy HynesJoia JohnsonThomas JohnsonJan Katz and Jim DerbesRichard Koopman Jr.Stoney Lamar and Susan CaseyBeth LambertGeorge H. LanierSusan and David LarsonBarbara LaughlinCarol and Seymour LevinMina Levin and Ronald SchwarzFrank D. LortscherSimone and Scott LutgertMary R. LynnAndrea and Bob MaricichDavid Marshall

In memory of Alan WiesenthalKen May and Martha BrimBarbara N. McFadyen and

Douglass Phillips Jr.John and Tina McGuireBonnie and Chaffe McIlhennyRon and Susan MeierKatherine W. Merten

Sharon MillsJudy and Jim MooreBette Mueller-Roemer and

James Walter CrockerScott Mullennix and Hilary M. WilsonVirginia E. Newell and Bob WilkinsSanford and Barbara OrkinSheldon and Myrna PalleyPhilip and Mary Ruth PayneEdith PeiserGina PhillipsJohn D. and Ann PorterRonald C. Porter and Joe PriceJoe Sam and Kate QueenElaine ReilyStephen H. ReynoldsEric S. Rohm and Amy HockettJohn J. Ryan and Wesley ChenaultSeymour and Marcia SabesinHarry SantenSusan K. SchearStella SchlossLisa and Charles ShepherdChristina Shmigel and Patrick MoretonWilliam and Catherine Sweeney SingerJames W.M. Smith and Pam TroutmanLisanne SmithRobert SmithSteven StichterCynthia TaylorJohn A. Thompson, Jr. and Lee RocamoraCaroline ToCynthia A. TothUnitrin Services CompanyJonathan M. and Gwen G. Van ArkTim VenessCharlotte Vestal Wainwright and

Steve WainwrightCharlene Diana WalkerDon and Karen WalkerNed Walley and Kurt GabrielsonTom Warshauer and Andy DewsWendy Weiner and Delia ChampionPhil WellsRick and Brenda WheelerRob Williams and Warren WombleJulia WilsonPaul WisotzkyMartha H. WombleMichael Wright and Bob GlascockFoster YoungAnn Ziegler

It is an honor to support such a

fine institution that is making a

difference in the lives of so

many artists and the craft

movement as a whole.

—Paul Wisotzky, studio assistant inclay and a Lucy Morgan Leader

Clay studio coordinator Susan Feaginhelping a guest at the communityopen house.

Annual Fund


Patrons($500 - $999)AnonymousJohn S. ArrowoodFrank and Ranlet BellPaulus BerensohnDavid and Laura BrodyPhilip Broughton and David SmithB.C. Burgess TrustDr. Felicia R. CochranHelen Romayne CoxElizabeth B. Craven and Michael WarnerVeva EdelsonBert and Shan EllentuckLouise ErskineSpencer and Mary Ann EverettGreg and Cindy Feltus

In honor of Robyn and John HornBetty FosterChris and Susie FoxGary and Patricia GriffinBill and Mary Ellen Gumerson

In honor of Elizabeth RowlandJonathan HalseyJames Hatley

In honor of Mike DavisGeoffrey IslesLois JoerlingArthur and Anita KurtzLorne E. Lassiter and Gary Ferraro

In honor of Kate BoydLorinna W. LowranceAdrian and Page LuxmooreWendy Maruyama and Bill SchairerKatherine McCartyNathan and Carole Metzger

George C. NewmanIn honor of Holbrook Newman

John and Linda RuckEmily and Zach SmithPatricia and Philip SmithEvon StreetmanEllen B. TurnerT. Tim TurnerMary B. UhlandThe Winston-Salem FoundationJulia and Richard Woodman

Sponsors($250 - $499) Charles E. and Anna Reamer BakerMr. and Mrs. William T. BarnettJill BeechCharlotte and Charles Bird Fund

at the San Diego FoundationAlan and Rosalie BlumenthalChristopher M. BrookfieldLeonard and Libby BuckDeborah and Michael CalivaThomas and Cindy CookWilliam J. CraemerWilliam P. DaleyLucy C. DanielsBert DillonMignon DurhamLynn and Barry EisenbergCatharine Ellis and Kent StewartEdward and Kathleen EvansIlene FineArline FischKathleen A. FitzGeraldJames E. Friedberg and Charlotte Moss

“The last two weeks were not

just about making art in a life-

less, production-oriented man-

ner, they were about connecting

to the deep well of life and

beauty within each one of us.

They were about taking risks

and throwing yourself in. They

were about discovery.”

—Sarah Seabolt, recipient of the2010 Betty Oliver Scholarship, whowas a student in Meg Peterson’steacher training workshop titled

Noticing What’s Going On.

The Annual FundMay 1, 2010 – April 30, 2011

The Penland annual fund supports the annual operations of the school, from utilities that keep ourbuildings heated to propane for studio operation and scholarship assistance for many deserving stu-dents. The annual fund provides essential support each year and helps ensure the quality of thePenland experience for both students and instructors.

In fiscal year 2011, 745 annual fund donors gave $521,263 to the school, providing essentialoperating support for our mission. Penland is grateful for the generosity of our annual fund donors.The list that follows names donors who have made gifts of $999 or below between May 1, 2010and April 30, 2011. Gifts of more than $1,000 are listed in the Lucy Morgan Leader section,beginning on page 15. Art donors are listed beginning on page 37.

We have made every effort to recognize donors who have made gifts during this timeframe. Ifyour name does not appear as you believe it should, please contact the development office so thatwe may correct our records. Gifts made after April 30, 2011 will be recognized in our next annualreport.

Student Maisha Barrett working in asummer class in traditional Japaneseembroidery taught by Carl Newman.


Steve FunkJim GallucciGeorge and Susan GibbinsMartha GibersonAmy C. GilbertLouis GottliebDaniel Greenberg and Susan L. SteinhauserElliott L. GroshAnna and John HammondBorden and Ann HanesJane Hatcher

In honor of Evon StreetmanBrigid L. HoganMichael Hooker Memorial EndowmentMartin and Irina HornJoan M. HoytArthur H. Johns, Jr.Aimee and Alain JoyauxDeena and Jerome KaplanJulia A. LeonardPaula LombardiMicrosoft Matching Gifts ProgramStephanie and John MitchellJere OsgoodDavid Perrin and Anne KenanHaywood and Sabine RankinChé RhodesHarry RhodesDabney and Walker SandersClarissa T. Sligh and Kimberly Grey PurserDana SmithKaren Smith-LovejoyKathy and Scott SteinsbergerBetsy B. StrandbergBetsy Strandberg Fund of the

Triangle Community FoundationTom SuomalainenSheila SweetserTerry TaylorToe River Arts CouncilJames and Pat TooleDennis R. TrombatoreAlison J. Van DykCaroline WaiteJudith West

In memory of John Skau, Penland instructorCatherine and Mason WilliamsWilliam and Pat WilliamsonFrankie and Vernon Winters

Partners($100 - $249) AnonymousPeggy and John AcornJim Adams

Deborah AhaltPatty and Welborn AlexanderRobert and Kathleen AndersonMary AnglinJess and Kate AskewSheila and Kevin AvruchBarbara and Ellis AycockBeverly and Gene AyscuePosey BacopoulosNancy BaronAnn Batchelder and Henri KiefferHayne BaylessHarold BlackRachel BleilElizabeth E. and Henry M. BookeFrances BrennerDavid and Lisa BrewsterMeredith Knapp Brickell and Ray DuffeyFay and Phelan BrightJane BruceJohn and Martha BurtisDavid ButlerBernard Y. Calvert, IIISean CalyerLarry CardenPatsy P. CarterEllen Crozat Cassilly and Frank KonhausLucy Davis ChristopherJames D. ClubbBob CmarikNelly Bly CoganJohn Cogswell and Barbara E. ChapmanMary Beth and Ken Collins

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Student Virginia Chavis giving writerand curator Ingrid Schaffner an intro-duction to the craft of letterpress print-ing. Ingrid was at Penland for twoweeks as the recipient of the firstAndrew Glasgow Writers Residency. Sheis a curator at the Institute ofContemporary Art in Philadelphia. “I amgrateful for two weeks of solitude tofocus on writing in the naturally beau-tiful and creatively energized place thatis Penland,” said Ingrid. “It took somegetting used to the fact that nothingmore was expected of me than to followmy own sense of curiosity. . . . Giventhis gift of time, I was also determinedto take advantage of the invitation tostep outside my own work and see whatPenland had to offer. I visited studios,attended evening lectures by the facul-ty and their assistants, and talked tostudents.”

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Julie ConnaghanEli CorbinCristina Córdova and Pablo SotoAlfred and Ann CromptonScott and Kim CunninghamJo Ann Czekalski Whit and Cathy DailyAnn P. DavisJohn and Terrie DavisJoseph B. Davis, Jr. and

Dr. Ann Hoscheit-DavisAngela DickersonPatrick and Linda DoughertyRuth L. DoyleDonna Jean DreyerRobin Dreyer and Tammy HitchcockFrank E. Driscoll and Mary Cain DriscollJoyce and Alexis DunfeeBeth EakesElizabeth EgglestonJon Ellenbogen and Rebecca PlummerDeborah Louise EllisLee EllisDavid and Yvonne EvansExxon Mobil FoundationKeith and Kiki M. FarishRebecca FaulkLowell and Laraine FineAnita and Hayes FletcherRainer and Vernessa Foelix

In honor of Sarah Elson and Jean McLaughlinLeon and Jeanne FoxRobert R. FreedmanC. Robert Friedman and Vernon MosheimMonica GarrettCecilia GelfmanMartin GellertDiana GibbsPaul and Bonnie GormiskyDr. Brenda GrahamMike and Jeri GrayLloyd GreenbergJack and Doris HancoxHelen C. HanesJames G. Hanes, IIIMartha D. HarperDeborah M. HarrisJane W. HarrisonJohn and Barbara HayesFrederick Heath and Merrily OrsiniKay and Roderick HellerMichael HellerMark and Carol HewittHoward and June HicksLinda and John Hillman

Alix Hitchcock and Marshall TylerDorothy D. HodgesCheryl Walker and Jeff HubermanBenjamin and Eileen HulseyJan and Sam HurtThomas HynesDavid and Robbie IrvinSusan L. IversonNicholas and Lisa JoerlingSally JohnsonSandy and Lindsay JordanLynn Kaczmarek and Mack BonkKenneth and Virginia KarbDiane Solomon KemplerNancy J. KerrDeanna KingM. Alston KirkKenn and Michelle KotaraSharon KotlerJeff and Jean LeriLaura and Jon LevinsonDouglas A. LongJames S. LoveLaurel LovrekKenneth and Sandra LylesMark Mitsuda’s glass class, Session 6, 2010Suzanne MarshWilliam P. MasseySarah Toy McArdleForrest and Patti McCallMaxine McCoyCaroline McLaughlin and Roy Baroff John and Robin McLeanElizabeth and Michael MearsC. James and Laurel MeyerBarbara MiddletonRobert and Karen MilnesLeeAnn Mitchell and Jim BuonaccorsiAlex and Jennifer MoellerLois MoranChris MosesAnn P. MullicanAna M. Musachio and Bette SchmitCharles and Cynthia NashDavid and Suzu NeithercutKay NeubertArnold and Jean NevinsSam Newbury and Jan Myers-NewburyKim NiklesDell Orr and David VandreRosemary L. PeduzziBruce Pepich and Lisa EnglanderDavid M. PfefferKathryn and Willy PhillipsMargaret Phillips

The Tiny Gallery was a project of resi-dent artist Margaret Couch Cogswelland staff member Mark Boyd. Theybuilt this small, walk-through struc-ture (with a translucent roof for nicelight) and filled it with small-scalework made by a number of artists inthe community. It was set up for a dayoutside of the Pines dining hall.


Dale and Larry PolskyCindy Dawn PowellApril C. PriceJ.Timothy ProutJane QuimbyDr. Alan and Sue RapperportMillie RavenelKarla ReedDon ReitzGrete E. ReppenEmily Vaughn ReynoldsChris RifkinSang Parkinson RobersonLisa C. RobeyBill and Joan RocamoraJudith A. RosenNancy RossiGeoffrey RoupasMichael RutkowskyAndrew Saftel and Susan KnowlesJane and Ronald SchagrinSchaller GalleryNorman and Gloria SchulmanMrs. Anna Rita ScottDawn and Vig SherrillSally J. ShoreDenise ShoukasC. Miller SigmonSilver Peak REIT, Inc.Annie SilvermanRobin A. SirkinStephanie L. SmartBonnie and Jere SmithDolph and Jessie SmithPaul J. SmithSteve and Lark SmithSam and Cindy SmoakCharlotte SommersSydney R. SonnebornHarry V. SouchonSpecialty Technical Consultants, Inc.Mark SpencerKathleen and Darwin StanleySusan Stickney-Bailey and

Edward Cary StickneyLinda StrongRuth T. Summers and Bruce W. BowenJim TannerLucia TaxdalDan and Rebecca TerriblePat Thibodeaux and Glenn SquiresKatie TillmanEllie and Jon TotzBob and Jane TrotmanCarl W. Tyler, Jr.

Tyler Glass GuildAlexandra E. VandeGriftUrsula VannMargaret vonRosenDiana and Albert VoorthuisLeah and Richard WaitzerDiana Parrish and Max WallaceAndré Bruce Ward and Jack KendallSusie WardRebecca A. WentworthBrother Robert WerleAnn N. WhiteJames A. WilkinsonAndrea C. WilleyMr. and Mrs. Michael WirsingJulia and Richard WoodmanStephen Lowe Young

Associates(under $100) Anonymous (2)Karin AbromaitisRoger and Deane AckermanAshleigh AdamoskySusan L. AlbanRenee B. AltmanKlaus AnselmMr. and Mrs. Shepard L. AnsleyHarvard and Jean ArmusLois AronowDr. and Mrs. C.W. ArrendellHerb and Donna BabcockPeg G. BachenheimerArthur and Rhonda BainesDorothy Gill BarnesKarene T. BarrowJames R. BarrowsJoan BartramJoan M. BassConstance M. BaughAnne and John BaumEarl and Jackie BellEleanor BemisSusan BenoitSusan E. BergmanAllen BerkWilliam and Katherine BernsteinFlorence and Wayne BerryhillSusan BesseyThomas and Melinda BlueTerry and Susan Bock TysonJames BonnerMary Beth BooneNatalie R. BoormanClara B. Boza

Molly I. BrauhnJessie Couch BrinkleyWilliam C. BrouillardTaylor BrowningPaper BuckSusan E. BurnesMichael and Mary Jo CampbellAlice CappaVivianne L. CareyAnna L. CarltonJacquelyn CaseyMacFarlane and Marguerite CatesJohannes CauseyPam Chastain DesignNorma CherenKyoung Ae ChoMorgan E. CliffordMargaret and Dan CogswellVicki E. CohenBeatrice CoronCappy Counard and Greg GehnerLinda Darty and Terry A. SmithDaria De KoningEllen DissanayakeKim L. DolceMr. and Mrs. B.K. DorseyEmily Arthur DouglassDuncan and Floyd CPAs, P.A.Karen DunphyRosanne ElkinsStanley and Rhoda EpsteinThomas W. Eshelman and Jeanne FinanGisela EvittCass and Andy FallerSusan FechoLen and Joyce FidlerJudith G. FieldsHeather FletcherRainer and Vernessa FoelixW. Ann ForbesMary FrancisEd and Sue FrankelJose Fumero and Herbert CohenBenjamin GalataDonna J. GlobusPatricia T. GlowaJenna GoldbergMartin I. GoldsteinMaria L. GrandinetteTina L. GranvilleGregory W. GuentherCorine GusemanPeggy Hale TowsonRobert W. HamiltonGail M. Hapner

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Kaye HardisterCheryl A. HarperEdwin R. Harris and Mildred HarrisLucia HarrisonMichael Dwayne HawksStacey HettesMaureen HicksJohn and Mimi HilemanSheila HoffmanMary Jane Hofmann and

Charles H. Hofmann, Sr.Cathy HoltJefferson HoltPhil HomesMaren HoyeChuck and Janis HumphreyTomoko G. Ichikawa and Matthew MayfieldMarcy IrbyAmy R. IvanoffColes and Charles JacksonFlorence K. JaffaJoyce and Gilbert JohnsonMary Ellen JutrasMitchell KahanJudy KandlDonna G. KanichNicholas KekicKristianne D. KlossPhilip J. KoehlerJanet KoplosSuzanne Krill

Betsy KrugerElaine W. LambJune and Ken LamblaJacklyn V. LaneRichard and Mary LaneLois Langston StatonJerry LeadersLeita LeavellJanine B. LeBlancJoe S. LeeRob and Wanda LevinAllan L. LevineJing LiThomas Loeser and Bird RossPatty and Web LonasDanielle LuscombeRobert Lynch and Diane BraceTheresa MacFarlandMaya D. MachinWarren and Nancy MacKenzieBarbara MaloneyRoger and Betsy MandelLinda M. MarcusonNicole J. MarkoffKarin MartinKathleen MartinsonElizabeth MatherHeath Matysek-SnyderPeggy McBrideRuth Morgan McConnellElizabeth McCordDale Lee McEntireDuncan and Nancy McGeheePamela McKeeTerrie McNamaraAlice MerrittNancy MerrittRon and Hester MeyersChris H. MillerBrandly MonroeDavid Battick and Rebecca MoyerValerie MusselmanHolbrook NewmanKate L. NewsomElin Noble and Lasse AntonsenRobin Noble-LehanBruce and Nancy NovellCraig NuttBarbara OdilPaul and Elmerina ParkmanAndra PattersonDeborah PattonThomas Paulson and Rebecca CauseyBrian S. PearsonNan P. Perkins

Photographer Evon Streetman, whowas honored at the annual benefitauction as the 2010 Outstanding ArtistEducator, with a couple of her biggestfans: photographers Jim Henkel andJim Abbott. Evon helped start thephotography program at Penland,building darkrooms, recruiting teach-ers, and shaping its artistic direction.She also made many of her iconicimages at or near the school. She isprofessor emerita from the Universityof Florida where she taught for twen-ty-two years, and her accomplishmentsas an artist and teacher have alsobeen honored by the Society forPhotographic Education. Evon’s friendMark Sloan, director of the HalsyInstitute of Contemporary Art at theCollege of Charleston, said of her, “Ithink the reason she is so revered byso many people is because her brandof teaching transcended whatever thesubject was that she was ostensiblythere to teach.”

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David PikeNancy M. PikeJodi PinaultHarold C. Poole, Jr.Paul W. PopishLaurel and Perrin RadleyHelen W. ReadPhil RenaldoJames S. RichardsRosalind Rich RieserMr. and Mrs. Johnie RobinsonKatherine M. RuffinJill RuhlmanLynette RussellAlyssa C. Salomon and Bill LupolettiJudith Salomon and Jerry WeissArturo Alonzo SandovalTerry SchaibleGretchen SchermerhornAlice and Bruce SchleinMarylena and

Nicholas SevigneyGreg ShelnuttTerri SiglerMaxine and Gary SilversteinMelanie and Russ SizemoreKaren SkrindeJustin SoenksenAlan Solomon and

Andrea CartwrightMelvin and Mary StanforthDr. Michael A. Stang and

Mrs. E. K. StangSusan Finch StevensElizabeth StokesAudrey StraightBrent SwansonFran SymesDana P. TaftJanet R. Taylor

Melissa TaylorPatti Tracey and Chris HudsonBill and Vivian TurnerCatherine F. WalkerJanet WarnerBarbara L. WattsArlene WeinsierErica WeissDale WilkieRegina and

William WilloughbyBelva Ann WilsonMarguerite WoodJean WoodallPaula W. ZellnerTherese ZemlinDiane E. Zimmerman

Participants in the American Craft Councilsymposium titled Why Craft Now? whichtook place at Penland in October, 2010.The group brought together artists, edu-cators, gallery owners, and writers for aweekend of conversation about wherecraft is headed, including such topics as“Our Digital Lives” and “Social andEnvironmental Responsibility.”


Arts & Science Council ofCharlotte/Mecklenburg

The Mary Duke Biddle FoundationCommunity Foundation of

Western North CarolinaThe Doctor FoundationDover Foundation, IncFlora Family FoundationFoundation for Mitchell CountyThe Golden Pearl FoundationThe Grable FoundationJohn Wesley and Anna Hodgin

Hanes FoundationThomas S. Kenan Institute for the ArtsThe Kresge Foundation

Mitchell County Board of EducationNational Endowment for the ArtsNational Trust for Historic Preservation FundNorth Carolina Arts CouncilNorth Carolina Rural Economic

Development CenterSamuel L. Phillips Family FoundationThe Randleigh Foundation TrustThe Seth Sprague Educational and

Charitable FoundationThe Sulzberger FoundationUnited Way of Mitchell CountyWindgate Charitable FoundationThe Winston-Salem Foundation

Government & Foundation Grants

“I specifically took a hot sculpt-

ing glass class, a process/tech-

nique I have always been intim-

idated by, but with the encour-

agement of my teachers and

peers as well as the fast-paced

class, there was little room for

a comfort zone. It is this com-

fort zone that can hold your

work back. Intensive classes in

community atmospheres such as

this can push your work in a

direction it would not normally

turn.”

—Colleen Castle, recipient of a 2010Lucy Morgan Scholarship, who was astudent in Marc Petrovic and Ross

Richmond’s class titled Hot Glass Sculpting

Government and Foundation GrantsPenland receives support each year from a variety of private foundations, and local, state, and fed-eral government agencies. These awards directly supported the operating and capital needs of theschool including Penland’s studio operations, residency programs, community collaborations, schol-arships, student housing, and historic preservation. Penland manages and reports on each grantaccording to the timeframe and guidelines of the granting institution. This report includes insti-tutions from which grant funds were received in Penland’s fiscal year 2011 (May 1, 2010 to April30, 2011).

Cutting the ribbon after the completion of the new clay and metals porches. This projectwas funded in part by grants from the The Nicholson Foundation and The CannonFoundation (made in fiscal year 2010). Left to right: facilities director Scott Klein, trusteeFrank Lortscher, artists Lisa Joerling, Nick Joerling, and Paige Davis.

Other Gifts


Special Events ContributionsThese supporters served as hosts of Penland friends and alumni gatherings during fiscal year 2011(May 1, 2010 to April 30, 2011). This also includes individuals who were participants in off-siteeducational experiences during the same timeframe.

Lisa and Dudley AndersonSarah Lee Elson and Louis Goodman ElsonFlorence and Glen HardymonSusan Parker Martin and Alan BelzerLaura Taft Paulsen and William F. PaulsenKaola and Frank PhoenixRob Pulleyn

Christina Shmigel and Patrick MoretonBarbara and Samuel WellsThe Arts Council of Winston-Salem and

Forsyth CountySix Days in NovemberSuntrustThe Winston-Salem Foundation

Andrew Glasgow Writers Residency The Andrew Glasgow Writers Residency provides emerging and established writers, scholars, andcurators with time to conduct research and write on topics that advance the field of crafts. This pro-gram is intended for writers who would benefit from focused time in a retreat environment, whohave project goals related to craft, and who want to interact with studio artists in the Penland com-munity. The following individuals made gifts during fiscal year 2011 (May 1, 2010 to April 30,2011) to support this program.

AnonymousIn honor of Suzanne Dawkins and David Guinn

Jim Gentry In honor of Andrew Glasgow

Andrew GlasgowIn honor of Brad, Drew, and Gabby Glasgow; inhonor of Don and Cynthia Glasgow; in honorof Elizabeth Glasgow; in honor of Tony,Michele, Madyson, Walker, and Anslee Glasgow;in honor of Wil and Joyce Glasgow

Wil and Joyce GlasgowRick and Sharon GruberDr. Allen W. Huffman and

Mrs. Barry G. HuffmanAndrea and Bob MaricichJean W. McLaughlin and Tom SplethDevra NusbaumLaura Taft Paulsen and William F. PaulsenJeff and Diane PettusRandy Shull and Hedy FischerCarole ThielmanUnited States Artists

ArchivesBeverly and Gene Ayscue

In memory of Oscar BaileyDoris Bushong

Community EducationNancy BaldwinWilliam and Katherine BernsteinLisa Blackburn and John HartomLaurel LovrekMountainside WineDavid PikeCarolyn and Jack RileyMargot RossiKay Goins Royer and Ron RoyerSue Sabes Charles and Jane Stover

Kids Camp ContributionsSiah AnnendRuth Ann and John MarottaKelly Rothe and Jeff PolgarJill SilerSt. Thomas Episcopal Church

Restricted Gifts

A Mitchell County third-grader with ajournal book he made as part ofPenland’s Teaching Artist Initiative,which provides art education to localthird, fourth, and tenth graders. Theprogram engages children with artprojects that have content developedto support their school curriculum.

Scholarship Student Profile: Alex AndersonFor Alex Anderson of Seattle, Washington, a Penland workshop with potter Sam Chungwas a perspective-changing experience. “I had avoided handbuilding, because I saw it asimprecise and less elegant than thrown forms,” he admits, “but the techniques I learnedfrom Sam expanded my understanding of what is possible with clay.” In Sam’s class,Alex felt encouraged to explore altering the forms he throws on the wheel, and com-bining handbuilt and thrown pieces. “It changed my approach to my work,” he says.Alex’s participation in Sam’s workshop, Fusing Form, Surface, and Idea, in the summer

of 2010, was made possible by the Orville and Pat Chatt Memorial Scholarship, fund-ed by Mary Schnelly, Gene Phelps, David Chatt, and other friends of the Chatt family.Named in honor of the parents of David Chatt, a recent Penland resident artist and alsoa Seattle native, the scholarship offers full tuition for a summer session to a student liv-ing in the Pacific Northwest who shows artistic promise and financial need. “I woulddefinitely not have been able to take this class without a scholarship,” Alex says,“because my college tuition is quite high, so an additional educational expense wouldnot have been possible. I’m grateful for this wonderful opportunity.”Now in his junior year at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, Alex is majoring in

studio art and Chinese, and he is spending the current semester abroad, exploringand studying Jingdezhen, China’s famous “city of porcelain.” “So far I have been exposed to amazing artists and masters in every segment of the

ceramic world whose families have worked in their respective fields for generations,”he said. “It is truly exciting to be in a place where tall porcelain vases line the streetsand artists’ studios are everywhere and always open.” Alex describes his current studio work as functional sculpture. “I appreciate a

strong, functional teapot or vase, but I like my work to have meaning,” he says.“However, I also make many pieces with the simple purpose of being beautiful.” Herecently finished a series of oyster-shaped teapots, inspired by the way oysters turn irri-tants into pearls. These pieces represent the process of creating beauty and value fromnegative experiences. He plans to work next on a series of vases, beginning with theidea of “the societal pressures people face to achieve an image that aligns with what theyconsider to be attractive.” Alex has been documenting his adventure in China and its effect on his own work.

You can follow along on his blog: alexandersonceramics.tumblr.com. –Wes Stitt

Alex Anderson, recipient of the 2010Orville and Pat Chatt MemorialScholarship, who was a student in Sam Chung’s class titledFusing Form, Surface, and Idea

Scholarships


“The Lucy Morgan Scholarship

supports emerging artists like

me on a financial level, but

more importantly, it proves to

the recipient the value of com-

munity, work ethic, and cre-

ative synergy. I say creative

synergy only because what I

produced would not have been

possible without the bonds I

formed and the input I received

from those around me.”

—Christopher Kojzar, recipient of a2010 Lucy Morgan Scholarship, who was a student in Thomas Lucas’s printmaking class titled

Printmaking Interchange

Scholarships


ScholarshipsThese individuals made gifts in fiscal year 2011 (May 1, 2010 to April 30, 2011) to establish orincrease the endowments of named scholarship funds. Endowed scholarship funds are an importantsource of support for a stable scholarship program. These funds will ensure that artists for genera-tions to come are able to study at Penland and pursue their artistic dreams. A full Penland schol-arship can be endowed for $50,000 and a work-study scholarship can be endowed for $35,000.If you are interested in learning more about creating or supporting an endowed scholarship fund,please contact our development office. “Principle gift to fund” refers to gifts of $10,000 or more.

Larry Brady and Edward JonesScholarship FundDr. Larry Brady

Principal gift to fundLisa and Dudley AndersonJohn S. ArrowoodBank of America Matching Gifts FoundationGerald and Allison BerkowitzChristopher Brady and Laurie Paratore-BradyColin and Sandra BradyAllen L. BrooksDavid ButlerRobin CarsonLance and Lenore DeutschRobert Frank DogensC. Dwight and Kathi Jo DonaldsonCharles and Edna ForbesFoundation for the Carolinas

Matching Gift ProgramDon Franklin and Billy BoltonJose Fumero and Herbert CohenGE FoundationHemby Neonatal Intensive Care UnitJane HunterRichard P. HurleyMartin Gregory JenkinsJohn R. Jesso and Stacy Sumner JessoJean and Edwin JonesRichard E. JonesVicki JonesAndrew KastanasJ. Scott KingPeter J. Larson, MDCarl LarsonBarbara LaughlinTed Leger and Allen TaylorWesley Mancini and Bob ScheerEric Robert Martinez and

Frank Morrison SuttonMcColl Center for Visual ArtAmy K. McGrathJanice McRorieGary Michael OlsenToni M. Perrone and Nina CloaningerLaura and Stephen Philipson

James F. Plowden, M.D.Presbyterian Health Care FoundationBetty and Dennis RashPatricia and B.D. RodgersTommie Rush and Richard JolleyDr. Les SilbersteinMarc and Mattye SilvermanWard SimmonsJ. Paul Sires and Ruth Ava LyonsCinda B. SmithTed SmithGeorge and Barbara StinsonClifford and Deborah SummeySuperior School of Real Estate, Inc.Marcia and Charles TealThe Charlotte Lesbian and Gay Fund BoardJohn A. Thompson, Jr. and Lee RocamoraTom Warshauer and Andy DewsAngela and David WilsonMichelle WitherspoonAlbert WoodardMichael Wright and Bob Glascock

Carey G. Bringle, Jr. Scholarship FundCynthia BringleEdwina BringleLaurel and Perrin Radley

Orville and Pat Chatt MemorialScholarship FundDavid ChattMary Schnelly and Gene Phelps

Principal gift to fund

Paul H. and Ginger S. DuensingScholarship FundGinger Duensing


Glass/Apple Scholarship FundPaul Edwin Glass Jr. and Susan Payne Glass

Principal gift to fundApple Foundation (Ben Vernon, Trustee)


These objects were part of anexchange organized by the third ses-sion wood class. Everyone on campuswas invited to bring eight small piecesto the exchange. Then each partici-pant got back a paper bag with sevenitems made by others—one completeset of the pieces was saved for thescholarship auction.

Scholarships


Bobby Kadis Scholarship FundDanny and Caroline KadisDonna KadisJeff and Shauna Kadis

Marcia Macdonald Scholarship FundBrigid FlanneryIsrael and Majorie GoldbergJenna GoldbergPaul and Roslyn SlovicEllen Wieske and Carole Ann FerArthur and Heather Wimble

Ann Skipper McAden Scholarship FundEstate of Ann Skipper McAden


Mendes Family Scholarship FundJenny Mendes and Mark Roegner

Principal gift to fundJoseph Mendes and Mollie Mendes FamilyCharitable Fund


John Neff Memorial Scholarship FundMr. and Mrs. William T. Barnett

Jane PeiserPrincipal gift to fund

Susan and David LarsonPrincipal gift to fund

Betsy and Marc Rowland Scholarship FundBetsy and Marc Rowland


Norm & Gloria Schulman Scholarship FundNorm and Gloria Schulman

Charles E. and Ellen H. Taylor FamilyFoundation ScholarshipsCharles E. and Ellen H. Taylor

Family FoundationPrincipal gift to fund

C. Matthew TaylorPrincipal gift to fund

Sarah Everett Toy Scholarship FundDr. and Mrs. John E. Lee


Named ScholarshipsThese endowed and annually funded scholarships were awarded in fiscal year 2011 (May 1, 2010to April 30, 2011). Most of Penland’s named scholarships are awarded for summer classes but aseveral of them apply to spring and fall concentrations. If you are interested in learning more abouthow to establish an endowed or annually funded scholarship, please contact our developmentoffice.

Endowed ScholarshipsJanet Taylor Acosta Memorial Scholarship Fund

Established in honor of Janet Taylor AcostaSamuel A. Almon Scholarship Fund

Established in honor of Samuel AlmonMilton Baxt Scholarship Fund

Established in honor of Milton BaxtDr. Jerrold Belitz Scholarship Fund

Established through a bequest from JerroldBelitz

Abby Watkins Bernon Scholarship FundEstablished in memory of Abby Watkins Bernon

Orville and Pat Chatt Memorial Scholarship Fund Established by friends and family in memory ofOrville and Pat Chatt.

Carey G. Bringle, Jr. Memorial Scholarship FundEstablished by friends and family in memory ofCarey G. Bringle, Jr.

Collins, Evans, Massey Scholarship FundEstablished in honor of Mr. And Mrs. T. ClydeCollins, Lisbeth C. Evans, and William P. Massey

Paul H. and Ginger S. Duensing Scholarship FundEstablished by friends and family in memory ofPaul Hayden Duensing

Eastern North Carolina Scholarship FundEstablished by Lisa and Dudley Anderson andEastern North Carolina friends of the school

Grovewood Gallery Scholarship FundEstablished by the Grovewood Gallery ofAsheville in honor of Doug Sigler

Huntley-Tidwell Scholarship FundEstablished by Hellena Huntley Tidwell andIsaiah Tidwell

Bobby Kadis Scholarship FundEstablished by the family of Bobby Kadis

LeBlanc Scholarship FundEstablished by Steve and Ellen LeBlanc

This is a moment from an outdoor per-formance by students in a class titledMoving Faces: Puppetry and Portraituretaught by Clare Dolan and Erica Mott.


John and Ione Lee Scholarship FundEstablished by John and Ione Lee

Harvey and Bess Littleton Scholarship FundEstablished by the Hellers of Heller Gallery andHarvey and Bess Littleton

Mendes Family Scholarship FundEstablished by Jenny Mendes and the JosephMendes and Molly Mendes Family CharitableFund

Lucy C. Morgan Scholarship FundEstablished in honor of Penland’s founder

John Neff Memorial Scholarship FundEstablished by friends of John Neff

David and Pat Nevin Scholarship FundEstablished by Pat Nevin

Betty Oliver Scholarship FundEstablished by the friends and family of BettyOliver

Mark Peiser Scholarship Fund Established by Judy and Jim Moore in honor ofMark Peiser

Penland Flameworking Scholarship FundEstablished by Judy and Jim Moore

Penland Vision Scholarship FundEstablished by Judy and Jim Moore

Michael Pierschalla Scholarship FundEstablished in memory of Michael Pierschalla

Richard Ritter Scholarship FundEstablished by Judy and Jim Moore in honor ofRichard Ritter

The Tommie Rush and Richard JolleyScholarship FundEstablished by Ron and Lisa Brill and family inhonor of Tommie Rush and Richard Jolley

School Teachers Scholarship FundEstablished by friends and family of DorothyHeyman

Norm and Gloria Schulman Scholarship FundEstablished by friends of Norm and GloriaSchulman

Steele-Reese Scholarship FundEstablished by the Steele-Reese Foundation

Lenore G. Tawney Scholarship FundEstablished by the Lenore G. Tawney Foundation

Teacher Training Scholarship FundEstablished anonymously

Sarah Everett Toy Memorial Scholarship FundEstablished by Sarah Lee Elson and LouisGoodman Elson, John and Ione Lee, and Janet Lee

Windgate Scholarship FundEstablished by the Windgate CharitableFoundation

Christy Wright Endowment for Glass ArtEstablished by friends and family of ChristyWright

Annually Funded ScholarshipsArts & Science Council of

Charlotte/Mecklenburg ScholarshipFunded by Arts & Science Council ofCharlotte/Mecklenburg, Inc.

Patricia M. “Patty” Babb ScholarshipFunded by Jim and Mary Lou Babb

Elizabeth Brim ScholarshipFunded by Dr. Kent Leslie

Bob and Peggy Culbertson ScholarshipFunded by Bob and Peggy Culbertson

Furniture Society/Powermatic ScholarshipFunded by Powermatic

Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) ScholarshipFunded by Cathy and Alan Adelman

Higher Education Partnership ScholarshipsFunded by recipient colleges and universities, theWindgate Charitable Foundation, and PenlandSchool

William R. Kenan Institute FellowshipsFunded by the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for theArts

Isaac and Sonia Luski ScholarshipFunded by Isaac and Sonia Luski

McMurray ScholarshipFunded by Charles McMurray

Patricia Nevin ScholarshipFunded by Pat Nevin

Mary Anna Box and Melvin Sidney Stanforth ScholarshipFunded by Jerry Jackson

UNC Chapel Hill Minority Student ScholarshipFunded by Dr. Olive Greenwald and UNC-Chapel Hill Art Department

Scholarships

Instructor Phil Garrett doing a paintingdemonstration during his fall 2010workshop, which began with a monthof making monotypes in the printmak-ing studio and then moved to thedrawing and painting studio for amonth of painting.

Campaign for Penland’s Future


$5,000,000 and aboveWindgate Charitable Foundation

$1,000,000 - $4,999,999Robyn and John Horn

$500,000 - $999,999The Kresge Foundation

$250,000 - $499,999Laura Edwards and Elaine AndrewsLaura Taft Paulsen and William F. Paulsen

$100,000 - $249,999AnonymousRandolph D. Fox TrustJohn Wesley and Anna Hodgin

Hanes FoundationWilliam States Lee Foundation Susan Parker Martin and Alan BelzerThe Nicholson FoundationRob PulleynSteve and Ellen LeBlancBetsy and Marc Rowland

$50,000 - $99,999Polly AllenLisa and Dudley AndersonGlen and Florence HardymonJoia JohnsonBobby and Claudia KadisDr. John E. Lee and Ione LeeJean W. McLaughlin and Tom SplethKaola and Frank PhoenixThe Cannon FoundationCharles E. and Ellen H. Taylor

Family Foundation

$25,000 - $49,999Dr. Larry BradyCynthia BringleCristina Córdova and Pablo SotoSarah Lee Elson and Louis Goodman ElsonJohn and Linda GarrouBarbara LaughlinEstate of Ann Skipper McAden

Sara and Bob McDonnellJudy and Jim MooreSamuel L. Phillips Family FoundationThe Randleigh Foundation TrustC. Matthew TaylorBarbara and Samuel Wells

$10,000 - $24,999The Apple FoundationDaniel W. Bailey and Emily StanleyBank of America Matching Gifts FoundationElizabeth and James BethuneKristin Hills Bradberry and John BradberryAlida Fish and Stephen TanisPaul Edwin Glass Jr. and Susan Payne GlassHarriet GreenSusan and David LarsonLincoln Financial Group Foundation, Inc.Mary R. LynnC. James and Laurel MeyerJohn and Tina McGuireMarion Stedman Covington FoundationMary Schnelly and Gene PhelpsHellena and Isaiah TidwellLana Wilson

$5,000 - $9,999AnonymousJohn AndrewDawn Barrett and R.D. OxenaarWilliam and Katherine BernsteinDail DixonJon Ellenbogen and Rebecca PlummerGusti and Daniel FrankelElizabeth GantDanny and Caroline KadisDonna KadisJeff and Shauna KadisFrank D. LortscherJames W.M. Smith Ruth T. Summers and Bruce W. BowenJerry UelsmannJulia and Richard Woodman

Under $5,000Anonymous

Campaign for Penland’s FutureThe following gifts were received, or written gift intentions were completed, prior to April 30,2011. The Campaign for Penland’s Future is a comprehensive campaign to secure increased annu-al giving, grow the endowment, and address needed capital improvements. The campaign wasendorsed by the board of trustees in April 2010 and will continue until the goal is achieved. Theseindividuals and foundations have committed their support toward Penland’s future programs, facil-ities, and services. This and subsequent annual reports will reflect the campaign’s cumulative gifts.

Student Bill Worcester making a cop-per weathervane in a class taught byJames D.W. Cooper.



Pam AdamKim AldermanErica AndersonBenares AngeleyDr. and Mrs. CW ArrendellJohn S. ArrowoodBeverly and Gene AyscueSheila and Kevin AvruchPosey BacopoulosBryan C. BakerTina BambauerBruce C. BangertBarbara BarnettJames R. BarrowsSue BassSue BaumHayne BaylessDeborah Bedwell and Richard L. HillJill BeechElizabeth BellJuliet BellChris BeloniPaulus BerensohnGerald and Allison BerkowitzPeter BernettBarbara BerntsonMikel and Cecelia BerryThe Mary Duke Biddle FoundationHarold BlackAnita and Henry BodenheimerNatalie R. BoormanRosemarie G. BowieLinda and William BowmanChristopher Brady and Laurie Paratore-BradyColin and Sandra BradyDorothy D. BragdonCarolyn BranchFrances BrennerFleur BreslerThe Bresler Family FoundationPhoebe Leona BrileyEdwina BringleAllen L. BrooksJane Comfort BrownNick Buchholz and Mary KerNathan and Marcy BursacDavid ButlerFrances Barr CargillRobin CarsonKeith CarterLinda CasbonColleen CastleThe Charlotte Lesbian and Gay Fund BoardChristine Clark and Bill WillCami Ruth Clemo

Bob CmarikLutu and Tom CoffeyJames and Marie CohenKate CondonMarianne CordyackLinda Darty and Terry A. SmithCynthia DeitchLance and Lenore DeutschAngela DickersonLucy V. DierksRobert Frank DogensC. Dwight and Kathi Jo DonaldsonDover Foundation, Inc.Judith and Royle DuffRobert Ebendorf and Aleta BraunRenne EnsleyDiane FalkenhagenChrista and Robert FautSusan FeaginFred Fenster and Susan DoaneAngela FinaArline FischKaren Fisher and Robert WarrenBrigid FlanneryCharles and Edna ForbesMichelle Francis and Harry KeinerSandy FrankDon Franklin and Billy BoltonRobert R. FreedmanC. Robert Friedman and Vernon MosheimJose Fumero and Herbert CohenGary FuquayLouise GlickmanDennise GackstetterSheila GaddieBarbara Gaye-GonzalesGE FoundationLiz GerardGeorge and Susan GibbinsKaren GlaserPatricia T. GlowaSteve GodwinJenna GoldbergScott GoldbergIsrael and Majorie GoldbergEric GoldschmidtJoanna Gollberg and Jamie SterlingScarrain and Geraldo GomesRusty GrayJohn R. GreenJo Ellen and William GrubbsHenry and Sandra HalemAnne and Lewis HansenMarc HarperMartha D. Harper

Student Emily Acheson-Adams workingin the print studio during a class withJenny Schmid titled MezzotintMadddness. Emily is a graduate of theUniversity of North Carolina School ofthe Arts who now attends the School ofthe Art Institute of Chicago. Shereceived a Kenan Fellowship to come toPenland. “I feel so lucky to haveworked with so many talented artistsand to have learned an entirely differ-ent form of printmaking from one of myfavorite printmakers,” she said. “It hasbeen such a thrill to work with JennySchmid, an artist I have long admiredand can now call a friend. I am sad toleave Penland, but when I return toChicago I will be armed with new skillsand broader insight for my work.”

Dale and Bonnie HarveyMichael Dwayne HawksFrederick Heath and Merrily OrsiniRobyn W. HeeksPamela and John HelmsHemby Neonatal Intensive Care UnitMrs. Anne J. Henderson

In honor of Louise CoffeyLinda and John HillmanBonnie and Jeff HitchcockKim HodgesPatti HughesJane HunterRichard P. HurleyJan and Sam HurtIBM International FoundationAndre JacksonMartin Gregory JenkinsJohn R. Jesso and Stacy Sumner JessoNicholas and Lisa JoerlingDan and Jennifer Turner JoinerJacqueline and Sean JonesJean and Edwin JonesRichard E. JonesVicki JonesDan and Ruth JordanAimee and Alain JoyauxDeena and Jerome KaplanDeb KarashAndrew KastanasDiane Solomon KemplerKay E. KennertyDorlin and Susan KerrMark KlettBarbara KigerJ. Scott King

Timothy KnightYih-Wen KuoLynn KuriskoMary Pierce LafleurLois Langston StatonCarl LarsonPeter J. Larson, M.D.Leita LeavellTed Leger and Allen TaylorJulia A. LeonardMargaret LepoMarc LeutholdSuze Lindsay and Kent McLaughlinRandy LongAdrian and Page LuxmooreElizabeth LyneBruce and Diane MacEwenMaya D. MachinWarren and Nancy MacKenzieJoe MaguireJames MalendaWesley Mancini and Bob ScheerRichard MargolisDavid L. Marsh and Kenneth HansonEric Robert Martinez and

Frank Morrison SuttonJessica MartinkoskyMarion and Kingsbury MarzolfKatherine McCartyMcColl Center for Visual ArtLouise McConnellAmy K. McGrath McKinney, Inc.Sondra McLinnJanice McRorieElizabeth and Fred MengerEstate of John MenapaceChris H. MillerMyra Mimlitsch-Gray and Ken GrayJohn Moore and Olga RonayClarence MorganSusan MorrisonBobby B. MosleySandra MoyGeorge Nakashima, Woodworker, S.A. and

Mira NakashimaNational Trust for Historic Preservation FundBea NettlesAudrey NiffeneggerNonah Craft HouseNancy NordBruce and Nancy NovellJeff OestreichGary Michael OlsenC. Lynne Osterman and Michael Newman



Instructor Julia Woodman demonstrat-ing copper forming techniques duringher fall metals workshop. Julia is anaccomplished metalsmith who hastaught several times in the metals stu-dio and been a student many times inthe iron studio. She is also a frequentauction volunteer.



Ben OwenMary H. ParkerKeith ParsleyTina and Callum PeakJeannie PearceRosemary L. PeduzziToni M. Perrone and Nina CloaningerMargaret PetersonJohn PfahlLaura and Stephen PhilipsonMargaret PhillipsKatrina PlatoJames F. Plowden, M.D.Lynn P. PollardPresbyterian Health Care FoundationDan PriceLaura and Perrin RadleySamuel C. RankinChristine and Richard RappoportBetty and Dennis RashJoy M. RaynorKeramet Ann ReiterAnn Anderson RennieAnn RobinsonLee Robinson and Jerry WinakurPatricia and B.D. RodgersAnn Anderson RennieSang Parkinson RobersonLisa C. RobeyHolly RobertsBarbara Jo RubleMarie M. RunyonTommie Rush and Richard JolleyJeanne RyderMary SadlerArturo Alonzo SandovalPhillip and Sara SandersDorothy SaxeGary C. ScalesStella SchlossJoAnn SchnabelMrs. Anna Rita ScottDiana and Samuel SelfJeannette Austin SelvaggiCharlene SevierDouglas SheaforMichael and Margery SherrillLindy ShuttleworthDr. Les SilbersteinMarc and Mattye SilvermanLaura SimmelinkWard SimmonsJ. Paul Sires and Ruth Ava LyonsClarissa T. Sligh and Kimberly Grey PurserPaul and Roslyn Slovic

Cinda B. SmithGay SmithLaura P. SmithTed SmithSam and Cindy SmoakAnika SmulovitzGabriel Soren and Marie-France LabbeSpruce Pine Batch CompanyBeth StanfieldKathleen and Darwin StanleyKathy and Scott SteinsbergerB. StewartGeorge and Barbara StinsonConnie StockdaleEvon StreetmanLinda StrongSue Moss SullivanClifford and Deborah SummeyEva J. Summer and Sharon K. LittleScott and Katie SundbySuperior School of Real Estate, Inc.Melissa TaylorTerry TaylorMarcia and Charles TealJohn A. Thompson Jr. and Lee RocamoraLinda and Jim ThreadgillSuan Ying TillmanMariemma TischerCaroline ToJoe ToddAnna TomczakDennis R. TrombatoreMichelle TuegelUrsula VannCaroline H. VaughanDiana and Albert VoorthuisKaren Candice WagnerSarah WarnerTom Warshauer and Andy DewsMary WeissRita and Steve WeisskoffSusan WellsSteve WestEllen Wieske and Carole Ann FerTeresa K. WilpersAngela and David WilsonArthur and Heather WimbleSarah Morgan WingfieldMichelle WitherspoonAlbert WoodardLynalise WoodliefMichael Wright and Bob Glascock

Student Amanda Murdaugh working inthe iron studio during the spring 2011workshop taught by Elizabeth Brim.Amanda, who attended with a work-study scholarship, was returning toPenland for her fifth class. She is ajeweler, and all of her previous classeswere in the metals studio. During thatspring session her mother, Cathie, wasalso at Penland taking a clay class. ForAmanda, Penland has always been con-nected to family—Cathie has been tak-ing classes at Penland since the 1970s,and the Murdaughs have volunteeredmany times for the auction.

Wes Stitt

Circle of Hands


AnonymousPolly AllenLisa and Dudley AndersonJill BeechDr. Larry BradyWade and Brenda BrickhouseCynthia BringleEdwina BringleJan BrooksPaula L. Brown-SteedlyDorothy and Clyde Collins

Louise Todd CopeBob and Peggy CulbertsonJan DetterTheresa Hand DuPre and William A. DuPreMignon DurhamMariana Roumell GasteyerJames R. Hackney and Scott T. HaightFrancesca HellerDorothy S. HinesMolly HoltPatricia N. Jay

Circle of HandsPenland’s Circle of Hands includes donors who have chosen to make a legacy gift to the schoolthrough a bequest or other planned or deferred gift. Circle of Hands donors demonstrate their com-mitments to Penland’s future by establishing a gift process now that will benefit the school at afuture time. These gifts can ensure that the donor’s current support will continue. If you are con-sidering a legacy gift to Penland, please contact the development office.

Donor Profile: Rick & Brenda WheelerThough they have yet to take a class, Penland enthusiasts Rick and Brenda Wheeler havebeen coming to Penland regularly for about ten years, visiting friends enrolled in work-shops and attending the annual benefit auction. “We kept hearing about the auction,”says Brenda, “but we thought it was a very elite thing. Then we received an invitation,and we’ve been coming ever since. It’s a very special place.”“Penland is one of the places in the world where I feel most comfortable,” says Rick,

a salesman for extruded and fabricated aluminum products at Loxcreen Company. “Thecore of what goes on there speaks to us. Someday we want to have a home there, wherewe feel surrounded by all the positive aspects of life.”The Wheelers live in Columbia, South Carolina, which they describe as “an artistic

city.” They have been collectors of glass and figurative ceramics since the early days oftheir marriage, when gifts from artist friends and art gifts to each other sparked aninterest. “I gave Brenda a painting for Christmas one year,” Rick recalls, “and she gaveme a glass sculpture by Curtiss Brock, and that started us off. Our passion for it con-tinues to grow,” he adds, “and Penland has played a key role in prompting us to collectmore seriously.” He wants to take a class someday; his first choice would be glassblow-ing, but he would love to try ceramics, too. Brenda would like to come one day for ajewelry class. “Every year, when we visit, some piece of jewelry leaves with us,” shesays, including, most recently, a brooch by resident artist Amy Tavern.The Wheelers support Penland as Lucy Morgan Leaders, and, as members of the

Circle of Hands, have made a gift to the school in their will. This charitable strategy isespecially important to Brenda, who, as an estate planner with First Citizens Bank andexecutive member of the South Carolina Planned Giving Council, educates her clientsand the public on how to protect, grow, and pass on their resources to the next gener-ation. “It’s important for people to think about their passions when planning a legacy,”she advises. “In our case, we feel close to Penland, and want to be sure it continues fora long, long time.” –Wes Stitt

Brenda and Rick Wheeler

Courtesy BrendaWheeler

Circle of Hands


$5,000 and aboveLillian Maxine BurrowsBob and Peggy CulbertsonLie-Nielsen Toolworks, Inc.Family of Marcia Macdonald

$2,500 - $4,999Deana Blanchard and Chuck YoungCharlotte H. GowerLee Valley ToolsMichael and Margery SherrillWomble Carlyle Sandridge and RiceBarbara WaltersEmily Whittle

$1,000 - $2,499Lisa and Dudley AndersonDorothy and Clyde CollinsSarah Lee Elson and Louis Goodman ElsonDorothy D. HodgesKathleen MillerKaola and Frank PhoenixMartha Strawn

Under $1,000 Altamira LightingEleanor R. AnnandBeverly and Gene AyscueGeorge and Patty BennettElizabeth and James BethuneBiltmore CompanyWade and Brenda BrickhouseJan BrooksDesiree DeLongEstate of John Menapace

Elizabeth and Robert FenkerForrest Mfg. Co.Peter F. Gearen and Lisa M. GearenGlass Alchemy Ltd.Grassy Creek HardwareGlen and Florence HardymonRuth H. HolmCheryl HughesWilliam K. JacksonJoia JohnsonSandy and Lindsay JordanBobby and Claudia KadisRuth D. KohlerSusan Parker Martin and Alan BelzerMarion and Kingsbury MarzolfWilliam P. MasseyElizabeth MathesonJohn and Tina McGuireRoy Baroff and Caroline McLaughlinLynn McLureNorthstar Glassworks, Inc.John F. NygrenLaura Taft Paulsen and William F. PaulsenPisgah Brewing Co.John PowellRob PulleynSequoia Brass & CopperAnn ShengoldMelvin and Mary StanforthCynthia StoneThe Grove Park Inn Resort & SpaCharlene Diana WalkerRuth R. Warner and Robert J. WarnerBarbara and Samuel WellsJulia and Richard Woodman

In-Kind DonationsThese individuals made non-cash gifts to Penland during fiscal year 2011 (May 1, 2010 toApril 30, 2011). These in-kind donations included gifts non-auction related art, equipmentand supplies, goods and services, and lodging.

Bobby and Claudia KadisMary D. KahlertDr. and Mrs. John E. LeeDr. Kent LeslieBetty Helen LonghiMary R. LynnWilliam P. MasseyJean W. McLaughlin and Tom SplethCharles L. McMurrayDana MooreSana MusasamaLaura Taft Paulsen and William F. Paulsen

Rosemary L. PeduzziMark PeiserNina PiccirilliRosalind Rich RieserJames W.M. Smith and Pam TroutmanAlan Solomon and Andrea CartwrightSteven StichterConstance StuminHellena and Isaiah TidwellRick and Brenda WheelerJulia and Richard Woodman

Instructor Paul Wong working in thePenland book and paper studio duringhis paper class titled Pulp Dyna-Matrix.Paul is the artistic director of DieuDonné, a nonprofit artist workspace inNew York City.

Auction Art Donations


Donor Profile: Alida FishA photographer since childhood (beginning when her grandmother gave her a dark-room kit as a birthday gift), Alida Fish first came to Penland in 1971 to take a photog-raphy workshop while on vacation from work at an economic research firm. She fell inlove with the school’s weekend cook and returned later that year; they were married onthe knoll. Alida stayed on at Penland for two years, working for the school in exchangefor room, board, and classes. “You might say we were prototypes for today’s core fel-lows,” she reflects. “For me, it was a remarkable opportunity. I learned an enormousamount not only about photography but also about all the craft media. I met extraordi-nary people and received the encouragement and support to continue to pursue mypassion for photography.” In the years since, the confidence and understanding she cred-its to her time at Penland have led to what she describes as “a remarkably rewardingcareer.” This career has included an MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology; anexploratory studio practice in photography, printmaking, and painting; work in collec-tions like the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the State Museum of Pennsylvania, and theGeorge Eastman House; fellowships from the NEA and the Polaroid Corporation; anda long tenure as professor, chair, and dean at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Combining silver and other historic photographic processes, digital manipulation,

and hand-painting, Alida’s strange, beautiful still lifes have a quiet sense of the fantasti-cal, the not-quite-real. “I love to subtly transform photographic documents to conveyimages that live primarily in my head,” she says. Her subjects—plants, curiosities, sculp-ture, and bodies—glow in the soft light of antique photographic techniques, illuminat-ing some quiet corner of the living, the uncanny, the remnants or remembrances of lifenow gone. Alida has maintained a close relationship with Penland and returned many times over

the years. She has taught fifteen summer workshops and two concentrations, and cur-rently serves as a member of the board of trustees. “I keep coming back because it nour-ishes my soul,” she says. “It sounds corny, but it’s true! There is an openness in the waypeople work at Penland, in the energy in the studios, and in the flow of ideas that alwaysseems to pick me up.” Alida also supports the school by donating her own artwork, and by organizing a spe-

cial photography portfolio for the benefit auction. “Each year, we invite ten or twelveformer faculty to donate a photograph,” she explains. “Each photograph donated for thespecial portfolio has either been created at Penland or has been influenced by the artist’stime at Penland.” All of the money raised from the sale of these photographs goes to afund established to create a new photo studio and endow a studio assistant and scholar-ship student in that studio. “It’s an ambitious vision,” Alida says, “but these photogra-phers are quick to donate the best of their work. When hundreds of artists, art lovers,and other insightful, smart people from all walks of life are willing to step forward andgive what they can to see Penland continue into the future, you know there is some-thing fundamentally significant going on.” –Wes Stitt

Alida Fish in a group picture madeduring a Penland class in 1983. To herright is her co-teacher Evon Streetman(see page 22).

Courtesy Alida Fish

Auction Art Donations


Lucy Morgan Leader Art Donors(Art donations valued at $1,000 or more)Cathy AdelmanJacque AllenHeather Allen-SwarttouwJunichiro BabaAlice BallardElizabeth BartonRick BeckScott BenefieldPaulus BerensohnAlex Gabriel BernsteinWilliam BernsteinElizabeth BrimCynthia BringleLola BrooksAngela Bubash and Nathan BlankGeorge BucquetThor and Jennifer BuenoDavid ButlerSusan Goethel CampbellHelen CarnacKeith CarterGordon ChandlerDavid K. ChattNicole ChesneyJohn ClarkJames D.W. CooperCristina CórdovaScott DarlingtonLinda DartyDaniel and Vicki EssigShane FeroGreg FidlerAlida FishPat FlynnSteven Forbes-deSouleGail FredellMark GardnerRobert GardnerCelia GrayHoss HaleySusan HallsDouglas HarlingJames HenkelMarvin JensenKeith JohnsonDaniel JohnstonAimee Joyaux

Gail M. KendallL. Brent KingtonMark KlettJeong Ju LeeAnne LemanskiRichard MargolisSarah MartinLaura Jean McLaughlinJenny MendesHugh MerrillC. James MeyerJanis MiltenbergerChé RhodesDavid NaitoBea NettlesLilith Eberle NielanderBen Owen, IIIJane PeiserKiara PelissierSarah PerkinsJohn PfahlKenny PieperJason PollenRichard RitterHolly RobertsMary RoehmTommie Rush and Richard JolleyPhil SandersMary Ann ScherrMark ShapiroChristina ShmigelClarissa SlighDavid T. SmithDolph SmithJerry SpagnoliTom SplethSam StangPaul J. StankardEvon StreetmanBillie Ruth SudduthBoyd SugikiTim TateAmy TavernShoko Teruyama and Matt KelleherJen TownsendMarlene TrueJerry UelsmannJerilyn Virden and Devin BurgessJulia Woodman

Other Art Donors(Art donations valued under $1,000)Erika AdamsCarlos AlvesStanley Mace AndersenChristina Z. AndersonLynn AvadenkaPosey BacopoulosKyle BajakianBryan Christopher BakerPhillip BaldwinBoris BallyCurtis BartoneKenneth BaskinChris BertiSharif BeyMichael BondiGeorge BowesDeborah BrackenburyEdwina BringleJay Burnham-KidwellRalph BurnsLisa ClagueBede ClarkeMargaret Couch CogswellLisa ColbyWilliam DaleyMaggi DeBaeckeDail DixonRobin DreyerJudith DuffJon Ellenbogen and Rebecca PlummerKim EllingtonCatharine EllisLeah FairbanksFred FensterSusan FilleyAngela FinaRegina M. FlanaganTerry GessMarguerite Jay GignouxCatherine Clark GilbertsonJoanna GollbergErica GordonCarmen GrierBill HallJin Won HanAbie HarrisJulia Harrison

Art DonationsPenland benefits from the extraordinary generosity of its community of artists. Each year many current and former instructors and resident artistsdonate work to the Annual Benefit Auction. Artists also donate to Art for Penland, a web-based art sales program. Lucy Morgan Leader art donors con-tributed work valued at $1,000 or more. This list includes work donated to the 2010 Annual Benefit Auction.

Auction Art Donations/Auction Sponsor & Patrons


Chuck HindesBryant HolsenbeckAdam HoltzingerJohn HornMichael Hunt and

Naomi DalglishShawn IrelandRob JacksonNicholas JoerlingRobert JohnsonDeb KarashAnn Marie KennedyBrian KerkvlietKathy KingLisa KlakulakJeana Eve KleinChunghie LeeRobert LevinSuze LindsayJanet LinkPeter LoewerSteven LoucksThomas LucasDavid MacDonaldMarcia MacdonaldJohn Mac Kah

Kaeko MaehataDaniel MarinelliEmily MartinTom McCarthyEstate of John MenapaceDeb MenzSequoia MillerMark MitsudaClarence MorganZachary NobleGary Lee NoffkeRichard NotkinKathryn OsgoodJeannie PearceNoellynn PeposAndrea PetersonMeg PetersonNatalya PinchukAmy PirkleFawn PotashGail RiekeSang Parkinson RobersonLisa Beth RobinsonSylvie RosenthalMike RossiAndrew Rubin

Alyssa C. SalomonMargaret ScanlanTommye McClure ScanlinJenny Lou SherburneStephen SidelingerMarjorie SimonLaura SimsBrent SkidmoreAdrienne SloaneGertrude Graham SmithVanessa SomersJeff and Yaffa ToddAnna TomczakBob TrotmanElizabeth TurrellAnthony UlinskiJan-Ru WanSandy WebsterWayne WichernLana WilsonTara WilsonPaul WongSayumi YokouchiJeff ZamekJen Zitkov

Auction SponsorsAuction Sponsor ($10,000)WNC and G magazines

Auction Patron ($5,000)Blue Ridge PrintingFrank KikerOur State magazineDavid H. Ramsey Commercial PhotographySOFA CHICAGO

Auction Supporter ($2,500)American Craft magazineAmerican Style magazineBiltmore WinesBlue Ridge Soap Shed

Auction Associate ($1,500)American Party Tent RentalsEbenConcepts/Cardinal InsuranceHallmark Capital ManagementJon Ellenbogen and Rebecca PlummerNorman Sound & Productions, Inc.

Auction PatronsThese are auction patrons who made contribu-tions through ticket purchases, artist sponsor-ships, Fund-a-Need, and the purchase of artabove retail value.

Auction Contributions$10,000 and aboveRobyn and John Horn

Penland’s 25th Annual Benefit AuctionIn addition to providing significant resources for Penland’s annual operations, the benefit auctionis an opportunity for collectors and art lovers to visit Penland and to see and acquire exceptionalworks of contemporary art and craft. Penland received the support of 225 artists who donated workand 204 volunteers who make the weekend a great success.We thank all of the patrons, artists,sponsors, and volunteers who were a part of the 25th Annual Benefit Auction held on August 13and 14, 2010.

Auction patron Rob Williams helpingto raise money for Penland—by bid-ding often!

Auction Patrons


$5,000 - $9,999Lisa and Dudley AndersonLutu and Tom CoffeyAnn and Thomas CousinsRichard and Yvonne McCracken

$2,500-$4,999Polly AllenRobert Annas and Doug ShawJohn and Jennifer CulverShelton and Carol GorelickBobby and Claudia KadisThomas S. Kenan, III and Chris ShupingSharon MillsRonald C. Porter and Joe PriceRob PulleynSteve and Denise Vanderwoude

$1,000-$2,499Cathy and Alan AdelmanMr. and Mrs. William T. BarnettElizabeth and James BethuneDr. Larry BradyWade and Brenda BrickhouseKaty and Mark CobbAnne DahleLisbeth C. Evans and Jim LambieLaura and Michael GraceGlen and Florence HardymonJack and Morgan HornerJohn R. Jesso and Stacy Sumner JessoJacqueline and Sean JonesDr. Terry Jefferson and Joseph LampoLaura and Mike LuckettSusan Parker Martin and Alan BelzerKay and Robert NorrisGil and Jancy PatrickLaura Taft Paulsen and William F. PaulsenGina PhillipsKaola and Frank PhoenixMary ReganRobert and Lisanne SmithOlivia SurrattJames and Jean VeilleuxPhil WellsRick and Brenda WheelerRob Williams and Warren Womble

$500-$999Janice and James AndersonMary Lou Babb and James G. Babb Jr.Sanford R. Berlin and Faron FranksDaniel A. Bloom and Barry GoliveskyPhilip and Amy BlumenthalAnita Brame

Claudia BurkeGreg CumbaaMaggi and Jules DeBaeckeLance and Lenore DeutschAdrienne and Harvey GossettHarriett GreenCarole and John GuytonJames R. Hackney and Scott T. HaightRuth HolmbergJoia JohnsonJack and Candy KruesiHenry LaBrunLorne E. Lassiter and Gary FerraroWesley Mancini and Bob ScheerCarr and Chip McCuistonBarbara N. McFadyen and Douglass Phillips Jr.Amy K. McGrathAndrew Geer and Susan MoorePamola Powell and Guy LescaultEric S. Rohm and Amy HockettBetsy and Marcus RowlandCatherine Schroeder and Phil McMillianChristina Shmigel and Patrick MoretonJim TannerTom Warshauer and Andy DewsLarry Wheeler and Donald DoskeyRobert and Susan WilsonMichael Wright and Bob GlascockTom and Elaine Wright

Under $500Michael and Catty AndryArkansas Arts CenterJohn S. ArrowoodDon BallArdis BartleHelga and Jack BeamBetty and Jim BecherBill and Georgia BelkDon Beskind and Wendy RobineauKristin Hills Bradberry and John BradberryMike and Wendy BrennerFay and Phelan BrightEdwina BringleKaren Brosius and Willson PowellMary and Jim BrownRobert BrunsLeonard and Libby BuckLinda and Jim CarlisleAnna L. CarltonLee Carter and Greg L. BradleyMacFarlane and Marguerite CatesDebbie and Jeff ChapmanBruce D. Cohan and Carol ShapiroDonald Cole and Nancy Ackerman-Cole

“I love Penland, I do, I do, I do!

There are places on earth that

have the power to open your

soul to possibilities, train your

hands to be creative, and uplift

your heart through friendship

and community. Penland does

all that for me plus more.

Penland is the vehicle of change

for my art making, which

empowers me to change my life.”

—Carola Jones, recipient of a 2010Lucy Morgan Scholarship and fre-quent volunteer at the community

open house and the auction.

Auction Patrons


Dorothy and Clyde CollinsThorns and Perry CravenBob and Peggy CulbertsonAllison Dahle and Lou PounderRick and Dana DavisWilliam A. and Betty Gray DavisJohn and Terrie DavisPatsy DavisKatharine DeShaw Lynn and Barry EisenbergSarah Lee Elson and Louis Goodman ElsonLeigh and Carl EstabrookOlga Faison and Jay FaisonChrista and Robert FautJane and Jim FernandesSuzanne FetscherAlida Fish Gene and Tate FosterAndrew GlasgowPaul Edwin Glass, Jr. and Susan Payne GlassBarbara and Jim GoodmonJean Greer and Scott RadwayEdward and Susanne GrossRick and Sharon GruberDean HamrickSteve W. and Chasie HarrisLindsay Hearn and David JoerlingDr. and Mrs. Edward M. Hedgpeth, Jr.Marian S. HeiskellRogers and Victoria HowellKathleen Jameson and John BryantDr. Randall and Mary JohnsonDean JordanDonna KadisJan Katz and Jim DerbesEdward and Linda KellyVirginia Kraus and Jay WestwaterStoney Lamar and Susan CaseySusan and David LarsonJulia A. LeonardDiane and Barry LeshinJanet Link and Carl DahleJohn Littleton and Kate VogelDeborah and Roger LovelettJane and Robert LurieDaylon Lutzenberger and Chuck StephensRoger ManleyDavid L. Marsh and Kenneth HansonJudith and Todd MarshallKen May and Martha BrimDavid McClurkinSara and Bob McDonnellJohn and Tina McGuireJean W. McLaughlin and Tom SplethChris McLeod

Dr. Margaret S. MertzJames and Sharon MillerJudy and Jim MooreScott Mullennix and Hilary M. WilsonCathie M. MurdaughPamela MyersKim NiklesKit and Bill PannillGreg Parker and Randy DickersonJeannie PearceEdith PeiserToni M. Perrone and Nina CloaningerAlan Peterson and Priscilla KistlerLucy PhillipsScott ProvancherPatricia and Ron PyleEve RappMaynette ReganJohn and Linda RuckDabney and Walker SandersMary Schnelly Barbara SchroederKellie and Jeff ScottBarbara and Robert SeilerDawn and Vig SherrillMichael and Margery SherrillRobert Shore and Brian CaldwellBuck and Helgi ShufordRandy SiegelC. Miller SigmonBrent H. Skidmore and Cheryl HemmerCindy SpuriaRuth T. Summers and Bruce W. BowenAndrew and Carson TateTim TateAmy TavernCharlie TaylorMary E. TevingtonJohn A. Thompson, Jr. and Lee RocamoraDr. Russell Tippins and Randy NewPatti Tracey and Chris HudsonBen and Lynn TrotterRichard WagnerRuth R Warner and Robert J WarnerH. Lawrence Watson, Jr.Laura Way Ed Westreicher and Phillip E. HooverNancy WhiteWendi Williams and Aprille ShafferChancellor Randy Woodson and

Susan WoodsonDiana Gayle WorthamMartin Yate

Auction volunteer Shaan Hassanenthusiastically displaying a glass ves-sel by Kenny Pieper.

Auction Volunteers


Jack AbgottCathy AdelmanMaranda AllbrittenCamille AmesJoanna AngellSarina AngellTimothy AyersChris AyscueGene AyscueWilliam BarnesHeather BarrettSue BaumMarie BeachStan BeachHelga BeamJack BeamPatrick BeggsPatricia BenardJessica BenzaquenBob BoardmanJudi BoardmanDave BondCandace BordenMark BoydBurtie BraggCynthia BringleEdwina BringleLori BuffPaul BurgoAllie BurlesonCheryl BurnettAntonia CampanellaJill CarwayLindsey CeroCharles ChandlerPat ChandlerJennifer ChangMichael ChmielewskiCami Ruh ClemoCharles CoffeyCamille CogswellWill CogswellBetsy CooglerNiki CoverstoneLuke DanielsShane DarwentLisa DayDesiree DeLong

Bert DenkerEllen DenkerKaren DerksenBetsy DewittArtie DixonDail DixonMegan DolanPatrick DolanJanice DonatelliMiles DreyerPeg DufresneMerrick EarleAngela EastmanShan EllentuckLee EllisDan EstabrookSusan FeaginJohn FerlazzoMichelle FrancisCollette GabrielleMary Clare GalvinBob GarronLisa GluckinJeff GoodmanDaniel GottliebIris GottliebKathryn GuyShaan HassanBonnie HayesTim HayesLaura HeinLindsay HendricksMegan HicksRandy Hinson Sarah HoldenFaye HollidayDonna HoltSarah HoltDarko HreljanovicLucas HundleyJames HyattKeiko IshiiPatricia Jay Bethany JessephLisa JoerlingBeth JohnsonMarsha JohnsonCarola Jones

Dean JordanAimee JoyauxAlain JoyauxSoulie KaghaziSally KempBeth KirbyArlene LaneJohn LeavittAmanda LeeMark LevinePatty LingleDavid LittlePolly LórienFrank LortscherBill LupolettiKate LydonJanet MacySuzanne MarshAurelia MayerMaxine McCoyJames McDonaldDevin McKimEdward McKimRon MeierSue MeierBarbara MiddletonMichelle MoodeWilliam MooreWick MottAmanda MurdaughCathie MurdaughMarvin MurdaughShannon MyersBerkeley NeblettPat NevinKim OberhammerPat O’DonnellMark OliverToni OreckAlison OvertonSusan OwenLauri PaggiMichael PancieraCandace PedersonJennifer PhelpsBenjamin James PlatoNeil PrimeAnn Prock

Rob PulleynElaine QuaveDavid RamseyKim ReavisNeil RichterTrish SalmonAlyssa SalomonLies SappJack SchaeferBill SchmitzJoe SchnauferValerie SchnauferCharles SchultzMary Gay SchultzConnie SchulzeDeborah SeayJohn SelserGary ShawKate ShawKimberly SheltonChris ShepherdUrsula ShulerGordon SimmonsTerry Joe SleddGay SmithBecky SnavelyRussell SnipesKathy SteinsbergerJohn SterMary-Blue SterCici StevensKent StewartWes StittRuth SummersErin TaylorMary Bailey ThomasSophia TreakleGlenmore Trenear-HarveyBrock TrevathanTeena TuengeCherry TurnerGwen Van ArkJon Van ArkDaniel Van ArkDenise VanderwoudeValentina VellaDede VergotChristiane Voisin

Auction VolunteersPenland’s Annual Benefit Auction volunteers are an amazing group of people who come to Penland every August and volunteer in myriad ways tomake the weekend event possible. They come from all across the US and range in age from eighteen to eighty-five. Many of them take time off fromtheir jobs to join their auction friends, year after year, to work hard and help this event produce important operating support. These individuals epit-omize the Penland spirit. This listing includes individuals who volunteered for the 25th Annual Benefit Auction held on August 13 & 14, 2010.

Heath WagonerLinda WagonerMichael Waldeck

Char WalkerDon WalkerRobin Warden

Julia WilsonRoberta WoodJulia Woodman

Donna WoodsPhillip ZucchinoKarin Zuppiger

Volunteers


Community Open House VolunteersPenland’s annual community open house invites the public into our studios for an afternoon of hands-on craft activities. The 2011 openhouse was made possible by the generous participation of 110 volunteers.

Kim AldermanJacque AllenAmanda AlexanderJoe AndersonEle AnnandBailey Arend Laura AultmanGene AyscueAaron BagelmanCaron BakerDan BarronAmy BarronDaniel BeckPat BenardBarbara BenischBilly BernsteinKatie BernsteinBob BiddlestoneStephen BiggerstaffKatherine BooneKate BoydPam BrewerElizabeth BrimEdwina BringleMatt BugnaskiMicah CainCristen CameronDavid Chatt

Annie CicaleKathleen Clarke Kate ColclasierNiki CoverstoneJane CroweKerstin DavisMike DavisAndrew DutcherMiles DreyerVeva EdelsonRoss Edwards Catherine EllisHannah FearingKristen FlournoyMarie FornaroMichelle FrancesRachel GarceauJohn GeciLisa GluckinPili GonzalezSeth GouldAlan GratzAlex GreenwoodSue Grier Stephanie GuinanEileen HallmanCaroline HarkinsIan Henderson

Miles HenryAnne HoseyMoe HoxieBill JacksonJudi JetsonGregg JohnsonDylan KatzNancy KerrCarrie KlaseMikey KrupiarzKate LittletonPolly LórienFrank LortscherLaurel LovrekCourtney MartinGeorge MatthewsJack MauchBilly McClainSusan McDanielJasmin McFaydenMarsha McLawhornLynn McLureRaine MiddletonJennifer MooreDana MooreBetsy MorrillPat NevinCindy Ollis

Marian Parkes Rosemary PeduzziBrad PierceNelle Fastman PingreeLiz PotenzaLinda SacraRosina SaqibDea SassoGloria SchulmanDavid SmithJim SockwellPablo SotoAmy TavernTerry TaylorWendy ThoresonGretchen TraversMike TraversChar WalkerDon WalkerAmy WallerLily WaltonTracie WatersHye-Sook WentzelJim WikeCory WilliamsJacob Yelton

Sharon BarnesCynthia BringleEdwina BringleElizabeth BrimJan Brooks

Elaine GiovandoGary GriffinMary KandaMarsha McLawhornFlo Perkins

Victoria RabinoweGail RiekeValerie SchnauferGloria SchulmanDoug Stewart

Amelia StickneyLinda ThreadgillRobin Warden

Other VolunteersThese individuals volunteered their time and energy in a variety of ways that helped in the operations of Penland and the maintenance andimprovement of our grounds and facilities. They also volunteered in our studios and in campus tours, special events off campus, and many otherinvaluable ways.

Staff Profile


Staff Profile: Kathryn GremleyWhen Kathryn Gremley greets members of the public at the Penland Gallery andVisitors Center, she does so with a knowledge of the school that is both broad and deep.She has worked at the Gallery and Visitors Center for fifteen years—for the first tenyears as the exhibits manager and for the past five years as director—but her relation-ship with the school goes all the way back to 1981. “I had gone to several colleges forart and dropped out several times,” she laughs. “I was reading American Craft and I keptseeing Penland in the artists’ bios. I figured if all these great people went to Penland, Ishould check it out.” She came for a fall Concentration in weaving and fell in love with the place. She

returned in the spring, then stayed on as a core student, and was then invited to becomea resident artist. She settled permanently in the community and continued her work asa production weaver of textiles for clothing and also worked in various capacities at theschool. “I have worked in the kitchen,” she says, “I was a studio coordinator, I taughtweaving and clothing design, I worked in the school store, and then I started workingat the gallery.” She was also selling her work at large craft shows and a dozen other gal-leries. She was the first person involved with Penland Gallery who was also a sellingcraftsperson. “I didn’t have a background in conventional retail,” she says, “but I knewabout the relationship between a gallery and an artist.” She also had a keen eye for goodwork and innovative displays. In her time at the gallery she has installed 135 instructorexhibitions and curated and installed approximately eighty invitational exhibits, both inthe gallery and off campus.As Kathryn became increasingly involved with the gallery, she gradually wound

down her own craft business. Today, as director, she functions as curator and exhibitiondesigner and manages a staff of four—working with them as they arrange tours of theschool, set up displays, keep track of inventory, and answer hundreds of questions aboutthe art work, the school, the artists, and, of course, the location of the bathrooms. Although she has set aside her loom, Kathryn’s background as an artist informs

everything she does. “I enjoy trying to create the presentation the work deserves,” shesays. “Whether we are selling a greeting card, a mug, or a $20,000 sculpture, it shouldall be of the same quality. You go to a museum to see these beautiful paintings and sculp-tures, and then you go to the gift shop and it’s commercial products made in China.Here we want everything to have the same level of excellence.” Especially close to Kathryn’s heart are the invitational exhibitions mounted each

year. These are built around themes and are intended to expand the public’s under-standing of craft. They are also meant to reflect aspects of Penland’s educational pro-grams, and Kathryn works closely with program director Dana Moore when planningthe shows. “The exhibitions,” she says, “encourage people to slow down and thoughtful-ly view the work, so they are more likely to engage with the process and the intentbehind it. If Penland is trying to advance the perception of what craft is in the world,the gallery is trying to have a role in that by having exhibitions that help create a deep-er understanding of what it is to be an artist.” –Robin Dreyer

Kathryn Gremley (far left) on thegallery porch giving a Penland primerto a group of visiting college students.

Financial Information

Operating Financial Information

Fiscal Year 2011 Fiscal Year 2010

Contributions and grants 1,138,798 1,240,166Auctions and special events 576,791 551,417Tuition, room, board, and fees 1,979,719 1,919,384Sales* 618,855 515,899Investment return 8,489 12,000Change in beneficial interests** 120,000 120,000Other income 49,932 73,204

Operating income 4,492,584 4,432,070Funds released from restriction 197,258 183,362Total operating income 4,689,842 4,615,432

Administration 531,602 505,428Development 615,300 527,156Programs 1,863,605 1,723,017Services 943,004 925,424Facilities 678,877 668,050

Total operating expenses 4,632,388 4,349,075

Change in net operating assets 57,454 266,357

*Sales includes gallery, supply store, coffee house, visitor meals, and studio materials.

**Beneficial interest in trust includes the John Evan Haun Endowment (FY11 and FY10) and theWinston-Salem Foundation Penland Endowment (FY10).

Depreciation expense for the year was $, and is not reflected in the above operating expenses. It is included in the audited financial statements.

Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the Charitable

Solicitation Licensing Section at ....The license is not an endorsement by the State.

Operating Income

Operating Ex

penses


Financial Information


Programs 40%

Facilities 15%

Audited Financial Information

Operating Expenses, Fiscal Year 2011Services and facilities expenses directly support theoperation of Penland’s educational programs. Tuition,room, and board revenues covered 43% of Penland’soperating expenses. The remainder was funded by con-tributions, grants, sales, and other sources.

Operating Income, Fiscal Year 2011This chart reflects unrestricted operating income.

Services 21%

Administration 11%

Development 13%

Contributions and grants 24%

Endowment and other income 9%

Tuition, room, board, and fees 42%

Sales 13%

Auctions and special events 12%

Balance Sheet Information 4/30/11 4/30/10Assets

Cash and investments 16,216,936 9,702,807Property and equipment, net 11,231,163 9,550,995Other 263,847 283,454

Total assets 27,711,946 19,537,256

Liabilities and Net Assets

Liabilities 3,092,295 1,216,298Net assets 24,619,651 18,320,958

Total liabilities and net assets 27,711,946 19,537,256

Audited financial statement highlights:

Total assets for the organization increased by $. million due primarily to contributions to theCampaign for Penland’s Future, new endowments, and building additions.

Total liabilities increased by $. million due to the construction loan for new housing and deferredrevenue from a $, grant.

Total support and revenue increased approximately $ million over the prior year due primarily toendowment contributions. Tution, room, and board fees were approximately $, higher than theprior year.

On April , , permanently restricted funds totaled $. million.

A full copy of the audited financial statements is available from the director’s office.

Board of TrusteesTrustee rotations occur in November of each year. This listing includesall trustees who served between May 2010 – April 2011.

Glen Hardymon, chair (beginning November 2010)Collector, attorney, K & L Gates, LLP, Mooresville, NC

Laura Taft Paulsen, chair (through November 2010)Finance, New York, NY

Rob Pulleyn, vice chairPublisher, Lark Books (retired), ceramic artist, Marshall, NC

John Garrou, treasurerAttorney,Winston-Salem, NC

Frank Lortscher, secretaryPresident, Array Analytics, printmaker, Penland, NC

Cathy AdelmanBookbinder, collector, Malibu, CA

Polly AllenArts advocate, collector, artist, Lebanon, NH

Dan BaileyDirector, Imaging Research Center at University of Maryland,Glyndon, MD

Suzanne BakerVolunteer, collector, educator (retired), Winston-Salem, NC

Dawn BarrettDean of architecture and design, professor of design, RhodeIsland School of Design, Barrington, RI

Betsy BethuneVolunteer, collector,Winston-Salem, NC

Kristin Hills BradburyFundraising professional, Charlotte, NC

Cristina CórdovaCeramic sculptor, Penland, NC

John CulverLawyer, collector, Charlotte, NC

Sarah L. ElsonArt historian, consultant, collector, London, England

Alida FishArtist, dean at University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Gusti W. FrankelAttorney (retired), NC

Shelton GorelickCollector, real estate and investment (retired), Charlotte, NC

Harriett GreenDirector of visual arts, South Carolina Arts Commission,Columbia, SC

Abie HarrisArtist, architect, campus planning consultant, Raleigh, NC

Joia JohnsonLawyer, executive vice president, Hanesbrands Inc., Winston-Salem, NC

Steve LeBlancSenior managing director, Teacher Retirement System of Texas,Austin, TX

John E. LeePhysician (retired), woodworker, Atlanta, GA

Julie LeonardBook artist, educator, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Susan Parker MartinFundraising professional (retired), New York, NY

Sara McDonnellAttorney, senior vice president, Bank of America, Charlotte, NC

John McGuireSurgeon (retired), glass artist, Asheville, NC

C. James MeyerMetalsmith, professor emeritus,Virginia CommonwealthUniversity, Midlothian,VA

Kaola PhoenixArtist, arts advocate, Chapel Hill, NC

Laura Heery ProzesArchitect, NewYork, NY

Ché RhodesGlass artist, educator, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Christina ShmigelSculptor, educator, Shanghai, China

William M. SingerArchitect, New York, NY

Clarissa SlighArtist, lecturer, Asheville, NC

Barbara WellsWeaver, collector, Chapel Hill, NC

Ira T. WenderAttorney, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler (retired), New York, NY

Lana WilsonCeramic artist, Del Mar, CA

Penland Board of Trustees


StaffApril 30, 2011Penland’s staff includes full-time, part-time, and seasonal employees.

Jean McLaughlin, executive director

Dean Allison, studio coordinatorBeverly Ayscue, Campaign for Penland’s FutureRay Bell, facilitiesKate Boyd, developmentMark Boyd, information technology, studio coordinatorRebekkah Cook, galleryRyan Cooper, gardenerJane Crowe, developmentMike Davis, director of development and communicationsBetsy DeWitt, studio coordinatorDay Dotson, kitchenRobin Dreyer, communicationsSusan Feagin, studio coordinatorSallie Fero, school storeMelanie Finlayson, studio coordinatorCassie Floan, galleryMegan Fluegel, studio coordinatorMarie Fornaro, assistant to the directorMichelle Francis, archivistAnna Gardner, housekeepingLisa Gluckin, developmentMelanie Gortney, accountingScott Graham, kitchenWendi Gratz, community collaborationsKathryn Gremley, gallery directorStephanie Guinan, developmentJulia Harry, coffee houseTammy Hitchcock, galleryAmanda Hollifield, registrationCheryl Hughes, housekeepingBill Jackson, kitchenJerry Jackson, deputy directorScott Klein, director of facilitiesStacey Lane, community collaborationsCynthia Lindeman, servicesPhilip May, studio technicianSusan McDaniel, director of financeJasmin McFayden, Campaign for Penland’s FutureAbigail McKinney, office coordinatorTara McKinney, housekeepingDana Moore, director of programsBetsy Morrill, school store

Leslie Noell, graphic designer, core fellowship coordinatorKim Oberhammer, kitchenStephani Ott, school storeSusan Pendley, housekeeperMeg Peterson, community collaborationsRichard Pleasants, food services managerMikey Pumphrey, studio coordinatorJohn Renick, kitchenJon Shearin, studio coordinatorKeith Southworth, coffee houseWes Stitt, communicationsSheila Sweetser, office coordinatorJennifer Sword, programsChris Thomas, kitchenCrystal Thomas, coffee house managerGretchen Travers, registrarSimone Travisano, studio managerKevin Tuffo, facilitiesJustin Webb, nighttime securityAdam Whitney, studio coordinator


Penland Staff

Kat Conley, who ran the supply store for twenty-five years, lead-ing the July 4 parade in a festooned golf cart. Kat retired inDecember, 2010. Take it easy, Kat!

Books and PaperLisa BlackburnMelissa Jay CraigGabrielle FoxSara LangworthyEmily MartinAndrea PetersonMeg PetersonEileen WallacePaul Wong

ClayCarlos AlvesAlice BallardKenneth BaskinJohn ByrdSam ChungBede ClarkJudith DuffJanice FarleyScott GoldbergVicki HardinElisa Helland-HansenKristen KiefferKathy KingGeorge KokisRodney McCoubreyJenny MendesJane PeiserKatrina PlatoMichael SherrillGay SmithTip TolandPaul Andrew WandlessJeff Zamek

Drawing and PaintingCurtis BartoneClare DolanArthur GonzálezCelia GrayBill LoganErica MottYoonmi NamKathy Vellard

GlassMark AngusAlex Gabriel BernsteinDevin Burgess

Scott DarlingtonLeah FairbanksEric GoldschmidtJin Won HanChristopher McElroyElizabeth Ryland MearsJanis MiltenbergerMark MitsudaKiara PelissierMarc PetrovicRoss RichmondRichard RitterMichael SchunkeBoyd SugikiJan WilliamsLisa ZerkowitzJen Zitkov

IronMark AsperyMichael BondiElizabeth BrimJames D.W. CooperPaige DavisErika GordonMarc MaioranaJohn RaisMike Rossi

MetalsLola BrooksHelen CarnacDavid ClemonsLisa ColbyKim CridlerMarisela Gutiérrez Douglas HarlingMarvin JensenDeb KarashMyra Mimlitsch-GrayNatalya PinchukPhil RenatoMarjorie SimonDana SperryDeb StonerMarlene TrueAmy TavernJames ThurmanJulia WoodmanSandy Zilker

PhotographyChristina Z. AndersonDan BaileyKyle BajakianDan EstabrookJeff GoodmanScott McMahonJerry SpagnoliJo Whaley

Print and LetterpressErika AdamsLynn AvadenkaInge BruggemanMorgan CalderiniNicole ChesneyPhil GarrettRoni GrossJohn HornThomas LucasScott LudwigSteve MillerPaul MoxonJenny Schmid

TextilesDorothy Gill BarnesElizabeth BartonJeanne BradyEdwina BringleFrank ConnetVicki EssigSuzanne GernandtLisa KlakulakChunghie LeeVincent Martinez

Deb MenzCarl NewmanTommye McClure ScanlinKathrin Weber ScottAdrienne SloaneWayne Wichern

WoodJacque AllenGail FredellMark GardnerMatthew HebertThomas HuangYuri KobayashiStoney LamarWendy MaruyamaBrent SkidmoreCraig Vandall Stevens

Special ClassesChristina ShmigelStephen Sidelinger

Resident WriterIngrid Schaffner

MovementDiann FullerDennise GackstetterCathy HoltCara LevineErica MottHolbrook NewmanLouise Runyon

Instructor Dan Estabrook and student Valentina Vella hangingValenta’s work for a photo exhibition in Long House during fall 2010.


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Annual Report - Penland School of Craft