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CENTER HOURS: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. ARTISAN CAFÉ: 9:00 a.m. - 4 p.m. For high-resolution images contact Gwen Heffner at: [email protected] ● 859-985-5448, Ext. 230
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LOBBY EXHIBIT
Now through April 30, 2018
The Center’s Reveal exhibit features the work of two artists, David Stratton, of Owensboro, and Trent Altman, of Louisville. This exhibit features their large format two-dimensional works in the Center’s lobby.
“Rhythm of the Music” by Trent Altman (48” x 48”)
Trent Altman is a Louisville, Kentucky painter that specializes in colorful abstracts. Diagnosed with autism, Altman has been painting for 15 years and is a juried Kentucky Arts Council artist with many international awards. Two of his large format canvases are included in this exhibit.
Altman’s works utilize color and texture by using acrylic paint and mixed media on canvas. This combination creates tones and surfaces that transmit motion and feeling in his landscape and abstract compositions.
David Stratton is professor of art and graphic design at Brescia University in Owensboro, Kentucky. He specializes in large format drawings in pen and ink. Stratton is an avid outdoorsman and bird watcher and the five drawings in this exhibit depict natural scenes.
Large drawings by David Stratton (42” x 58”)
GALLERY EXHIBITION
April 7 – August 31, 2018 Meet the Artists Reception – Sunday, April 8 – 1:30-3:00 p.m.
The Kentucky Artisan Center celebrates 15 years in 2018, and this exhibit recognizes the contributions of 37 artists from all across the state who over the years have shared their talents by giving demonstrations at the Center and bringing the creative process to life. This exhibit, which runs from April 7 to August 31, brings together new works, biographies, photos and videos of these artists from over the years. From 2003 to 2008, demonstrations were held on Fridays and Saturdays and in 2009, Saturday became the demonstration day. Since 2003, the Center has offered 1,026 artist demonstrations! Artists in this exhibit have all demonstrated at the Center for eight or more years. The Kentucky Artisan Center has created this exhibit to acknowledge the generous, educational efforts of these talented artists during this 15th Anniversary year.
Photos, left to right: “Knitting Basket” by Elizabeth Worley; “Mercer County Farms” by Marianna McDonald; Jamie Donaldson turns wood on a lathe at the Center as a young visitor watches
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DEMONSTRATIONS – EVENTS
April 7– Saturday
On Saturday, April 7, William L. Rogers, of Harrodsburg, will demonstrate his intricate cottonwood bark carvings from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Kentucky Artisan Center.
Working almost entirely with cottonwood bark, William L. Rogers found his creative outlet after a 30-year career with IBM. The Montana and Alaskan cottonwood bark that Rogers uses has been harvested from dead trees whose bark has fallen to the ground. All of Rogers’ carvings are original, and because no two pieces of bark are alike, no two of his carvings are exactly alike.
Photos: William Rogers demonstrates cottonwood bark carvings at the Kentucky Artisan Center
April 14– Saturday
On Saturday, April 14, Lisa Hagan, of Louisville, will demonstrate how she makes her round beeswax luminaries using dried flowers and wax from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Kentucky Artisan Center. Each luminary is shaped around a balloon with dried flowers imbedded in the wax. A lit votive candle makes it glow sending the fragrance of honey and beeswax into the air.
Beeswax luminary with natural dried flowers by Lisa Hagan shown here demonstrating at the Center
April 21– Saturday
Three members of the Berea Welcome Center Carvers will demonstrate a variety of woodcarving styles and techniques on Saturday, April 21, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Kentucky Artisan Center.
Photos, left to right: Jack Gann carves a bear; chip carved tiles by Will Bondurant; figure carving by Larry Smith
April 28– Saturday
On Saturday, April 28, Darlene Hellard, of McKee, will create a wide variety of cornshuck flowers from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Center.
A native of Jackson County, Hellard creates mums, roses, iris, tulips and more out of cornshucks that she cuts and dyes. Hellard’s mother-in-law taught her to make a cornshuck wreath in 1981, and after her aunt learned to make cornshuck flowers from Kentucky Educational Television, she showed Hellard how to make her first flowers.
Hellard is a juried member of the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen, the Southern Highland Craft Guild and the Kentucky Arts Council’s Kentucky Craft Marketing Program.
Photos, left to right: Flowers made from cornshucks by Darlene Hellard; Cornshucks cut and dyed; Darlene Hellard demonstrates at the Center
Celebrating its 15th year of operation, the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea is located just off Interstate 75 at Exit 77. The center’s exhibit, shopping and travel information areas are open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the cafe is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: GWEN HEFFNER
Gwen Heffner Curator, Information Specialist
Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea An Agency in Kentucky's Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet
[email protected] 200 Artisan Way · Berea, KY 40403 · Phone: 859- 985-5448, ext. 230
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