Fiscal Year 2013 Annual Report
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Fiscal Year 2013 Annual Report
Penland School of Crafts Annual Report / Fiscal Year 2013 / May – April Penland School of Crafts Penland School of Crafts is an international center for craft education dedicated to helping people live creative lives. Located in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, 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’s focus on excellence, its long history, and its inspiring retreat setting have made it a model of experiential education. Penland School of Crafts is a nonprofit, tax-exempt institution. Front cover: Alison Collins installing her piece Temps Perdu in the Dye Shed. Alison was one of four artists who created installations on the Penland campus as part of the 0 to 60 project (see page ). Using a dye pigmented with rust, Alison copied the opening section of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time onto hundreds of yards of muslin, which she used to completely line the Dye Shed. Penland’s Mission Inside front cover: The spring clay class—under the guidance of Kevin Crowe and Dan Finnegan—building a new wood kiln. The mission of Penland School of Crafts is to support individual and artistic growth through craft. Back cover: A detail of an installation, titled Forest for the Trees, created at the North Carolina Museum of Art by resident artist Tom Shields as part of the 0 to 60 project (see page ). Tom mounted (in a way that minimized impact on the trees) thirty-one found chairs in a grove of trees on the museum’s campus. Inside back cover: Student Abby Christ creating a sandblasting mask on a glass vessel during the fall workshop taught by Pablo Soto. The Penland Vision Penland is committed to providing educational programs in a totalimmersion environment that nurtures individual creativity. Penland’s programs embrace traditional and contemporary approaches that respect materials and techniques while encouraging conceptual exploration and aesthetic innovation. Annual Report Credits Editor: Robin Dreyer; design: Eleanor Annand; writing: Elaine Bleakney, Robin Dreyer, Jean McLaughlin; assistance: Elaine Bleakney, Marie Fornaro, Joan Glynn, Tammy Hitchcock, Nancy Kerr, Polly Lórien, Susan McDaniel, Jean McLaughlin; photographs: Robin Dreyer, except where noted. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report / Fiscal Year 2013 / May – April Penland School of Crafts receives support from the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art. Introduction Instructor John Horn and a student pulling a print from the large hand press in the letterpress studio. Penland days are filled with individual discoveries, risky leaps of faith, and lots of personal and professional growth. Challenges are the stuff we are made of. Celebrating the creative spirit in each of us is what we do. Our workshops are inventive and engaging because of the combined energy of inspiring instructors and dedicated students. With your support, we continue the legacy of this great educational experiment, bringing people together from all walks of life. Some students use Penland to reinvent themselves or to advance careers and build strong networks. Many young people use our workshops to supplement their college education or to fill a gap year. There are those whose professions lie elsewhere, but whose hearts and hands seek the special experience of participation in Penland’s creative community. If you’ve never taken a Penland workshop, we encourage you to do so. It’s the best way to fully appreciate “the Penland experience” and how it can change lives. Penland attracts students of all skill levels, of a wide range of ages, and from varied cultural and ethnic backgrounds. In fiscal year , students came to Penland from forty-nine states and worked alongside students from Australia, the Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Peru, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. Among our instructors were artists from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, and Peru. This diversity makes for engaging and wide-ranging conversations in the studios and the dining hall. Costs continue to be the greatest hurdle for many who want to take part in our programs, making scholarships increasingly important. With your help we were able to provide financial assistance to percent of our students. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Introduction Many friends helped to advance The Campaign for Penland’s Future. In fiscal year , the campaign raised $,,. As we print this annual report, it has raised a total of $,, from foundations, , individuals, and organizations, businesses, or other types of donors. We started an ambassadors program this year to enable former students and instructors to share information about Penland in a simple and accessible way. A PowerPoint presentation with a script and instructions can be downloaded from our website. In this inaugural year we had twenty volunteer ambassadors whose presentations reached more than a thousand people. We also produced Artists for Penland cards that anyone can have on hand to pass out—the cards are easy to distribute to potential students from a studio or classroom or sales venue like a fair or festival. The Penland story was shared at several events across the country and internationally. We thank friends Steve and Ellen Le Blanc (Santa Fe, NM), Drew Oliver and Eve Perry (West Jefferson, NC), Polly Allen (Chicago, IL), and Mina Levin and Ron Schwartz (Raleigh, NC) who hosted events for Penland in fiscal year . Penland hosted a trip to Japan in which twenty-seven travelers visited artist studios, gardens, temples, and museums in Kyoto and Tokyo. A meeting with the Asian Cultural Council presented leaders in Japan with artist opportunities available at Penland. The Association of Israeli Decorative Arts sponsored a trip during which Penland presentations were made to students at Bezalel Academy, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, and Tel Hai College. Please enjoy our annual report and accept our most sincere thanks for the part you have played in our success. Your support had a direct impact on the creative lives of , people served by our programs. Their experiences start at Penland and spread throughout our country—and the world. Jean McLaughlin and Rob Pulleyn at the Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art + Design fair in Chicago. Jean W. McLaughlin, executive director Rob Pulleyn, chair, board of trustees Students assembling the prow of a wooden boat in a workshop taught by Tim Lee. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Workshops W Student Agnes Camara Raynes cutting a linoleum block in a class on relief printing and letterpress taught by Laura Richens. Agnes received a Lucy Morgan Scholarship. orkshops have always been the core of Penland’s program. These intensive, totalimmersion classes offer a uniquely effective way to learn. Focusing on one subject with few distractions allows students to absorb an incredible amount of information in a short period of time. Penland’s guest instructors are full-time studio artists, most of whom generally teach only in workshop programs like Penland’s; or they are college or university faculty who are normally available only to students in their home institutions. Each year, about half of Penland’s instructors have taught at the school in the past—creating continuity in the program. The other half are new to Penland—which helps keep things fresh. In fiscal year , the school offered workshops in books and paper, clay, drawing and painting, iron, metals, photography, printmaking and letterpress, textiles, and wood. There was also a workshop in making public art proposals and one in writing and illustrating for children. Among the summer workshops offered were classes in Japanese bookbinding, printing on clay, neon sculpture, early-American hardware, Asian metalsmithing, paper sculpture, leatherworking, guitar making, building wooden boats, and one in which students created forms, made molds from those forms, and then cast them in both porcelain and glass. In the fall and spring, the format expands to eight weeks, enough time to create a body of work and advance skills to a whole new level. These longer workshops are sometimes used to accommodate ambitious projects, such as the spring class that gave clay students a rare opportunity to build a wood-fired kiln. Students in these long sessions are joined periodically by people taking one-week workshops. In fiscal year , Penland’s fall and spring sessions offered a total of fourteen eight-week workshops and twenty-three one-weekers. Instructor Kevin Snipes talking glazes with students in his workshop on ceramic vessels as a medium for storytelling. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Workshops Wes Stitt Penland Workshops Fiscal Year 2013 Students: 1,454 Instructors: 155 Workshops: 135 Studios: 15 States: 49 Countries: 16 Student Rachel Goolsby, studio assistant Sophena Kwon, and instructor Charllotte Kwon working in the textiles studio during Charllotte’s summer workshop on natural dyes. Charllotte is the director of the Maiwa organization, and she has studied indigenous textiles and natural dye materials all over the world. The content of each workshop is determined by the instructor in consultation with Penland’s program director. Instructors write the descriptions used to market the classes, and it’s easy to see by scanning through them how diverse and personal the program can be. David Chatt, who makes sculpture from tiny glass beads, told potential students, “I have invented techniques, variations of techniques, and variations of variations. Now you can learn what I have learned and lose track of huge chunks of time in pursuit of the perfect beaded curiosity.” Glass instructor Pablo Soto suggested that “sometimes we have an elusive idea that is spoiled by a simple formality we overlooked during the making process or because we couldn’t find the mark that would have made the piece perfect.” And blacksmith David Court explained, “blacksmithing is a direct process in which the maker controls the results by attention to detail and diligent application of muscle energy.” Although Penland offers some workshops tailored for advanced students, most of them are open to students of all skill levels. It is a testament to the generosity of Penland’s instructors and the flexibility of the workshop format that these classes routinely meet the needs of beginning and experienced students at the same time. Core fellow Bob Biddlestone making a hammer in the Penland iron studio with some assistance from studio coordinator Daniel Beck. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Resident Artists Dana Moore “Penland started out as a place to transition from previous work,” says resident artist Rachel Meginnes. “It took me some time to move out of the freelance work I was doing when I arrived, but I finally gave that up. I would have been losing out if I hadn’t. I have been producing more work and larger work than I ever have, getting back into teaching, participating in national and international shows, and really pushing myself to produce and deliver as much as I possibly can. As a result, my work is growing in many different directions all at once and although it feels hard to keep up, I feel this intensity is key to my growth and success. Teaching, writing, and putting my work out in the world as a resident artist at Penland have made me more aware of how art, craft, and design (three worlds I’m part of) come together, and how they can come together in the studio.” Penland resident artists in 2012 (left to right): David Eichelberger, Micah Evans, Rachel Meginnes, Tom Shields, Robin Johnston, gwendolyn yoppolo, Dustin Farnsworth I n , director Bill Brown saw an opportunity to use Penland’s studios when workshops weren’t in session, and he established a residency program, which he envisioned as something akin to a medical internship: artists would have focused time and space to determine a path for their life’s work. Brown also hoped that some resident artists would settle near the school and create an artistic community. Over the last fifty years, this vision has been realized and then some. Penland resident artists have a dedicated studio complex and seven apartments, the scope of the program has expanded to include artists at different transitional points in their careers, and the local community includes more than fifty former residents; more than onehundred and forty have participated in the program since its inception. Resident artists spend three years at Penland working out of the Barns studios, where they open their doors to the school community once each session. Resident artists interact with Penland instructors, students, and staff, exhibit their work in the Penland Gallery, teach occasionally, and exemplify how to lead a life in craft. While at Penland, this year’s resident artists prepared work for gallery and museum exhibitions across the country, including The Bellevue Arts Museum in Washington, Santa Fe Clay in New Mexico, and Blue Spiral I in Asheville, North Carolina. Tom Shields created a large wall piece and an environmental installation for the 0 to 60 exhibition at the North Carolina Museum of Art. (See page for more information about this project.) Resident artists in fiscal year were potter David Eichelberger, glass sculptor Micah Evans, figurative sculptor Dustin Farnsworth, weaver Robin Johnston, textile artist Rachel Meginnes, wood sculptor Tom Shields, and potter gwendolyn yoppolo. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Core Fellows Penland’s core fellows arrive as emerging artists to explore choices available to them as they pursue lives—at Penland and beyond—as independent artists. They bring adventure, openness, and intelligence to Penland’s workshops and studios where they experiment and create new work. They are also the lifeblood of the school: working on the grounds and in the kitchen, running events, collaboratively installing an annual show of their work, and engaging with workshop students, staff, and instructors on a daily basis. Selected through a competitive process, Penland’s nine core fellows live and work together for two years while crafting their own exploration of time and materials. More than two hundred artists have participated in the core fellowship program. Four core fellows culminated their fellowship in February : ceramicist Bob Biddlestone, clay and metal artist Rachel Garceau, metalsmith Seth Gould, and metalsmith and furniture maker Jack Mauch. Returning for their second year were Zee Boudreaux, Liz Koerner, Michael Krupiarz, Rachel Mauser, and Molly Spadone. Four new core fellows arrived in March of : Audrey Bell, Sarah Brown, Angela Eastman, and Will Lentz. Wes Stitt Core fellows Liz Koerner and Jack Mauch with the beautiful table they made for the new core residence. The building has not been built yet, but when it is complete, the dining room will be graced by Liz and Jack’s work. “Penland definitely is a magical place and I’ve had a wild two years here,” says core fellow Rachel Mauser. “I’m a book artist and when I arrived at Penland, I found that book artists usually know letterpress and how to make paper. Before I came here, I’d never done either. In addition to my experiences in the studio, I’ve also learned the vocabulary of craft. I remember getting here and hearing people talk about ‘slip casting.’ I had no idea what that was! Now I know exactly what it is and how it’s done. I’m so much more familiar with the language of different crafts, which means a lot to me. Being a core fellow at Penland is an incredible blend of being an artist, a staff member, a student, and living in a very close community. Everything is intense: so much more than I think it normally would be. Living with the other core fellows and learning from them—as artists, as colleagues, as people—has been amazing.” Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Scholarships Ariel Lauren Wilson Each year, almost half of those who attend Penland’s workshops do so with some form Israeli designer and silversmith Amir Friedman received a scholarship from the Association of Israeli Decorative Arts, to attend Jana Brevick’s 2012 metals workshop. “When the workshop began,” he said, “I felt as if I was walking inside my own dreams. All the machinery was spotless, shiny, and in order just like little soldiers waiting to join in the action. I’ve been trying to cut my sleep and meal times so I can squeeze in as much bench time as I physically can. . . . Encountering designers from different disciplines, I can truly say that I will leave this heaven on earth with even greater desire to create and with a broader sense of the properties of metal. . . . I cannot wait to go back to my studio in Israel and go on experimenting with the new techniques and approaches that I came across here.” Amir was invited back to Penland to teach in the summer of 2013. of financial assistance. Most of the school’s scholarships come in the form of work-study or studio assistantships, both of which require the student to do some work for the school during their session. There are also a number of full scholarships that do not have a work requirement, and in Penland created a new class of partial scholarships, which give students a $, discount on tuition. Penland also partners with other institutions to create scholarships, and there is a program of discounts for school teachers and local residents and who take unfilled spaces just before classes begin. In fiscal year , generous donors provided Penland with ten new scholarships, six of these are annually funded while four will be funded through new endowments. In all, students received work-study scholarships, were studio assistants, received full scholarships, and had stand-by discounts. Thirty college and university students attended Penland with the support of scholarships partially funded by their academic institutions, and ten recent graduates of the North Carolina School of the Arts received full scholarships funded by the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts. Penland scholarship programs are made possible by donations to the annual fund, foundations, the sale of work at end-of-session auctions, Penland’s general operating budget, and individual scholarship endowments. For a list of specially funded or endowed scholarships, see page . Ariel Lauren Wilson Adrienne McKenzie, who received the Cynthia and Edwina Bringle Scholarship to attend Rachel Miller’s textiles workshop titled Sculptural/Wearable. She’s working on a piece titled I do and I don’t, which is an interpretation of a wedding dress made from cheesecloth, reeds, and hundreds of cotton facial cleaning pads. “All of the projects, new techniques, and various materials have succeeded in providing me with new and exciting ideas which I will take with me for inspiration into my final year of graduate school,” she said. “Without the scholarship, my teacher’s guidance, and the contributions and collaborations of my studio and friends, I would not have found as many diverse and new ways of thinking about my craft!” Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Community Collaboration Wes Stitt Blacksmiths working together in downtown Spruce Pine during the annual Fire on the Mountain Blacksmithing Festival, an event co-sponsored by Penland School that attracts people from all over the region. P enland maintains a lasting partnership in arts education with the local community. Part of this partnership is the Teaching Artist Initiative in the Mitchell County public schools. In fiscal year , teaching artist Meg Peterson focused on making handmade books in concert with school curriculum in science, social studies, literature, and family culture. The initiative reached students in grades three, four, and nine, and an additional group of tenth grade students. In November , six high school students studied pinhole photography in a daylong workshop as part of Penland’s professional craft study program for high school students. The program also connects local art students with artist mentors and offers a scholarship to a high school senior. Subs with SuitCASES (Creative Approaches to Substitute Education), a growing Penland initiative, empowers substitute teachers to integrate the arts in the classroom. Penland’s Kids Camp hosted kids in classes during the summer of . Forty-four attendees received some form of scholarship to participate in fun, hands-on, process-oriented classes in craft and art. Kids Camp continued its partnership with Centro Latino, Safeplace Women’s Shelter, and Communities in the Schools to provide students in need with funds for transportation, meals, and language assistance. The community open house on March , welcomed guests to Penland, with more than artist volunteers making activities in all the studios a success. Penland also participated in the annual Fire on the Mountain festival, celebrating blacksmithing in the region, among many other events and art initiatives in the community. Abbigayle Atkins cleaning up a printing screen during the 2013 community open house. Abbigayle is a student at Mitchell High School. She was one of several high school students who worked with art teacher Jennifer Robinson, artist John Hartom, and Penland staff members to design a small, inspirational poster for the open house.The design was set up on several screens so that visitors to the open house could make a copy of it for themselves. Abbigayle and three other Mitchell High School students helped visitors make their posters in the print studio. The open house, which takes place every March, was attended by 430 guests and involved more than 100 volunteers. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Special Programs Former Penland resident artist Anne Lemanski in the textiles studio in March sewing elements for her installation titled Extirpated, which she created as part of the to project.The term “extirpated” refers to a species that has disappeared from an ecosystem with no hope of return. For this piece, Anne created cloth silhouettes of seven animals that have been extirpated from Mitchell County, North Carolina (two of them are extinct). She created a clothesline structure whose steel supports described the profile of the Kentucky long rifle.The animal silhouettes were hung from the clothesline creating an eerie sense of loss and sadness.This piece was one of five Penland installations created for the project.The others were by photographer and video artist Dan Bailey and mixedmedia artists Alison Collins and Kyoung Ae Cho. North Carolina Museum of Art visitors looking at Dan Bailey’s piece, Looking Down: North Carolina Museum of Art. Dan did two versions of this piece: one on the museum campus and one at Penland as part of the collaborative project 0 to 60: The Experience of Time through Contemporary Art. Both pieces were made from thousands of images captured by a small, digital camera suspended from a helium balloon. The images were scaled and carefully pieced together on top of satellite imagery of the same landscape. Penland’s special programs and activities fall outside of the normal span of the school’s workshop calendar and bring fresh voices and opportunities for individuals to create. Penland collaborated with the North Carolina Museum of Art in the spring of to present 0 to 60:The Experience of Time through Contemporary Art. New work was featured at both sites, with Penland instructors Dan Bailey, Kyoung Ae Cho, Alison Collins, and Anne Lemanski creating installations at Penland. Eleven Penland-affiliated artists participated in the exhibition at the museum, including jeweler Jana Brevick, textile artist Sonya Clark, photographer Dan Estabrook, and sculptors David Chatt, Hoss Haley, Beth Lipman, and Tom Shields; the four artists who made the Penland installations also had work in the museum show. The exhibition, which was accompanied by a beautiful catalog, was a great success, and a smaller version of it was presented at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery in New York City from November through January . In June , scholar and author Christopher Benfey arrived at Penland for the Andrew Glasgow Writers Residency, established in to give writers, scholars, and curators time for research and writing on topics advancing the field of craft. Christopher delivered a lecture entitled Memory, Craft, and Writing, and enjoyed his immersion in Penland life (see page ). In the winter of , sixty individuals rented Penland studios for independent study. Emily Arthur of the University of Florida and Rory Sparks, co-founder of Em Space Book Arts Center in Portland, Oregon, led Penland’s annual winter residency in printmaking and letterpress. Designed for artists and writers with any level of printing experience, the January residency provided time and space for sixteen residents to pursue independent projects. The residencies livened up a cold and quiet month with two enthusiastic presentations of work by the participants. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Archives For eleven years, archivist Michelle Francis tended the Penland School of Crafts Jane Kessler Memorial Archives, named in memory of former Penland trustee Jane Kessler. Collected and preserved in its holdings are photographs, correspondence, administrative notes, news clippings, publications, art works, objects, and ephemera dating from Penland’s beginning in the s to present day. In September of , Michelle Francis retired to pursue her own letterpress work, rounding out a thirty-eight-year career in the archive field. In a letter to her colleagues on the occasion of her retirement, she wrote, “Without a doubt, my work here at Penland has been the most personally rewarding I have undertaken. I passionately believe in the importance of the creative process. To have been a part of an institution that is committed to helping people live creative lives has been a great privilege.” Documentation is part of sustaining creative life at Penland and a component of that documentation involves Penland’s role in the historical craft movement in Western North Carolina. This is at the heart of the Craft Revival Project, a collaborative webbased digital history project launched in that led Michelle to the digitization of many of Penland’s earliest records and photographs. Selecting and organizing Penland’s contributions to the project, and making Penland holdings available to researchers tracing the story of craft in our region was critical to her. When asked if there are images of Penland that are especially potent for her, two photographs from the archives came to Michelle’s mind. One is a s snapshot of Penland founder Lucy Morgan, stepping over a stile and smiling. “Just a snapshot, one of those charming moments captured,” she said. Another image that resonates for her is a photograph of ceramicist Cynthia Bringle in the early s, throwing a pot during one of the first clay concentrations while her students look on. “The students are looking so intensely at what’s she’s doing,” Michelle said. “And today you see the same intensity of attention in Penland students.” This is something Michelle has seen firsthand many times—most recently in the summer of , when she returned to Penland to work as her friend Lisa Blackburn’s studio assistant. It was a workshop in bookmaking called Simple Books, Endless Possibilities. Thinking of Michelle Francis’s movement from her career as Penland’s archivist to creative time in her home letterpress studio, that title fits just right. Potter Cynthia Bringle with a class in the early 1970s—one of Michelle Francis’s favorite pictures from the archives. Michelle Francis in the Jane Kessler Memorial Archives, which she carefully tended for eleven years. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Gallery and Visitors Center David Ramsey Penland Gallery 2012 Exhibitions Paper Plate, Plastic Plate, White Plate, Artist Plate A collection of artist-made dinner plates with the artists’ reflections about food Studio Practice Studio artists: their work, their working environments, and their sources of inspiration Forecast A new wave of artistic talent Core Show 2012 Work by Penland’s core fellows A display at the Penland Gallery. The work in the front (left to right) is by John Littleton and Kate Vogel, Ken Carder, Naomi Dalglish and Michael Hunt, and Kenneth Baskin. The framed pieces on the mantel are by Jessica Calderwood. T he Penland Gallery and Visitors Center presents work in all media by artists affiliated with Penland. It hosts work by Penland instructors and others, and provides information to those interested in Penland School and its artists. Twice-weekly tours of the campus are organized by the gallery staff. The Penland Gallery also connects prospective patrons with Penland artists and advises artists on selling their work. In , the gallery presented four special exhibitions and launched a new exhibition series, the Focus Gallery, which shows work by individual artists for four to six weeks in a newly created space. The Penland Gallery played a key role in 0 to 60: The Experience of Time through Contemporary Art, a collaboration between Penland and the North Carolina Museum of Art. Dan Bailey’s Looking Down: Penland School of Crafts was installed in the Penland Gallery lobby in April . The gallery provided information about all of the 0 to 60 installations on the Penland campus and coordinated an opening reception and tour with artist talks for the installations. Gallery staff also assisted the artists during the installation process. The Penland Gallery attracted , visitors during fiscal year . The gallery exhibited work by artists, generated sales of $, ( percent of this went back to the artists in commissions), and individuals experienced Penland through tours organized by the gallery with the help of a newly revised guidebook for docents. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Facilities Walking up Dora’s Trail (the main drive through campus), it’s easy to see that Penland’s facilities and grounds team is always at work. With acres and structures, the team is responsible for painting (and repainting), repairing, replacing, plumbing, pruning, plowing, installing, and more verbs than we can pack in this sentence. In fiscal year , design development was completed on the books, drawing, and painting studio with Cannon Architects. The new Northlight complex, which will house photography and papermaking studios and a social hall, moved through schematic design with Ratio Architects. And design was completed for the new core fellows house, also by Ratio. Former core fellow Ian Henderson designed a relief tile wall for the house. The wall will gather solar heat in the winter. He created the patterned tiles during an Arts/Industry Residency at the Kohler Co. in Wisconsin. He was assisted by former core fellows Daniel Beck, Andrew Hayes, and Mark Warren (see photo on page ). During the winter, a climate-controlled storage facility, designed by Dail Dixon, was built to create much-needed professional storage for services, archives, art donated to the benefit auction, and other purposes. In addition to a number of completed building-reserve-fund projects, the facilities crew supervised the design and building of a walking trail from the top of Penland’s central campus to the top of Otter Knobs. The trail, which is . miles long with a rise in elevation of feet, was built by Trail Dynamics of Brevard, North Carolina. It was named in honor of potter, book artist, poet, and teacher Paulus Berensohn. Gardener Bronwyn May and maintenance technician Ray Bell moving gravel—just one of the innumerable tasks required for the general upkeep of Penland’s beautiful campus. A climate-controlled storage facility, designed by Dail Dixon, was completed in the spring of 2013. It is being used for art, archives, services, and other purposes. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Annual Benefit Auction 27th Annual Benefit Auction August 10 – 11, 2012 Works sold: 237 Contributing artists: 248 Volunteers: 217 Attendees: 636 Total income: $656,896 Auction Sponsors Auction Patron ($5,000) American Craft magazine Blue Ridge Printing Ernst & Young, LLP Tryon Distributing Hallmark Capital Management Our State magazine David H. Ramsey Commercial Photography SOFA CHICAGO 2012 WNC magazine Auction Supporter ($2,500) American Style magazine Blue Ridge Soap Shed Auction Associate ($1,500) Classic Event Rental EbenConcepts Jon Ellenbogen and Rebecca Plummer Norman Sound & Productions, Inc. Auctioneer Mark Oliver and volunteers Kristina Glick and Margaret Couch Cogswell selling a wood wallpiece by Thomas Hucker P enland’s th Annual Benefit Auction on August and , was a smashing success, with a total income (including ticket sales, art sales, donations, advertising, and corporate sponsorship) of $,, for a net income of $,. New records were set for ticket sales and donations to the Fund-a-Need request. The Fund-a-Need, which invites patrons to make direct contributions to a particular project, raised $, to equip Penland’s new drawing, painting, and book arts studios. During the weekend, Penland honored Jason Pollen, textile artist, former president of the National Surface Design Association, retired chair of the fiber department at the Kansas City Art Institute, and expert tango dancer, as the Outstanding Artist Educator. Lucy Morgan Leaders, Penland’s most generous donors, were treated to a special luncheon in the wood studio. Following the luncheon they had a choice of a hands-on workshop in textile marbling or a preview of the auction pieces with Kathryn Gremley, Penland’s gallery director; David Houston, curator of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; and glass artists Beth Lipman and Daniel Clayman. Penland’s resident artists welcomed patrons to their studios on Saturday morning for the ever-popular Coffee at the Barns event, and the core fellows showed their work in an impressive open house. Thanks, as always, to the generous artists and volunteers who make this important event a success, year after year. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Lucy Morgan Leaders Donor Profile: Jim Hackney and Scott Haight J im Hackney and Scott Haight have no trouble explaining why they support Penland. “We just think it’s so important for so many reasons,” said Jim. “We are craft collectors, and we see the importance of Penland as a leadership place providing training for the next generation of artists, but it’s much deeper than that. We see Penland as a place that gets it right: the way people are treated, the atmosphere, the good food, the creative conversations, and there’s a respect for all different kinds of people. The whole feeling that’s created at Penland makes it the kind of place we think needs to be nurtured and supported. It represents something we wish the rest of the world could be more like.” Jim first visited the school more than twenty years ago when he was working in development and communications at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC. He was on the visual arts panel for the North Carolina Arts Council, and participated in site visits related to the funding Penland receives from the council. After he left the Mint Museum to join an Atlanta-based firm that does fundraising consultation for organizations across the country, he returned to Penland to help shape the Preserve Penland campaign, which raised $. million dollars for the school between and . Since that time, he has taken several classes and attends the auction regularly with his partner, Scott, an insurance underwriter who has also been a student at Penland. “Penland is one of our philanthropic priorities and it’s in our wills,” Jim continued. “But we are not wealthy. We didn’t inherit a lot of money; we are earning the money we give away. Penland spends a dollar as well as any nonprofit I know of, so Scott and I know that the money we give to Penland will be spent wisely and will go toward something that is really creating excellence.” –Robin Dreyer Scott Haight and Jim Hackney in front of the Weaving Cabin at Penland. Lucy Morgan Leaders Penland’s Lucy Morgan Leaders are a special leadership group of annual fund donors who contribute $, or more each year to support the annual operating needs of the school. These gifts directly benefit studio operations, and scholarships. Lucy Morgan Leaders honor and continue the work of Penland’s founder, Lucy Morgan, by investing in Penland and helping all who come here to develop the ideas and skills needed to grow personally and artistically.The list that follows names donors who have made gifts of $, or more between May , and April , . Lucy Morgan Leader art donors are listed on page 32. Penland Benefactor ($25,000 and above) Robyn and John Horn Windgate Charitable Foundation Bill Brown Visionary ($10,000–$24,999) Anonymous () James D. Clubb Lutu and Tom Coffey Flora Family Foundation Susan Parker Martin and Alan Belzer Tom and Toni Oreck Laura Taft Paulsen and William F. Paulsen Rob Pulleyn The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation Harley and Helgi Shuford Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Lucy Morgan Leaders Craft Leader ($5,000–$9,999) Penland trustee, former board chair, and Lucy Morgan Leader Glen Hardymon, who, after years and years of supporting Penland, recently decided it was time to start taking classes. This picture was taken during a one-week glass workshop taught by Tim Tate. Anonymous Cathy and Alan Adelman Polly Allen Elizabeth Aralia and Nicholas Graetz John and Jennifer Culver The Dana Foundation Laura Edwards Sarah Lee Elson and Louis Goodman Elson Fenwick Foundation Ed and Sue Glass Charitable Trust Laura and Michael Grace Dorothy S. Hines George H. Lanier Dr. and Mrs. John E. Lee Sara and Bob McDonnell With funds matched by the Bank of America Matching Gifts Program Jean W. McLaughlin and Thomas H. Spleth David and Suzu Neithercut Kaola and Frank Phoenix Hellena and Isaiah Tidwell With funds matched by the Lincoln Financial Group Foundation, Inc. Wehadkee Foundation In honor of Cathy Adelman and Alice Vaughan Studio Sustainer ($2,500–$4,999) Anonymous Barbara Benisch and Jacque Allen Suzanne and Walter Allen Lisa and Dudley Anderson Paulus Berensohn Fleur Bresler Cynthia Bringle David Charak Clemson University Katy and Mark Cobb Bob and Peggy Culbertson Lisbeth C. Evans and Jim Lambie John and Linda Garrou Adrienne and Harvey Gossett Robin Hanes G. Felda and Dena Hardymon Glen and Florence Hardymon Jim and Marlene Hubbell Jerry Jackson and Jeff Harris Thomas P. Johnson, Jr. and Ina Smith Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Bobby and Claudia Kadis Thomas S. Kenan, III Richard Koopman, Jr. Virginia Kraus and Jay Westwater Barbara Laughlin Drs. Kent and Bob Leslie John Marek David Marshall In memory of Alan Wiesenthal Elizabeth Matheson Barbara N. McFadyen and Douglass Phillips Charles L. McMurray Ron and Susan Meier Sharon Mills Patricia Nevin Sandy and Anne Overbey Edith S. Peiser Eric S. Rohm and Amy Hockett Seymour and Marcia Sabesin Mary Schnelly and Gene Phelps Lisa and Charles Shepherd Cindy Spuria Cynthia A. Toth Ira and Phyllis Wender Rob Williams and Warren Womble Mike Wright and Bob Glascock Artist Advocate ($1,000–$2,499) Anonymous () Stephen and Enee Abelman Marla and Joel Adams John and Judy Alexander Patricia L. Amend and Stephen M. Dean John S. Arrowood Mary Lou and Jim Babb Daniel W. Bailey and Emily Stanley Dawn Barrett and R.D. Oxenaar Joan Baxt Helga and Jack Beam Eric and Jill Becker Jill Beech Bill and Georgia Belk Katherine M. Belk Sanford R. Berlin Eddie and Angela Bernard Elizabeth and James Bethune Daniel A. Bloom and Barry Golivesky Philip and Amy Blumenthal Chris and Barbara Bonaduce Lucy Morgan Leaders Kristin Hills Bradberry and John Bradberry Larry Brady In honor of family & friends Wade and Brenda Brickhouse Edwina Bringle Philip Broughton and David Smith Harold and Kathryn Brown Joseph M. Bryan, Jr. Lee Carter and Greg L. Bradley In honor of Larry Brady Joan Levy Coale Dorothy and Clyde Collins Robert and Elizabeth Cooper Ann and Thomas Cousins John Cram and Matt Chambers Rebecca M. Crowell William A. and Betty Gray Davis Ellen and Bert Denker Andy Dews and Tom Warshauer Ginger Duensing Richard and Bridget Eckerd Lynn and Barry Eisenberg Bert and Shan Ellentuck Catharine Ellis and Kent Stewart Suzanne and Edward Elson Spencer and Mary Ann Everett Alida Fish and Stephen Tanis Pepper and Donald Fluke Betty and Wes Foster With funds matched by Lane Industries, Inc. Linda T. Fox Gusti and Daniel Frankel Gary Fuquay Michael and Libba Gaither Elizabeth Gant Dr. Carlos Garcia-Velez and Dr. Kent Davis Barbara and Jim Goodmon Bill and Patty Gorelick Shelton and Carol Gorelick Harriett Green Daniel Greenberg and Susan L. Steinhauser Dr. Lewis I. Greenwald and Dr. Olive Greenwald Barbara D. Greiss Gary and Patricia Griffin Ted and Susie Gross James R. Hackney and Scott T. Haight With funds matched by RLI Insurance Matching Gift Program Charlotte Hanes Ann and Pegram Harrison Andrew and Hathia Hayes Marty Hayes and Michael Cucchiara Marian S. Heiskell John A. Helms* and Pamela P. Helms Randy Hinson Dwight M. Holland Garnett L. Hughes and Donna Moran James and Peggy Hynes Joia Johnson Jan Katz and Jim Derbes Betty P. Kenan In honor of Barbara McFadyen Ruth DeYoung Kohler Dr. Thomas T. Jefferson and Joseph Lampo Peter J. Larson, MD In honor of Larry Brady and Amy McGrath Peter J. Larson, MD Susan and David Larson Carol and Seymour Levin Mina Levin and Ronald Schwarz Frank D. Lortscher Isaac and Sonia Luski Simone and Scott Lutgert Adrian and Page Luxmoore Cameron MacGuire Andrea and Bob Maricich Brian and Gail McCarthy Patricia McCauley Bonnie and Chaffe McIlhenny Katherine and Ulrich Merten With funds matched by the Chevron Texaco Matching Gifts Program Judith and Jim Moore Bette Mueller-Roemer and James Walter Crocker Scott Mullennix and Hilary M. Wilson Linda Neely Brian H. Neill and Lori Cahoon Neill New Morning Galleries, John Cram Ginny Newell and Bob Wilkins Sanford and Barbara Orkin Myrna and Sheldon Palley Greg Parker and Randy Dickerson Jennifer Phelps Gina Phillips John D. and Ann Porter Ronald C. Porter and Joe Price Joe Sam and Kate Queen Mary Regan Elaine Reily Sally and Russell Robinson Betsy and Marcus Rowland Harry and Ann Santen Gary C. Scales Stella Schloss and Dr. Neil Parker Dasha Shenkman Christina Shmigel and Patrick Moreton William M. Singer and Catherine Sweeney Singer Gay Smith James W. Smith and Pam Troutman Karen Smith-Lovejoy and F. Bentley Lovejoy Jonathan and Fei St. Onge David L. Staub and Susan Edwards Joy Stember Steven Stichter and Mark Ewert C. Matthew Taylor In honor of Penland’s development team Dr. Russell Tippins and Randy New Caroline To BC Burgess Trust, Ellen B. Turner Jonathan M. and Gwen G. Van Ark Charlotte Vestal Wainwright and Steve Wainwright Barbara Waldman and Dennis Winger Charlene Diana Walker Don and Karen Walker Wendy Weiner and Delia Champion Barbara and Sam Wells Rick and Brenda Wheeler William and Pat Williamson Julia Wilson Lana Wilson Paul Wisotzky Martha H. Womble Foster Young Ann Ziegler *deceased Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Annual Fund The Annual Fund May 1, 2012 – April 30, 2013 The Penland annual fund supports the annual operations of the school, from utilities that keep our buildings heated and our lights on, to propane for studio operation, to scholarship assistance for many deserving students.The annual fund provides essential support each year and helps ensure the quality of the Penland experience for both students and instructors. In fiscal year , 810 donors to the annual fund contributed $765,953 to the school, providing critical operating 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 $ or below between May , and April , . Gifts of more than $, are listed in the Lucy Morgan Leader section, beginning on page . Art donors are listed beginning on page 32. We have made every effort to recognize donors who have made gifts during this timeframe. If your name does not appear as you believe it should, please contact the development office so that we may correct our records. Gifts made after April , will be recognized in our next annual report. Penland Friends—Patrons ($500–$999) Core fellows Molly Spadone and Rachel Mauser transporting lampshades while getting the campus ready for incoming students. Core fellows live at Penland for two years, taking classes throughout the year and working part-time for the school. Anonymous Christopher and Bridget Amundsen Margaret F. Averyt Hoyt Bailey In honor of William Knight Ann Batchelder and Henri Kieffer Frank and Ranlet Bell David and Laura Brody Linda Carter Marilue M. Cook William J. Craemer Sue M. Daughtridge Mark and Sue Denny Arline Fisch Sarah and Gerard Griffin Edwin F. Harris, Jr. and Susan Arrendell James Hatley In honor of Mike Davis Linda and John Hillman Tom Huang Geoffrey Isles John R. Jesso and Stacy Sumner Jesso Mr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Kaplan Nancy J. Kerr Arthur and Anita Kurtz Nancy Lopez-Ibanez Bruce and Diane MacEwen Wendy Maruyama and Bill Schairer Martha Brim and Ken May Katherine McCarty George and Frances Newman In honor of Holbrook Newman Jeff and Diane Pettus J.Timothy Prout Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Alice Rose Barbara Jo Ruble Tommie Rush and Richard Jolley Catherine Schroeder and Phil McMillan With funds matched by the Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Jan Serr and John K. Shannon Randy Shull and Hedy Fischer Emily and Zach Smith Laura P. Smith Strickland Family Foundation Dennis R. Trombatore The Penland School of Crafts Fund at the Winston-Salem Foundation Lauren and David Worth Penland Friends—Sponsors ($250–$499) Anonymous () Welborn and Patty Alexander Sheila and Kevin Avruch Beverly and Gene Ayscue Joanne and Steve Beam In honor of Morgan and Jack Horner David and Lauren Benson Charlotte and Charles Bird Fund at the San Diego Foundation Sandra Blain Alan and Rosalie Blumenthal Christopher M. Brookfield Cathy Chen-Rennie Daniel G. Clayman Robert Cmarik Dr. Felicia R. Cochran Thomas and Cindy Cook Scott and Kim Cunningham Annual Fund Jo Ann Czekalski Lucy C. Daniels John J. Davis, III Patsy Davis Debra Diz and Mark Chappell Robin Dreyer and Tammy Hitchcock Lee Ellis Dorothy Essig Ilene Fine Kathleen A. FitzGerald Barry E. Friedberg and Charlotte Moss Susan Fulton Martha Giberson Amy C. Gilbert Molloy and Summer Golden Judy Gordon Elliott L. Grosh Kimberlee Hall Lawrence Hamel-Lambert Anna and John Hammond Frank Hamrick F. Borden and Ann Hanes, Jr. Lindsay Hearn Sally Higgins and Ray Owens Cheryl Holland and Doug Quackenbush Patsy and Harold Hopfenberg Martin and Irina Horn Cheryl Walker and Jeff Huberman Arthur H. Johns Sally and William Johnson Reena and Pradith Kashyap Diane Solomon Kempler Stuart Kirsner Kenn and Michelle Kotara Mark Levine Paula Lombardi Richard and Yvonne McCracken Nathan and Carole Metzger C. James and Laurel Meyer Steve Miller and Desmond Lim John and Stephanie Mitchell Scott and Julia Moen Lee H. Moore-Crawford and David C. Crawford Robin Nicholson Jere Osgood Jeannie Pearce Jane Quimby Laurel and Perrin Radley Haywood and Sabine Rankin Millie Ravenel Ché Rhodes Sang Parkinson Roberson Norm and Gloria Schulman Rev. Alfred Shands C. Miller Sigmon Clarissa T. Sligh and Kimberly Grey Purser Dana Smith Kathleen and Darwin Stanley Kathy and Scott Steinsberger Ruth T. Summers and Bruce W. Bowen Sheila Sweetser Mary E. Tevington In honor of Betsy Rowland Ellie and Jon Totz Carolyn Watson In honor of the marriage of Mark Ewert and Steven Stichter Nick Wheeler Gladys Whitney In honor of John and Robyn Horn Julia R. Woodman Kohler Arts Center Former core fellow Ian Henderson with a group of tiles he created during a three-month residency that was part of the Arts/Industry program at Kohler Co. in Wisconsin. The tiles will be installed on a heat-gathering wall in the new core fellows house. (Construction is waiting for full funding of the project.) Ian was assisted during the residency by three other former core fellows: Daniel Beck, Andrew Hayes, and Mark Warren. Arts/Industry is a joint program of Kohler Co. and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, WI). Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Annual Fund Penland Friends—Partners ($100–$249) Mixed-media sculptor Kyoung Ae Cho installing her piece, Shining Ground, on the front wall of the Northlight building. The piece was made from wood, cloth, pins, and fragments of mica gathered from the banks of the Toe River. It was structured in response to the building’s board-andbatten siding. Kyoung Ae’s installation was part of the 0 to 60 project, a collaboration with the North Carolina Museum of Art (see page 10.) Anonymous () John and Peggy Acorn Erika Adams Robert and Kathleen Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Shepard L. Ansley Elmer Art Peg and Steve Bachenheimer Laurie Ballenger In honor of the marriage of Steven Stichter and Mark Ewert Megan Barber Ruth and William Barnett Nancy Baron James R. Barrows Constance M. Baugh and Carolyn Benson Sue Baum Allen Berk and Geiselle Thompson Harold Black Terry Tyson and Susan Bock Nini and Henry Bodenheimer Anna and Christian Boll In honor of Daniel B. & Ruth Jordan Michael Bondi Elizabeth E. and Henry M. Booke Natalie R. Boorman Julie Balogh Brand Frances Brenner Fay and Phelan Bright Ed Brinkman Tama Brooks Richard Burkett and Nan Coffin Susan E. Burnes Leslie Byers J. David Caldwell Laura M. Campbell Larry Carden Ellen Cassilly and Frank Konhaus Kyoung Ae Cho Robert and Jan Clayton In memory of Vivian Cathey Womack David Clemons and Mia Hall James and Marie Cohen Leigh Cohen Ken and Mary Beth Collins Adam and Shelley Colvin Lydia and Howard Colwell Julie Connaghan Elizabeth Conner Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Jeanne Cook Doug Cooke Cristina Córdova and Pablo Soto John Coyne Jane Crowe Hayes P. Crumbley Whit and Cathy Daily William P. Daley Mr. Park Davidson Israel Davis Daria de Koning Maggi DeBaecke Lucy V. Dierks Kim L. Dolce Patrick and Linda Dougherty Ruth L. Doyle Frank E. Driscoll and Mary Cain Driscoll Ginger Duensing In memory of John Horn’s mother, Kathleen Mignon Durham In memory of Bo Sibilsky Mignon Durham Rosanne Elkins Jon Ellenbogen and Rebecca Plummer Deborah Ellis Dave and Wendy Ellsworth Dawn E. Enochs Louise Erskine In honor of Sally Prasch Dan Estabrook David and Yvonne Evans Edward and Kathleen Evans Rebecca and Richard Faulk Susan Feagin Fred Fenster and Susan Doane Lowell and Laraine Fine Hayes and Anita Fletcher C. Robert Friedman and Vernon Mosheim Steve and Marsha Funk Celia Gelfman Martin Gellert Arthur González and Christine Ciavarella M. Cissel Gott Louis Gottlieb Sally Gould Mark and Tina Granville With funds matched by the Thomson Reuters Matching Gifts Program Mary Gray Lloyd Greenberg Annual Fund Bill and Ellen Griffin In honor of the marriage of Mark Ewert and Steven Stichter Helen C. Hanes Martha D. Harper Robert Harper Deborah M. Harris Jeff and Susan Harris Josephine C. Harris Jane Wells Harrison Mary Flo and Keith Hatcher Frederick Heath and Merrily Orsini Phil Henderson Lloyd E. Herman Howard and June Hicks Dorothy D. Hodges Kim Howell Rogers and Victoria Howell Patricia and Darko Hreljanovic Julie Hubble In honor of the marriage of Mark Ewert and Steven Stichter Patti Hughes Monica Hunter Lauri and Richard Huss Trish Hutchens Thomas Hynes David and Robbie Irvin Lisanne Jacobson Smith Patricia N. Jay Lisa and Nick Joerling Klugh Jordan Ruth and Dan Jordan Sandy and Lindsay Jordan Thornton F. Jordan Kenneth and Virginia Karb Tamasin and Nicholas Kekic Timothy Knight Mary Pierce Lafleur Ashley and Peter Larkin Delores Lecky Amanda Lee Julia A. Leonard Doug Lewis June D. Lockhart Douglas A. Long Randy Long Robert Lynch Suzanne Marsh William P. Massey Ron and Harriet McClain Louise McConnell Kirby and Risden McElroy Amy K. McGrath Roy Baroff and Caroline McLaughlin Barbara Middleton Carlton Midyette Robert and Karen Milnes Myra Mimlitsch-Gray and Ken Gray Kate Missett Jennifer and Alex Moeller Ken Moore and Kathleen Buck Amanda Murdaugh In memory of Dick Woodman Cathie Murdaugh In memory of Dick Woodman, from Cathie and Trey Helen Neithercut Carolyn P. Nelson Jean Nevins Sam Newbury and Jan Myers-Newbury Kim Nikles Margaret and Kincaid Patterson Brian S. Pearson Rosemary L. Peduzzi Roi Malott Penton Jeff and Pam Peters Jon A. Philippi Margaret Phillips Reginald Yazid Pointer Lynn Pollard Paul W. Popish Suzanne Pugh Cynthia Quesenberry Victoria Rabinowe Grete E. Reppen Neil Richter and Constance A. Schulze Conny and James Riddell Chris Rifkin Jennifer Root Don Rorke In memory of Jean R. Rorke Suzie and Dennis Ross Nancy H. Rossi Geoff Roupas Greg and Aida Saul Dorothy Saxe Barbara C. Greiss and Dennis Scearce In honor of Barbara D. Greiss Lawrence and Irene Schaffner Jane and Ronald Schagrin Jack Schmidt Joe and Valerie Schnaufer Mrs. John T. Scott Charlene Sevier Annie Silverman Arlene Silvers Stephanie L. Smart and Allen Vander Meulen Bonnie and Jere Smith Paul J. Smith Mary Smoak Susan Sommer Sydney R. Sonneborn Denise Stephenson Susan and Edward Stickney Rebekah Strickland Sue Moss Sullivan Jim and Janet Suter In memory of Donald Swanson Janet Taylor Dan and Rebecca Terrible M. Thomas Tiernan Joe Todd Bob and Jane Trotman Jack Troy and Carolanne Currier Carl W. Tyler, Jr. Tyler Glass Guild Anna R. Upchurch Ursula Vann James and Jean Veilleux Stacey Wagner In honor of the marriage of Mark Ewert and Steven Stichter Ned Walley Susie Ward Janet Warner David Warshauer and Michele Maynard Ardath and Reagan Weaver In memory of Neta Riley Rita and Steve Weisskoff Howard Werner and Michelle Stuhl Charlotte Wickham Andrea C. Willey Catherine and Mason Williams Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wirsing Robbie Wolff Jean Woodall Stephen Lowe Young Paula W. Zellner Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Annual Fund Penland Friends—Associates (under $100) Camille Ames, an art major at Alfred University in New York, took four Penland workshops in a row during the summer of 2012 (she received college credit for all of them). She took a workshop in textiles, one in flameworked glass, and two in ceramics. “I had a productive year in college,” she said, “and I just wanted to keep going. I have been able to see myself progress so much this summer. I found that all of the classes informed each other in terms of surface and form.” Anonymous () Karin Abromaitis Deane and Roger Ackerman Renee B. Altman Jesse Anderson Harvard L. Armus Julia Arredondo Charlotte Arrendell Martha Ashby Barbara Pitts Aycock John and Lee Ann Aylward Herb Babcock Eve and Stephen Balboni Nancy Baldwin Dorothy Gill Barnes Kay Barrow LaTonia Barto Rebecca Barton Mary A. Batsch Patrick Beggs Chris Beloni Sandra Belozercovsky and Alan Weiner Astrid H. Bennett Susan E. Bergman Peter Bernett Florence Berryhill Marcel Biland Nisa Blackmon Jeremy and Anne Bonner Meredith Knapp Brickell and Ray Duffey Kathryn S. Brock Dariel Buczek Lorimer Burns Bernard Y. Calvert, III Jeanne Campbell Michael and Mary Jo Campbell Alice Cappa Vivianne L. Carey Linda Casbon Daniel Cater Johannes Causey Cynthia Cetlin Norma Cheren Sheila Clark Morgan Clifford Clover School District In memory of Mrs. Betsy Shirley Margaret and Dan Cogswell Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Vicki E. Cohen Eli Corbin Carol Cowan-Lanyon In memory of John Metcalf Gail Cozart Williams Allison Dahle and Lou Pounder Linda Darty and Terry A. Smith Lynne H. Davis Charles M. Davis Ivy M. Derderian Lance and Lenore Deutsch Deborah L. Dillaway and Alan Lifson Joe Dinwiddie Ellen Dissanayake Margaret Donaldson Taylee Dragovan Donna Jean Dreyer Lynn Duryea Fay Davis Edwards Stanley and Rhoda Epstein Cecelia Erwin Thomas W. Eshelman and Jeanne Finan Cary Esser Cass and Andy Faller Kayla Farrell Jeni Cecil Feeser Len and Joyce Fidler Heather Fletcher W. Ann Forbes Nita Forde Marie Fornaro Judith H. Foster Arthur L. Fox, Jr. and Jeanne W. Fox Mary Francis Ed and Sue Frankel Jose Fumero and Herbert Cohen Ben Galata Donna J. Globus Pat Glowa and Don Kollisch Martin I. Goldstein M. A. Gonzalez Maria L. Grandinette Suzanne E. Grinnan Ted and Susie Gross In honor of Bill & Linda Farthing Gregory W. Guenther Frances Guerra Beverly Halpert Robert W. Hamilton Cheryl A. Harper Annual Fund Sarah S. Harvey Ross R. Hatch and Phyllis H. Hatch SueMac Hatcher Michael Dwayne Hawks Lana Heckendorn and Michael Meketon Alix Hitchcock Dorothy D. Hodges In honor of Larry Brady Sheila Hoffman Roald Hoffmann Christopher M. Hoina, Sr. Claire Holliday Cathy Holt Phil Homes April Horton Human & Rohde, Inc. Izach Hyde Marcy Irby William K. Jackson Florence K. Jaffa Kati James Joyce and Gilbert Johnson In memory of Ernest Morgan Audrey W. Jones Lane Jones In honor of Mike Wright and Bob Glascock Satoko Kajima-Best Lydia A. Kalyna Laura E. Kellar Janet Kelman Dorlin and Susan Kerr Barbara Kiger Joyce and Gary King Laura Kolinski-Schultz Janet Koplos Sylvia and Jim Kortan Karen F. Krieger Suzanne Krill Betsy Kruger Mec and Larry Lacewell Adryin Lackey Mollie Lakin-Hayes June and Ken Lambla Joe S. Lee Marc Leuthold Theresa Livingston Thomas Loeser and Bird Ross Carol and David Lombardo Laurel Lovrek Danielle Luscombe Sandra MacDonald Roger Mandel Melissa L. Marschner Judith and Todd Marshall Kathleen Martinson Carole McCracken Dale McEntire Pamela and Mike McKee Tasha McKelvey Nanc Meinhardt Roger Mellick Alice C. Merritt Nancy Merritt Ron and Hester Meyers Bonnie Miller James R. Miller Abby Minor Ann Montera Beverly Barr Moore Sarah Morgan Wingfield Herman Lester Morris Bobby B. Mosley David Mullis and Phyllis Long Mullis Sana Musasama Charles and Cynthia Nash Alan R. Newman and Wendy Saul Holbrook Newman Kate L. Newsom Lucy Nims-La Fleche Robin Noble-Lehan John O’Connor Elmerina and Paul Parkman Fredrick Parrish Andra Patterson Deborah Patton Thomas Paulson Barbara J. Payne Laura Peery Jane Peiser Dan J. Peterman Robert Poe Harold C. Poole, Jr. Evelyn Pursley Mary Ann Rahe Tut and Harry Riddick Rosalind Rich Rieser Ann Robinson Johnie and Lorraine Robinson Michael F. Rohde Joyce Rosenfeld Jill Ruhlman Lynette K. Russell Michael and Ruth Rutkowsky Arturo Alonzo Sandoval Paula Satinoff Alice and Bruce Schlein Kaete Brittin Shaw Marjorie Simon Ethel Simpson J. Paul Sires and Ruth Ava Lyons Karen Skrinde Malena Smither Shirley A. Sparr Teresa Stack Mrs. Julia Stebbins In memory of Elizabeth “Betsy” Ewing Shirley Steven R. Stegner B. Stewart Brigitta Elise Stoner Sarah Swanson Paul Sykes Allison Taylor Pat Thibodeaux and Glenn Squires Adam G. Thomson, III Louise M. Todd Peggy Hale Towson Nancy Tsipolitis In memory of Betsy Shirley Joeseph C.P. Turner Tom F. Urban Nancy B. Ustach Betsy B. Vaden Valueprint, Inc Corinne W. Vargas Alice Vaughan Kimberlie Wade Barbara Lankford Watts Mary Weiss Rachel Williams Regina and William Willoughby Barbara V. Wishy C. Lincoln and Denielle Wolfe Marguerite Wood Sherri L. Wood Janie Yates Susan Zepeda Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Andrew Glasgow Writers Residency Resident Writer: Christopher Benfey A Writer Christopher Benfey watching a demonstration by clay instructor Martina Lantin. s the writer selected for the Andrew Glasgow Writing Residency, Christopher Benfey was at Penland for two weeks that spanned two sessions and included the July parade and a massive thunderstorm that left the campus without power for a day. He began an evening program by reading a poem he wrote about the power outage (see page 41). and followed that with a series of readings from his recent book Red Brick, Black Mountain,White Clay, which intertwines memoir, family history, and cultural history. Christopher is the Mellon Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts. He has written a series of books about American arts and letters and contributes regularly to the The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, and other magazines. I had a chance to sit and talk with him about his stay at Penland and began by simply asking for his impressions. “Well, I’m in love with the place,” he replied. “I came under the best possible circumstances: I was invited with no clear duties beyond interacting with people and doing my work, doing a reading, and soaking up the vibes. I guess the biggest surprise for me has been a sense of shared purpose between Penland and Black Mountain College. Now that I’m at the center of American higher education—as acting dean of faculty at Mount Holyoke—I spend a lot of time thinking about where American education has gone wrong and what glimmers of possibility there are in the past for a different way to do things. “We live in a time where the stress is so much on testable outcomes. Places like Black Mountain and—as I can see it and feel it now—Penland, are places that have, I think, great urgency as alternative paths. There’s some kind of irony in the fact that some of our most experimental and exciting and truly alternative schools started at the time of the Depression. You know, in times of scarcity when civilization has gone down a few dead ends, you hope that those are going to be times of some kind of creativity, some kind of attempt at finding another way. And that, miraculously, seems to have happened in the s. “Our own, post- or maybe post- response seems to be retrenchment. It’s almost as though all our schools now are vocational schools in the sense that they are preparing students to be part of a kind of highly productive social machinery. And we know at some level that’s crazy, that’s not why students have been coming to American colleges and universities for the past sixty or seventy years. So I’m sort of hoping that we will see soon, if it’s not happening already, a sense that we need to breath some sort of new spirit into higher education. “So I think Black Mountain and schools like Penland came up with this idea of these short residencies where people are trying new things starting now! Sunday night, go! You barely get moved in and we are already doing it. There are demonstrations, instructions, and doors opened by highly skilled artists, and the students are just pushed in and, go do it! And if you mess up, so what? A lot of people here have talked about being nonjudgmental but with high standards. It’s like these twinned energies.You can fall flat on your face, we aren’t giving grades, but we still have high standards. And in some ways the educational world I see is almost the opposite. It’s like the grades are so important and the standards are almost a different thing. “So my overall sense is that people have a wonderful time here and it really feels like—it really is—an experiment in education.” –Robin Dreyer Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Other Gifts Government and Foundation Grants Penland receives support each year from a variety of private foundations and local, state, and federal government agencies.These awards supported the operating and capital needs of the school including Penland’s studio operations, community collaborations, scholarships, housing, and historic preservation. Penland manages and reports on each grant according to the time frame and guidelines of the granting institutions.This report includes institutions from which grant funds were received in Penland’s fiscal year (May , to April , ). Beattie Foundation Blumenthal Foundation Bresler Foundation Cousins Foundation, Inc. Dana Foundation Flora Family Foundation Golden Pearl Foundation Grable Foundation I.A. O’Shaughnessy Foundation Julian Price Family Foundation Mitchell County Board of Education National Endowment for the Arts Nicholson Foundation North Carolina Arts Council Paulsen Family Foundation Samuel L. Phillips Family Foundation The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation Strickland Family Foundation Sustainable Arts Foundation Charles E. and Ellen H. Taylor Family Foundation Thomas S. Kenan Foundation Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts United Way of Mitchell County Wells Fargo Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundation William States Lee Foundation Windgate Charitable Foundation Special Events Contributions These supporters served as hosts of Penland Friends and alumni gatherings during fiscal year (May , to April , ).This also includes individuals who were participants in off-site educational experiences, such as the Japan trip, during the same timeframe. Michael Adams Cathy and Alan Adelman Lisa and Dudley Anderson Patsy Beyer Janet Farber Elkan and James M. Elkan Fenwick Foundation Jan Freeman Louise Glickman Glen and Florence Hardymon Patti Quinn Hill Jim and Marlene Hubbell Bobby and Claudia Kadis Mina Levin and Ron Schwarz Susan Parker Martin and Alan Belzer Suzanne Mellichamp Mary and Mike Parker Laura Taft Paulsen and William F. Paulsen Jon Slaughter Pelegrin Kaola and Frank Phoenix Rob Pulleyn Sam T. Reynolds Yolanda Sanchez Jan Serr and John K. Shannon Ms. Phyllis Shapiro Claudia and Milton Williams Julia R. Woodman Dr. Wallace C. Wu and Mona Wu Barbara Young Andrew Glasgow Writers Residency The Andrew Glasgow Writers Residency provides emerging and established writers, scholars, and curators with time to conduct research and write on topics that advance the craft field. This program is intended for writers who would benefit from focused time in a retreat environment, who have project goals related to craft, and who want to interact with studio artists in the Penland community.The following individuals made gifts during fiscal year 2013 (May 1, 2012 to April 30, 2013) to support this program. Ann Batchelder and Henri Kieffer Andrew Glasgow Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Other Gifts The auctions that take place at the end of each session are an important source of support for Penland’s scholarship programs. For more than fifteen years, David Little (second from right) presided over these auctions as MC and auctioneer. David died suddenly of a heart attack in the spring of 2013. Through these auction he helped Penland raise more than a million dollars for scholarships. In addition to being an excellent auctioneer, he was always up for a bit of fun and was never thrown off by the enthusiastic silliness that is often part of these events. We greatly miss his presence. Restricted Gifts 0 to 60: The Experience of Time through Contemporary Art Lisa and Dudley Anderson The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts W. Kent Davis Fenwick Foundation Hedy Fischer and Randy Shull Carlos Garcia-Velez JDavis Architects, PLLC Bobby and Claudia Kadis Mina Levin and Ron Schwarz Barbara N. McFadyen and Douglass Phillips North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation, Inc. Barbara and Sam Wells William R. Kenan Jr. Endowment for Educational Exhibitions Windgate Charitable Foundation Administration Anonymous Community Education Kids Camp Rebecca Banner Paulus Berensohn Cynthia Bringle Edwina Bringle Jane Crowe Kerstin Davis Susan Dunn Debra Frasier Lori and Ken Gilcrist Jeffrey M. Goodman and Margot Atuk Ryan Helsel Amanda Hollifield Elizabeth Kelly Michael Kline and Stacey Lane Julia A. Leonard Courtney Martin North Carolina Arts Council Wes Stitt Cindy Taylor Taylor Townsend, D.D.S. United Way of Mitchell County Susan van der Vorst Amy Weinmeister Cass and Andy Faller Rachael and Senator Thom Goolsby Rebecca Lance Rotary Club of Spruce Pine Kelly Rothe and Jeff Polgar St. Thomas Episcopal Church United Community Banks Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Metals Studio Stella Schloss and Dr. Neil Parker Miscellaneous Windgate Charitable Foundation Penland General Endowment Robyn and John Horn Wood Studio Sarah Lee Elson and Louis Goodman Elson In honor of John Lee's 80th birthday Scholarships Scholarships These individuals made gifts in fiscal year (May , to April , ) to establish or increase the endowments of named scholarship funds. Endowed scholarship funds are an important source of support for a stable scholarship program. These funds will ensure that artists for generations to come are able to study at Penland and pursue their artistic dreams. A full Penland scholarship can be endowed for $, and a work-study scholarship can be endowed for $,. If you are interested in learning more about creating or supporting an endowed scholarship fund, please contact our development office. “Principal gift to fund” refers to gifts of $, or more. Janet Taylor Acosta Memorial Scholarship Fund Martha Morrill Larry Brady and Edward Jones Scholarship Fund Richard P. Hurley Frank Sutton and Eric Martinez Elizabeth Brim Scholarship Fund Drs. Kent and Bob Leslie Cynthia Bringle and Edwina Bringle Scholarship Fund C. Matthew Taylor Orville and Pat Chatt Memorial Scholarship Fund George and Frances Newman Mary Schnelly and Gene Phelps Lenore Davis and Bill Helwig Scholarship Fund Estate of Bill Helwig Principal gift to fund Paul H. and Ginger S. Duensing Scholarship Fund Ginger Duensing Horn Scholarship Fund Robyn and John Horn Principal gift to fund Bobby Kadis Scholarship Fund Danny and Caroline Kadis Donna Kadis Jeff and Shauna Kadis Lasater Drawing and Painting Scholarship Fund Robin Hanes Principal gift to fund Marcia Macdonald Scholarship Fund Mary Anderson Meredith College Scholarship Fund Anne Dahle Principal gift to fund Jane Peiser Scholarship Fund Anonymous () Sarah Ackerman Judy Adler Finn Alban Jane Alexander John and Judy Alexander Lillian Alexander Heather Allen Marcia K. Allen Louise Allred Carole Anders Stanley and Karen Andersen Julie Anderson Lisa and Dudley Anderson Margaret Anderson Rebecca C. Anderson Mary Anglin Ariel Gallery William and Linda Ashendorf Gerson and Wilma Asrael Jane and Robert Avinger Barbara Pitts Aycock Beverly and Gene Ayscue Mary Lou and Jim Babb Robert J. Bahr Baldwin Davis Group Ruth and William Barnett Kay Barrow Tim and Sarah Belk James and Patricia Bent Paulus Berensohn William and Katherine Bernstein Harold and Anita Berry Elizabeth and James Bethune Sara Bissette Lisa Blackburn and John Hartom Robbie and Larry Blackwell Sandra Blain Jerri Blumenthal The Blumenthal Foundation Judith and Robert Boardman Sue Moser Boggs Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Boker Natalie R. Boorman Alice Bost Elizabeth Boxley Lillian Bradford Larry Brady Anita Wilkinson Brame Frances Brenner Pam Brewer Cynthia Bringle Edwina Bringle Mark and Cathy Brown Martha and Joe Buck Wanda W. Burnett M. Blake Caldwell Christopher Lee Campbell Claire Cannon Christopher Mary Carrigan Janis G. Chapman Rob and Lacy Chapman Mary Charles and Robert Boyett Marion L. Johnson Church Lutu and Tom Coffey Ruffin Collett and Jim Crisp Jim Congleton and Bill Fuller Jane Mills Conlan Patricia K. Conlon Patti Connor-Greene Marti Corwin Melinda Covington Nancy Craemer Martha and Greg Crampton Judith Crouch Jane Crowe Bob and Peggy Culbertson Carol Dabbs Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Scholarships “By awarding me this wonderful experience, you have lightened my financial burden, which allows me to focus more on learning skills that will bring my artwork to a new level. Without this scholarship, I would never have been able to come to Penland. I hope to take what I have learned during my stay here and help push the arts and influence others around me.” –Daniel Grant Kelso, who received a Higher Education Partners Scholarship from Penland and Murray State University in Kentucky to attend a woodcarving workshop with Hunt Clark Ariel Lauren Wilson Kevin Davis Judy Dechar Ellen and Bert Denker Lance and Lenore Deutsch Roz Dever Susan and Dennis Devereux Robert Dillard Donna Jean Dreyer Frank E. Driscoll and Mary Cain Driscoll Cary F. Driver Dr. Charles and Carolyn Duckett Mr. and Mrs. William B. Duncan In memory of Eileen Sharpe Barbara Eastwood Patricia T. Edwards Jon Ellenbogen and Rebecca Plummer Elizabeth Ellett Betty Epanchin Annie and Jim Erneston Janice C. Farley Susan Feagin Cynthia Fedder W. Ann Forbes Steven Forbes-deSoule John T. and Patricia Ford Sandra Foy Joyce Fritz Don and Marcia Gabriel Jock and Mickey Gault Terry Gess and Carmen Grier Sally Gore Susan Carr Gossman Laura and Michael Grace Becky Gray and Richard Kennedy Kate Green Sara Gress Carole Guyton Barbara Haliburton Barbara Hall Mebane Ham Fletcher Hassenfelt Jane Hatcher Linda Henderson M. Hessberg Pat Hillhouse Truman and Debbie Hobbs Dorothy D. Hodges Dwight M. Holland Mrs. R. Calvin Holland Keith and Marquitta Holtsclaw Lonni Hopkins Studio Jewelry Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Morgan and Jack Horner Judith Bennett Howard Elizabeth Huber In memory of Catherine C. Huber Robert and Barbara Hunter Terri and Steve Huntley Marcy Irby Pauline Ireland Millicent Iris Frances and Wayne Irvin Flora L. Jacobson Lisa and Nick Joerling Lauren Johnson Leah Joseph Peggy Joyce Florence Kendall and Donita Dunbar Sally Kennedy Aisha King Linda King-Thomas Kathy and Larry Krabill Susan and David Larson Joslin LeBauer Matthew LeBauer Diane Lee Donna Lee In memory of Vivian Wommack W.C. Lee Norman Levin Rob and Wanda Levin Emil Liddell Suze Lindsay and Kent McLaughlin Little Art Gallery Inc. Suzanne Lockett Isaac and Sonia Luski Jean Lynch Beth and Rob Mangum Andrea and Bob Maricich James G. Martin and Dorothy M. Martin Kathleen D. Martin John and Dee Mason Mary Ann and C. Knox Massey, Jr. William P. Massey Frances and Samuel Maury Mamie Caycie McAlister Nedra F. McCraw Connie McCreary Sara and Bob McDonnell Linda and Mike McFarling Paula McGuire Grace and John McKinnon Jean W. McLaughlin and Thomas H. Spleth Scholarships Susan and Pac McLaurin Barbara Millhouse Sharon Mills Kate Missett Richard Montgomery Patricia A. Moorehead Martha Morrill Sandy Morris Betsy W. Moser Michelle Mullen Ann P. Mullican Cathie and Amanda Murdaugh Louise Napier Sheila Naughton Dina Nelson Steve Noggle Thomas and Patty Norman Michale M. Nuccio Peggy Oliver Jim and Shirl Parmentier August and Christie Pattin Mark Peiser Carol H. Pharr Carolyn Phillips Gina Phillips Robert and Suzanne Plati Sandra Player J.Timothy Prout Rob Pulleyn Dosty and Alex Quarrier John and Johanne Ramsey Tom and Kay Rankin Christine and Richard Rappoport Polly Redd Wendy S. Reid Ted and Rita Reynolds Joan Rich and Nyla Ahrens Rising Sun Pottery Linda M. Roberts Susan L. Robinson Susan P. Rouse Jill Ruhlman Edwin and Leslie Rusgo Joan C. Rutledge With funds matched by the Reynolds American Foundation Matching Grant Program Erika Sanger and John Vasquez Steve and Yorke Sartorio Peggy Kepley Savas Shirley Scarbrough Katherine Schoellhorn Laura P. Schulman, MD Norm and Gloria Schulman Lizz and Frie Schulz Sharon Schuster Kenneth and Connie Sedberry Martha and Gregory Selby Jean Selman Douglas Sheafor Linda Silber Melanie and Russ Sizemore Lisa M. Slatt and Alan Spanos Betsy Smith Star Smith Carol Smithwick Barbara and Arthur Sohn Harry V. Souchon Steven R. Stegner Connie Stockdale Buzz and Polly Strasser David and Frances Strawn Charles and Martha Sutton Janet Taylor Patricia and John Tector Natalie Teichman Brenda Thomas Drs. John A. Thompson, Jr. and Lee Rocamora Katy Thompson Meredith Thompson E.M. and Anita Toler Nancy Townsend Heather Houska Trimlett Bill and Sue Troutman Rick Tupper Linda Turner Daisy Wade Bridges Don and Karen Walker Marvin and Diane Walker Diana Parrish and Max Wallace Sue Walser Susie Ward Sandra J. Weaver Ann Weil Jane C. Weir Barbara and Sam Wells Malcolm and Dottie West Dale White Doug and Mary White Nancy White Sarah Whittington Sarah and Worth Williamson Rosalind Willis and Gregory Olson Patricia R. Wilson Emily C. Winburn Kay Workman Mike Wright and Bob Glascock Patricia Kilguss Wright Penland Clay Scholarship Fund Anonymous Scott Mullennix and Hilary M. Wilson The Signature Gallery Penland Drawing and Painting Scholarship Fund Anna Reamer Baker Nancy Baldwin Penland Metals Scholarship Fund Anonymous Principal gift to fund Sheila Gaddie The Signature Gallery School Teachers Scholarship Fund Mical Heyman Schneider In honor of the marriage of Joshua Tepper and Sofia Ikura and in memory of Albert and Dorthy Heyman Windgate Scholarship Fund Robyn and John Horn Windgate Charitable Foundation Principal gift to fund Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Scholarships Scholarship Student Profile: Kayo Yokoyama I Kayo Yokoyama, who received the Isaac and Sonia Luski Scholarship, working in the Penland glass studio. t’s impossible to miss the ghostly trees in Australia-based glass artist Kayo Yokoyama’s recent work. Frozen in the surface of the glass, Kayo’s engraved branches and leaves evoke both rootedness and groundlessness—two impulses present when she talks about her time at Penland. Kayo first came to Penland in as an Isaac and Sonia Luski Scholarship recipient. The award is given annually to provide a full scholarship to a student of exceptional talent for a summer session. Kayo joined a workshop taught by glass sculptors Richard Meitner and Michael Rogers. “Being given the time to work was amazing,” Kayo said of her experience. “Working in the evenings or anytime, without any constraints, was really valuable.” This grounded time reconnected her with her own roots as a glass artist, which she set down in the late nineties, when she first stepped into a public glass studio in Japan for a workshop. In the summer of , Kayo returned to Penland as a studio assistant for a class taught by fellow Australian glass artist Masahiro Asaka. Being back in the studio with an artist she knew was freeing to Kayo, and supporting students drew her to explore with others the potential of the medium in new ways. Kayo laughed heartily when I asked about her strongest memory of the summer, and then recalled the freak thunderstorm that flooded the glass studio and felled a tree nearby—a time she won’t forget, as it sent everyone in the studio scattering to block the water coming in and to get the kilns back on. Something about the event—and how everyone in the studio leapt into action to keep the space intact—is etched in Kayo’s definition of Penland. “It’s the people you meet at Penland, being around other people and artists, that is unique,” she said. Looking closely at Kayo’s trees in glass, one senses the importance of place in her work—places where one can enter a more meditative space, and sit apart from the animated world for awhile. “Penland is a long way from Australia, and I’m so glad to have been able to travel there twice,” she said. “I hope to make it back.” –Elaine Bleakney Named Scholarships These endowed and annually funded scholarships were awarded in fiscal year (May , to April , ). Most of Penland’s named scholarships are awarded during our summer classes but several of them apply to spring and fall concentrations. If you are interested in learning more about how to establish an endowed or annually funded scholarship, please contact our development office. Endowed Scholarships Janet Taylor Acosta Memorial Scholarship Fund Established in memory of a woman who deeply appreciated Penland Samuel A. Almon Scholarship Fund Established in memory of Samuel Almon Milton Baxt Scholarship Fund Established in memory of Milton Baxt Dr. Jerrold Belitz Scholarship Fund Established through a bequest from Jerrold Belitz Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Abby Watkins Bernon Scholarship Fund Established in memory of Abby Watkins Bernon Larry Brady and Edward Jones Scholarship Fund Established by Larry Brady and friends and family of Edward K. Jones (-) Carey G. Bringle, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund Established by friends and family in memory of Carey G. Bringle, Jr. Scholarships Cynthia Bringle and Edwina Bringle Scholarship Fund Established by the Charles E. and Ellen H. Taylor Family Foundation in honor of Cynthia Bringle and Edwina Bringle Orville and Pat Chatt Memorial Scholarship Fund Established by Mary Schnelly, Gene Phelps, and David Chatt Collins, Evans, Massey Scholarship Fund Established in honor of Mr. and Mrs.T. Clyde Collins, Lisbeth C. Evans, and William P. Massey Paul H. and Ginger S. Duensing Scholarship Fund Established by friends and family in memory of Paul Hayden Duensing Eastern North Carolina Scholarship Fund Established by Lisa and Dudley Anderson and Eastern North Carolina friends of the school Glass/Apple Scholarship Fund Established by Ed and Sue Glass and the Apple Foundation Grovewood Gallery Scholarship Fund Established by the Grovewood Gallery of Asheville in honor of Doug Sigler Huntley-Tidwell Scholarship Fund Established by Hellena Huntley Tidwell and Isaiah Tidwell Bobby Kadis Scholarship Fund Established by the family of Bobby Kadis LeBlanc Scholarship Fund Established by Steve and Ellen LeBlanc John and Ione Lee Scholarship Fund Established by John and Ione Lee Harvey and Bess Littleton Scholarship Fund Established by the Hellers of Heller Gallery and Harvey and Bess Littleton Marcia Macdonald Scholarship Fund Established in loving memory of Marcia Macdonald Ann Skipper McAden Scholarship Fund Established by the estate and family of Ann Skipper McAden Mendes Family Scholarship Fund Established by Jenny Mendes and the Joseph Mendes and Molly Mendes Family Charitable Fund Lucy C. Morgan Scholarship Fund Established in honor of Penland’s founder John Neff Memorial Scholarship Fund Established by friends of John Neff David and Pat Nevin Scholarship Fund Established by Pat Nevin Betty Oliver Scholarship Fund Established by the friends and family of Betty Oliver Mark Peiser Scholarship Fund Established by Judy and Jim Moore in honor of Mark Peiser Penland Flameworking Scholarship Fund Established by Judy and Jim Moore Penland Vision Scholarship Fund Established by Judy and Jim Moore in honor of Jimmy, Heather, Colin,Tyler, and Eliza Royal Michael Pierschalla Scholarship Fund Established in memory of Michael Pierschalla Richard Ritter Scholarship Fund Established by Judy and Jim Moore in honor of Richard Ritter Betsy and Marc Rowland Scholarship Fund Established by Betsy and Marc Rowland Tommie Rush and Richard Jolley Scholarship Fund Established by Ron and Lisa Brill and family in honor of Tommie Rush and Richard Jolley School Teachers Scholarship Fund Established by friends and family of Dorothy Heyman Norm and Gloria Schulman Scholarship Fund Established by friends of Norm and Gloria Schulman Steele-Reese Scholarship Fund Established by the Steele-Reese Foundation Lenore G. Tawney Scholarship Fund Established by the Lenore G.Tawney Foundation Teacher Training Scholarship Fund Established anonymously Sarah Everett Toy Memorial Scholarship Fund Established by Sarah Lee Elson and Louis Goodman Elson, John and Ione Lee, and Janet Lee Windgate Scholarship Fund Established by the Windgate Charitable Foundation Christy Wright Endowment for Glass Art Established by friends and family of Christy Wright Annually Funded Scholarships Benisch-Allen Scholarship Funded by Barbara Benisch and Jacque Allen Birkhill Glass Scholarship Funded by the Birkhill Family Foundation Elizabeth Brim Scholarship Funded by Dr. Kent Leslie Bob and Peggy Culbertson Scholarship Funded by Bob and Peggy Culbertson Dana Foundation Glass Scholarship Funded by the Birkhill Family Foundation Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) Scholarship Funded by Cathy and Alan Adelman Higher Education Partnership Scholarships Funded by recipient colleges and universities, Windgate Charitable Foundation, and Penland School William R. Kenan Institute Fellowships Funded by the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts Isaac and Sonia Luski Scholarship Funded by Isaac and Sonia Luski McMurray Scholarship Funded by Charles McMurray Ron and Sue Meier Scholarship Funded by Ron and Sue Meier Mitchell High School Scholarship Funded by Penland School Patricia Nevin Scholarship Funded by Pat Nevin Marcia and Seymour Sabesin Scholarship Funded by Marcia and Seymour Sabesin Mary Anna Box and Melvin Sidney Stanforth Scholarship Funded by Jerry Jackson and Jeff Harris Antony Swider Art Education Scholarship Funded by the Penland Endowment for Art Education UNC Chapel Hill Minority Student Scholarship Funded by Dr. Olive Greenwald and UNC-Chapel Hill Art Department Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Art Donations Art Donations Penland benefits from the extraordinary generosity of its community of artists. Each year, many current and former instructors, core fellows, and resident artists donate work to the annual benefit auction. Artists also donate to Art for Penland, a web-based art-sales program, and to special exhibitions in galleries around the country. Lucy Morgan Leader art donors contributed work valued at $, or more.This list includes work donated to the annual benefit auction. Lucy Morgan Leader Art Donors This steel kimono, made from a recycled barrel by artist Gordon Chandler, was part of the 2012 auction. Cathy Adelman Joseph Anderson Junichiro Baba Dan Bailey Miles Bair Alice Ballard Boris Bally Tom Bartel Rick Beck Daniel T. Beck John Beerman Paulus Berensohn Alex Gabriel Bernstein William Bernstein Janis Miltenberger Joe Bova Jana Brevick Elizabeth Brim Cynthia Bringle Lola Brooks Thor Bueno Jennifer Bueno Mark Burleson David Butler Susan Goethel Campbell Gordon Chandler David K. Chatt Jeffrey Clancy Daniel G. Clayman James D.W. Cooper Cristina Córdova Beatrice Coron Jim Cotter Kimberly L. Cridler Pearl Dick Steve Dixon Dail Dixon Stephen D. Edwards Matt Eskuche Daniel Essig Vicki Essig Micah Evans Dustin Farnsworth Fred Fenster Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Shane Fero Alida Fish Steven Forbes-deSoule Phillip Garrett Carmen Grier Susan Hagen Hoss Haley Douglas Harling Pinkney Herbert Deborah Horrell Thomas M. Huang Thomas Hucker Martin Janecky Keith Johnson Daniel Johnston Richard Jolley Alicia Keshishian Stoney Lamar Jeong Ju Lee Anne Lemanski Beth Lipman Carmen Lozar Jeannine Marchand Daniel Marinelli Rachel Meginnes Jenny Mendes Stephanie Metz Rachel Miller Bea Nettles Gary Lee Noffke Dennis O’Neil Kelly Phelps and Kyle Phelps Kenny Pieper Jason Pollen Dean Pulver Ché Rhodes Richard Ritter Holly Roberts Michael Rogers Tommie Rush Phil Sanders Mary Ann Scherr Natasha Seedorf Tom M. Shields Clarissa Sligh Art Donations Tom Spleth Jim Stone Billie Ruth Sudduth Tim Tate Shoko Teruyama and Matt Kelleher Anna Tomczak Triesch Voelker Jo Whaley John Wood Julia Woodman Other Art Donations Adela Akers Stanley Mace Andersen Jennifer Anderson Daniel J. Anderson Eleanor R. Annand Phillip Baldwin Kenneth Baskin Hayne Bayless Scott Benefield Jamie Bennett Chris Berti Lisa Blackburn Sandra Blain Ken Bova George Bowes Christina Boy Deborah Brackenbury Edwina Bringle Jean Buescher-Bartlett Jason Bige Burnett Jay Burnham-Kidwell Judy Byron Geoff Calabrese Joseph S. Cavalieri Jon Chapman Fong Choo Sam Chung David Clemons Margaret Couch Cogswell David Court Marianne Dages Shane Darwent Virginia Derryberry Daniel Dicaprio Courtney L. Dodd Sondra L. Dorn Judith Duff Robert Ebendorf David Eichelberger Jon Ellenbogen and Rebecca Plummer Kim Ellington Catharine Ellis Bridget Elmer Angela Fina Lisa Frank April D. Franklin Gail Fredell Susan Ganch Terry Gess Marguerite Jay Gignoux Kristi Glick John Glick Jenna Goldberg Joanna Gollberg Maricela Gutierrez Campos Susan Halls Susanne Halvorson Frank Hamrick Abie Harris Peggy Hart Yukari Hayashida Kreh Mellick Andrew S. Hayes Sarah Heimann Chuck Hindes Gina Hubler Michael Hunt and Naomi Dalglish Nicholas Joerling Robert Johnson Beth Ross Johnson Robin Johnston Aimee Joyaux Gail M. Kendall Kathy King Lisa Klakulak Martina Lantin James Lawton Jacquelyn Tait-Leebrick Yoav Liberman Kent McLaughlin Suze Lindsay Janet Link Sarah Loertscher Steven Loucks Kaeko Maehata Kate F. Meleney C. James Meyer Kate Missett Clarence Morgan Sana Musasama Lilith Eberle Nielander Leslie Noell Richard Notkin Chandler O’Leary Kathryn Osgood Winnie Owens-Hart Roger Parramore Maxine Payne Goedele Peeters Chris Peregoy Ronan K. Peterson Suzanne Pugh Amy Putansu Robyn A. Raines Laura Richens Sang Parkinson Roberson Alyssa C. Salomon Beth Schaible Jon Shearin Marjorie Simon Brent Skidmore Dolph Smith Gertrude Graham Smith McKenzie Smith Kevin Snipes Aaron Sober Lisa Sorrell Liz Sparks Jessica Spring Sam Stang Hillary Steel Amy Tavern Janet R. Taylor Bob Trotman Jack Troy Marlene True Ruthanne Tudball Caroline H. Vaughan James Viste Terri Warpinski Mark Warren Susan Webster Heather F. Wetzel Catherine White Lana Wilson Paul Wong Hiroko Yamada gwendolyn yoppolo Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Annual Benefit Auction Penland’s 27th Annual Benefit Auction In addition to providing significant resources for Penland’s annual operations, the benefit auction is an opportunity for collectors and art lovers to visit Penland and to see and acquire exceptional works of contemporary craft. Penland received the support of artists who donated work and volunteers who made the weekend a great success.We thank our patrons, artists, sponsors and volunteers who made the th Annual Benefit Auction held on August & , a great success. Auction Sponsors Auction Patron ($5,000) American Craft magazine Blue Ridge Printing Ernst & Young, LLP Hallmark Capital Management Tryon Distributing Our State magazine David H. Ramsey Commercial Photography SOFA CHICAGO WNC magazine Auction Supporter ($2,500) Polly Allen Alex and Ashlea Bollendorf Wade and Brenda Brickhouse Lisbeth C. Evans and Jim Lambie Glen and Florence Hardymon Susan Parker Martin and Alan Belzer Sharon Mills David and Clemmer Montague Kay and Robert Norris Rob Williams and Warren Womble American Style magazine Blue Ridge Soap Shed $1,000–$2,499 Auction Associate ($1,500) Classic Event Rental EbenConcepts Jon Ellenbogen and Rebecca Plummer Norman Sound & Productions, Inc. Painter Pinkney Herbert blowing a harmonica riff before asking auction patrons to raise their paddles in support of Penland’s new drawing and painting studio. $2,500–$4,999 Auction Patrons These are auction patrons who made contributions through ticket purchases, artist sponsorships, outright gifts, and the purchase of art above retail value. Auction Contributions $10,000 and above Robyn and John Horn Ann and Thomas Cousins $5,000–$9,999 Cathy and Alan Adelman Lisa and Dudley Anderson James D. Clubb Ed and Sue Glass Barbara and Jim Goodmon Shelton and Carol Gorelick Barbara N. McFadyen and Douglass Phillips Tom and Toni Oreck Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Stephen and Enee Abelman Suzanne and Walter Allen Mary Lou and Jim Babb Elizabeth and James Bethune Philip and Amy Blumenthal Larry Brady Fleur Bresler Fay and Phelan Bright Janis G. Chapman Adam and Shelley Colvin Jane Mills Conlan John and Jennifer Culver Greg Cumbaa Anne Dahle Christa and Robert Faut Fenwick Foundation John and Linda Garrou Adrienne and Harvey Gossett Laura and Michael Grace Marc and Tamra Grossberg D. Lowrance and Brucie Harry Pinkney and Janice Herbert Morgan and Jack Horner The Thomas S. Kenan Foundation Jack and Candy Kruesi George H. Lanier Michel and Whit Moore Richard Osborne Kaola and Frank Phoenix Rob Pulleyn Mary Regan Annual Benefit Auction Eric S. Rohm and Amy Hockett Jim Samsel and Kim McGuire Mary Schnelly and Gene Phelps William M. Singer and Catherine Sweeney Singer Dr. Russell Tippins and Randy New Caroline To Wells Fargo Bank Edward Westreicher and Phillip E. Hoover Rick and Brenda Wheeler Mike Wright and Bob Glascock Patricia Young $500–$999 Robert Annas and Doug Shaw Stanley Asrael John and Maureen Ausura Eric and Jill Becker Sanford R. Berlin Daniel A. Bloom and Barry Golivesky Dorothy and Clyde Collins Paul Cookson and Jim Walsh Bob and Peggy Culbertson Charles M. Davis Beverly W. Dawson Andy Dews and Tom Warshauer Jane and Jim Fernandes Jerry Dell Gimarc and Benjamin Gimarc Jeff and Bari Gorelick James R. Hackney and Scott T. Haight Frances and Wayne Irvin Jan Katz and Jim Derbes Wes Kenney and Rich Cauthen Clay and Linda King Henry LaBrun Steven and Ellen LeBlanc Laura and Jon Levinson Wesley Mancini and Bob Scheer Sara and Bob McDonnell Dwight and Deborah Messinger Judith and Jim Moore Lorraine Mulligan Linda Neely Laura Taft Paulsen and William F. Paulsen Toni M. Perrone and Nina Cloaninger Megan Phillips and Jackie Mickle Elizebeth Raft Tommie Rush and Richard Jolley Harley and Helgi Shuford Melanie and Russ Sizemore Karen Smith-Lovejoy and F. Bentley Lovejoy Tom and Melinda Stacy Kathleen and Darwin Stanley Eric Steenlage and Pinecca Patel Drs. John A. Thompson, Jr. and Lee Rocamora Gallery at University of Arkansas, Little Rock Wendi Williams and Aprille Shaffer Frankie and Vernon Winters Daniel and Jane Zureich Under $500 Peter and Nedra Agnew Janice and James Anderson Pat Arnold and Dennis McCloud John S. Arrowood Eve and Stephen Balboni Judith Barr and Robert Giammelle Ardis Bartle Helga and Jack Beam Bill and Georgia Belk Mary Berkelhammer Jay Biles Rosemarie G. Bowie Tricia and John Boyer Kristin Hills Bradberry and John Bradberry Edward Bresler Harold and Kathryn Brown Walker Brown Claudia Burke John W. Burress and Mary Louise Burress David Butler Elizabeth and Al Campbell Ellen and Robert Carr Adam and Cindy Cave The Center for Craft Creativity & Design Seth Chapman Sheila Conroy Ellen and Dail Cox Thorns and Perry Craven Arthur L. Criscillis Brad Cushman and Bobby Williams Susan and John Davenport Sara Jane and William DeHoff Katharine DeShaw and Mark McConnell Lance and Lenore Deutsch Jill Dinwiddie and Bernie Hargadon The Friday evening auction in process under the big tent (with weather in the distance). Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Annual Benefit Auction Maureen Dorney and Bruce Sinift Nancy S. Dowdy Lynn and Barry Eisenberg Sarah Lee Elson and Louis Goodman Elson Jeff Fagan Suzanne and Elmar Fetscher Arthur L. Fox, Jr. and Jeanne W. Fox Gusti and Daniel Frankel Michael and Libba Gaither Christopher Gardner Sherry Garner Grassy Creek Hardware Harriett Green Jean P. Greer and Scott Radway The Gregg Museum of Art & Design Ted and Susie Gross J. Richard Gruber and Sharon W. Gruber Jeff Harris James Hatley Ann Hawthorne Jerry Heindel and Renee Rux Luther Hodges Cheryl Holland and Doug Quackenbush Phil Homes Benjamin and Giselle Huberman Cheryl Walker and Jeff Huberman Susanne Jackson Kathleen Jameson and John Bryant Beverly Jaynes John R. Jesso and Stacy Sumner Jesso Joia Johnson Nancy Joyner Bobby and Claudia Kadis Nancy Kalin Stephen Keeble and Karen Depew Arthur and Anita Kurtz Peter J. Larson, MD Susan and David Larson Kay and Michael Layman Mark R. Leach and Laura Park-Leach Dr. and Mrs. John E. Lee Dr. Kent and Dr. Bob Leslie Janet Link and Carl Dahle Irvin Lippman John Littleton and Kate Vogel Nunzio Lupo and Michael Grover John and Betty Mauceri Martha Brim and Ken May Brian and Gail McCarthy Patricia McCauley David McClurkin Richard and Yvonne McCracken Amy K. McGrath John and Tina McGuire Frances Milks The Mint Museum of Craft + Design Robert Molpus Andrew Geer and Susan Moore Dahlia Morgan Scott Mullennix and Hilary M. Wilson National Ornamental Metal Museum Nancy Neely and Skip Hudspeth Steve and Susan Pannill Greg Parker and Randy Dickerson Dolly Patton Philip and Mary Ruth Payne Edith S. Peiser Mark Peiser Alan Peterson and Priscilla Kistler Nicole Peterson Ross and Cate Pfeiffer Gina Phillips David Pollart Suzanne and Mickey Pollock John D. and Ann Porter Cindy Dawn Powell Pamola Powell and Guy Lescault Joe Sam and Kate Queen Maynette Regan Jay and Arthur Richardson Dabney and Walker Sanders Lori Sanderson Catherine Schroeder and Phil McMillan Barbara B. Seiler and Robert L. Seiler Michael and Margery Sherrill Randy Siegel and Don Baker Wilma Siegel Janet Singerman and Court Fulton Robin A. Sirkin Eric and Jane Sowder Janet and Roger Jacqueline Spetz Cindy Spuria David L. Staub and Susan Edwards Ruth T. Summers and Bruce W. Bowen David Sutton Paul and Tish Szurek Jacqueline Urow Anne Washington and Ann Newcomb Laura Way and Edie Carpenter Wendy Weiner and Delia Champion Julia Wilson Julia R. Woodman Patricia Zoder Textile artist Jason Pollen and Penland’s director Jean McLaughlin at the benefit auction where Jason was celebrated as the 2012 Penland School of Crafts Outstanding Artist Educator. Jason has been the chair of the fiber department at Kansas City Art Institute and the president of the Surface Design Association. He has also been on the faculty of the Royal College of Art (London), Pratt Institute (NYC) and Parsons School of Design (NYC), and he has taught many Penland workshops. In addition to teaching and making his own artwork, he has designed textiles for fashion and home-furnishing firms and worked as a scenic designer for the Kansas City Ballet. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April The Campaign for Penland’s Future Donor/Trustee Profile: Barbara McFadyen Barbara McFadyen first heard of Penland when she was an undergraduate student making jewelry in an independent study, and the name stayed in the back of her mind as she pursued jewelry-making after college. She apprenticed to a silversmith in Vermont, moved briefly to New York City for enameling school, and then sought out masters in the field. “I wanted to branch out into my own voice,” she remembered, citing the pervasive influence of medieval design in cloisonné (an important enameling technique) at the time. This desire brought her to Penland for her first summer workshop in . The word “cloisonné” comes from the French verb “to compartmentalize.” However, since her first Penland experience, Barbara’s relationship with the school has resisted compartment or closure. Her life has become intertwined with Penland. As a young artist, Barbara put aside plans for an MFA when the good news of an impending adoption of a baby girl came through for her family. Suddenly a mother, artist, and wife, Barbara found herself styling her own graduate-level education with Penland as a main resource for her study. But life, like art, takes unpredictable turns. When her husband died from cancer, Barbara found creative work impossible, and she took ten years away from making. When the impulse returned, she turned again toward Penland. “Penland is my restart button,” she said. “It surfaced as a place to come for healing and for restarting my career.” Over the years, Barbara has become a vital part of the Penland family: serving on the board, and extending—through her family foundations—generous gifts for Penland’s metals studio, the new Northlight building, the Teaching Artist Initiative, and others. As we sat together in the upper metals studio, talking about her deep engagement with the school, she beamed. “Penland has a creative energy, magnified by everyone who comes here.” Fifteen workshops later, Barbara’s relationship with Penland evolves. Her husband, Douglass Phillips, has joined her, taking workshops in the wood studio. And in the summer of , Barbara will teach her first Penland workshop, in enameling. “Penland’s done so much for me,” she said warmly, before heading down to the lower metal studio again to work. –Elaine Bleakney Barbara McFadyen working in the Penland metals studio. Campaign for Penland’s Future The following gifts were received, or written gift intentions completed, prior to April , .The Campaign for Penland’s Future is a comprehensive campaign to secure increased annual giving, grow the endowment, and address needed capital improvements.The campaign was endorsed by the Board of Trustees in April and will continue until the goal is achieved. These individuals and foundations have committed their support toward Penland’s future programs, facilities, and services.This list reflects the campaign’s cumulative gifts. $5,000,000 and above $500,000–$999,999 $100,000–$249,999 Windgate Charitable Foundation The Kresge Foundation $1,000,000–$4,999,999 $250,000–$499,999 Robyn and John Horn The Nicholson Foundation Samuel L. Phillips Family Foundation Anonymous Laura Edwards Laura Taft Paulsen and William F. Paulsen Suzanne and Leslie Baker The Blumenthal Foundation Lutu and Tom Coffey Randolph D. Fox Trust John Wesley and Anna Hodgin Hanes Foundation Steven and Ellen LeBlanc Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April The Campaign for Penland’s Future Ariel Lauren Wilson William States Lee Foundation Susan Parker Martin and Alan Belzer I.A. O’Shaughnessy Foundation Rob Pulleyn Betsy and Marcus Rowland The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation $50,000–$99,999 “My time at Penland has been amazing! I’m a junior at Kent State University and I’ve learned more here in two weeks than I could have learned in an entire semester. Israel Davis has been a wonderful instructor. He’s always available for extra input and suggestions and has helped me grow as an artist. He’s taught me to think in new ways and build on my skill set. I’m so thankful for this opportunity and I can’t wait to take what I’ve learned back to Kent. I don’t think I’ll ever forget my time here. I’m applying again next summer for the glaze chemistry class because we don’t have that class at Kent and I feel the need to come back.” – Felicia Bonaduce, who received a Higher Education Partners Scholarship from Penland and Kent State University to take a clay workshop with Israel Davis Anonymous Polly Allen Lisa and Dudley Anderson The Cannon Foundation Lydia and Howard Colwell Bob and Peggy Culbertson Fenwick Foundation Robin Hanes Glen and Florence Hardymon William Randolph Hearst Foundation Estate of Bill Helwig Bobby and Claudia Kadis Dr. and Mrs. John E. Lee Barbara N. McFadyen and Douglass Phillips Kaola and Frank Phoenix Jean W. McLaughlin and Thomas H. Spleth Tom and Toni Oreck C. Matthew Taylor Ira and Phyllis Wender $25,000–$49,999 Larry Brady Wade and Brenda Brickhouse Cynthia Bringle James D. Clubb Cristina Córdova and Pablo Soto Anne Dahle Sarah Lee Elson and Louis Goodman Elson Shane and Sallie Fero John and Linda Garrou Ed and Sue Glass Charitable Trust Joia Johnson Barbara Laughlin Dr. Kent and Dr. Bob Leslie Mina Levin and Ronald Schwarz Estate of Ann Skipper McAden Sara and Bob McDonnell Judith and Jim Moore Randleigh Foundation Trust Mary Schnelly and Gene Phelps Barbara and Sam Wells Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April $10,000–$24,999 Anonymous Cathy and Alan Adelman Suzanne and Walter Allen The Apple Foundation Elizabeth Aralia and Nicholas Graetz Daniel W. Bailey and Emily Stanley Helga and Jack Beam Beattie Foundation Elizabeth and James Bethune The Shlenker Block Fund, Gay Block Kristin Hills Bradberry and John Bradberry Fleur Bresler David K. Chatt The Cousins Foundation, Inc. Marion Stedman Covington Foundation John and Jennifer Culver The Dana Foundation Davie Construction Charles Michael Davis William A. and Betty Gray Davis Bert and Shan Ellentuck Alida Fish and Stephen Tanis Flora Family Foundation Gusti and Daniel Frankel Gary Fuquay Shelton and Carol Gorelick Adrienne and Harvey Gossett Laura and Michael Grace Harriett Green Edwin F. Harris, Jr. and Susan Arrendell Hillsdale Fund, Inc. Dorothy S. Hines Randy Hinson Ruth DeYoung Kohler George H. Lanier Susan and David Larson Mary R. Lynn Dr. Fletcher H. McDowell John and Tina McGuire C. James and Laurel Meyer Scott Mullennix and Hilary M. Wilson David and Suzu Neithercut Patricia Nevin Ché Rhodes Richard Ritter and Jan Williams Christina Shmigel and Patrick Moreton Buck and Helgi Shuford William M. Singer and Catherine Sweeney Singer The Campaign for Penland’s Future FedEx Corporation On behalf of Frederick W. Smith Laurie Snyder and John Wood* Ellen Taylor Hellena and Isaiah Tidwell Bob and Jane Trotman Charlotte Vestal Wainwright and Steve Wainwright Lana Wilson Julia R. Woodman $5,000–$9,999 Anonymous Barbara Benisch and Jacque Allen John Andrew and Jenna Robinson Dawn Barrett and R.D. Oxenaar Jill Beech Paulus Berensohn William and Katherine Bernstein Edward Bresler Edwina Bringle David Charak Katy and Mark Cobb Dail and Artie Dixon Ecology Wildlife Foundation Jon Ellenbogen and Rebecca Plummer Lisbeth C. Evans and Jim Lambie Elizabeth Gant G. Felda and Dena Hardymon Andrew and Hathia Hayes Jim and Marlene Hubbell Jerry Jackson and Jeff Harris Danny and Caroline Kadis Donna Kadis Jeff and Shauna Kadis Thomas S. Kenan, III Richard Koopman, Jr. Virginia Kraus and Jay Westwater Frank D. Lortscher Isaac and Sonia Luski John Marek Charles L. McMurray Ron and Susan Meier Sharon Mills Sandy and Anne Overbey Patina Gallery Brook Reynolds Eric S. Rohm and Amy Hockett Seymour and Marcia Sabesin Dasha Shenkman The Signature Gallery Clarissa T. Sligh and Kimberly Grey Purser James W. Smith and Pam Troutman Steven Stichter and Mark Ewert Ruth T. Summers and Bruce W. Bowen Caroline To Cynthia A. Toth Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor Wehadkee Foundation Rob Williams and Warren Womble Mike Wright and Bob Glascock Under $5,000 Anonymous () Hands Gallery Stephen and Enee Abelman Karin Abromaitis Deane and Roger Ackerman Sarah Ackerman John and Peggy Acorn Regina Acosta Tobin Iwan Adami Ashleigh and Michael Adamosky Erika Adams Jim Adams Marla and Joel Adams Pamela and Orlando Adan Milton Adelman Judy Adler Deborah Ahalt Finn Alban Kim Alderman Jane Alexander John and Judy Alexander *deceased Metals instructor Suzanne Pugh demonstrating one of the steps in the casting process, out on the porch of the metals studio. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April The Campaign for Penland’s Future “I am over 40 and just finished my MFA. I have a husband and an eight year old at home who rely on me, so long residencies away are difficult for us in terms of both time and resources. Because I received this scholarship, I was able to come here and work hard, but also my husband could get help at home . . . so my little family also benefited from the scholarship.” –Lise Currie, who received the Lenore Tawney Scholarship to take a textiles workshop with Pat Hickman “The creative and nurturing atmosphere of Penland is so unlike any other art training I’ve received. As a college student, I am always searching for that sense of community that is so inspirational in creative fields and not always easy to find in a large university setting. The small class size and one-on-one attention from instructors and studio assistants here is indispensable.” –China Langford, who received the Abby Watkins Bernon Scholarship to take a photography workshop with Michelle Bates Lillian Alexander Welborn and Patty Alexander Heather Allen Marcia K. Allen Thomas M. Allen Louise Allred Renee B. Altman Stuart and Jeanne Altmann Patricia L. Amend and Stephen M. Dean Cathryn and Dante Amidei Christopher and Bridget Amundsen Carole Anders Stanley and Karen Andersen Erica Anderson Jesse Anderson Julie Anderson Margaret Anderson Margaret Anderson Mary Anderson Rebecca C. Anderson Robert and Kathleen Anderson Marilyn Andrews and Andrew Van Assche Benares Angeley Mary Anglin Robert Annas and Doug Shaw Mr. and Mrs. Shepard L. Ansley Elizabeth Apple Judy Applebaum Linda Arbuckle and Lee Shaw Phillip Arensberg and Kit Murphy Ariel Gallery Alex Armstrong Harvard L. Armus Pat Arnold and Dennis McCloud Karen Arp-Sandel Julia Arredondo Charlotte Arrendell John S. Arrowood Elmer Art Martha Ashby William and Linda Ashendorf Robert Asman Asparagus Valley Potters Gerson and Wilma Asrael Stanley Asrael Ruby Dale Austin and Gary Jones Jeannette Austin Selvaggi Margaret F. Averyt Jane and Robert Avinger Sheila and Kevin Avruch Barbara Pitts Aycock John and Lee Ann Aylward Beverly and Gene Ayscue B.C. Burgess Trust Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Mary Lou and Jim Babb Herb Babcock Peg and Steve Bachenheimer Posey Bacopoulos Robert J. Bahr Hoyt Bailey Jim Bailey Anna Reamer Baker Bryan Christopher Baker Will Baker and Joy Tanner Eve and Stephen Balboni Nancy Baldwin Baldwin Davis Group Don Ball Laurie Ballenger Boris Bally Tina Bambauer Bruce C. Bangert Megan Barber Dorothy Gill Barnes Barbara Barnett Ruth and William Barnett Nancy Baron Margaret L. Barrick Kay Barrow James R. Barrows LaTonia Barto Rebecca Barton Joan M. Bass Pinky Bass Sue Bass Ann Batchelder and Henri Kieffer Mary A. Batsch Constance M. Baugh and Carolyn Benson Anne and John Baum Sue Baum Joan Baxt Carol Baxter Hayne Bayless Joanne and Steve Beam Eric and Jill Becker Patricia and Bruce Becker Deborah Bedwell and Richard L. Hill John Beerman Patrick Beggs Bill and Georgia Belk Katherine M. Belk Tim and Sarah Belk Elizabeth Bell Frank and Ranlet Bell Juliet Bell Robert and Lynell Bell Lee Ann Bellon Chris Beloni The Campaign for Penland’s Future Sandra Belozercovsky and Alan Weiner Astrid H. Bennett Laurie Benoit and Barry Del Castilho David and Lauren Benson James and Patricia Bent Susan E. Bergman Allen Berk and Geiselle Thompson Gerald and Allison Berkowitz Sanford R. Berlin Eddie and Angela Bernard Peter Bernett Barbara Berntson Harold and Anita Berry Mikel and Cecelia Berry Florence Berryhill Doug Beube Deirdre Bialo-Padin Kim and Bill Biddix Marcel Biland Charles and Charlotte Bird Fund at the San Diego Foundation Fred and Jeannie Birkhill Sara Bissette Harold Black Lisa Blackburn and John Hartom Marion L. Blackburn Nisa Blackmon Robbie and Larry Blackwell Sandra Blain Helen Blanchard Rachel Bleil Blevins Oil Company Cati Blitz Daniel A. Bloom and Barry Golivesky Thomas and Melinda Blue Alan and Rosalie Blumenthal Jerri Blumenthal Philip and Amy Blumenthal Judith and Robert Boardman Terry Tyson and Susan Bock Nini and Henry Bodenheimer Sue Moser Boggs Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Boker Anna and Christian Boll Alex and Ashlea Bollendorf Chris and Barbara Bonaduce Michael Bondi Jeremy and Anne Bonner Elizabeth E. and Henry M. Booke Mary Beth Boone Natalie R. Boorman Alice Bost Joe Bova and Linda Shafer Ken Bova Summer Storm Two-Step (Penland, July , ) Fireworks on the mountain! Three nights early for the Fourth of July. The power hammers in the Iron Studio go silent. Bullfrogs take over the night shift. Sign at breakfast: “NO COFFEE” How long do you steep a teabag in cold water? Why did the oak tree cross the road? So the poison ivy could get to the other side. Jean: “Don’t take a shower unless you really need to.” King Lear: “O reason not the need.” Crafts : Which studio needs the least electricity? John Horn: “These presses don’t need no electricity.” Start stoking the wood-fired kiln in time for the auction. We built a fire and boiled the water and made the coffee and “I wanted to give up coffee anyway.” “I wanted to unplug anyway.” Parade in two days. Bullfrogs are spreading the news. Christopher Benfey This poem was written by resident writer Christopher Benfey after a thunderstorm felled a huge tree, which landed on a power line across the road, knocking out power to the whole campus for a day. See page 24 for more about Christopher Benfey. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April The Campaign for Penland’s Future Rosemarie G. Bowie Linda and William Bowman Elizabeth Boxley Clara Boza and Steven Vaughan-Nichols Deborah Brackenbury Lillian Bradford Christopher Brady and Laurie Paratore-Brady Colin and Sandra Brady Dorothy D. Bragdon Anita Wilkinson Brame Carolyn Branch Julie Balogh Brand Steven and Ellen Branfman Frances Brenner Jana Brevick Pam Brewer David and Lisa Brewster Emily Breyer Meredith Knapp Brickell and Ray Duffey Fay and Phelan Bright Phoebe Leona Briley Jessie Couch Brinkley Ed Brinkman Kathryn S. Brock David and Laura Brody Christopher M. Brookfield Allen L. Brooks Jan Brooks Lola Brooks Tama Brooks Philip Broughton and David Smith William C. Brouillard Harold and Kathryn Brown James D. and Mary Brown Jane Comfort Brown Mark and Cathy Brown Walker Brown Teri Brozak Jane Bruce Joseph M. Bryan, Jr. Braden Buchanan Nick Buchholz and Mary Ker Martha and Joe Buck Dariel Buczek Jean Buescher-Bartlett Kathryn Bufano and Chris Foster Raissa Bump Valerie Bunnell Claudia Burke Betty Burkes Richard Burkett and Nan Coffin Susan E. Burnes Wanda W. Burnett Lorimer Burns Nathan and Marcy Bursac Robert Bush David Butler Harlan Butt Leslie Byers Greg and Mary Lou Cagle Jessica Calderwood Debbie Caldwell J. David Caldwell M. Blake Caldwell Deborah and Michael Caliva Wendy Call Anna Marie Calluori Holcombe Bernard Y. Calvert, III Christopher Lee Campbell David and Susan Goethel Campbell Jeanne Campbell John and Ann Campbell Kathleen Campbell Laura M. Campbell Michael and Mary Jo Campbell Claire Cannon Christopher Molly Cantor Alice Cappa Janet Capra Larry Carden Rose and Joseph Cardone Warning: this is the most complicated caption in this publication. The boat in this photograph was made during a wooden-boat building workshop taught by Tim Lee. The whole class worked together on this project. Penland supplied the materials, and the boat was donated to the annual benefit auction. In this picture, auction volunteers are moving it to the Northlight lawn where it was displayed. The guy with the balloon is Dan Bailey, who spent many days at Penland in 2012 making low-altitude aerial photographs with a camera attached to a helium balloon. After the volunteers set the boat down, Dan reeled the balloon up a ways and captured some images of the volunteers standing around the boat. This picture became part of his installation titled Looking Down: Penland School of Crafts, which was part of the 0 to 60 project, a collaboration with the North Carolina Museum of Art. You can read a little more about that project on page 10. To see the interactive digital version of Dan’s piece, visit penland.org/lookingdown. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April The Campaign for Penland’s Future Vivianne L. Carey Frances Barr Cargill Anna L. Carlton Lucianne B. Carmichael Syd Carpenter Mary Carrigan Susan Carruth Bill and Judy Carson Robin Carson Keith Carter Lee Carter and Greg L. Bradley Linda Carter Claudia Carucci Linda Casbon Brooke Cassady Ellen Cassilly and Frank Konhaus Colleen Castle Daniel Cater MacFarlane and Marguerite Cates Johannes Causey Paul and Caroline Cercone Cynthia Cetlin Janis G. Chapman Rob and Lacy Chapman Wynn and Katherine Charlebois Mary Charles and Robert Boyett The Charlotte Lesbian and Gay Fund Board Cathy Chen-Rennie Norma Cheren Louis Cherry Kyoung Ae Cho Christa Faut Gallery Lucy Christopher Sam Chung Marion L. Johnson Church Lisa Clague Christine Clark Geraldine Plato and John Clark Mrs. Charles Clark Nancy Clark Sheila Clark Carol Clarkson Daniel G. Clayman Robert and Jan Clayton David Clemons and Mia Hall Clemson University Morgan Clifford Clover School District Robert Cmarik Joan Levy Coale Dr. Felicia R. Cochran Nelly Bly Cogan John Cogswell and Barbara E. Chapman Margaret and Dan Cogswell Bruce D. Cohan and Carol Shapiro Cecilia Cohen James and Marie Cohen Leigh Cohen Michael S. Cohen Vicki E. Cohen Don and Nancy Ackerman Cole Judith and Arthur Cole Sue Coleman Ruffin Collett and Jim Crisp Dorothy and Clyde Collins Ken and Mary Beth Collins Adam and Shelley Colvin Jim Congleton and Bill Fuller Jane Mills Conlan Patricia K. Conlon Julie Connaghan Elizabeth Conner Julia Connor Patti Connor-Greene Jeanne Cook Marilue M. Cook Thomas and Cindy Cook Doug Cooke Paul Cookson and Jim Walsh Robert and Elizabeth Cooper Josh Copus Eli Corbin Marianne Cordyack Marti Corwin Mimi Corwin Nancy M. Corwin and Mark Phillips Jim Cotter Cappy Counard and Greg Gehner Ann and Thomas Cousins Melinda Covington Carol Cowan-Lanyon Helen Romayne Cox John Coyne Gail Cozart Williams Linda J. Crabill Nancy Craemer William J. Craemer Natalie Craig Paula Craige John Cram and Matt Chambers Martha and Greg Crampton Thorns and Perry Craven Alfred and Ann Crompton Judith Crouch “Thank you so much for this opportunity. . . . I know now that art is the path of my life. I feel more confidence in myself, my art, and who I am. I feel ready to start my career fearless. I have a vision for my future. Thank you for being that spark in my life. Thank you for igniting my aspirations once again, but most of all, for believing and having trust in me.” –Colleen O’Neill, who received a Lucy Morgan Scholarship to take a clay workshop with Arthur González “I do not exaggerate when I say that these classes, the people, and Penland have changed my life. I have found more joy creating here than I have in the past two years at university. Every day I wake up eager to see what new things I will learn and how to push my art and craft. I could not have attended Penland without your generous support. I would like to thank you with my whole heart. Truly, this has been a gift to experience and shall forever remain a treasured memory.” –Rosalynn Villaescusa, who received the Paul H. and Ginger S. Duensing Scholarship to take a letterpress workshop with Laura Richens Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April The Campaign for Penland’s Future Jane Crowe Rebecca M. Crowell Thomas and Victoria Crowell Richard Crown Hayes P. Crumbley Carl Cruse Greg Cumbaa Scott and Kim Cunningham Paula J. Curran Brad Cushman and Bobby Williams Jo Ann Czekalski Carol Dabbs Allison Dahle and Lou Pounder Whit and Cathy Daily William P. Daley Lucy C. Daniels Linda Darty and Terry A. Smith Sue M. Daughtridge Mr. Park Davidson Israel Davis John I. Davis John J. Davis, III Joseph B. Davis, Jr. and Dr. Ann Hoscheit-Davis Kevin Davis Lynne H. Davis Malcolm Davis* and Judy Davis Patsy Davis Beverly W. Dawson Daria de Koning Maggi DeBaecke Judy Dechar Cynthia Deitch Ellen and Bert Denker Mark and Sue Denny Jessica Depp Ivy M. Derderian Lance and Lenore Deutsch Roz Dever Susan and Dennis Devereux Andy Dews and Tom Warshauer Susan Dewsnap Angela Dickerson Lucy V. Dierks Robert Dillard Deborah L. Dillaway and Alan Lifson Joe Dinwiddie Ellen Dissanayake Debra Diz and Mark Chappell Robert Frank Dogens Kim L. Dolce C. Dwight and Kathi Jo Donaldson Margaret Donaldson Patrick and Linda Dougherty Cindylou Douglas Jeanne Douillard Dover Foundation, Inc. Ruth L. Doyle Taylee Dragovan Donna Jean Dreyer Robin Dreyer and Tammy Hitchcock Frank E. Driscoll and Mary Cain Driscoll Cary F. Driver Dr. Charles and Carolyn Duckett Ginger Duensing Judith and Royle Duff Mr. and Mrs. William B. Duncan Noel L. Dunn and Mia Celena Tesa DuPre Mignon Durham Lynn Duryea Lauren Dyer Barbara Eastwood Robert Ebendorf and Aleta Braun Richard and Bridget Eckerd Fay Davis Edwards Patricia T. Edwards Lynn and Barry Eisenberg June Ekman Julie Elkins Rosanne Elkins Elizabeth Ellett Catharine Ellis and Kent Stewart Deborah Ellis Lee Ellis Dave and Wendy Ellsworth Suzanne and Edward Elson *deceased The spring metals concentration, taught by Ruth Reifen, had a strong emphasis on developing marketable jewelry. The class also included discussions about aspects of presenting and selling work, including different approaches to display. At the end of the session, the class hosted a sale of earrings and created this innovative display system made from painted tree branches. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April The Campaign for Penland’s Future Dawn E. Enochs Renne Ensley Betty Epanchin Stanley and Rhoda Epstein Annie and Jim Erneston Louise Erskine Cecelia Erwin Thomas W. Eshelman and Jeanne Finan Cary Esser Dorothy Essig Dan Estabrook Estate of Virginia B. McEwen David and Yvonne Evans Edward and Kathleen Evans Kressa Evans Spencer and Mary Ann Everett Diane Falkenhagen Cass and Andy Faller Keith and Kiki M. Farish Janice C. Farley Paul and Kym Farr Kayla Farrell Bill and Linda Farthing Rebecca and Richard Faulk Christa and Robert Faut Susan Feagin Cynthia Fedder Jeni Cecil Feeser Greg and Cindy Feltus Fred Fenster and Susan Doane Bruce R. Ferguson Ellie Fernald Gerard Ferrari Jennifer Ferreira Leslie Ferrin and Donald Clark Leslie Fesperman Len and Joyce Fidler Marty Fielding Susan Filley Angela Fina and Francine Ozereko Doris Fina Fil and Joan Fina Mark Fina Mary Jane Fina Kinosian Ilene Fine Lowell and Laraine Fine JoAnna and Richard Fireman Arline Fisch Karen Fisher and Robert Warren Diane Fitzgerald Kathleen A. FitzGerald Melissa Fitzgerald Regina M. Flanagan Brigid Flannery Hayes and Anita Fletcher Heather Fletcher Becca Floyd Pepper and Donald Fluke Charles and Edna Forbes W. Ann Forbes Steven Forbes-deSoule John T. and Patricia Ford Nita Forde Marie Fornaro Betty and Wes Foster Gene and Tate Foster Judith H. Foster Arthur L. Fox, Jr. and Jeanne W. Fox Linda T. Fox Chris and Susie Fox Sandra Foy Mary Francis Michelle Francis and Harry Keiner Sandy Frank Ed and Sue Frankel Don Franklin and Billy Bolton Debra Frasier Robert R. Freedman William and Sally Freelove Elissa L. Freud Barry E. Friedberg and Charlotte Moss Miles Frieden C. Robert Friedman and Vernon Mosheim Joyce Fritz Susan Fulton Jose Fumero and Herbert Cohen Steve and Marsha Funk Don and Marcia Gabriel Dennise Gackstetter Sheila Gaddie Michael and Libba Gaither Ben Galata Aran Galligan Dr. Carlos Garcia-Velez and Dr. Kent Davis Sherry Garner Jock and Mickey Gault Barbara Gaye-Gonzales Susanna Gee and Toney Harris Celia Gelfman Martin Gellert Liz Gerard Terry Gess and Carmen Grier George and Susan Gibbins Martha Giberson Amy C. Gilbert Jennifer and Scott Gilomen Jane Gish Karen Glaser Students in the spring clay concentration unloading the wood kiln. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April The Campaign for Penland’s Future Andrew Glasgow Louise Glickman Donna J. Globus John and Ann Glover Pat Glowa and Don Kollisch Steve Godwin Israel and Majorie Goldberg Jenna Goldberg Scott Goldberg Molloy and Summer Golden Stephanie Golden Eric Goldschmidt Martin I. Goldstein Joanna Gollberg and Jamie Sterling Scarrain and Geraldo Gomes Miguel A. Gómez-Ibáñez and Fay Larkin M. A. Gonzalez Arthur González and Christine Ciavarella Alvin and Rachel Goodman Jeffrey M. Goodman and Margot Atuk Barbara and Jim Goodmon Harriet Goodwin Bill Goolsby Kathy Goos and Barry Werth Judy Gordon Caroline Gore Sally Gore Bill and Patty Gorelick Jeff and Bari Gorelick Susan Carr Gossman M. Cissel Gott Louis Gottlieb Sally Gould Charlotte H. Gower Charlotte Graham-Clark Maria L. Grandinette Mark and Tina Granville Becky Gray and Richard Kennedy Mary Gray Rusty Gray John R. Green Kate Green Meredith Green Daniel Greenberg and Susan L. Steinhauser Lloyd Greenberg Daniel S. Greenfeld Dr. Lewis I. Greenwald and Dr. Olive Greenwald Jean P. Greer and Scott Radway Barbara D. Greiss Sara Gress Bill and Ellen Griffin Gary and Patricia Griffin Sarah and Gerard Griffin Suzanne E. Grinnan Elliott L. Grosh Ted and Susie Gross Marc and Tamra Grossberg Jo Ellen and William Grubbs Gregory W. Guenther Frances Guerra Bill and Mary Ellen Gumerson Carole Guyton James R. Hackney and Scott T. Haight Henry and Sandra Halem Hoss Haley and Leslie Noell Barbara Haliburton Barbara Hall Charity Hall Jeremy Hall Kimberlee Hall Beverly Halpert Mebane Ham Lawrence Hamel-Lambert Robert W. Hamilton Anna and John Hammond Frank Hamrick Lee and John Hancock Jack and Doris Hancox Charlotte Hanes F. Borden and Ann Hanes, Jr. Helen C. Hanes Patricia and Frank Hankins Anne and Lewis Hansen Cara Hardinger Cheryl A. Harper Marc Harper Martha D. Harper Robert Harper Deborah M. Harris Edwin R. Harris and Mildred Harris Jeff and Susan Harris Jenna Harris Josephine C. Harris Ann and Pegram Harrison Eleanor A. Harrison Jane Wells Harrison Lee Ann Harrison Lucia Harrison D. Lowrance and Brucie Harry Kimberly Hart Dale and Bonnie Harvey Sarah S. Harvey Fletcher Hassenfelt Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Ross R. Hatch and Phyllis H. Hatch Jane Hatcher Mary Flo and Keith Hatcher SueMac Hatcher James Hatley David and Rose Hausman Michael Dwayne Hawks Ann Hawthorne Andrew S. Hayes and Kreh Mellick John and Barbara Hayes Marty Hayes and Michael Cucchiara Lindsay Hearn Frederick Heath and Merrily Orsini Lana Heckendorn and Michael Meketon Robyn W. Heeks Sarah Heimann Jerry Heindel and Renee Rux Marian S. Heiskell Kay and Roderick Heller Pamela and John Helms Hemby Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Linda Henderson Mrs. Anne J. Henderson Phil Henderson James Henkel Sue Henshaw Pinkney and Janice Herbert Lloyd E. Herman Nancy Herman M. Hessberg Mark and Carol Hewitt Howard and June Hicks Kristy Higby and Mark Flowers Sally Higgins and Ray Owens Highwater Clays Inc. Pat Hillhouse Linda and John Hillman Alix Hitchcock Bonnie and Jeff Hitchcock Truman and Debbie Hobbs Dorothy D. Hodges Kim Hodges Sheila Hoffman Roald Hoffmann Mary Jane Hofmann and Charles H. Hofmann, Sr. Brigid L. Hogan Christopher M. Hoina, Sr. Cheryl Holland and Doug Quackenbush Dwight M. Holland Mrs. R. Calvin Holland Claire Holliday The Campaign for Penland’s Future May and Howell Hollis Cathy Holt Keith and Marquitta Holtsclaw Phil Homes Patsy and Harold Hopfenberg Lonni Hopkins Studio Jewelry Thomas Horan Martin and Irina Horn Morgan and Jack Horner April Horton Gene P. Hotaling Judith Bennett Howard Kim Howell Rogers and Victoria Howell Patricia and Darko Hreljanovic Tom Huang Julie Hubble Elizabeth Huber Cheryl Walker and Jeff Huberman Joyce Hudson Caroline Hughes Garnett L. Hughes and Donna Moran Patti Hughes Benjamin and Eileen Hulsey Human & Rohde, Inc. Jane Hunter Monica Hunter Robert and Barbara Hunter Terri and Steve Huntley Mi-Sook Hur Richard P. Hurley Jan and Sam Hurt Lauri and Richard Huss Trish Hutchens Elliott Hutten Izach Hyde James and Peggy Hynes Thomas Hynes In Situ Studio Marcy Irby Pauline Ireland Millicent Iris David and Robbie Irvin Frances and Wayne Irvin Geoffrey Isles Andre Jackson William K. Jackson Flora L. Jacobson Lisanne Jacobson Smith Florence K. Jaffa Kati James Alison Jarvis Patricia N. Jay Greg Jenkins and Shawn Rawleigh John R. Jesso and Stacy Sumner Jesso Sue E. Jester Lisa and Nick Joerling Arthur H. Johns Joyce and Gilbert Johnson Keith Johnson Lauren Johnson Nels Johnson Robert and Mary Johnson Sally and Paul Johnson Sally and William Johnson Thomas P. Johnson, Jr. and Ina Smith Dan and Jennifer Turner Joiner Audrey W. Jones Fred Jones Jacqueline and Sean Jones Jean and Edwin Jones Lane Jones Richard E. Jones Vicki Jones Klugh Jordan Ruth and Dan Jordan Sandy and Lindsay Jordan Thornton F. Jordan Leah Joseph Joseph Mendes and Mollie Mendes Family Charitable Fund Aimee and Alain Joyaux Peggy Joyce Mitchell Kahan Satoko Kajima-Best Lydia A. Kalyna Carol Kaminsky Mr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Kaplan Deb Karash Kenneth and Virginia Karb Eva Karczag Elisabeth Karpov Reena and Pradith Kashyap Barbara Johnson Kasler Emily Kass and Charles Weinraub Andrew Kastanas Jan Katz and Jim Derbes Linda Kaye-Moses and Evan Soldinger Tamasin and Nicholas Kekic Laura E. Kellar Janet Kelman Diane Solomon Kempler Betty P. Kenan Thomas S. Kenan Foundation “Coming to Penland is like rediscovering the joy of creating; I feel the same awe and creative energy as my eight-year-old self pinching my first clay pot for my mother at elementary school. The emotions I feel among other dedicated and highly talented artists is a feeling of being in a place where people speak the same universal language—a language that utilizes one’s hands, mental and creative capacities, and even whole bodies. I see Penland as a new home now, a place that I will come back to as often as possible.” –Jing Niu, who received a William R. Kenan Institute Fellowship to take a clay workshop with Tom Bartel Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April The Campaign for Penland’s Future Florence Kendall and Donita Dunbar Gail M. Kendall Maureen Kennedy Sally Kennedy Kay E. Kennerty Jo Kenney Dorlin and Susan Kerr Nancy J. Kerr Kristen Kieffer Barbara Kiger Madonna Ann Kilborn Sun Kyoung Kim Aisha King Clay and Linda King Deanna King J. Scott King Joyce and Gary King Kathy King Linda King-Thomas Stuart Kirsner Betty Kjelson Jeana E. Klein and Mark Schurman Mark Klett Michael Kline and Stacey Lane Allan Kluber Allison Knight Timothy Knight Mary Knightly Eric Knoche Barbara Knutson Liz Koerner George and Cindy Kokis Laura Kolinski-Schultz Janet Koplos Sylvia and Jim Kortan Kenn and Michelle Kotara Kathy and Larry Krabill Karen F. Krieger Suzanne Krill Lisa L. Kriner Jack and Candy Kruesi Betsy Kruger Yih-Wen Kuo Lynn Kurisko Arthur and Anita Kurtz Henry LaBrun Mec and Larry Lacewell Adryin Lackey Mary Pierce Lafleur Mollie Lakin-Hayes Elaine W. Lamb Kate M. Lambeth June and Ken Lambla Dr. Thomas T. Jefferson and Joseph Lampo Lois Langston Staton Ashley and Peter Larkin Carl Larson Peter J. Larson, MD Jim and Lillian Lawrence Leita Leavell Joslin LeBauer Matthew LeBauer Delores Lecky Amanda Lee Diane Lee Donna Lee Joe S. Lee Mary E. Lee Rick Lee W.C. Lee Gil and Jacquelyn Leebrick Ted Leger and Allen Taylor Leah Leitson Julia A. Leonard Margaret Lepo Renee Lessner Marc Leuthold Carol and Seymour Levin Hannah Levin Norman Levin Rob and Wanda Levin Mark Levine Jane L. Levy Marge Levy Doug Lewis Emil Liddell Suze Lindsay and Kent McLaughlin Janet Link and Carl Dahle Micki Lippe Little Art Gallery Inc. Theresa Livingston Suzanne Lockett June D. Lockhart Sarah Loertscher Thomas Loeser and Bird Ross Joseph P. Logan Paula Lombardi Carol and David Lombardo Douglas A. Long Randy Long Betty Helen Longhi Nancy Lopez-Ibanez Laurel Lovrek Lorinna W. Lowrance Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Nunzio Lupo and Michael Grover Jane and Robert Lurie Danielle Luscombe Simone and Scott Lutgert Sara Luttrell Adrian and Page Luxmoore Jean Lynch Robert Lynch Elizabeth Lyne Shaunna Lyons David and Dorcas MacDonald Elizabeth MacDonald Sandra MacDonald Bruce and Diane MacEwen Theresa MacFarland Cameron MacGuire Maya D. Machin Warren and Nancy MacKenzie Susan MacLean Terriss Maddrey Nancy Magnusson James Malenda Barbara Maloney John and Nancy Maloney Wesley Mancini and Bob Scheer Roger Mandel Beth and Rob Mangum Richard Margolis and Sherry Phillips Andrea and Bob Maricich Melissa L. Marschner David L. Marsh and Kenneth Hanson Suzanne Marsh David Marshall Judith and Todd Marshall Ms. Joanna R. Marsland Courtney Martin James G. Martin and Dorothy M. Martin Kathleen D. Martin Mary M. Martin Frank Sutton and Eric Martinez Kit Martinez Jessica Martinkosky Kathleen Martinson Wendy Maruyama and Bill Schairer The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Marion and Kingsbury Marzolf John and Dee Mason Mary Ann and C. Knox Massey, Jr. William P. Massey Elizabeth Mather Elizabeth Matheson Heath Matysek-Snyder The Campaign for Penland’s Future Jack Mauch Linda A. Mauck Frances and Samuel Maury Warren and Nancy Mauterer Richard Mawdsley Martha Brim and Ken May Mamie Caycie McAlister Sarah T. McArdle Brian and Gail McCarthy Tom and Julia McCarthy Katherine McCarty Patricia McCauley Ron and Harriet McClain McColl Center for Visual Art Louise McConnell Ruth M. McConnell Carole McCracken Richard and Yvonne McCracken Nedra F. McCraw Connie McCreary John and Marjorie McCurrach Deborah McDevitt Kirby and Risden McElroy Dale McEntire Linda and Mike McFarling Amy K. McGrath Meg McGrew Paula McGuire Bonnie and Chaffe McIlhenny Salley and Michael McInerney Pamela and Mike McKee Tasha McKelvey Ryan McKerley Grace and John McKinnon Roy Baroff and Caroline McLaughlin Susan and Pac McLaurin Harry McLean John and Linda McLean Sunny McLinn Lynn McLure Scott McMahon Janice McRorie Robert and Patricia McTaggart Bob McWilliams Elizabeth and Michael Mears John A. Mecham Nanc Meinhardt Roger Mellick John Menapace* Jenny Mendes and Mark Roegner Elizabeth and Fred Menger Alice C. Merritt Nancy Merritt Katherine and Ulrich Merten Matthew Metz and Linda Sikora Nathan and Carole Metzger Ron and Hester Meyers Barbara Middleton Raine Middleton Carlton Midyette Bonnie Miller Chris H. Miller Dorothy Miller James and Sharon Miller James R. Miller Sequoia Miller Steve Miller and Desmond Lim Barbara Millhouse Robert and Karen Milnes Myra Mimlitsch-Gray and Ken Gray Abby Minor Kate Missett John and Stephanie Mitchell LeeAnn Mitchell and Jim Buonaccorsi Jennifer and Alex Moeller Scott and Julia Moen Ann Montera Richard Montgomery *deceased Each session Penland’s resident artists host an open house at their studios. Here, students and instructors are visiting the studio of sculptor and furniture maker Dustin Farnsworth. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April The Campaign for Penland’s Future Ariel Lauren Wilson “This has been my first visit to Penland, and it has been a fabulous journey. I could not be more pleased with the quality of the equipment, facilities, and instruction. and I was fortunate to find good company in my fellow students. It is nice to be able to talk about your art, your process, your ideas, and your ambitions to someone with a sympathetic ear. I took the course in lamp making, which helped bring together my existing interests in both furniture and lighting design. The design process for furniture pieces was already familiar to me, but virtually every tool used in the fabrication process was new to me and really stretched my abilities.” – Ellen Hohmann, who received the Cary G. Bringle Scholarship to take a wood workshop with Peter Schlebecker Andrew Geer and Susan Moore Beverly Barr Moore Dana Moore John Moore and Olga Ronay Ken Moore and Kathleen Buck Lee H. Moore-Crawford and David C. Crawford Patricia A. Moorehead Clarence Morgan and Arlene Burke Morgan Sarah Morgan Wingfield Martha Morrill Herman Lester Morris Sandy Morris Susan Morrison Betsy W. Moser Chris Moses Bobby B. Mosley Sandra Moy David Battick and Rebecca Moyer Bette Mueller-Roemer Tom and Sharona Muir Michelle Mullen Ann P. Mullican David Mullis and Phyllis Long Mullis Amanda Murdaugh Cathie and Amanda Murdaugh Joan Murray Ana M. Musachio Sana Musasama George Nakashima Woodworker S.A. and Mira Nakashima Yun Dong Nam Louise Napier Lisa Naples Charles and Cynthia Nash National Trust for Historic Preservation Sheila Naughton Linda Neely Brian H. Neill and Lori Cahoon Neill Helen Neithercut Carolyn P. Nelson Dina Nelson Bea Nettles New Morning Galleries, John Cram Pamela Neumann Jean Nevins Sam Newbury and Jan Myers-Newbury Ginny Newell and Bob Wilkins Alan R. Newman and Wendy Saul George and Frances Newman Holbrook Newman Kate L. Newsom Lou Raye Nichol Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Laura Foster Nicholson Robin Nicholson Audrey Niffenegger Kim Nikles Lucy Nims-La Fleche Robin Noble-Lehan Steve Noggle Nonah Craft House Nancy Nord Thomas and Patty Norman Bruce and Nancy Novell Michale M. Nuccio Kelly O’Briant Dennis and Gloria O’Connell John O’Connor Jeff Oestreich Marc and Celene Oken Andrew B. Oliver Mary Oliver Peggy Oliver Gary Michael Olsen Diane T. O’Malley Adam Orden Sanford and Barbara Orkin Dell Orr and David Vandre Kristen Orr Richard Osborne Jere Osgood C. Lynne Osterman and Michael Newman Ben Owen Frank and Francine Ozereko James and Laura Page Polly Pagliai Myrna and Sheldon Palley Rhana Paris Greg Parker and Randy Dickerson John Parker Mary and Mike Parker Elmerina and Paul Parkman Jim and Shirl Parmentier Fredrick Parrish Keith Parsley Dr. Timothy N. Patselas Andra Patterson Margaret and Kincaid Patterson August and Christie Pattin Deborah Patton Gerald Paul Caroline Paulsen Thomas Paulson Barbara J. Payne Philip and Mary Ruth Payne Tina Peak The Campaign for Penland’s Future Jeannie Pearce Mary Pearse Brian S. Pearson Rosemary L. Peduzzi Laura Peery Edith S. Peiser Jane Peiser Mark Peiser Arnold Penland, Jr. Roi Malott Penton Chris Peregoy Flo Perkins and William Agnew David Perrin and Anne Kenan Toni M. Perrone and Nina Cloaninger Dan J. Peterman Jeff and Pam Peters Meg Peterson Ronan K. Peterson and Kara Ikenberry Jeff and Diane Pettus John Pfahl David M. Pfeffer Carol H. Pharr Jennifer Phelps Ron Philbeck Jon A. Philippi Laura and Stephen Philipson Carolyn Phillips Claire Phillips Gina Phillips Margaret Phillips Megan Phillips and Jackie Mickle Sandi Pierantozzi and Neil Patterson Winfred Pierce Jodi Pinault Robert and Suzanne Plati Katrina Plato Sandra Player James F. Plowden, MD Robert Poe Reginald Yazid Pointer Lynn Pollard Harold C. Poole, Jr. Shepherd and Grey Poole Paul W. Popish John D. and Ann Porter Ronald C. Porter and Joe Price Cindy Dawn Powell David and Sally Powers Presbyterian Health Care Foundation April C. Price Dan Price Joseph and Elisabeth Price J.Timothy Prout Laura H. Prozes and Andy Prozes Suzanne Pugh Jana Pullman Evelyn Pursley Nol Putnam Dosty and Alex Quarrier Joe Sam and Kate Queen Cynthia Quesenberry Jane Quimby Victoria Rabinowe Carol Tefft Radin Laurel and Perrin Radley Mary Ann Rahe John and Johanne Ramsey Haywood and Sabine Rankin Samuel C. Rankin Tom and Kay Rankin Christine and Richard Rappoport Betty and Dennis Rash Millie Ravenel Joy M. Raynor Polly Redd Karla Reed Mary Regan Frances Reid Wendy S. Reid Liz and Jerry Reilly Elaine Reily Keramet Ann Reiter Ann Anderson Rennie Grete E. Reppen Susan and Matthew Reynolds Ted and Rita Reynolds Harry Rhodes Jay Rich Joan Rich and Nyla Ahrens James S. Richards Warren and Jayne Richmond Anne Richter Neil Richter and Constance A. Schulze Conny and James Riddell Tut and Harry Riddick Susan Ridenour Gail Rieke Rosalind Rich Rieser Chris Rifkin Carolyn Riley Rising Sun Pottery Murray Riss Sang Parkinson Roberson Diane Roberts Holly Roberts and Robert Wilson Linda M. Roberts Lisa C. Robey Ann Robinson Johnie and Lorraine Robinson Judy Robinson Lee Robinson and Jerry Winakur Sally and Russell Robinson Susan L. Robinson Kathy Rodgers Patricia and B.D. Rodgers Victoria Rogers Michael F. Rohde James Romanella and Pat Cardone Dr. Robert and Lauryn Ronis Jennifer Root Don Rorke Alice Rose Anne and Alan Rose Karen Rose Lindsey Rosen Deborah Rosenbloom Joyce Rosenfeld Wendy and David Rosenfeld Suzie and Dennis Ross Margaret L. Rossi Nancy H. Rossi Stephen Rothrock and Karen Nickless Brooke and Justin Rothshank Geoff Roupas Susan P. Rouse Barbara Jo Ruble Richard Ruff Jill Ruhlman Marie M. Runyon Edwin and Leslie Rusgo Tommie Rush and Richard Jolley Rachel E. Russ Lynette K. Russell Cami Ruth Clemo Michael and Ruth Rutkowsky Joan C. Rutledge John J. Ryan and Wesley Chenault Jeanne Ryder Jacob Sadler Mary Sadler Alyssa C. Salomon and Bill Lupoletti Judith Salomon and Jerry Weiss Bonnie Salund and Mark Beck Jim Samsel and Kim McGuire Amy and Brian Sanders Phillip and Sara Sanders Arturo Alonzo Sandoval Erika Sanger and John Vasquez Harry and Ann Santen Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April The Campaign for Penland’s Future Adrienne Heinbaugh, who was a student in Tom Spleth’s spring workshop in mold-making and slip casting, made a series of pieces based on the forms of microscopic plankton, including this one, which became a lamp. Steve and Yorke Sartorio Akira Satake Paula Satinoff Amanda Sauer Greg and Aida Saul Peggy Kepley Savas Dorothy Saxe Gary C. Scales Shirley Scarbrough Barbara C. Greiss and Dennis Scearce Lawrence and Irene Schaffner Jane and Ronald Schagrin Mary Ann Scherr Alice and Bruce Schlein Stella Schloss and Dr. Neil Parker Jack Schmidt JoAnn Schnabel Joe and Valerie Schnaufer Katherine Schoellhorn Catherine Schroeder and Phil McMillan Laura P. Schulman, MD Norm and Gloria Schulman Lizz and Frie Schultz Sharon Schuster Brad Schwieger Virginia Scotchie Mrs. John T. Scott David and Sally Seavey Gretchen E. Sedaris Kenneth and Connie Sedberry Martha and Gregory Selby Diana and Samuel Self Gail M. Sells Jean Selman Charlene Sevier Rev. Alfred Shands C.J. Shane Jan Serr and John K. Shannon Dr. and Mrs. Alvin Shapiro Harold Shapiro Mark Shapiro and Pam Thompson Sharon and Bobby Sharp Kaete Brittin Shaw Douglas Sheafor Lisa and Charles Shepherd Jenny Lou Sherburne and Buck Pollard Sondra Sherman Michael and Margery Sherrill Mary Ann Shirk Denise Shoukas Randy Shull and Hedy Fischer Lindy Shuttleworth Randy Siegel and Don Baker Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Terri Sigler C. Miller Sigmon Linda Silber Dr. Les Silberstein Silver Peak REIT, Inc. Annie Silverman Marc and Mattye Silverman Arlene Silvers Maxine and Gary Silverstein Laura Simmelink Ward Simmons Marjorie Simon Ethel Simpson John Simpson Joe Singewald Kelli Sinner J. Paul Sires and Ruth Ava Lyons Linda Siska Melanie and Russ Sizemore Wesley Sizemore Karen Skrinde Lisa M. Slatt and Alan Spanos Paul and Roslyn Slovic Stephanie L. Smart and Allen Vander Meulen Claudia Smigrod Betsy Smith Bonnie and Jere Smith Cinda B. Smith Dana Smith Dolph and Jessie Smith Emily and Zach Smith Gay Smith Lanty and Margaret Smith Lark and Steve Smith Laura P. Smith Paul J. Smith Star Smith Ted Smith Melissa W. Smitheal Malena Smither Karen Smith-Lovejoy and F. Bentley Lovejoy Carol Smithwick Mary Smoak Sam Smoak* and Cindy Smoak Barbara and Arthur Sohn Alan Solomon and Andrea Cartwright Susan Sommer Sydney R. Sonneborn Gabriel Soren and Marie-France Labbe Harry V. Souchon Shirley A. Sparr Michael and Jessica Spence Amy Sperry *deceased The Campaign for Penland’s Future Spruce Pine Batch Company Elizabeth Spungen Cindy Spuria Jonathan and Fei St. Onge Teresa Stack Christopher and Katharine Staley Beth Stanfield Melvin and Mary Stanforth Dr. Michael A. Stang and Mrs. E. K. Stang Kathleen and Darwin Stanley David L. Staub and Susan Edwards Mrs. Julia Stebbins Steven R. Stegner Kathy and Scott Steinsberger Elizabeth Steinvorth Joy Stember Denise Stephenson Susan Finch Stevens B. Stewart Susan and Edward Stickney George and Barbara Stinson Connie Stockdale Ann Stokes Elizabeth Stokes Jim Stone Brigitta Elise Stoner Deb Stoner Audrey Straight Buzz and Polly Strasser David and Frances Strawn Martha Strawn Evon Streetman Rebekah Strickland Strickland Family Foundation Linda S. Strong Leigh Suggs Sue Moss Sullivan Eva J. Summer and Sharon K. Little Clifford and Deborah Summey Scott and Katie Sundby Tom Suomalainen Superior School of Real Estate, Inc. Jim and Janet Suter Madeline Sutter Charles and Martha Sutton David Sutton Sarah Swanson Sheila Sweetser Paul Sykes Constance Talbot Jim Tanner Sheila Tarshis and Theodore Johnson Shirley Tassencourt Sharon G. Tate Amy Tavern Allison Taylor Janet Taylor Judy Taylor Melissa Taylor Terry Taylor Marcia and Charles Teal Patricia and John Tector Natalie Teichman Dan and Rebecca Terrible Shoko Teruyama and Matt Kelleher Mary E. Tevington Pat Thibodeaux and Glenn Squires Veronica M. Thighe Allen Thomas Brenda Thomas Drs. John A. Thompson, Jr. and Lee Rocamora Katy Thompson Meredith Thompson Adam G. Thomson, III Linda and Jim Threadgill M. Thomas Tiernan Suan Ying Tillman Dr. Russell Tippins and Randy New Mariemma Tischer Leslie To Joe Todd Louise M. Todd E.M. and Anita Toler Anna Tomczak Ellie and Jon Totz Nancy Townsend Peggy Hale Towson Patti Tracey and Chris Hudson Linnie Trettin Heather Houska Trimlett Dennis R. Trombatore Bill and Sue Troutman Jack Troy and Carolanne Currier Marlene True Nancy Tsipolitis Michelle Tuegel Rick Tupper Ellen B. Turner Joeseph C.P. Turner Linda Turner Carl W. Tyler, Jr. Tyler Glass Guild Anna R. Upchurch Tom F. Urban Nancy B. Ustach Betsy B. Vaden Valueprint, Inc Jonathan M. and Gwen G. Van Ark Alison J. Van Dyk Sarah Van Keuren Ursula Vann Corinne W. Vargas Alice Vaughan Caroline H. Vaughan James and Jean Veilleux Deborah Velders Margaret vonRosen Diana and Albert Voorthuis Kimberlie Wade Daisy Wade Bridges KC Wagner Stacey Wagner Barbara Waldman and Dennis Winger Charlene Diana Walker Don and Karen Walker Holly Walker and Geof Finkels Marvin and Diane Walker Merlene Walker Diana Parrish and Max Wallace Ned Walley Margot Wallston Sue Walser Pat Walsh Paul Andrew Wandless Randall and Susan Ward Susie Ward Janet Warner Sarah Kathleen Warner and Corrado Baratti Terri Warpinski David Warshauer and Michele Maynard Shirley Waters Carolyn Watson Barbara Lankford Watts Laura Way and Edie Carpenter Ardath and Reagan Weaver Sandra J. Weaver Susan Webster and Stuart Kestenbaum Reid M. Weigner Ann Weil Wendy Weiner and Delia Champion Arlene Weinsier Jane C. Weir Erica Weiss Mary Weiss Rita and Steve Weisskoff Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April The Campaign for Penland’s Future Mary E. Wellehan Clara Wellons Susan Wells Howard Werner and Michelle Stuhl Judith West Malcolm and Dottie West Steve West Heather F. Wetzel Jo Whaley Nick Wheeler Rick and Brenda Wheeler John Whisnant Dale White Doug and Mary White Nancy White Steve and Charlotte White Gladys Whitney Sarah Whittington Emily Wicke Charlotte Wickham Carole Ann Fer and Ellen Wieske Andrea C. Willey Catherine and Mason Williams Catherine Williams Rachel Williams Wendi Williams and Aprille Shaffer Sarah and Worth Williamson William and Pat Williamson Rosalind Willis and Gregory Olson Regina and William Willoughby Teresa K. Wilpers Angela and David Wilson Julia Wilson Patricia R. Wilson Arthur and Heather Wimble Emily C. Winburn Kathleen Winn Paula and Robert Winokur The Penland School of Crafts Fund at TheWinston-Salem Foundation Frankie and Vernon Winters Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wirsing Barbara V. Wishy Paul Wisotzky Michelle Witherspoon Pamela and Paul Wittfeld Bebe Wolfe C. Lincoln and Denielle Wolfe Robbie Wolff Martha H. Womble Bob Woo Marguerite Wood Sherri L. Wood Jean Woodall Albert Woodard Lynalise Woodlief Kay Workman Lauren and David Worth Patricia Kilguss Wright Hiroko Yamada Katherine and Ronald Yankee Janie Yates Patricia R. Yenawine gwendolyn yoppolo Foster Young Patricia Young Stephen Lowe Young Jeff Zamek Paula W. Zellner Susan Zepeda Ann Ziegler Daniel and Jane Zureich A performance by students in Rachel Miller’s workshop titled Wearable/Sculptural. The workshop description said, “This class is for artists interested in the endless possibilities for interaction between garments, materials, sculpture, and performance.” Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Circle of Hands Circle of Hands Penland’s Circle of Hands includes donors who have chosen to make a legacy gift to the school through a bequest or other planned or deferred gift. Circle of Hands donors demonstrate their commitments to Penland’s future by establishing a gift process now that will benefit the school at a future time.These gifts can assure that the donor’s current support will continue. If you are considering a legacy gift to Penland, please contact the development office. Anonymous () Polly Allen Lisa and Dudley Anderson Jill Beech Robbie Bell and Robert Heffron Barbara Benisch Larry Brady Wade and Brenda Brickhouse Cynthia Bringle Edwina Bringle Jan Brooks Paula L. Brown-Steedly Dorothy and Clyde Collins Bob and Peggy Culbertson William A. and Betty Gray Davis Jan Detter Tesa DuPre Mignon Durham Mariana Roumell Gasteyer James R. Hackney and Scott T. Haight Francesca Heller Dr. Albert Heyman* Cathy Holt Molly E. Holt* Patricia N. Jay Lisa and Nick Joerling Bobby and Claudia Kadis Mary D. Kahlert Dr. and Mrs. John E. Lee Drs. Kent and Bob Leslie Betty Helen Longhi Mary R. Lynn William P. Massey Jean W. McLaughlin and Thomas H. Spleth Charles L. McMurray Dana Moore Irene and William Munroe Sana Musasama Laura Taft Paulsen and William F. Paulsen Rosemary L. Peduzzi Mark Peiser William L. Perry Jason Pollen Rosalind Rich Rieser Karen Skrinde Frances and Charles Symes James W. Smith and Pam Troutman Alan Solomon and Andrea Cartwright Steven Stichter and Mark Ewert Constance Stumin Hellena and Isaiah Tidwell Louise M. Todd KC Wagner Rick and Brenda Wheeler Julia R. Woodman Core fellows Molly Spadone (left) and Rachael Garceau (right) pouring slip into a plaster mold. Rachel was creating a series of porcelain umbrellas that became part of a memorable installation on the Northlight porch. *deceased Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April In-Kind Donations The folks on the left are students in the spring clay class that built a new wood kiln for the school (see inside cover). They are mixing concrete for the arches of the kiln. Driving the forklift is Jim Wunch of Larkin Refractory Solutions in Lithonia, Georgia. Jim had done some consulting on the kiln and got quite interested in the project. On the weekend when the arches were cast, he drove up from Georgia hauling his gas-powered concrete mixer. He also brought some special refractory materials and served as forklift driver. In-Kind Donations These individuals made non-cash gifts to Penland during fiscal year (May , to April , ). These in-kind donations range from gifts of land and art, to equipment and supplies, to goods, services, and lodging. $5,000 and above Carl Dickinson Ledger Hardware Gail A. Magnuson and Hal Maskeill C. Matthew Taylor William Weigle Jim Wunch Under $1,000 $2,500–$4,999 Margaret Earley-Theiele Elizabeth Holt $1,000–$2,499 Bullseye Glass Company Thorns and Perry Craven Charles M. Davis Liz Koerner Jack Mauch Robert Oberg Ann and Joseph Shumard Speedball Art Products Cathy and Alan Adelman Rhoda Adler Elizabeth Aralia and Nicholas Graetz William and Katherine Bernstein Elizabeth and James Bethune Biltmore Company Paul Casey John E. Clifford Dorothy and Clyde Collins Andy Dews and Tom Warshauer Alida Fish and Stephen Tanis J. Richard Gruber and Sharon W. Gruber Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Jane Hahn Glen and Florence Hardymon Robert Harris Sandy and Lindsay Jordan Greg Jundanian Richard Jundanian Knife & Fork Charllotte Kwon Patricia McCauley Betsy and Marcus Rowland Randy Shull and Hedy Fischer Gertrude Graham Smith Sysco Food Services Drs. John A. Thompson, Jr. and Lee Rocamora Ellie and Jon Totz Troy & Sons Distillers Volunteers Volunteer Profile: Lee Rocamora On a fall afternoon, when the leaves were just hitting their peak reds and yellows, Lee Rocamora drove over to Penland to talk to us about his work as a Penland volunteer. It took him thirty seconds to get right to the quick of things: what makes him so devoted this place. “It captured me,” he said, simply. Lee’s steadfast connection to Penland twists like a mountain road. He grew up in Asheville, where his mother’s love for glass and glass collecting made him aware of Penland early on. By the early nineties, he was actively collecting art and meeting supporters, donors, and artists tied to Penland. “And it just sort of went from there,” he notes. “Getting to know Penland artists and the thoughts behind their work—the person behind the object—that’s so important to me.” Lee, who is a doctor of internal medicine, lives in Blowing Rock with his partner, John Thompson. He now practices medicine solely pro bono and gives countless hours to Penland’s development office. He serves as doctor on call at the benefit auction as well as helping with preparations the week before. He does registration and acts as “the money man”—taking payments— for all eight annual work-study scholarship auctions. “He’s one of the team,” says development associate Nancy Kerr. One of Lee’s favorite volunteer activities is getting on the phone with artists to thank them personally for their donations to the Penland benefit auction—over phone calls. “Engaging with the artists, talking about what their contribution means, and keeping people engaged with Penland is something I enjoy,” he says. I asked Lee if he’d ever taken a Penland workshop. I was expecting him to say yes, but he laughed and shook his head: “No, I’ve promised Cynthia Bringle that I will— probably in photography, which I used to pursue.” We’re putting this in print, so there’s no turning back. The photo studio will be lucky to have Lee’s generous presence. –Elaine Bleakney Auction Volunteers Jack Abgott Cathy Adelman Rachael Anderson Joanna Angell Sarina Angell Claire Ashby Sissy Ashby Barbara Atkinson Emma Badia Sarah Bandy William Barnes Anja Bartels Cat Bates Stan Beach Marie Beach Helga Beam Jack Beam Patrick Beggs Jonathan Belcher Audrey Bell Robbie Bell Pat Benard Bob Boardman Judi Boardman Paul Boeker Berta Borukhova Margaret Boynton Cynthia Bringle Edwina Bringle Lori Buff Mackenzie Bullard Allie Burleson Ranjeev Cardoza Jillian Carway Amber Chambers Lucy Clark Charles Coffey Dr. Lee Rocamora outside the development office, where he has spent many hours volunteering. Margaret Cogswell Peter Collin Grady Cousins Caroline Daniel Kerstin Davis Tony Deal Bert Denker Ellen Denker Courtney Dodd Ben Dombey Ben Dory Claire Drogula Merrick Earle Lee Ellis Kiki Farish Susan Feagin Collette Gabrielle Trey Gehring Kristi Glick Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Volunteers Elaine Gordon David Gordon Iris Gottlieb Dave Green Gillian Gussack Taylor Hale Lynn Hall Brittany Hamlin Shaan Hassan Tim Hayes Bonnie Hayes Robbie Heffron Laura Hein Jerry A. Heindl Robb Helmkamp Ian Henderson Carrie Hettler Megan Hicks Randy Hinson Dolly Holmes Donna Holt Darko Hreljanovic Kathy Huie Alex Irvine Patricia Jay Lisa Joerling Anna Johnson Carola Jones Fred Jones Alain Joyaux Aimee Joyaux Bobby Kadis Matthew Karkutt Sally Kemp Kay Kennerty Jesalyn Keziah Grace Kim Mark Koven Rona Kritzer Elaine Lamb Risa Larsen Donna Lashof Rebekah Lashof John Leavitt Katie Lee Joe Lee Kent Leslie Mark Levine David Little Catherine Lloyd Richard Lloyd Shana Loconsole Polly Lorien Frank Lortscher Libby Lynn Janet Macy Tom Madison Sara Marks Christa Marquez Suzanne Marsh William May Sarah McDermott Edna McKee Caroline McLaughlin Marsha McLawhorn Devan McVay Eric Meeker Ron Meier Sue Meier Barbara Middleton Heather Miller Timothy Miron Michelle Moode Jessi Moore Wick Mott Cathie Murdaugh Liz Murray Shannon Myers Lauri Newkirk Katie Nicholson Mary Nicholson Dwight Nykel Stephanie Ott Susan Owen Michael Panciera Dean Pardue Sharron Parker Sandra Payson Molly Pearlstein Mark Pehanich Lauren Pelletier Dana Perrotti Jen Phelps Alexandra Phillips Benjamin Plato Neil Prime Tony Prince Richard Prisco Ann Prock Rob Pulleyn Kaiya Rainbolt David Ramsey Neil Richter Carolyn Riley Lee Rocamora Theron Ross Catherine Russell Renee Rux Jacob Sadler Zoe Sasson Bill Schmitz Joe Schnaufer Valerie Schnaufer Charles Schultz Deborah Seay Laura Sims William M. Singer Amy Sledge Gay Smith Jim Smith Rebecca Snavely Charlotte Sommers Jacqueline Spetz Kent Stewart Lexie Stoia Ruth Summers Janet Taylor Diane Tchakirides Grace Tolley Susan Treadway Lana Trettin Pam Troutman Gwen Van Ark Jon Van Ark Daniel Van Ark Elizabeth Vaughn KC Wagner Christa Wagner Vinson Linda Wagoner Evan Waksler Char Walker Karen Walker Donald Walker Yolanda Walker Rebecca Waller George Weiss Emily Wheat Mary Wilcox Amelia Wilson Robbie Wolff Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Julia Woodman Haley Woodward Steven Wright Christal Yost Daniel Zentmeyer Diane Zimmerman Community Open House Volunteers Kate Adams Jim Adams Jacque Allen Abbigayle Atkins Denise Baker Marc Banks Dan Barron Rick Beck Val Beck Robbie Bell Pat Benard Barbara Benisch Billy Bernstein Katie Bernstein Priscilla Bonner Pam Brewer Elizabeth Brim Edwina Bringle Thor Bueno Matt Bugnaski David Burtt Rebecca Catrett Cristina Córdova Kerstin Davis Ellen Denker Indigo DeSouza Rachel Feece Kristen Flournoy Marla George Kathleen Gouveia Imani Gouveia Eileen Hallman Michael Hatch Miles Henry Hope Henson Sarah Holt Alex Irvine Anna Johnson Gregg Johnson Robin Johnston Rachel Kirk Volunteers Risa Larsen Rob Levin Sherry Lovett Kasey Lyons Daniel Marinelli David Martinez Billy McClain Carol McLaurin Liz Mears Victoria Moffitt Cyndi Ollis Susan Owen Marian Parkes Diane Puckett Wendy Reid Richard Ritter Jan Ritter Linda Sacra Jake Sadler Beth Schaible Gay Smith David Smith Jim Sockwell Paloma Soto Caleb Taylor Terry Taylor Louise Bahia Thompson Mike Travers Kathleen Turczyn Karen Walker Char Walker Don Walker Tracie Walters Amy Weinmeister John Welzenbach Caron Baker Wike Jim Wike James Wilson Hayden Wilson Kayla Wolhart Other Volunteers Aushra Abouzeid Dean Allison, Sr. Tim and Carol Benson Anita Blackwell Elizabeth Brim Edwina Bringle Trish Early Sue Elgar Jonathon Gartland Sarah Holt Noah Hughey-Commers William K. Jackson Joe S. Lee Carolyn Lorence Marsha McLawhorn Eileen Madden Lorimay Orillo Dan Price Rob Pulleyn Lee Rocamora Marcia Sabesin Valerie Schnaufer Gloria Schulman Connie Schulze Carl Ulaszek Charlene Diana Walker Robin Warden Jim Wunch Penland Ambassadors Edwina Bringle Jason Burnett Critz Campbell Daniel Clayman Charles M. Davis Diane Fine Joanna Gollberg Wendy Huhn Kelly Malec-Kosak C. James Meyer Sabiha Mujtaba Kelly O’Briant Winnie Owens-Hart Neil Patterson Dan Price Hunter Stamps Lin Stanionis Tim Tate Lana Wilson Mary Ann Zotto Auction volunteer Darko Hreljanovic demonstrating grace and style as he helps clear tables at the annual benefit auction. Volunteer Thor Bueno assisting a visitor at Penland’s annual community open house. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Financial Information Operating Expenses Operating Income Operating Financial Information Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2012 Contributions and grants 1,624,288 Auctions and special events 679,009 Tuition, room, board, and fees 2,204,244 Sales* 667,935 Investment return 15,653 Change in beneficial interest in trust** 120,644 Other income 112,762 1,403,802 641,369 2,047,315 656,226 19,591 120,000 43,642 Operating income Funds released from restriction 5,424,535 95,681 4,931,945 205,827 Total operating income 5,520,216 5,137,773 Administration Development Programs Services Facilities 662,921 684,811 2,046,406 1,006,085 712,628 528,771 657,252 2,032,545 952,338 721,982 Total operating expenses 5,112,851 4,892,888 Allocation to reserve funds*** 200,000 236,000 Change in net operating assets 207,365 8,885 *Sales includes gallery, supply store, coffee house, visitor meals, and studio materials. **Beneficial interest in trust includes the John Evan Haun Endowment. ***Allocation to the building reserve and equipment reserve funds. 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 of North Carolina. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Financial Information Operating Expenses, Fiscal Year 2013 Services and facilities expenses directly support the operation of Penland’s educational programs. Tuition, room, and board revenues covered 43% of Penland’s operating expenses. The remainder was funded by contributions, grants, sales, and other sources. Operating Income, Fiscal Year 2013 This chart reflects unrestricted operating income. Endowment and other income 10% Sales 12% Contributions and grants 27% Facilities 15% Administration 11% Services 19% Development 13% Auctions and special events 12% Tuition, room, board, and fees 39% Programs 42% Audited Financial Information Balance Sheet Information 4/30/13 4/30/12 Cash and investments Property and equipment, net Other 22,851,699 12,593,768 330,205 17,069,123 12,653,653 288,001 Total assets 35,775,702 30,010,777 Liabilities Net assets 4,420,783 31,354,919 3,676,880 26,333,897 Total liabilities and net assets 35,775,702 30,010,777 Assets Liabilities and Net Assets Audited financial statement highlights: Total assets for the organization increased by $. million due primarily to Campaign for Penland’s Future contributions and new endowments. Total liabilities increased by approximately $, due to an increase in deferred revenue. Total support and revenue increased approximately $. million, of which $. million is due to campaign gifts and , is the result of increased unrestricted contributions. Tuition, room, board, and fees were approximately , higher than the prior year. Investment return increased approximately , over the prior year. Total expenses increased $, over the prior year, $, of which was an increase in depreciation. On April , , permanently restricted funds totaled $. million, an increase of . million over the prior year. A full copy of the audited financial statement is available from the director’s office. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Penland Board of Trustees Trustee rotations occur in November of each year.This listing includes all trustees who served between May 2012 and April 2013. Harriett Green Director of visual arts, South Carolina Arts Commission, Columbia, SC Glen Hardymon, chair (through November 2012) Collector, attorney, K & L Gates, LLP, Mooresville, NC Tom Huang Studio artist, educator at University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS Rob Pulleyn, chair (beginning November 2012) Publisher, Lark Books (retired), ceramic artist, Marshall, NC Joia Johnson Lawyer, executive vice president, Hanesbrands Inc., Winston-Salem, NC Board of Trustees John Garrou, vice chair Attorney,Winston-Salem, NC John Culver, treasurer Lawyer, collector, Charlotte, NC Gertrude Graham Smith, secretary Potter, teaching artist, Bakersville, NC Cathy Adelman Bookbinder, collector, Malibu, CA Suzanne Allen CPA, retired, Memphis,TN Polly Allen Arts advocate, collector, artist, Chicago, IL Dawn Barrett Dean of architecture and design, professor of design, Rhode Island School of Design, Barrington, RI Betsy Bethune Volunteer, collector,Winston-Salem, NC Kristin Hills Bradbury Fundraising professional, Charlotte, NC Larry Brady Neonatologist, Charlotte, NC Dan Clayman Glass artist, East Providence, RI David Clemons Metalsmith, educator, Little Rock, AR Sarah L. Elson Art historian, consultant, collector, London, England Alida Fish Artist, dean at University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA Gusti W. Frankel Attorney (retired),Yadkinville, NC Laura Babb Grace Volunteer, collector, Charlotte, NC John E. Lee Physician (retired), woodworker, Atlanta, GA Julie Leonard Book artist, educator, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Frank Lortscher President, Array Analytics, printmaker, Penland, NC Susan Parker Martin Fundraising professional (retired), NewYork, NY Sara McDonnell Attorney, senior vice president, Bank of America, Charlotte, NC Barbara McFadyen Metalsmith, enamelist, jewelry artist, Chapel Hill, NC C. James Meyer Metalsmith, professor emeritus fromVirginia Commonwealth University, Midlothian,VA Tom Oreck Chief executive officer, Asheville, NC Laura Taft Paulsen Finance, PaulsenVentures, NewYork, NY Kaola Phoenix Artist, arts advocate, Chapel Hill, NC Ché Rhodes Glass artist, educator, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY Eric Rohm Attorney, Charlotte, NC William M. Singer Architect, NewYork, NY Clarissa Sligh Artist, lecturer, Asheville, NC Lana Wilson Ceramic artist, Del Mar, CA Mike Wright Senior vice president and managing broker, Harry Norman, Realtors, Atlanta, GA Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Penland Staff Staff April 30, 2013 Penland’s staff includes full-time, part-time, and seasonal employees. Jean W. McLaughlin, executive director Dale Allison, services manager Dean Allison, studio coordinator Beverly Ayscue, Campaign for Penland’s Future Daniel T. Beck, studio coordinator Ray Bell, facilities Mark Boyd, information technology David Chatt, kitchen Jane Crowe, development Betsy Dewitt, studio coordinator, program coordinator Day Dotson, kitchen Robin Dreyer, communications Susan Feagin, studio coordinator Sallie Fero, school store Melanie Finlayson, studio coordinator Kyle Forbes, housekeeping Anna Gardner, housekeeping Lisa Gluckin, development Scott Graham, kitchen Kathryn Gremley, gallery director Stephanie Guinan, development Tammy Hitchcock, gallery Amanda Hollifield, registration Cheryl Hughes, housekeeping Bill Jackson, kitchen Jerry Jackson, deputy director Marvin Jensen, facilities Gary Jobe, nighttime security Nancy Kerr, development Y-Sam Ktul, kitchen April Lambert, accounting Stacey Lane, community collaborations Zac Lopez-Ibanez, studio coordinator Bronwyn May, gardener Sarah McClary, gallery Susan McDaniel, director of finance Jasmin McFayden, assistant to the director Abigail McKinney, office coordinator Victoria Moffitt, Campaign for Penland’s Future Shannon Moon, community education Michelle Moode, gallery Sean Morrissey, studio coordinator Liz Murray, studio coordinator Leslie Noell, director of programs Stephanie Ott, school store Susan Pendley, housekeeper Meg Peterson, community collaborations Richard Pleasants, food services manager Mikey Pumphrey, studio coordinator Grace Reff, development John T. Renick III, kitchen Dave Sommer, director of facilities and grounds Keith Southworth, coffeehouse Wes Stitt, communications Sheila Sweetser, office coordinator Loring Taoka, coffeehouse Crystal Thomas, coffeehouse manager Gretchen Travers, registrar Simone Travisano, studio manager Clay studio coordinator Susan Feagin using her camouflaged flashlight to gather important information about one of the many kilns entrusted to her care. Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Penland Instructors Books and Paper Glass Bridget Elmer Frank Hamrick Yukari Hayashida Bea Nettles Kathleen O’Connell Kathy Steinsberger Laura Wait Jody Williams Paul Wong Rick Beck Giles Bettison Jon Chapman Einar de la Torre Jamex de la Torre Pearl Dick Matt Eskuche Shane Fero Arlo Fishman Jacob Fishman Kate Fowle Meleney Deborah Horrell Beth Lipman Richard Meitner David Naito Joe Peters Janusz Pozniak Michael Rogers Emilio Santini Pablo Soto Tim Tate Leo Tecosky David Willis Clay Dan Anderson Tom Bartel Kevin Crowe Israel Davis Dan Finnegan Arthur González Deborah Horrell Matt Kelleher MaPo Kinnord-Payton Martina Lantin Jim Lawton Jenny Mendes Kate Missett Kelly Phelps Kyle Phelps Charlie Riggs Linda Riggs Kevin Snipes Tom Spleth Shoko Teruyama James C. Watkins Catherine White Jeff Zamek Iron David Burtt David Court L. Japheth Howard Shawn Lovell Jim Masterson LeeAnn Mitchell John Rais Jon Shearin James Viste Drawing and Painting Metals John Beerman Michael Dixon Susan Goethel Campbell Erin Goodwin-Guerrero Pinkney Herbert Robert Johnson Beverly McIver Ken Moore Lisa Pressman Nicholas M. Raynolds Elizabeth Rideout Holly Roberts Jana Brevick Jeffrey Clancy David Clemons James D.W. Cooper Daniel DiCaprio Richard Elaver Aran Galligan Michael Gayk Kristina Glick Joanna Goldberg Caroline Gore Marvin Jensen Suzanne Pugh Elliott Pujol Ruth Reifen Susan Saul Natasha Seedorf Kristin Mitsu Shiga Hiroko Yamada Charllotte Kwon Victoria May Rachel Miller Michael Rohde Laura Sims Lisa Sorrell Hillary Steel Photography Michelle Bates Dan Estabrook Lisa A. Frank Maxine Payne Neal Rantoul Steve Rosenthal Jim Stone Peter Vanderwarker Heather F. Wetzel Nick Wheeler John Woodin Wood Hunt Clark Yann Giguere Wayne Henderson Tim Lee Yoav Liberman Michael Peyton Richard Prisco Brian Reid Tom Shields Peter Shlebecker Bill Thomas Print and Letterpress Jason Bige Burnett Steve Miller Macy Chadwick Micah Currier Flo Hatcher John Horn Beth Lambert Chandler O’Leary Dennis B. O’Neil Goedele Peters Laura Richens Phil Sanders Matthew Shlian Jessica Spring Barbara Tetenbaum Susan Webster Mary Wehner Textiles Heather Allen-Swarttouw Edwina Bringle Natalie Chanin David Chatt Catharine Ellis Carmen Grier Suzanne Halvorson Peggy Hart Pat Hickman Robin Johnston Penland School of Crafts Annual Report May ‒ April Special Classes Paulus Berensohn Marguerite Jay Gignoux Caverly Morgan Susie Wilde Movement Sadie Chanlett-Avery Diann Fuller Danielle Goldstein Cathy Holt Hannah Levin Holbrook Newman Amanda Plyler Donna Marie Vigilante Pe n l a n d School of Crafts Helping people live creative lives Post Office Box / Penland, NC – / .. / www.penland.org