Frank Wilson is a painter of immense power and drama. Frank has just been awarded first prize in the prestigious Turner Colour Works Painting Contest. The painting, “Alpine Sunset,” won over the judges with its vibrant depiction of a late afternoon Alpine hillside. Frank has been a full time professional artist for over 35 years. [...]
Kari Weaver Hopkins is a new America Creates studio potter working in the mountains of Yancey County, North Carolina. I earned my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Ceramics from Clemson University in 1996.
For the next decade, I relocated several times, staking my claim to whatever available space I could find for my studio. In [...]
Jennie Lorete Keatts is an America Creates jewelry artisan.She use a rolling mill, stamps or reticulation to create the many textures that she incorporate into her work. So many ordinary things can create such beauty when impressed into silver or when viewed outside the box. All of her jewelry is hand fabricated from [...]
In contemporary culture, certainly ours, Christmas is the biggest commercial season by far. Love it or hate it, most retailers depend on holiday sales for their year’s make or break. In this economy we are surrounded with desperate holiday sales gimmicks and giveaways. The big box discounters are leading the pack. That’s maybe good for [...]
How do we describe how we feel about “art?” Much less, how do we presume to tell others what art is “better?”
Valuing art is also a thorny conundrum. After all, what is art? Historically speaking, art described a high level of skill in many disciplines. The distinction between art and craft is a fairly modern [...]
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