Posted June 8, 2017
HCC Professional Crafts alumni who are also current residents of Haywood County are invited to participate in a juried exhibition in the Haywood County Arts Council Gallery! This special exhibition celebrates the joint 40th Anniversary of the Professional Crafts Program at Haywood Community College and the Haywood County Arts Council and will be on display…
Posted December 15, 2016
Posted December 14, 2016
Backyard Homesteading-From Bee Charmer to Forager, Lindsay Williamson Keeps It Interesting Backyard homesteading started out as a labor of love for Lindsay Williamson. Now it comes as second nature. Lindsay embarked on the journey to find alternatives for her family who suffered from food sensitivities. The flavor and nutritional value of sprouting and grinding her…
Posted December 14, 2016
Haywood Community College is proud to present classes with Professional Crafts alum and local Luthier, Bill Weinert. This series of classes is a skill building series comprising Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Lutherie. Through these classes, Weinert will share his six years of knowledge and teach students the history and construction of stringed instruments while remaining aware of…
Posted December 8, 2016
We love seeing our alums thriving in their chosen craft: “Deanna Lynch, 2014 Haywood Community College Professional Crafts Fiber graduate, found a niche in the market and is making her mark. Her business, Deanna Lynch Textiles, is weaving yardage for private label work with a New York designer as well as an Asheville fashion designer.”…
Posted December 2, 2016
CLYDE, NC – Haywood Community College Continuing Education Creative Arts is pleased to announce an expanded selection of music classes spearheaded by Julie and Bryan McConnell of local music school McConnell’s Music . Julie and Bryan will be teaching vocal, percussion and two levels of string classes with an emphasis on practical theories and physical techniques –…
Posted September 12, 2016
Free Lecture: Room 7104, Creative Arts Building CLYDE, NC – Free Lecture! Open to the public: Haywood Community College Professional Crafts Visiting Artist series heartily welcomes artist, educator and recent Penland resident Rachel Meginnes. Ms. Meginnes will be giving a free lecture at 4 pm on Thursday, September 15th in the Creative Arts Building in…
Posted April 18, 2016
Haywood Community College Continuing Education Creative Arts is thrilled to announce that blacksmith Elizabeth Brim will be teaching a three day class in May: Blacksmithing for Jewelers: Hammer and Heat. Accomplished Blacksmith Elizabeth Brim, an instructor at Penland School of Crafts, is perhaps best known for feminine imagery in her ironwork. In May she…
Posted March 17, 2016
Opening at HART Theater April 8th – May 9th Rodwell Gallery Waynesville, NC – Haywood Community College Continuing Education Creative Arts Department, Haywood County Arts Council and Hart Theater invite the community to enjoy artwork by local fiber artists on view in the Rodwell Gallery and running concurrently with Red Velvet Cake War, a play…
Posted February 16, 2016
Registration is open now! Haywood Community College Continuing Education Creative Arts is pleased to offer a selection of additional classes for April and May. Local ceramicist Kelsey Schissel, of Plays in Mud Pottery (www.playsinmud.com), will be teaching two 8 week courses aimed at the more advanced potter: Ceramics 2: Intermediate Throwing and Finding Your Voice…