The new Red House and Gallery

 The Red House lost it's home last winter, as a new landlord didn't renew the lease. BUT things got much better for them.

The Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League (SVFAL) is the oldest art association in the area. It was nicknamed the Red House because they were located in a renovated old house painted red on the exterior.  Here's my post about the former "Red House."

But now they have an excellent location in the center of Black Mountain, on Cherry Street.

I'm posting both photos because the first shows the corner where Cherry St. and State St. meet, and this second of the new façade shows a little (well big) arrow pointing to another entrance on the far right.

This leads upstairs to artists' studios where they also sell their work. And classroom space as well.

For now I am not thrilled with their signage...just a sandwich-board on the sidewalk. 

It is a well appointed gallery space, though a bit crowded compared to some others. The SWFAL has a theme for their exhibits, which is posted at the entrance.

I am on their mailing list still, from when I was a member and volunteered to sit in the gallery in the Red House. So I'll include these two current postings they are offering:

Let Loose Tuesdays

 

Every Tuesday from 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM at the The Red House Gallery & Studios

Bring your favorite - or wannabe favorite - or not so favorite - or not new to you - medium & project, and create while you share space with other creative types. All mediums and projects welcome! Open to members and non-members!

 Fee: $5 per session, to cover classroom rent.

 See you there!! Coordinators: Ruth Duckworth (ruthjduckworth@gmail.com)

& Tina Kannapel (tinasstudio@yahoo.com)

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Open Studio

 

The Red House open studio is an ongoing event, offering members and other interested artists opportunities each week to draw and paint the live model.  

The model fee is $15.00

For more information, contact Fran Greenberg at greenbergfrances@yahoo.com

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I noticed these two programs are ongoing and open to artists who aren't members of SVFAL. 

Today's quote:

So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.

 -Immanuel Kant, philosopher ( 1724-1804)

Art in the gallery No. 2

 

The gallery exhibit at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts features art from the Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League (SVFAL) until Oct. 23, 2020

Geoff Bird at BMCA

Somehow I missed sharing the center pieces of the gallery exhibit over at the Center for the Arts...when I was taking photos a few weeks ago.  Geoff Bird is one of the teachers at the Clay Studio at BMCA, and makes beautiful, large expressive pieces.

A friend helped me by taking these with his phone, on the evening we were attending a play at the Center for the Arts.  Thanks. I seldom go out without my phone, so I was handicapped that evening.

Today's quote:

It isn’t more light we need, it’s putting into practice what light we already have. When we do that, wonderful things will happen within our lives and within our world.

PEACE PILGRIM

Red House gallery and studios, Dimensions part 5

 The gallery exhibit is still available to visit from Dec 27- 29.

 Second floor hall leads to studios

 A studio