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Penland School of Crafts has open spaces in its upcoming one-week sessions available at half tuition to area residents. These long workshops are an unusual opportunity to spend two months working with first-rate instructors in professionally equipped studios. The discount is available to residents of the following Western North Carolina counties: Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Graham, Clay, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, and Yancey; and the following counties in East Tennessee: Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington. Regular room and board charges apply, but students are not required to stay on campus.
The first session runs March 27 through April 2 with spaces in photography and printmaking. Penland’s staff photographer will introduce the basic concepts and techniques of black-and-white darkroom photography using pinhole cameras, plastic cameras, and view cameras. Printmaker Jon Lee will teach Japanese woodblock printing including how to make the required tools.
The second session runs April 10 through 16 and there are spaces available in a printmaking workshop taught by Aimee Joyaux. Students will learn the basics of printmaking on paper and fabric using the images on printmaking plates salvaged from a feed and seed company.
All of these classes are open to students of any skill level: beginners welcome. Complete information is available in the classes section of the Penland website: www.penland.org. To enroll, call the Penland registrar at 828-765-2359, ext 1106. The Penland Standby Program offers discounts to area residents who take unfilled spaces in Penland classes shortly before the classes begin.
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