Within The Lines: Creative Perspectives on Wilderness art exhibit

From a press release:

Within The Lines: Creative Perspectives on Wilderness art exhibit

The Southern Appalachian Office of The Wilderness Society presents Within the Lines: Creative Perspectives on Wilderness an exhibit of works by regional artists passionate about the conservation and interpretation of the southern Appalachian landscape. The exhibit—presented in celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Wilderness Act—will be on display September 5 through November 26, 2014 at HandMade in America, 125 S. Lexington Ave. Ste. 101 in downtown Asheville. The 1964 Wilderness Act established the National Wilderness Preservation System and created the process by which Wilderness Areas are designated, and some of our nation’s most beautiful and vital wild places are protected. Celebrations are taking place across the country throughout this important year and the Southern Appalachian Office presents Within the Lines as a centerpiece event for our region.

The art exhibit will be accompanied by a series of First Friday receptions and panel discussions. Held in HandMade in America’s spacious gallery with food and drink provided by Dough Market and One World Brewing, the panel discussions are moderated sessions with some of the region’s most significant writers, artists and thinkers on issues of natural heritage and conservation. Each panel will feature comments by the panelists followed by an opportunity for those in the audience to ask questions. The receptions begin at 6:00pm with the panel discussions at 6:30pm and all are free and open to the public.

Artists in the three-month-long exhibit include:
Robert Cox – mixed media artist; Signal Mountain, TN
W.T. Dooley – painter; Northport, AL
Elizabeth Ellison – watercolorist and paper maker; Bryson City, NC
Doris Gabel – painter; Madison, AL
Marianne Hall – Printmaker; Danville, AL
Robert Johnson – painter; Celo Community in Yancey County, NC
Lori Kincaid – photographer; Hot Springs, NC
Charles Seifried – photographer; Decatur, AL

September 5, Artists’ Panel: An opening reception and artist panel discussion will be held Friday, September 5 at HandMade in America (125 S. Lexington Ave. Ste 101, Asheville) from 6:00pm to 8:00pm with the panel discussion at 6:30pm. The event is free and open to the public.

The panel discussion will feature several artists with works in the show: Robert Cox, Elizabeth Ellison, Robert Johnson, Lori Kincaid and Charles Seifried. Atlanta-based composer, performer and music educator Stephen Wood will join the artists on the panel to discuss his Wilderness Act Performance Series that features performance art inspired by nature.

October 3, Interdisciplinary Panel: An Interdisciplinary panel of regional educators, writers, leaders and activists will be held Friday, October 3 at HandMade in America (125 S. Lexington Ave. Ste 101, Asheville) from 6:00pm to 8:00pm with the panel discussion at 6:30pm. The event is free and open to the public. Panelists include:
• Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle – Executive Director, Cherokee Preservation Foundation and author of Going to Water (2014)
• Will Harlan – editor in chief Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine and author of Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island (2014)
• Jay Leutze – author of Stand Up that Mountain: The Battle to Save One Small Community in the Wilderness Along the Appalachian Trail (2012)
• Brent Martin – Southern Appalachian Regional Director, The Wilderness Society and author of Staring the Red Earth Down (2014)
• Dr. Kathryn Newfont – Associate Professor of History & Faculty Chair of the Ramsey Center for Regional Studies, Mars Hill University; author of Blue Ridge Commons (2012)
• Rev. Mark Ward – Lead Minister, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville

November 7, Writers’ Panel: A panel of regional writers will be held Friday, November 7 at HandMade in America (125 S. Lexington Ave. Ste 101, Asheville) from 6:00pm to 8:00pm with the panel discussion at 6:30pm. The event is free and open to the public.

Panelists include:
• Kathryn Stripling Byer – Poet, essayist and teacher; North Carolina Poet Laureate (2005-2009)
• Wayne Caldwell – author of Requiem by Fire (2010) and Cataloochee (2007)
• Thomas Rain Crowe – poet, translator, recording artist and author of Crack Light (2011) and Zoro’s Field: My Life in the Appalachian Woods (2006)
• George Ellison – writer, naturalist, lecturer and historian; most recent book: Permanent Camp: Poems, Narratives and Renderings from the Smokies (2012)
• John Lane – Director, Goodall Environmental Studies Center at Wofford College; author of My Paddle to the Sea (2011) and Circling Home (2007)
• Catherine Reid – Director, Undergraduate Creative Writing Program at Warren Wilson College; Author of Falling into Place: An Intimate Geography of Home (2014)