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Filmmakers sharing the stories of the makers, the creators and the passionate.
elizabeth walton
Jeweler / Metalsmith
Asheville, North Carolina
Elizabeth is driven by an intense and deep curiosity of nature - all of the peace and all of the turbulence. Her beautiful and intricate works are an exploration of relationships of shapes, patterns and essence.
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cheryl prisco
Sculptor
Penland, North Carolina
Working primarily with scrap and discarded wood, Cheryl explores shape and color in her assemblages. From a distance, her work can appear like a whimsical and abstract painting, but up close, you see her beautiful, intentional and time-consuming practice of detailed work and effort.
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hoss haley
Sculptor
Spruce Pine, North Carolina
Hoss' work is a reminder that to be limitless - conceptually or with medium - is absolutely possible. His steel sculptures are many things, beautiful, elegant, bold and precise. But most of all, they represent Hoss' curiosity and wonder.
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hui chi lee
Sculptor / Illustrator
Boone, North Carolina
All of Hui Chi's work, whether two or three dimensional, exhibits her commitment to the long game of consistency and persistence. Many of her works require months if not years of her time. Thematically, Hui Chi is continually returning to our relationships as humans with ourselves and one another.
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frank hursh
Painter
Ongoing
Querétaro, Mexico
Born in 1929, lifetime artist and educator Frank Hursh continues to paint daily in his studio in Querétaro, Mexico. As a student of the experimental Black Mountain College from 1949-1950, Frank's love of color became a driving force of his extensive career in the arts. All the while, continually wandering in the realm of color and listening where words do not exist.
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98.6
A Creative Commonality
Ongoing
Artwork made by Great Apes? 98.6 is an ongoing project where Craig and Erin continue to build relationships with institutions like zoos and sanctuaries throughout the Unites States who are using Art as a form of enrichment for their Great Apes - Chimpanzee, Gorilla, Orangutan and Bonobo. These Great Apes have an amazing story to tell, and creating artwork is one way we can try to understand and appreciate their experience.
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