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Penland Gallery & Visitors Center

The Penland Gallery & Visitors Center exhibits the work of artists affiliated with Penland School of Crafts.

04/13/2025

CURRENT EXHIBITION

EL PUENTE
Cristina Córdova, Ada del Pilar Ortiz, Luis Gabriel Sanabria, and Jaime Suárez
On View through June 7, 2025

El Puente (the bridge) gives shape to the journeys being made by four artists between Puerto Rico and the mainland United States. Back and forth, connecting cultures and communities, carrying experiences and an open mind seeking possibilities. Through education, teaching, residencies, and opportunities within the arts sector - they are each making remarkable contributions to build and reinforce the connection.

Works by Cristina Córdova, Ada del Pilar Ortiz, and Jaime Suárez in El Puente, Penland Gallery, 2025

03/17/2025

We’re back! The Penland Gallery online SHOP has gone through a glow-up and is back in action with improved search functions and a more mobile-friendly design. Check it out at the link in our bio. As always, we appreciate your feedback, so if you come across something that needs our attention, please reach out via the contact info on our website. Happy browsing!

01/22/2025

Cold nights call for a hot drink, which always tastes best in a handmade mug. Stay warm out there!

Lynne Hobaica
Mug | Goat Man
Stoneware
3.5H x 6W x 4.25

Joy Tanner
Mug
Soda-fired stoneware
5.5H x 3.625W x 4.75D inches

Holly Walker
Latte Mug
Hand-built terracotta
3.125H x 4.125W x 5.625D inches

Erica Low
Mug
Porcelain
4H x 4.5W x 3.5D inches

We are open for our winter hours on Thursdays and Fridays from 10 AM. - 4 PM. Our SHOP is offline, but just for a bit - we will be back once some tech work is complete.

Please note that our digital, internet-dependent phones are not functioning. At the moment, the best way to reach us is by email at [email protected]. If you leave a telephone message, please also leave us your email address so that we can reply.

01/15/2025

You may have to wait to view this bottle by Shane Fero online, but if you brave the cold weather you can see it in the gallery between 10 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. on Thursdays and Fridays through January!

Shane Fero
Goldfinch Bottle with Flower
Flamedrawn hot glass, flameworked glass, sandblasted, acid-etched; bottle gaffed by Pablo Soto
21H x 5.5W x 5.5D inches

Our SHOP is offline, but just for a bit - we will be back once some tech work is complete.

Please note that our digital, internet-dependent phones are not functioning. At the moment, the best way to reach us is by email at [email protected]. If you leave a telephone message, please also leave us your email address so that we can reply.

12/31/2024

Happy New Years from the crew here at the Penland Gallery. Thank you for your support in 2024, and cheers to supporting artists in 2025!

Kazuki Takizawa
Alabaster Rock Goblet
Hand blown glass
5H x 4W x 4D inches

Nickolaus Fruin
Snifter | Sapphire Rose
Color shifting blown glass
8.875H x 3.5W x 3.5D in.

Nate Cotterman
SPHERE Glass | Champagne + Gold
Handblown glass
5.5H x 2.75W x 2.75D inches

Christopher Kerr-Ayer
Beachball Cocktail Glass
Handmade, manipulated glass with found objects
6.625H x 3.25W x 4.25D inches

Please note that our phone system is not working, so the best way to reach us is by email at [email protected].

To view work currently available in the Penland Gallery follow the link in the bio.

12/05/2024

NEW ARRIVALS

We have a new collection of vessels from Adam Whitney in the gallery! Adam is a Metalsmith and former Penland Resident Artist. In his studio practice, Adam embraces traditional silversmithing techniques of raising along with chasing and repousse, shaping sheet metal into seamless dimensional sculptures and hollowware.

Adam Whitney
Bronze Vase
Bronze, wrinkle texture
6H x 6W x 6D inches

Adam Whitney
Bronze Bowl
Bronze, textured bottom
4H x 8.5W x 8.5D inches

Adam Whitney
Bronze Vase
Bronze, wrinkle texture
6.25H x 5.25W x 5.25D inches

Adam Whitney
Bronze Vase
Bronze, hammer texture
6.25H x 4.75W x 4.75D inches

Adam is a WNC artist. Penland School and the gallery want to support our artists impacted by Hurricane Helene. 100% of your purchase of our WNC artists’ work through the end of the year will go directly to them.

To view work currently available in the Penland Gallery follow the link in the bio.

11/19/2024

NEW ARTIST

We are excited to welcome Dan Friday to the Penland Gallery!

Daniel Joseph Friday is a Native of the Lummi Nation and a lifelong resident of Washington State’s Puget Sound region. Drawing from cultural themes and using modern processes, his work is contemporary in format while maintaining basic Native American qualities. Dan maintains an independent glass studio in Seattle, WA. We currently have a small selection of his Bear Pendants available in our online SHOP.

Two Worlds Bear Pendant | Color Shifting
Cast glass, hand woven cordage
main element: 2.5H x 1.75W x .5D inches, cord length: 24 inches

To view work currently available in the Penland Gallery follow the link in the bio.

10/17/2024

The Penland Gallery SHOP will go live again on Saturday, October 19th.

Many of our artists are from Western North Carolina. Penland School and our gallery want to support these artists impacted by Hurricane Helene. 100% of your purchase of these artists' work through the end of the year will go directly to them.

09/26/2024

NEW ARRIVALS | Kento Saisho is an artist and metalworker currently based in Los Angeles, CA. He makes vigorously textured and tactile sculptural objects, vessels, and contemporary artifacts in steel that utilize and push the material’s potential for transformation. Born and raised in Salinas, CA, he graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 2016, where he was a Windgate-Lamar Fellowship recipient from the Center for Craft in Asheville, NC. Following this, he completed the Core Fellowship at the Penland School of Craft from 2018-2020. He was also a recipient of the inaugural Emerging Artist Cohort from the American Craft Council (ACC) in 2021 and the 2022 Career Advancement Grant from the Center for Craft. He has exhibited nationally and internationally and is currently represented by Citron Gallery in Asheville, NC.

Kento Saisho
Round Vessel
Steel
12”x12”x14

For more about Kento follow the link in bio.

08/31/2024

The Penland Gallery & Visitors Center will be closed September 1st - September 9th. We will resume our regular hours, Tuesday - Saturday 11 AM - 5PM, on September 10th, 2024. We hope to see you soon!

John & Robyn Horn Gallery
THE WEIGHT OF WONDER
June 11th - August 31st, 2024

To view our hours or browse our online SHOP follow the link in bio.

08/30/2024

FOCUS Gallery
WEAR Contemporary Jewelry: Wonderment, Artifice, and Seduction
August 20 - October 5, 2024

Come admire all of the dazzling jewelry in the Penland FOCUS Gallery before next week’s staff sabbatical. We’ll be closed September 2-7 and back in action on September 10. We’ll return after the break with features on some of the incredible makers participating in the show. See you soon!

For more about WEAR Contemporary Jewelry: Wonderment, Artifice, and Seduction follow the link in bio.

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3135 Conley Ridge Road
Bakersville, NC
28705

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Tuesday	11am - 5pm
Wednesday	11am - 5pm
Thursday	11am - 5pm
Friday	11am - 5pm
Saturday	11am - 5pm

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(828) 765-6211

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http://www.penland.org/gallery

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