Christa Assad will be teaching

ceramics at Arrowmont the week of June 6 - 11; her course is called "Cut and Construct Intensive." Take a look at her gallery here: http://christaassad.com/gallery/ and if clay is your medium be advised that she can squeeze a couple more students into her class. I think I'm attracted to her work because not only does it make me want to reach into my computer monitor and grab a piece, but she's a master colorist whose glazes fit her pot shapes perfectly.

The four artists in residence will be departing Arrowmont to start new adventures and the new artists will be arriving in mid-June. If you have not visited the residents' blog you should click on this link http://arrowmontresidents.blogspot.com/2010/05/changing-of-residents.html and read not only the current post about the four new arrivals but also the posts from the past year. Photographs of Arrowmont in all seasons are excellent and the artwork of Victoria, TJ, Martina and Kent is well-documented. The residents work hard and with good humor not only in their own studios but also teaching in the community and assisting in so many ways in Arrowmont's workshops, auctions and other events, and this year added outreach to, well, anyone in the world who reads the residents' blog. Keeping up with them has kept me in touch with Arrowmont and its spirit of sharing.