UPCOMING EVENTS

Sec­ond Annual West­ern North Car­olina Stu­dio Glass Exhi­bi­tion
June 1 — July 6, 2013 

The moun­tains of North Car­olina are home to some of the world’s most tal­ented stu­dio glass artists. To rec­og­nize the excep­tional work of these pre­em­i­nent artists, an exhi­bi­tion of work is sched­uled in a col­lab­o­ra­tive event tak­ing place in four down­town Mor­gan­ton, North Car­olina venues: the Burke Arts Coun­cil, Kalā Gallery, John S. Payne Stu­dio and MESH Gallery. The Sec­ond Annual West­ern North Car­olina Stu­dio Glass Exhi­bi­tion is sched­uled to start June 1 and run through July 6, 2013. An open­ing recep­tion for the artists is sched­uled for Sat­ur­day, June 1 at each par­tic­i­pat­ing gallery.

The exhi­bi­tion includes glass that is func­tional and sculp­tural in design. This includes many unique ves­sels in var­ied shapes and hues, as well as sculp­tural forms in blown or cast glass. The four gal­leries will serve as sin­gu­lar venues for the exhi­bi­tion and each will offer par­tic­i­pants a dis­tinct expe­ri­ence in view­ing the entire exhi­bi­tion of work. Among the artists par­tic­i­pat­ing in this year’s exhi­bi­tion are John Alma­guer, Ben Greene, Kenny Pieper, Greg Fidler, Sam Stark, Roger Par­ramore, Gary Beecham and Mary Lynn White, Joe Nielander, Jud­son Guer­ard and Thor and Jen­nifer Bueno. The gal­leries are in close prox­im­ity, allow­ing vis­i­tors to walk to each venue in Morganton’s his­toric down­town dis­trict. Work on exhi­bi­tion will be avail­able for pur­chase. More infor­ma­tion regard­ing the Sec­ond Annual West­ern North Car­olina Stu­dio Glass Exhi­bi­tion will be avail­able at downtownmorganton.com.  

 

 

 PAST EVENTS

INDO DINNER BENEFIT FOR FOOTHILLS CONSERVANCY
OF NORTH CAROLINA

Kala Gallery served as the site for an Indo Din­ner to ben­e­fit the Foothills Con­ser­vancy of North Car­olina that was hosted by Terry & Fran­sien, Ingrid & Joe Carey and Jonathan Tucker.

 

ANDREW CHAPMAN ARTIST RECEPTION 

Kala held an exhi­bi­tion of works by Hick­ory, NC black­smith metal artist Andrew Chap­man in Sep­tem­ber, 2012.  Works included sculp­ture, fur­ni­ture and func­tional pieces. The exhi­bi­tion show­cased the tech­ni­cal skill, finesse and flu­id­ity of the artist’s craft.

 

JOHN D. RICHARDS AND
THE HOT DUCK SOUP NOVELTY JAZZ BAND

August, 2012 Kala hosted the works of mixed-media artists John D. Richards.  Along with John’s work, his band, The Hot Duck Soup Nov­elty Jazz Band, enter­tained the audi­ence with sev­eral numbers.

 

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA STUDIO ART GLASS EXHIBITION

In June, 2012 Kala, along with MESH Gallery and the Burke Arts Coun­cil Jail­house Gallery, hosted the first West­ern North Car­olina Stu­dio Art Glass Exhi­bi­tion.  The exhi­bi­tion show­cased the works of four­teen west­ern North Car­olina glass artist.  Each gallery hosted four to five artists.  Local pho­tog­ra­pher and glass enthu­si­ast, John S. Payne, opened his pri­vate col­lec­tion to view­ers through­out the exhibition.

KALA GALLERY WINS 2011 TOP RETAILER AWARD

Bal­ti­more, Md. (July 19, 2011) — Kala Gallery of Mor­gan­ton, N.C. was named the Best New Gallery in the Nation by NICHEmagazine’s 2011 Top Retail­ers com­pe­ti­tion.  Win­ners were announced in a cer­e­mony at the 2011 Buy­ers Mar­ket of Amer­i­can Craft on July 12, 2011 at the Bal­ti­more Con­ven­tion Cen­ter in Bal­ti­more, Md.  The annual Top Retailer Awards pro­gram rec­og­nizes craft retail­ers who are com­mit­ted to fair busi­ness prac­tices and to grow­ing and strength­en­ing the North Amer­i­can craft community.

 

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