Amy Sanders, clay artist, will demonstrate at the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC on September 7 as part of their Taste of Art Fridays. Bring your lunch to the roof at 11:30 and watch Amy create her amazing work in clay.

Fiber artists Dottie Moore and Nava Lubelski will discuss their work as well as current trends in their artistic field on Friday, October 2 at 7PM at the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC.

Cat Jarosz has been selected to exhibit in the ACCSE "Spotlight 2007" exhibit August 17 thru September 22, at Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN. Cat will also be featured in "That's Clever" in October and May on HGTV. And, she is in the jury process for membership in CDC, too. What a busy craftsperson!


Sheryl Baker has ceramic work showing at the current American Crafts Council Southeast exhibit, Spotlight 2007, at Arrowmont through September 22.


The following Piedmont Craftsmen will participate in the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show November 8 through 11, 2007: Jennifer Heller Zurick, John Ransmeier, Lizabeth Shannon, Joanna Gollberg, Carol Owen, Madonna Phillips, and Simon Levy. What an impressive showing!

Lauren Van Hemert comes to the lobby of Artspace, Raleigh, NC this October with Beyond Neverland. Using some of Peter Pan author J. M. Barrie's original manuscripts in her work, Lauren 's jewelry explores "the transitory treasures of everyday items".

Susannah Ravenswing is having a busy and exciting fall. She is participating in the Jewelry and Metal Arts 2007 Invitational in Fish Creek, Wisconsin; delivered a Chain of Office commissioned by Emory & Henry College in Emory, Virginia (her third piece of collegiate regalia), and is featured on the cover of the Winston-Salem Journal's Artview. The Artview article highlights the West End Association's upcoming ARTSfest to be held in Grace Court Park on September 29.

Gini Williams, an internationally-known bead artist, will be helping out the Junior League of Asheville with a show at Next-to-New. Gini is not only a member of Piedmont Craftsmen but also Southern Highland Craft Guild, Center for the Study of Beadwork, Complex Weavers and the Bead Society of Great Britain.

Our own Billie Ruth Sudduth has been interview by Mija Riedel of San Francisco for the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Oral History Program. Her work is on permanent display at the museum's new Luce center.

The show features mugs, teapots, goblets, pitchers and other beverage containers by: Ron Propst, Clyde Gobble, Ken Sedberry, Luba Warrack, William Bernstein, Rob Levin, Georgina Holt, Brad Tucker, Jane Peiser, Mia Tyson, Stanley Mace Anderson, Silvie Granatelli, Alan Hollar, Lambeth Marshall, Warren Moyer, Rachel Smith, Elizabeth Kendall, Nancy Herman, Bill Stewart, Chris Simoncelli and others. There is something for everyone's drinking passion in this exhibit.

AUGUST 11, 1927 - AUGUST 7, 2007 Sally Prange Wainwright died peacefully in her home in Durham on August 7, surrounded by loving family.Sarah Elizabeth Bowen was born in Valparaiso, IN to Milton and Louise Bowen. The Bowens had recently returned from living in China for several years where Milton was a businessman. The family connection to China and Chinese people and culture continued to strongly influence Sally in many ways. Sally not only developed an immense appreciation of ancient eastern art from the Chinese connection, but she also learned to embrace the differences and commonalities among diverse people and cultures. Throughout her long and full life, Sally was a world traveler whose wonderful art, beautiful amateur photography, insatiable curiosity and outgoing personality brought countless people together. Sally was a lifelong champion for individual rights, mutual respect and dignity, and she was actively involved in the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

In 1950 Sally graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Psychology and soon thereafter married her college sweetheart, Arthur Jergen Prange. As a young mother of four children in the late 1950's, Sally began the pursuit of ceramic art in earnest in a small studio in the basement of the family home in Chapel Hill. Over the years, her artwork evolved into a beautiful blend of form and function, exhibiting influences from her travels, workshops, and experiences. Sally achieved international recognition and acclaim for her work and her pieces are displayed in many private, business, and museum collections. Many artists in the North Carolina arts community claim Sally as a mentor; she cherished her relationships with other artists and the mutual love of creative expression that they shared.

Even though her element was clay, Sally considered herself a water person, whether listening to the Cane River flow in front of her mountain cabin or swimming in the neighborhood pond. Her passion for water, and for scuba diving in particular, helped lead her to marine biologist Steve Wainwright, her heart's passion in the later years of her life. Together they created a beautiful life - traveling, bird watching, attending art openings, spending time in their nearby studios, sharing a cup of tea on the patio. Steve and Sally were wed in Phoenix, Arizona, on January third this year. A large celebration of their union took place at their home in Durham in early July with over a hundred friends and family in attendance.

Family members who are mourning Sally's death include her husband, Steve Wainwright; her children, Christy Rappoport (Herndon, Virginia, Marnie Prange (Stevensville, Montana), Laurie Prange (Hattiesburg, Mississippi), and David Prange (Portland Oregon); sons- in-law Rick Rappoport, Greg Pape, and Rex Gandy; 10 grandchildren; a brother, Mick Bowen (Tampa, Florida); her former husband, Art Prange; and Steve's four adult children and their families, Peter, Ian, Archie, and Jenny Wainwright. The immeasurable enrichment of having shared our lives with Sally will live with us forever.

A remembrance of Sally's life will take place at 2:00 p.m., Friday, August 10th in the sanctuary of the Eno River Unitarian Universalist Church at 4907 Garrett Road in Durham. Friends are welcome to attend.In lieu of flowers or meals, donations can be made in Sally's memory to Durham Art Guild.

This past April, Rockport Book Publishing Company released its newest book, Beading for Cloth Dolls. Piedmont Craftsmen exhibiting member, ANNE MAYER HESSE, was one of the co-authors, along with Patti Culea and Laura McCabe. The popularity of the book has initiated a beading cruise set for February of 2008. The cruise leaves Ft. Lauderdale and goes to Panama, Limon, Costa Rica, and Belize. There will be 4 days at sea when beading classes will take place. The other 3 days will be fun in the cities. If interested in cruising along with us, please contact Annie at: anniedolls@roadrunner.com