Sculpting With Concrete Class

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Sculpting with Concrete, 4, Instructor, Dr. Forrest Greenslade

Students will gain a hands-on experience in using a rock-like composite to create sculpture. Students can range from having no experience with sculpture to advanced students

in clay or metal sculpture. Each class will have discussion, work time and class feedback on sculpted objects. Metals Studio.

Saturdays 10am—2pm, October 3 through October 24 (4 weeks).

Cost for course $70. Materials cost to students $15.00 to be paid at registration.

CCCC Sculpture student takes top honors

Chatham emerging artist takes top honors at NC Gourd Festival

The theme of the 68th Gourd Festival exhibit at the NC Fairgrounds was "By the Seashore". Carol Kroll entered a large carved and painted gourd depicting the energy of the ocean. The exterior was done in deeply carved ripples, representative of the ocean's rhythmic waves or patterns one would see left behind in the sand. “I painted the interior in swirling shades of aqua, inviting the viewer to look inside, she explains. Kroll’s first entry in the Gourd Festival, in the novice division, won 1st place and the President's Award.

Carol Kroll started painting at a young age with a private teacher and continued taking art classes through her teens. She later attended Newark School of Fine And Industrial Art in New Jersey and graduated with a diploma in textile design. For most of her adult life, she held a successful career as a textile designer in the home furnishings industry. Then she needed to redirect her life.

“I worked as a designer close to 30 years,” recalls Kroll. “I loved my work and felt fortunate that I had a career I enjoyed and at which I was good. My company relocated me to Burlington NC, and then had a major restructuring, moving most of their operation to China. I soon discovered that textile companies all over the country were doing the same. Manufacturing and even design were outsourced. That is when I discovered Central Carolina Community College and the Sustainable Agriculture program.”

Kroll soon conceived the idea of combining gardening and design, creating beautiful sculpture using her home-grown gourds. ”I love growing things, but my first love, art, kept tugging at me. I wondered how I could combine them. "The carving and painting techniques I use evolve with each piece, and are as varied as the gourds themselves." Kroll is continuing her studies at CCCC, in the sculpture program; she is learning how to market her work through the marketing class.
"Creating fine art on gourds seems to come naturally, but marketing them is a whole different ballgame."

Third Friday Art Walk

Hi, everyone, come on to downtown Siler City for the Third Friday Art Walk on the 21st where the CCCC Sculpture student gallery, located at 138 N. Chatham Avenue, will be open 6:00 to 9:00. This show is by this summer’s Independent Study students.

During the Art Walk, which is sponsored by the North Carolina Arts Incubator, 20 galleries, shops, and eateries will be open. There will be live classic rock music on stage in the court yard by “FrizzWheel”.

Enjoy a leisurely summer evening in historic downtown Siler City.

Excellent facilities and equipment at CCCC

We have added two new slide shows to our blog highlighting our excellent facilities and equipment for both our Ceramics and Metal Sculpture program. You can watch at it's pace or click to view the photos.

Third Friday Art Walk

Faculty Artists do not have lazy summers! Come see what they can do to please the eye! Again, the CCCC Sculpture student gallery, located at 138 N. Chatham Avenue, will be open during the Third Friday Art Walk in downtown Siler City from 6:00 to 9:00, Friday, July 17. This show is by Sculpture and Pottery faculty, the folks who inspire students to produce the excellent art work you’ve seen here before. View the sculpture of Phillip Ashe, wood sculpture by Aaron Smith, pottery by Joyce Bryan, Jennifer Siegel, Raymond Edwards, and Darlene Brady.

During the Art Walk, which is sponsored by the North Carolina Arts Incubator, 20 galleries, shops, and eateries will be open. There will be live music on stage in the court yard by “Bluesville”.

Enjoy a leisurely summer evening in historic downtown Siler City.