Featured Artists
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Cheryl Garrity’s goal is to reveal the beauty in our natural surroundings through her photography. She grew up in Rockingham County where she learned to appreciate wildflowers, wildlife, and rural landscapes while wandering the family farm. Her drive to explore leads her across North Carolina where she captures intimate landscapes to wide vistas. Cheryl’s photograph “Pea Island before Sunrise” was published in Wildlife in North Carolina Magazine in February 2011. Her landscape “Vineyard at Dusk in Winter” won first place in color photography at the Rockingham County Fine Festival in July, 2011. In 2012, her computer art, ”Guarding the Light” took second prize and her black and white photograph, “God’s Rays” earned first place in the Rockingham County Fine Arts Festival. In 2013, she earned a blue ribbon, two red (2nd) and a green (3rd) at the RC Fine Arts Festival as well as second place at Expressions in Martinsville and first in RC Silver Arts. You may contact Cheryl Garrity @ [email protected]
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My days in clay began with pottery classes at Rockingham Community College and it did not take long til I was hooked. I make functional pottery for you to use every day...bowls, casseroles, platters, mugs and serving trays. Working with stoneware clays, I throw on the wheel and also hand build pieces and fire in an electric kiln. Each piece is unique. There may be some similarities, but never an exact match. I\'ve enjoyed making beach themed pieces the past few years along with my \"everyday\" line of earthy blues, greens and creams. Would love for you to visit my studio and check out my new \"Scrapbook Bowls\".
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Graduate of UNC and worked 34 years in the textile industry retiring in 2000 from Pillowtex Corp. Bill has been a potter for 15 years working with high-fire stoneware and raku pottery. He is co-owner of Hawk Spirit Studio with his wife, Susan, who is a potter and glass artist. In addition to being an artist, Bill takes seriously a responsibility to be a supporter and patron of the arts.
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Hawk Spirit Studio-Bill & Susan Moore We have been involved with art in Rockingham County for over 25 years and have operated Hawk Spirit Studio for 18 years. We are a studio creating works of stained glass, fused glass, functional stoneware pottery and raku pottery. Our works focus on functional and creative forms with emphasis on color and blending of colors. We believe that much artistic talent exists in Rockingham County and have diligently worked to promote this talent over the years by participating in many artistic ventures in the county and serving as members of many arts organizations.
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Eden native Tom Ogburn has been a life long wood worker and has always appreciated the beauty of wood and how different one piece is from another. In January 2010, he began woodturning after taking a course at Rockingham Community College, and the rest is history. He immediately fell in love with this beautiful craft and has already entered several area shows with great success. He enjoys turning exotic wood into anything from a piece of art to a functional pepper mill or salad bowl.
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About Darlene Poole: Mother of 3 wonderful girls, I am a multi medium artist. Consisting of watercolor, sculptures, crafts, pen and ink sketches and recycled aluminum jewelry. The jewelry is my passion right now.
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Bryan Pulliam, born in 1969 in Rockingham County, North Carolina... He began a pottery career after a strong admiration of collecting Seagrove, NC pottery, especially early works from Ben Owen Sr., a world renowned potter from that area. From August 2005- 2008 he studied pottery at Rockingham Community College with an apprenticeship, training under Sally Hayes and Noah Carlton learning basic techniques, shapes, form & design. Production @ firing techniques in electric @ gas fired kilns were his main focus. Bryan\'s current Internship with Ben Owen III of Seagrove, NC has allowed him to learn shape @ design techniques along with studying glazing effects from hands on experience of a wood firing kiln.
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