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Carolina Creations
March 2013 News |
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About Us
Open 7 Days a Week
- Hours Mon-Sat 10-6 and 11-3 Sun through March 4
- Spring Hours starting March 5
- Hours Mon-Thurs 10-6, Fri 10-7, Sat 10-6, Sun 11-4.
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Always free gift wrapping.
We have layaway!
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We are thrilled with the new artists we are representing this year, like....
- Twins Jane & Nancy Horner (our featured artists for March and April and the March ArtWalk)
- Peace Poles
- cards by Jerianne Austin, Annabelle Noel and Paula Fynboh
- Robin Beckett Pottery and more! |
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Peace Poles
We just unpacked these fabulous Peace Poles!
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Art by
T W I N S - Jane and Nancy Horner
Carolina Creations show for April and May, T W I N S. The opening reception will be during the March ArtWalk, March 8, 5-8 pm.
One 20ft wall divided in half presents the artworks of identical twins Jane and Nancy Horner. The exhibited works are expressions of two distinctly individual lives.
NANCY CORINNE HORNER - UPTERRLAINARLUTA
While living in western Alaska among the Yupik Eskimo communities, Nancy was inspired by their strong culture. For the Yupik, the realities of life on the delta underlined the practicality of their traditional  culture. Living in a difficult clime, far from job centers and sources of supplies, some still rely on the land for food. Their fishing, trapping, sealing and berry picking are not sentimental reminders of a bygone way of life. They are practical necessities. They depend on a close relationship with land, animals, the sea and the spirit world. Alaskan Yupik are upterrlainarluta",,, always getting ready." The artist and her twin, Jane, were born in Springfield, Illinois. Nancy resides in Cary, North Carolina. She has 3 sisters, 3 daughters and 3 granddaughters. She received a BS in Nutrition (UNCG) and an MA in Community Education (Appalachian State University). She is a Registe  red Dietitian and a Licensed Nutritionist, and worked as a Public Health Nutritionist for 25 years. Her skills include beading, weaving, fabric art, doll making, watercolor and assemblage.
JANE ELLEN HORNER - RECONSTRUCTIONS
Jane majored in studio arts and art history, first a BFA, and next traveling to Europe. She then earned a Master of Fine Arts from UNCG, and took off for New Mexico, Washington, DC, Cape Cod and Boston before settling in Northern Vermont for 30 years. Jane lives in New Bern now.
 She has worked in the professions of archaeological illustration and fieldwork, early childhood education materials and garden restoration. Primarily, her life experience is within the world of Fine Arts: active as a curator of contemporary art, the teaching of drawing and painting, and the making and exhibiting of her own art. She is a Fellow of both the Fine Arts Work Center of Provincetown, MA, and the McDowell Colony of Peterborough, NH. Her grants include the Colman Trust for New England Artists and several grants from the Vermont Arts Council. She is a life-long artist. Exhibition venues continue to be galleries, art centers, museums and universities -- upon large walls of concert halls, vacant buildings, skylights and atriums, and ordinary walls; and in Montreal and VT, Boston and Cape Cod, North Carolina, Atlanta, North Dakota, Johannesburg, South Africa, the Netherlands, and Inari, Finland.
 The work for this show includes paintings and silk screen prints. "Throughout her work there is a consistent core of interests: light, a keen understanding of color, and a quest for elegance of form. There is also a never-ending air of discovery in the artist's work that clearly illustrates an ability to integrate knowledge, wisdom and skill to realize her personal vision."
--Marc Awodey, (1957-2012) critic, poet and painter, Vermont,
"My work is informed by process. It is an exploratory naturally ebullient way of working that is beyond product" --Jane Ellen Horner
Twins will run through April 30.
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 Boxed notecards by Karen Adams. Articulated hand crafted pet sympathy, anniversary and birthday cards by Paula Fynboh.
And beautifully finished Gottalottaart cards by Jerrianne. 
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New Potter Robin Beckett
Robin has been fascinated with pottery since she was eight and visited a pottery studio. She says, "As I watched the ball of clay growing into a beautiful vase, and from that moment on becoming a potter became my dream."  Robin went on to study at Appalachian State University, where she completed Ceramics Technology and other crafts courses.
After graduation, she apprenticed with a potter and since 1982, she has been producing pottery in her North Carolina studio.  |
Freakers
Not long ago a customer asked us if we'd seen Freakers - made in Wilmington. No we said, "what's a Freaker?"  Turns out they were established in 2011 and quickly grew to be the global leader of preventing moist handshakes and sweaty beverages. There are all sorts of designs and they fit ANY sized bottle! $9.99, clever. Of course we love anything made in North Carolina! |
 Dreaming of Spring!
Hand crafted in Florida these sweet copper enamel flowers make a nice little house gift, or you could even make an everlasting bridal bouquet out of them!
Only $3 per stem.
And copper and stainless steel screen combine to make rust proof art for your garden. We love the way the wings move in even the slightest breeze $35-$52.   |
What's New Downtown & Calendar
News
- New Gallery on Craven Street - "The Greater Good", and the Issac Taylor Garden will be a new wedding and event venue.
- The Comfort Suites will soon be a Courtyard by Marriott
- New consignment shop to open on Craven Street soon- The Holiday Shop is moving from Craven to Middle Street, Opening Soon - The Pollock St Deli is closed, has been sold, and is due to reopen under new management. - The Bank of the Arts building will be closed for renovations for a few months and the offices and a selection of artwork will be temporarily relocating to 308 George Street.
Calendar
We live in a busy little town! Upcoming events in our Downtown.
March 8 2013 5-8 pm ArtWalk Downtown New Bern - Many venues - Carolina Creations - ArtWorks - Craven Arts Council and Gallery - Mitchell Hardware - The Greater Good - Bear Hands - Beads and Bowls -
March 8 8 pm Down East Folk Arts Society Concert - Shake Shake Mama - Toby Walker - Trent River Coffee.
March 8-10 Honk! Musical, Stage Hands, New Bern Civic Theatre
March 9-10 Civil War Weekend at Tryon Palace, www.tryonpalace.org, lectures, Civil War/Union Soldier's Encampment, Crafts from the Past, A Soldier's Ball
March 12 Taste of Coastal Carolina - Neuse River Foundation Fundraiser, Riverfront Convention Center.
March 15-17 Honk! Musical, Stage Hands, New Bern Civic Theatre
March 15-17 Ratio Theatre at Tryon Palace, Songs for a New World - Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, Cullman Hall, NC History Center.
March 16 - Tuppence in Concert, Irish Music on St. Patrick's Eve, Trent River Coffee, 7 pm
March 16-17 New Bern Home and Garden Show - Sponsored by the Sun Journal, Riverfront Convention Center.
March 17 - Paul Salk in Concert - RiverTowne Players, Centenary Methodist Church Sanctuary, 3 pm
March 17 - The Lincolns: An Intimate Portrait Special Presenters: Paul Switzer and Alma Gibbons, 2 pm Waystation, Tryon Palace, Pollock St.
March 21 - Lenten Concert at Christ Church - ECU University Flute Ensemble - Christ Church - Pollock St, 12 noon.
March 22-24 Ratio Theatre at Tryon Palace, Songs for a New World - Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, Cullman Hall, NC History Center.
March 23 Easter Egg Hunt 9 am Lawson Creek Park 6 years old and younger, $3, bring your Easter basket. For more info 639-2902 - games, activities, refreshments and a special visit from the Easter Bunny. 639-2902.
March 23 - Harbour Jazz Quartet, An evening of Jazz, Blues and Standards, Trent River Coffee, 7:30 pm.
March 23 Easter Seal UCP Glow Run, 5k Run/walk, 6:30 pm registration, 7:30 pm run - entertainment after run until 10:30 pm, info.
March 30 - Salute to Core Sound, a Celebration and Benefit Auction, highlight of the evening - auction off The Miss Kay - a 21' wood skiff, Tryon Palace History Center 5:30-8:30 pm
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Carolina Creations Calendar
March - April Featured artists Jane and Nancy Horner
March 8, 2013, 5-8 pm - ArtWalk, Jane Horner and her twin, featured artists.
 Home Tour Open House, April 12 4-8 pm. Stop in for refreshments after touring all day. See tiles of each of the homes on the tour and the original Home Tour Poster painting, prints available, artwork by Jan Francoeur, Carolina Creations resident artist. ArtWalk May 10 -5-8 pm Our Annual Garden Show Opens during ArtWalk. May 1-June 30 - Open Daily - Annual Garden Show featuring art of and for the garden. Sculpture, windchimes, birdhouses and bird feeders, paintings, pottery, all with a garden theme.
July 12, 2013, 5-8 pm - ArtWalk - Featured artist Janet Dixon - watercolors.
September 13, 2013 5-8 pm - ArtWalk - Featured artist Lou Plummer - hand crafted paper collage
November 8, 2013 5-8 pm - ArtWalk
November 29 & 30 Annual Holiday Open House
Sunday Hours
We've been open 7 days a week for about 15 years and yet we still hear "we didn't know you were open on Sundays!" Our Sunday hours are 11-4 pm. Downtown Calendar
To keep up with what's going on downtown "Like" the Downtown New Bern Facebook Page or bookmark our Downtown Blog
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Michael and I just got back from a month in Florida! We are rested and ready for Spring!
Thanks to you all for keeping us going all these years. We still love what we do and our customers are what make it worthwhile and a lot of fun.
Look forward to seeing you, Jan & Michael, Lou, Donna C, Irene, Lori, David, Donna B.
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March Drawing
Enter to win these two glass flowers by Brenda Griffin, email us to enter by clicking here - put in the message line - Flowers for me!
We always love your notes too!
Congrats to Ellen McClay for winning the New Bern Print by Jan Francoeur!
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