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Carolina Creations Newsletter April 2015
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About Us
Open 7 Days a Week
Hours
Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm
Sunday 11-4
Open until 8 for ArtWalk 2015
April 10, May 8, June 12, July 10, August 14, September 11, October 9, November 13, December 11, 2015
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Garden Art Show Continues through April 30
Our annual Garden Art Show includes paintings by Brenda Behr, Sally Sutton, Donna Robertson, Janet Dixon, and lots of new art for the garden!
Two dimensional art in the show includes copper spinners, birdhouses, bird feeders, wind chimes, garden stakes, wall hangings, metal sculpture and more!
This show runs through the end of April.
ArtWalk April 10 5-8 pm!
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New Work by Gallery Artists 
Wall hanging in recycled aluminum
and fused glass by
hanging sculpture includes
kite people, a mermaid and scuba diver.
Suitable for indoor or outdoor use.
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Pewter wall hangings, nightlights and light switch plates by talented artist Leandra Drumm. Leandra Comes from a long line
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with interesting combinations of
stones and findings.
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 Sweet blown glass vases _______________________________
Wish Upon a star
Fused glass starfish, infused with sand from
a place you love... New Bern!
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Hand blown decanter and glasses,
a great wedding gift, by Laurel Marie Hagner.
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Pottery, so new we don't have it on our
website yet! By North Carolina potter,
Cathey Bolton.
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 Artist Spotlight - Donna Robertson
Each month we will be interviewing one of our artists for the newsletter. This month we are talking to Donna Robertson, one of our amazing painters! How did you get started as an artist?I drew a lot as a child but never expected to be an artist. As an undergraduate, I majored in English and always expected to be a writer.. (I'm not, but have a daughter who is...)
My mother-in-law taught me to tole paint when my children were small. I took a watercolor class in an Art Ministry when the children were in junior high, and I was hooked! I won a ribbon in my first show from the Greater Kansas City Art Association; that motivated me. I painted in watercolor for 17 years.
I suppose I really got started when my older daughter (also an artist) and I moved to Wilmington and had a gallery there for six years. My watercolors started to sell. I took a course in the French Impressionists at UNCW and after a visit to see the Monet-Renoir exhibit in Richmond, I switched to oils. It was not too long before I had several galleries showing my work and I won many other awards.
Who or what has influenced you the most?
I think that Rick McClure, a teacher from Oklahoma, influenced me most. I took at least five workshops from Rick when we were showing at the same gallery in Wilmington. I really love his work. The other professionals I most admire are Richard Schmid and Mark Boedges. I could not overlook Wyeth and Sargent. 
Describe for us a breakthrough moment in your work:
I had a breakthrough when I began to experiment with watermedia, particularly inks. I had great success with abstract waves done on very smooth paper. But I found it very difficult to mat and frame under glass when I had to travel some distances with the paintings in the back of my car. And there is no question that oils command a higher price.
As an artist, what is it that you love about what you do?
Painting is an absolute passion for me. I love everything about it, particularly the color. I get totally absorbed in my work and have no idea how time passes. I love to watch people connect with the work and am privileged to see that happen when i am working in my daughter's gallery. Art is a spiritual journey for me so those connections are spiritual as well. I find most of my inspiration around the ocean, which is why I moved to this area. I love to paint anything in nature and particularly love painting flowers.
 If you weren't a painter,
what would you be?
If I were not an artist, I might have been a counselor or a manager in a Continuing Education division. I have a graduate degree in that field. To some people, it seemed like a real sacrifice when I left that field. But art makes me extremely happy, and you can't beat that as a reason to keep doing what you're doing. It is a constant challenge to improve and do something new....who knows, maybe something great!
For details on these paintings visit our website by clicking here.
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Bridal Registry
Can't get in to fill it out? Go to our website, www.carolinacreations.com, copy the links of pieces you like and email them to us along with the name of the bride, groom, the date of the wedding, and where the pieces should be shipped to and we'll do the rest.
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Carolina Creations Calendar 2015
Through April 30 - Garden Art Show -
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March 1-April 30 |
Paintings and Garden Art - including work by Steve Fabrico (birdhouses and feeders), Gail Chavenelle (metal garden sculpture), Bradley Cross (copper spinners), paintings by Brenda Behr, Donna Robertson, Sally Sutton, and other gallery artists.
April 10, 2015 - 5-8 pm - ArtWalk - Reception for Home and Garden Tour Participants. Open to the public. Meet the artist who paints the images used on the Home Tour Poster, Jan Francoeur. Prints available of the painting.
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Photos by Lou Plummer
May 8-June 30 |
May 1, 2015 -
5-8 pm - ArtWalk
- The Colors of Cuba photography by Lou Plummer, show runs through June 30, open daily.
June 8, 2015 - 5-8 pm - ArtWalk - The Colors of Cuba continues.
June 25th-June 27th - Thursday-Saturday. Cape Cod Underpainting workshop with Mike Rooney, click here for the details!
July 10, 2015 - 5-8 pm - ArtWalk - At the Shore through August 31 Paintings and other wall art depicting the North Carolina Waterway. Art by Sally Anger and other gallery artists.
August 14, 2015 - 5-8 pm - ArtWalk
September 11, 2015 - 5-8 pm - ArtWalk
October 9, 2015 - 5-8 pm - ArtWalk
November 13, 2015 - 5-8 pm - ArtWalk - Double Vision - Artists Brenda Behr and Robert Rigsby - plein air painters - paint the same scene, each with their own take on it! Show runs through January 5. Open daily except Thanksgiving and Christmas days.
November 27 and 28 - Christmas Open House
December 11, 2015 - 5-8 pm - ArtWalk
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Downtown New Bern Calendar
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Spring Historic Homes & Gardens Tour
Friday, April 10 & Saturday, April 11, 2015
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Enjoy beautiful spring in New Bern and visit historic homes and gardens on the annual "Spring Historic Homes and Gardens Tour."
On April 10th and 11th homeowners invite you into some of the most beautiful and interesting historic homes in downtown New Bern. Get a behind the scenes look at homes that have much to tell us of the history of this town founded in 1710. Stroll through beautiful gardens and admire a delightful array of fountains. In addition to the homes, gardens and fountains, many downtown houses of worship will be open for tours.
Poster art by Jan Francoeur, prints are be available at Carolina Creations or online here Jan will also be at the home tour selling her prints, on the porch of the Blades House during the tour!
.More calendar events:Friday, April 10, ArtWalk Downtown Shops and Galleries 5-8 pm. April 17, 18, 24, 25 at 8:00pm, April 19, 26 at 3:00pm Les Miserables, Rivertowne Players, Masonic Theatre. Friday, April 24, 2015 - 7:00pm to 9:30pm Washington's Southern Tour: Dinner with President Washington in the Stanly House Garden. More information at http://www.washingtonssoutherntour.org/ Saturday, April 25, 2015 At the Gallery: Harold Arlen 7:00pm Bank of the Arts. Saturday, April 25, 2015 - 8:00pm to 10:30pm Washington's Southern Tour: President's Ball at Tryon Palace.Sunday, May 3, 7:30 PM The North Carolina Symphony Presents: Appalachian Spring, New Bern Riverfront Convention Center. For more details visit Downtown Blog by clicking here.
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Our Favorite Season
It's finally starting to warm up and flowers are beginning to bloom. There are LOTS of great events coming up this month in our Downtown, we look forward to seeing you.
Jan and Michael
And our wonderful staff at Carolina Creations,
Lou, Donna, Irene, Lori, Donna, and Maggie!
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April 2015 Drawing! ____________________________
Win a $25 Gift Certificate to Carolina Creations!
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To enter just email us by clicking here and put in the message line - blooms!
Watch for the May Newsletter to see who wins.
We always love your notes too!
Congratulations to Aimee Schulz for winning the gift certificate in last months newsletter (it will be here waiting for you to pick up).
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