Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/28/2018
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Art in Bloom Gallery
Categories
Join us for September’s Fourth Friday Gallery Night in Downtown Wilmington from 6-9 pm and a reception for “The Last Song of Summer: Ceramics by Traudi Thornton and Paintings by Pam Toll”. Visit with the artists and enjoy refreshments. The exhibit will be on view through October.
About Traudi Thornton
Traudi Thornton is a ceramicist currently showing Raku and Stoneware in Art in Bloom Gallery. She was born in Czechoslovakia and raised in Germany. Traudi first studied music at Creighton University before studying ceramics with Henry Soreco at Creighton, the University of Nebraska at Omaha and then moving back to Germany. The artist relocated to Wilmington in 1983. Additionally, Traudi completed a Raku workshop with Paul Soldner in 1974 at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She wakes at 3:30 am to work on her ceramics. She prefers not to rush, to take her time, to complete her work properly.
About Pam Toll
Pam Toll, an Associate Professor at UNC Wilmington, received a BA in Art and English Literature from UNC Chapel Hill has been painting since childhood. Her studio is located at Acme Art Studios (Wilmington) which she co-founded in 1991, as a work and exhibition space for artists. She also co-founded No Boundaries International Art Colony (Bald Head Island, NC) in 1998, a residency program that in the last twenty years brought over 200 artists from around the world with the goal of creating a cross-exchange of cultures and artistic practices to share with our local community.
In addition, view art by Elizabeth Darrow (oil and collage on canvas), Debra Bucci (oil on canvas), Bradley Carter (paintings), Dumay Gorham (sculpture), Brian Evans (ceramics), Richard Bunting (blown glass), Dave Klinger (photographs), Joan McLoughlin (painter) and other artists.