Friday August 21
11:00 am–5:00 pm | Penland Gallery Is Open
(The gallery will be open @ 9am for guests on campus.)
11:30 | Director’s Luncheon | Auction Tent
The luncheon is by invitation only to Lucy Morgan Leaders and special guests. Lucy
Morgan Leaders are donors who contribute $1,500 or more to Penland’s annual fund
each year.
(Check-in for Director’s Luncheon guests is 10am-11am.)
1:00 pm–5:00 pm | Check-In Table Open | Pines Porch
1:30 pm –3:00 pm | Exhibition and Gallery Reception | Penland Gallery
View Now is the Time to Understand More in the John & Robyn Horn Gallery, and work by Forrest Lesch-Middelton and Beth Schaible in the FOCUS Gallery. Exhibition talk with gallery curator Kathryn Gremley begins at 2:00 PM in the Horn Gallery.
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Core Fellows Pop Up – Core Gallery in the Coffee Shop
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Artist Demonstrations
Join us for demonstrations in several Penland studios (Studios TBA)
4:00 pm | Celebrate the Artists Exhibition, Silent Auction, and Cocktail Reception |
Gorelick Social Hall and Photo Studio, Northlight
Enjoy drinks and heavy hors d’oeuvres. Mix and mingle with the artists. View all auction art and bid in the Friday Silent Auction.
4:30 pm | Silent Auction Opens | Photo Studio
6:00 pm | Silent Auction Closes | Photo Studio
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm | Music, coffee, and desserts | Northlight
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm |Payment Table Open | Northlight Social Hall
Friday check-out is only for guests who are not returning on Saturday and have purchased artwork
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Purchases Available for Pick-up | Paper Studio
Friday Art Pickup is only for guests who are not returning on Saturday
Last shuttle to parking announced at 8:45pm for 8:50 departure.
Saturday August 22
8:30 am–12:30 pm | Registration Table Open | Pines Porch
9:00 am –10:30 am | Coffee at the Barns | Resident Artist Studios
9:00 am – 5:00 pm | Penland Gallery is Open
10:15 pm – 11:45 pm | Silent Auction | Gorelick Social Hall, Northlight
Noon - 12:45 pm | Cynosures Available| Auction Tent
12:15 pm | Buffet Lunch | Auction Tent
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm | Live Auction | Auction Tent
1:00 pm – 4:30 pm | Payment Table Open | Pines Porch
3:30 pm –5:00 pm | Auction Purchases Available for Pick-up | Dye Shed
Cynosures Available for Pick-up | Pines Porch