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September Instructor Roundtable topic: SUSTAINABILITY
September 16, 2020, 12:00 - 1:15 EST. Click here to sign up for the discussion.
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In a new conversation series, Instructor Roundtables, Arrowmont brings together instructors originally scheduled to teach in 2020 for live discussions about the themes uniting their work. You are invited to participate!
September's Instructor Roundtable features Jim Arendt, Peter Dellert, Ashton Ludden, and Sonya Philip. Click here to register for the conversation, focusing on the topic of Sustainability.

Special thanks to 2020 instructor Heinrich Toh who helped conceive and shape this new conversation series.

JIM ARENDT – Jim Arendt is an associate professor of Visual Arts and gallery director at Coastal Carolina University. He received his BFA from Kendall College of Art and Design and an MFA from the University of South Carolina. Recently, Arendt received First Prize during Fiberarts International 2019 andwas a 2018 finalist for the Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has received the South Carolina Arts Commission Visual Artist Fellowship 2014 and his work received the $50,000 top prize at ArtFields 2013. His work was chosen for the 2013 Museum Rijswijk Textile Biennial, Netherlands, and is included in the Arkansas Art Center’s permanent collection of contemporary craft. www.jimarendt.com

PETER DELLERT – Educated as a biologist, Peter Dellert is a furniture maker, sculptor and artist living in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He has operated a woodworking business since 1983. His furniture has been shown at ICFF in New York and in craft museums and galleries all over the U.S. Dellert has taught at Arrowmont, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Snow Farm and North Country Studio Workshops. www.peterdellert.com

ASHTON LUDDEN – Ashton Ludden is a printmaker, sign artist, and educator. She received her MFA in printmaking at the University of Tennessee in 2013 and her BFA in engraving arts & printmaking at Emporia State University in 2009. Her animal-focused work has been shown nationally and internationally. She currently works at Trader Joe’s in Knoxville as their lead sign artist and an active member of the Vacuum Shop Studios Artist Collaborative. www.ashtonludden.com

SONYA PHILIP – Sonya Philip was born in the Philippines. Her father, an architect from Australia, met her Filipino mother in New York, where she was studying interior design. Her family moved to San Francisco and then to Hong Kong in the 1980s, where she lived for eight years before returning to California. Sonya studied art and printmaking in high school with every intention of going to art school. Life intervened, as did other areas of fascination, eventually leading to an MFA in creative writing from Mills College. As a self-taught artist, she enjoys the freedom of exploring and stretching mediums. Disruption and identity play a large role in her work. Sonya lives in San Francisco with her family. www.sonyaphilip.com and www.100actsofsewing.com