ArtsCentered | A Professional Clay Studio and Art Center/School

01/11/2023

09/23/2022

This was closed in 2019.
Facebook/Meta/Whatever keeps trying to raise the dead.

09/22/2019

Closed

01/05/2019

With affection and appreciation for every single individual who has passed through these doors for 16 years - announcing ArtCentered is officially closed as of tonight.

12/14/2018

'ESTATE SALE'! Antiques, collectables, functional and decorative art, quilts, miniatures, kitchen stuff. Majority must find new homes♡
B&B will be under new ownership.
Current one doesn't need all of this at new home.

When: ☆SAT JAN 5 thru SUN JAN 6☆
From: ☆9am-3pm each day☆
Where: 71 N. Mitchell Ave, Bakersville, NC

●Credit Cards accepted. Cash gets 10% off posted price! No checks please.
●Visit bakersvillebnb.com for sneak peeks at rooms and decorative items
●Variety of photos will be presented on this post regularly from this day until sale.

11/01/2018

Sweet kiln load made possible by super students!

10/09/2018

Our talented ARTsCENTERed gang!
Fun, functional, whimsy, sculptural, colorful, expressive. Enjoy a glimpse here.

09/11/2018

Here's our happy Barbara! After a hiatus she's back and tackled the wheel today. First pic: I threw these.
Second: OMG - I THREW THESE!
Good job, girl.

08/24/2018

FALL SESSION POTTERY CLASSES
NOW is a great time to make functional pieces, explore sculpture or try other imaginative creations in clay. Wheel throw, hand form, even combine the two techniques! Add textures from leaves, stamps, lace, and more. Glaze your pieces with exciting colors - and take home beautiful handmade works of art.
AC has "good energy", provides supportive instruction in a relaxed social setting. Good affordable fun - join us! Your choices:
Tuesdays 12-3 starts 9/4 (limited spaces available); Thursday nights 5-8 starts 9/6; Fridays 10-1 starts 9/7 (some spaces left).
8 weeks of instruction plus same weeks of FREE open studio use.
~~~Beginners always welcome~~~
Tuition $75, materials fee $50, 25 # bag of clay $15
Questions or to register call 828-688-6012

08/07/2018

Happy Birthday to our dear Anne Lise Buch - photo caught all in song for our girl! But wait, long AWOL Barbara Buonocore Diekmann rejoined the Tuesday class in nick of time for cake, welcome back!

08/04/2018

KILN IS ON!
(glaze load)
Pics soon....

07/19/2018

ARTsCENTERed (AC) has studio space availalable for one full time clay artist. Conveniently located on a main street in town, AC can provide: area for wheel, kiln space (wired and ready), work table, shelving, and access to slab roller. (A kickwheel is available for 6 mo use at reasonable rate.)
Package may, upon review, include ACGallery (ACG) representation in flourishing arts & crafts region! One hour from Asheville, just eight miles from famous Penland School of Craft. Our art walks between studios, galleries, and quaint shops are scheduled approximately every other month (in season) here in town and can provide considerable income opportunity for the new, established, or 'in transition' artist.
AC, studio with phenomenal good energy, has fifteen year history of providing on site community based arts and crafts education and also fascillitating support for the talented aspiring artist.
Call 828 688 6012 for application, tour and meeting.