January

Beat the Winter Blues! January Exhibition at Circa Gallery

Circa Gallery will hold the Opening Reception for "Beat the Winter Blues" with a fabulous collection of paintings, sculptures, fiber art, jewelry and mixed media by many local artisans.  Artists such as Ben Owen III, Ron Curlee, Ashley Fetner, Rick Smith, Cori Cagle and many others submitted work for this show that is reflective of the various shades of blue. 
Local Blues Band "Grit Cakes" will entertain our senses with fabulous music  A pottery demonstration will be held by Kim Burroughs.
Food and beverages will be on hand for your enjoyment.  So please come join us and "Beat the Winter Blues" in downtown Asheboro with Circa Gallery!

February



Perry Boswell - "Out of the Attic"- What are you hiding in yours?
Friday February 27 - March 20
Opening Reception for the artist: Friday, February 27th 5-8pm

Circa Gallery will host an opening reception for UNCG MFA  graduate Perry Boswell Friday, February 27th 5-8pm. Perry's exhibition will take you on a journey through time, and tug at your heart strings.  This body of mixed media work is one you will not want to miss.  Perry's work is influenced by his view of "nature, people, moments in time retaining and synthesizing the information that affects him most deeply."  His end product being "threads of being that bind our spirits"  Perry will be on hand to meet and greet folks and offer insight into some of his work. The opening will feature live music, food and refreshments. Please join us! 

March



Circa Gallery to host Art Teacher Exhibition

Circa Gallery will host an exhibition for the Art Teachers of Randolph County on March 27-April 17, 2009.  The opening reception will be held Friday, March 27 from 5-8 p.m. and will represent 14 Randolph County Art Teachers.  Artwork from:

Melissa Walker, Cori Cagle, Gail Dubis, Blair Collins, Jane Hager, Stephanie Soper, Brooke Sides, Amelia Wright, Gail Jones, Mary Ellen Robinson, Crissie Little, Gayle King, John Boalick and Doug Collins.

Music and refreshments will be provided.  Please join and help us to celebrate these talented Art Teachers of Randolph County.  For more information about the exhibition please contact Circa Gallery at 336-625-3578, circagallery@gmail.com.

April

"Scenes of Randolph County"
Opening Reception for the artists: Friday April 24th 5-8pm

Circa Gallery is calling all artist who would like to participate in the "Scenes of Randolph County" Exhibition April 24-May 22, 2008.  The show is open to all mediums and artists.  Pieces must reflect scenes of Randolph County and can be delieverd on April 16-23, 2008.  This is an annual exhibition that hopes to inspire the community to appreciate the beauty of Randolph County as seen through the eyes of local artists. Brian and Kayli Hibard will serve as jurors for the show.

Music and refreshments will be provided.  Please join and help us to celebrate these talented artists of Randolph County.  For more information about the exhibition please contact Circa Gallery at 336-625-3578, circagallery@gmail.com.

June

Circa Gallery's New Location and One Year Celebration Event!
150 Sunset Avenue Asheboro, NC 27203
June 26 from 5-8 p.m

Join us tonight and help us celebrate Circa Gallery's one year anniversary and new gallery space!
Live music from local band Gritcakes, wine tasting from our lovely friends at Lumina Wine and Beer and also many artists will be on hand to talk about their work.

    The newly renovated space will not only showcase the same outstanding selection of handmade artwork from over 40 North Carolina artists but will also offer an expanded gallery and a new addition called “The Warehouse” (148 Sunset Avenue) which will house a dedicated classroom, artist studio spaces and Dish'n a paint your own pottery studio.

July

Michael Kim Burroughs Pottery Demonstration 
Saturday July 25th, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 2-4 p.m.  

Come watch a potter at work, wheel and all! Burroughs will form clay into beautiful shapes which will be glazed and fired. He will be on hand to discuss and answer questions about art and pottery. 

Midsummer’s Night Tea Party 
Thursday, July 30 from 5-8 p.m.

Herb specialist Linda Gunter from LG Herbal Cottage in Seagrove will be on hand to talk about different herbal teas with our adult participants while our younger crowd will have the opportunity to dress up as fairies and participate in a fun fashion show.  Refreshments will be served.  This is a free event, but registration is required.  Please call the gallery or email us to sign-up! 

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August

Circa Gallery will host an art exhibition from August 14-September 4, 2009 entitled “Infinite Possibilities”. The exhibition will feature artwork from ceramic artist Michael Kim Burroughs as well as painter and sculptor Frank Russell, both of Greensboro.

Russell, born in Warrington County, Virginia is a self-taught as an artist; he was educated at the University of South Carolina. He has lived in Greensboro, NC for over 30 years and has a background in art direction broadcast television. His mediums in art range from painting, designing, sculpting and he has been making art for over 30 years. Currently, he owns and operates Artmongerz which specializes in "found object art" located at 610 S Elm St, Greensboro, NC 27406. Frank describes his artmaking process as "a series of invitations to accidents" and remarks that so much of his work on canvas (as well as sculpture) is simply "an ongoing evolution of the decision-making process". What stays? What goes? Why?

Burroughs, currently teaches at Art at Greensboro Day School in Greensboro North Carolina. As an art instructor, he draws on his fine arts background and expertise in ceramics, sculpture, drawing, painting, photography and printmaking. He received his Masters of Fine Art degree at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Ceramics and his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Carolina Pembroke. He has had over 30 years of working in the field of ceramics and also exhibits his work alongside Russell at Artmongerz in Greensboro.

The opening reception for the artists will be held on August 14 from 5-8 p.m. This event is free and the public is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. For more information about the exhibition please call the gallery 336-736-8015.

Celebrate Downtown Asheboro get “Out & About”
Friday, August 14th
from 5-9 p.m.

Mark your calendar for Downtown Asheboro's first "Out & About" a new community open house for the public to browse, shop and listen to music on the pedestrian friendly streets of downtown Asheboro. Area Downtown Merchants are joining forces and will keep their doors open with extended hours. Come see what is happening downtown Asheboro. Live outdoor music by Nick Wiley will begin at 5:30 p.m. This is a free event, the public is welcomed and your chance to get “Out & About” and discover downtown Asheboro. For more information please call Circa Gallery at 336-736-8015.

September 11-October 2, 2009
“North Meets South: The Pottery Works of Jim Spires”

Circa Gallery will host an art exhibition entitled “North Meets South: The Pottery Works of Jim Spires” from September 11-October 2, 2009. The exhibition will feature artwork from potter Jim Spires, born and raised among the potteries of Ohio.

After completing his bachelor's degree in fine art & education, Jim taught secondary school for awhile, but he longed to be a full time artist. He attended Wesleyan University in Connecticut, earning a master's degree in design and sculpture. Supporting himself as a graphic designer for Eastman Kodak in New York, Jim developed his skills as a potter and sculptor in his spare time. In 1991, Jim returned to his native Ohio to make his mark on the U.S. pottery and sculpture markets.

Through high profile shows, exhibits, competitions, and support of the North Carolina Zoological Society as a major donor, he gained an enthusiastic following and acquired major collectors nationwide. After a trip to the Picasso Museum in Vallauris, and meeting with the French potters, some who had actually known Picasso, Jim was energized! He began to create ceramic sculptural works based on the "master's" ceramic pieces; early Southern face jugs, and combined these with images from French impressionist's paintings of the 1900's.
This is Jim's second appearance in the Florence Biennale. He hopes this year's presentation will help to bridge the traditional gap between high craft and fine art and contribute positively to discussion of the topic on the international art scene.

Jim will open this September at the Circa Gallery in Asheboro, NC and in the spring at Gallery 13 in Arles, France. The opening reception for the artist will be held on September 11 from 5-8 p.m. This event is free and the public is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. For more information about the exhibition please visit www.circagallerync.com, email circagallery@gmail.com or call the gallery 336-736-8015.

Celebrate Downtown Asheboro get “Out & About”
September 18th
from 5-9 p.m.

Mark your calendar for Downtown Asheboro's "Out & About" a new community open house for the public to browse, shop and listen to music on the pedestrian friendly streets of downtown Asheboro. Area Downtown Merchants are joining forces and will keep their doors open with extended hours. Come see what is happening downtown Asheboro. Live outdoor music byGritcakes will begin at 5:30 p.m. This is a free event, the public is welcomed and your chance to get “Out & About” and discover downtown Asheboro. For more information please call Circa Gallery at 336-736-8015.

Circa Gallery to host “Watercolor Trio” Exhibition
October 9- November 6, 2009
5-8 p.m.

Circa Gallery will host an art exhibition from October 9- November 6, 2009 entitled “Watercolor Trio”.  The exhibition will feature artwork from watercolor artists Cass Catlett, Carol Meetze-Moates and John Hyatt.

Cass Catlett a Greensboro artist began painting for the first time in 2003 after an epiphany that revealed an unconscious thought:  “I have always wanted to paint”. Through initial watercolor classes she found a passion for color and quickly discovered that she would not be painting in a traditional realistic style.  She is drawn to fluidity, mystery, whimsy and the alluring play between form and formless. Color being the most important aspect of her painting and all her work makes her soul sing.

Carol Meetze-Moates  grew up in Randleman and began her art interests in high school there. Continuing studies were at Greensboro College, UNC-G, and commercial art at GTCC. She worked professionally from 1978 to 1999 as Visual Arts Director with City Arts, City of Greensboro at the Cultural Center, 200 N. Davie Street.

During her career as Art Director, she had the opportunity to study with many regional and international art instructors such as Skip Lawrence, Christopher Schink, Stephen Quiller, Daniel Greene, Arne Westerman, Ann Templeton, Carol Barnes, Al Stein, Anita West and Albert Handel, Judy Wagner, Peter Thornton (calligrapher), John Lines, and Chuck Mclachlan. Having the opportunity to learn exciting new approaches to art technique and philosophy has been a rich experience.

She is a member and served on the board of the Greensboro Artist League, also a board member of the Greensboro Library Arts Commission, the Watercolor Society of North Carolina, the Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, and Carolina Lettering Arts Society.  Carol's work is in private and corporate collections, and has been accepted in several national juried shows winning occasional awards. 

John Hyatt from Wilmington, NC is a transparent watercolor artist and was born in Evansville, Indiana. Following a 24 year career in the military he became a Registered Nurse and currently works in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit of a large, 600 bed, regional hospital. 

In early 2004, he began to experiment in watercolor and soon discovered an artist whose work he admired, Sterling Edwards, a world class artist and instructor in watercolor, oil and acrylic. He, like Sterling, was captivated by the transparency of watercolors and set off, as Sterling did with watercolor master Zoltan Szabo, on a process of developing his own form of watercolor expression. Sterlings loose, flowing style of painting, utilizing mixes of subtle pastel lights and bold darks, were what inspired John to continue to pursue this medium. He has attended numerous workshops with Sterling, and has taken his advice to "find your own style and keep it loose". 

John is a member of the Watercolor Society of North Carolina, the Wilmington Art Association and has works exhibited in numerous private collections and a corporate collection.

The opening reception for the artists will be held on October 9 from 5-8 p.m.   This event is free and the public is invited to attend.  Refreshments will be served.  For more information about the exhibition please visit www.circagallerync.com, emailcircagallery@gmail.com or call the gallery 336-736-8015.

November 13 - 27, 2009
“Look who's coming to dinner, The enigmatic art of Lawrence Feir”

Circa Gallery will host an art exhibition entitled “Look who's coming to dinner, The enigmatic art of Lawrence Feir” from November 13 - 27, 2009.  The exhibition will feature artwork from artist and sculptor  Lawrence Feir who resides in Greensboro, North Carolina. 

Working primarily in metals his works range from furniture  to figurines, forge and foundry, and from fountains to robotics.  Be they kinetic pieces or static a strong commonality of  organic forms can be seen and felt in most all of his works.  His subject matter derives from a combination memory and  imagination. Crafting the works involves technical welding and  metalworking. “It is my hope that my sculptures invoke a feeling  of peacefulness punctuated with spontaneous whimsical  energy”, says Feir.

The Patron Preview and Artist Reception will be held on  November 13 from 5-8 p.m. This event is free and the public is  invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. For more  information about the exhibition please visit circagallerync.com,  email, circagallery@gmail.com or call the gallery 336-736-8015.



November 20, 2009 / 5-9 p.m.
Out & About:  Dawn Morgan Trunk Show 
Circa Gallery will host a trunk show and pottery demonstration for Artist Dawn Morgan.  She will have a variety of her pottery on display for sale just in time for Christmas. Support your local downtown businesses and local artists.  Get Out & About!




December 3, 2009 / 5-8 p.m.
Tiny Art Show,  Circa Gallery will host an art exhibition from December 3- January 8, 2009-2010 entitled "Tiny Art Show."  The show is open to all media and artists but requires work must be no larger than 6 square inches or smaller and completely original.  Artists may submit up to 10 pieces each. The delivery date

Saturday, December 5, 2009, 9 a.m. -4 p.m. Rain Date December 12, 2009
Downtown Asheboro, Bicentennial Parking Lot (across from the gallery) 

Circa Gallery would like to give everyone the opportunity to buy handmade for the holiday season. This year's event will be held on Saturday, December 5 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. downtown Asheboro.