Home-School Program For Students in Grades 1 – 4 SEPTEMBER 11, OCTOBER 9 + NOVEMBER 13 Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Cost: $4 per session Pre-registration is required. Home-School students in grades 1 – 4 are invited to join us for a monthly home-school program on the second Tuesday of each month. Each 90-minute program includes a guided tour of the Museum’s Permanent Collection or special exhibition and a hands-on activity.

Home-School Program For Students in Grades 1 – 4 SEPTEMBER 11, OCTOBER 9 + NOVEMBER 13 Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Cost: $4 per session Pre-registration is required. Home-School students in grades 1 – 4 are invited to join us for a monthly home-school program on the second Tuesday of each month. Each 90-minute program includes a guided tour of the Museum’s Permanent Collection or special exhibition and a hands-on activity.

Lunchtime Art Breaks Fridays, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Free with Membership or Museum Admission The Museum presents lunchtime art breaks, a series of gallery talks and presentation designed to inform and engage you in dialogue with members of our curatorial and education departments, docents and special guests. DECEMBER 21 New Media Nancy Sokolove

Lunchtime Art Breaks Fridays, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Free with Membership or Museum Admission The Museum presents lunchtime art breaks, a series of gallery talks and presentation designed to inform and engage you in dialogue with members of our curatorial and education departments, docents and special guests. DECEMBER 7 Art/Sewn Karen Peltier, 2012 Windgate Foundation Curatorial Fellow

Lunchtime Art Breaks Fridays, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Free with Membership or Museum Admission The Museum presents lunchtime art breaks, a series of gallery talks and presentation designed to inform and engage you in dialogue with members of our curatorial and education departments, docents and special guests. NOVEMBER 16 Lord/Massangale Exhibition James Thompson, Guest Curator

The Asheville Art Museum, 2 S. Pack Square, offers free museum admission after 3pm on the first Wednesday of each month. Info: www.ashevilleart.org or 828- 253-3227.

The Toe River Arts Council holds a gala event at their Spruce Pine Gallery as a way of thanking artists for their donations to the 35th Annual Benefit Auction. Live music, festive atmosphere, heavy finger foods. Silent auction will be open. $10 per person.

“The Power of 10” showcases the Gates’ Studio Wednesday Painters. Sandra Gates and her group of 10 artists celebrate their 10th year together in an exhibition of their work. The “Power of 10” will feature a blue cornerwhere a painting by each artist has been done almost exclusively in blues. Reception Fri. Aug 17 from 5 to 7pm For more information, go to www.toeriverarts.org or call 828-682-7215

The North Carolina Clay Club formed to connect potters and ceramic artists of WNC. It began several years ago, then morphed into the NC Clay Club in 2008. Fifty members will select a piece or two of their signature work for “va•ri•e•ties—Western North Carolina Clay Show”. Reception Sat. Aug 11 from 5 to 7pm For more information, go to www.toeriverarts.org or call 828-765-0520