Events & Workshops

Fine Art, American Craft, Creative Lifestyle

Second Saturday in The Plains
The second Saturday of each month is a great time to visit The Plains. Main Street shops stay open until 7pm, offering beverages and hors d'ouvres and many choose that night to have artist receptions or special events as seen here for June, August and October. It's fun!


AUGUST
Saturday, August 14, Noon - 7PM, Live Jazz and Opening Reception for New Work by Jewelry Artist Sarah Rivera.  Sarah has added the Keumboo technique to her line of hand made jewelry.  Keumboo is an ancient Korean gilding technique used to apply thin sheets of gold to silver.  Along with this new technique, Sarah has created some wonderful new designs.  Meet the artist from noon - 7 PM and have fun trying on this new line.  Enjoy seriously good live jazz by the Shane Chalke Quartet with Paul Pieper from 5 - 8 PM.


SEPTEMBER
Saturday, September 11, 5 - 8PM, “A Country Drive “ by Tom Neel with Live Jazz. One of the great joys many of us have, is a drive in the country. Maybe even with the top down or the dog's head hanging out the window and your hand stuck out in the breeze, a country drive is a form of meditation.  So, just imagine a tune on the radio and the picturesque views you'll have on  "A Country Drive", the latest one man show by the ever creative Piedmont artist, Tom Neel.  
Tom's fresh approach to his subject matter and love for the region are what makes him the Piedmont's Premiere Landscape painter. This introduction to his new series "A Country Drive"  will stimulate the viewer in ways never experienced in landscape paintings before.  You will feel the movement, you'll feel there! Meet Tom and enjoy an evening of seriously good acoustic jazz.