Image Credit: Timothy Lazure. Untitled Vessel. 2020 Copper Courtesy of the artist.

Get a behind-the-scenes look into the museums' latest contemporary craft exhibition, Drawn to Detail: Metalsmiths of North Carolina with guest curator Adam Whitney.

The exhibition is guest curated by exhibiting artist and Metalsmith, Adam Whitney. Whitney is from Vermont and currently lives in Penland, NC, where he is a Resident Artist at Penland School of Craft. He has lived and worked throughout the United States and abroad, obtaining experience from a range of projects and teaching. Whitney received his BFA in Crafts and Materials Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University, where he concentrated in Metalsmithing. He has worked as a bench jeweler at Dransfield Jewelers, Metals Studio Coordinator at Penland School of Craft, taught Jewelry Design at Raffles College in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and now runs his own studio, AW Metalsmith.
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Coffee with the Curator is a monthly program where guests are invited to converse and pose questions.