Cullowhee Mountain ARTS is ans ambitious new arts organization – bringing summer programming to adults and youth, right here in our back yard.

Imagine yourself in a studio where other artists are exploring innovative, multi-media printmaking methods or making photograms using the sun, learning about slabs and extrusions, forming pots with attention to function and detail, learning plein air painting surrounded by majestic mountains and summer botanicals, or making books filled with memories and stitches. Imagine that you will be sharing ideas and meals and outings with other artists from around the country. At Cullowhee Mountain ARTS, you will find a like-minded community of passionate learners, energized by wonderful instructors where daily concerns are left behind.

Local artist Gayle Woody will present a Bookmaking II workshop on Tuesday, June 18, at 7 p.m. in the Atrium of the Jackson County Public Library Complex. This program is free of charge. Space is limited to the first ten people who register. Call the library to sign up.

The workshop will allow participants to learn how to hand bind a book with the Coptic stitch. These handmade books are excellent for use particularly as journals and sketchbooks because pages will lay flat when opened. Recycled books will be used for the covers. Participants may bring their own hardback book to reconfigure, or choose from covers that will be provided.

Performance part of the Summer Concert Series at WCU

The annual outdoor Summer Concert Series at Western Carolina University continues Thursday, June 13, with StereoSpread.

An electronic pop band from Asheville with influences as diverse as Peter Gabriel and Ella Fitzgerald, StereoSpread combines multiple genres and styles of music.

WCU hosts the Summer Concert Series, presented by the A.K. Hinds University Center, on Central Plaza every Thursday in June and July (excluding July 4). The series features an eclectic variety of genres and is free to the public. Shows begin at 7 p.m. and last 60-90 minutes. Audience members are welcome to bring blankets, chairs and snacks. The rain location is inside the University Center.

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The Annual 4th of July Horseshoe and Cornhole Tournaments will be presented by the Franklin Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, July 4. The Horseshoe Tournament will kick off Thursday’s Annual 4th of July Fireworks in the Park at the Macon County Veterans Memorial Recreation Park, just south of town on U.S. Highway 441.

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