| The Conn-Artist Studio & Art Gallery- LOCATION & NEWS |
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| Hendersonville, NC TIMES-NEWS Published Sunday, June 10, 2007 New Kid Around the Corner- Conn-Artist Studios opens downtown Ted McIrvine Arts Spectrum ... Ever since she moved to the Hendersonville area, Constance Vlahoulis (Conn-Artist.com) has been stirring things up. A totally unclassifiable artist, ... www.blueridgenow.com/article/20070610/ |
| Hipwell named ALHC Artist of the Year BlueRidgeNow.com, NC - Dec 23, 2007 She currently is a resident artist at the Conn-Artist Studios in downtown Hendersonville where she enjoys painting with her daughter, Connie Vlahoulis and ... |
| Asheville CITIZEN-TIMES.com Barbara Hipwell named artist of the year published December 23, 2007 12:15 am HENDERSONVILLE — The Art League of Henderson County has Barbara J. Hipwell as its Artist of the Year for 2007. Hipwell won the honor for her oil painting “Under the Apple Tree.” Peggy O’Connor, the league president, made the announcement during the league’s Christmas party at the Hendersonville Country Club on Dec. 12. Hipwell has been painting for 30 years and began painting in oils only about a year ago. She is a resident artist at The Conn-Artist Studios in downtown Hendersonville. Her paintings are on display throughout the winter at Bistro 502 on Main in Hendersonville. She can be reached at www.Conn-Artist.com. |
| Hipwell named ALHC Artist of the Year Published: 12/23/07 The Art League of Henderson County voted for its 2007 "Artist of the Year" at its annual Christmas party. Conn-Artist Studios delivers variety of works Published: 09/09/07 Main Street's Conn-Artist Studios just completed a competition restricted to artists at least 79 years of age. '79.9' to be displayed in Hendersonville Published: 08/26/07 The Conn-Artist Studios will hold a reception for a juried show, "79.9" Sept. 7. New Kid Around the Corner Published: 06/10/07 The new kid on the block isnt on the block. She is around the corner. New studio opens downtown Published: 05/20/07 The ConnArtist Studios will host a grand opening June 1 at 443 N. Main St., Hendersonville. 'Big Daddy' proved how special he is Published: 11/30/05 To The Editor: Thank you for featuring a photo of Jere Johnson on Veterans Day. |
| MAY 2008- We are proud to be one of the 14 Founding Galleries for a new group created to help promote the arts in our community- The Gallery Guild of Henderson County has launched a website and is in the process of creating a Map of Henderson County Art Galleries. |
| Hendersonville, NC TIMES-NEWS Published Sunday, April 20, 2008 Artist with Business Sense Ted McIrvine Arts Spectrum Very few creative artists have business sense, or even express an interest in business plans. An exception is Connie Vlahoulis, who began The Conn-Artist Studios & Art Gallery on the second floor of the Hunter Building on N. Main St., Hendersonville, and has now moved the business to a ground floor location at 611 Greenville Hwy., Hendersonville. Vlahoulis has been membership chair for the Art League of Henderson County, inspired evening meetings and was ALHC “artist of the month” in February 2007. Her mother, Barbara J. Hipwell, won 2007 “artist of the year” recognition from the league. The new location, like the old one, provides working space for both mother and daughter, services for active artists and retail are sales. Conn-Artist is the site of numerous workshops. Kathy Gagnon teaches “intermediate watercolor painting” each Tuesday, and is adding an “advanced florals” course. A workshop with Joan Murphy will be given May 3. Past instructors include Susan Webb Tregay (author of Master Disaster, Five Steps to Finishing Your Painting). The “open studio” was the first source of revenue when Conn-Artist opened, and open studio continues more conveniently in the new location, with ample free parking behind the building. Most artists enjoy working in the company of fellow artists. Stimulation comes from discussing subjects while working side by side. At nominal cost, artists of any skill level can paint along with others from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. several days each week. Special events will continue. You may recall the highly successful “79.9” Juried Art Show (you had to be 79 years, 9 months or older to enter) which was juried by Wendy Whitson in September 2007 with Chloe Boehm taking first prize for a mixed media painting “Many Moons Ago.” The new location, being a typical storefront, is better suited for retail gallery sales than the old. Track lighting has been added and additional wall space will be created through movable standards. Already, folk artist Mike Darras from Chattanooga, Tenn., has been added to the list of those represented. And while names would be premature, one or more distinguished local artists may move their works to Conn-Artist in May. A talk with Vlahoulis will convince you that she is a marketer in the best sense of the word, one who studies the needs of customers and intelligently responds to those needs. The art on sale represents several genres and a broad price range. Jewelry and note cards supplement the art. Some paintings are also available in fine giclée reproductions. Any marketer worth his or her salt will realize that the new location has the disadvantage of not being in the pedestrian traffic of art patrons on North Main Street. However, the successful Hand in Hand Gallery is all the way down in Flat Rock, while Oliver’s Folk Art and Mona! (representing Kimberly Adams and others) are also at the south end of downtown. There are a number of other (non-artistic) businesses in the area that could also use some promotion. Vlahoulis is flying a trial balloon to call South Hendersonville “SoHo, where the locals go.” Since she was a highly successful real estate salesperson in her Michigan days (in the top 1 percent of the country), Vlahoulis may make it happen. Conn-Artist Studios & Art Gallery’s new location is three doors down from Whitley Drugs in the Atha Plaza, just south of Fresh Market. See www.conn-artist.com or call 329-2918 for details. Ted McIrvine can be reached at McIrvine@aol.com. |