TOSSafter
We are back at it folks.
Kindergarten-First grade
Second-Third grade
Fourth - Fifth grade
Sixth-Eighth grade
Ninth-twelfth grade
TOSSAiR
Along with facilitating our weekly TOSSafter studio sessions, the TOSSAiRs (Artist's in Residency) are hard at work generating creativity in their studios. Here is a little more info on these ladies.
Kirksey Lowther
Kirksey co-founded TOSS in 2015. She graduated from Appalachian State University with a Arts Education degree. Her current AiR focus is on weaving and painting. She is also a full time mom (incase you didn't know she is a busy lady).
Which would you rather: eat a crayon or lick a dirty TOSS paintbrush? I'd lick a paintbrush.
What master artist are you most inspired by? Gustav Klimt and Henri Matisse
Where is the most extreme or unusual place you have created art? On the back porch of a family's house in Thialand amidst much laundry.
If you had to eat only one meal for a year what would it be? Chicken pot pie.
Hannah Thrower
Hannah joined TOSS in 2016 as a studio director and AiR. She graduated from Appalachian State University with a Arts Education degree; her current focus is on ceramics and printmaking.
Which would you rather: eat a crayon or lick a dirty TOSS paintbrush? I'd eat a crayon.
What master artist are you most inspired by? John Singer Sargent
Where is the most extreme or unusual place you have created art? Grace Village, Ethiopia. I taught art for a week to children in an orphanage as well as partnering with them to painting a sign for their village.
If you had to eat only one meal for a year what would it be? Steak, potatoes, and broccoli...well seasoned.
Follow Kirksey on instagram, here.
Stills from an animation in collaboration with Courtney Marie Andrews for her song, Woman of Many Colors. View the video here.
Kathryn Ervin
Kathryn co-founded TOSS in 2015. She graduated from East Carolina University with a Studio Arts degree; her current focus is on site specific art and storytelling.
Which would you rather: eat a crayon or lick a dirty TOSS paintbrush? What! Neither. Who made up these questions?!
What master artist are you most inspired by? The cave painters of Lascaux.
Where is the most extreme or unusual place you have created art? One time I made a glass house in an abandoned lot in a tiny Southern town called Lake City.
If you had to eat only one meal for a year what would it be? Oatmeal. Just oatmeal.
Nysie Hurst rolls up her sleeves as she gets down to business in her new studio on College Street! Nysie is a mixed media artist who often works with TOSS on various projects (most recently bookbinding with our middle school students). She will be using her new studio to perfect her paper making techniques, work on paintings, and develop community art collaborations with TOSS and beyond! We are so glad to have her as a neighbor!
TOSSers
A special thanks as always to the BAC for their support. We are also SO excited for the awesome paper making frames that John Ferguson has made and donated to our middle school class. WHAT! THANK YOU JOHN!
Melinda Davis and Samuel Kuehnert. We love you. Thank you guys for making Thursday the best day of the week.
