"Stoneburst" by Alex Bernstein

UNC Asheville's Craft Campus will continue its year-long lecture series, "Meet the Maker: Conversations of Meaning with Craftspeople," with a talk by second generation Western North Carolina glass artist Alex Gabriel Bernstein. He will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, in UNC Asheville's Laurel Forum, Karpen Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Bernstein studied at UNC Asheville, where he earned a bachelor's degree in psychology. He worked at a children's psychiatric hospital before making the decision to pursue art full time. He then received a master of fine arts degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology's School for American Crafts. Bernstein, who has a studio in Asheville, has taught at the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Penland School for Crafts.

For more information about Bernstein's talk or about the lecture series, click on www.unca.edu/craftcampus/MeetTheMaker.htm or call 828/250-2392.