"Stuart's Night Time Canyon Sky" Brent Skidmore, 2005 Fiddleback redwood, basswood, walnut and acrylic paint 72"x28"x15"

UNC Asheville's Craft Campus will continue its year-long lecture series, "Meet the Maker: Conversations of Meaning with Craftspeople," with a talk by noted North Carolina sculptor Brent Skidmore at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, at UNC Asheville's Owen Hall, room 250. The event is free and open to the public.

Skidmore was named UNC Asheville's Craft Campus Director in July 2007. Skidmore, who is also a respected artist, has exhibited works in dozens of solo and group shows throughout the U.S. and abroad. Previously, he was a full-time studio artist in Charlotte for seven years prior to accepting a teaching position at the Kendall College of Arts and Design, Ferris State University in Grand Rapids, Mich. In addition, he has taught workshops throughout the country, including the Penland School of Crafts, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts and the Appalachian Center for Craft. He has served as a member of the Energy Xchange planning board, the Penland School of Crafts woodshop planning committee and the Mint Museum of Craft & Design advisory board. He is a founding member of the Furniture Society in Asheville, and currently serves on the boards of the Craft Emergency Relief Fund in Monpelier, Vt., and the UNC Center for Craft, Creativity & Design in Hendersonville. He holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from Murray State University and a master of fine arts degree from Indiana University.

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