{"id":86464,"date":"2025-12-28T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=86464"},"modified":"2025-12-21T19:00:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T00:00:39","slug":"brevards-lucy-clark-gallery-hosts-january-3-pop-up-to-benefit-penland-school-of-craft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/brevards-lucy-clark-gallery-hosts-january-3-pop-up-to-benefit-penland-school-of-craft\/","title":{"rendered":"Brevard\u2019s Lucy Clark Gallery Hosts January 3 Pop-Up to Benefit Penland School of Craft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_86444\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86444\" class=\"wp-image-86444 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lucy-Clark-Gallery-MM-CUFF-VIGNETTE-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lucy-Clark-Gallery-MM-CUFF-VIGNETTE-copy.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lucy-Clark-Gallery-MM-CUFF-VIGNETTE-copy-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lucy-Clark-Gallery-MM-CUFF-VIGNETTE-copy-1024x643.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lucy-Clark-Gallery-MM-CUFF-VIGNETTE-copy-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lucy-Clark-Gallery-MM-CUFF-VIGNETTE-copy-320x200.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lucy-Clark-Gallery-MM-CUFF-VIGNETTE-copy-810x508.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lucy-Clark-Gallery-MM-CUFF-VIGNETTE-copy-1140x715.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-86444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">R. Melinda Hoffman, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When R. Melinda Hoffman was a child growing up in the inner city of Chicago, the alleyway behind her family\u2019s home was no stranger to trouble. One night, a gang set a car on fire, and it exploded. By morning, she and her sister found the pavement scattered with broken safety glass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was sparkling everywhere,\u201d she says. \u201cWe convinced our mother to let us gather it up. We washed all the pieces and made little fairy castles. I think that was the beginning of seeing beauty in things other people overlooked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That early instinct still guides Hoffman\u2019s work. Now based in New Mexico, she creates sculptural adornments and hand-stitched leather vessels that blend form and function with her lifelong affinity for found objects. Many pieces begin with castoffs, from rusty tea balls to porcupine quills, and take shape from there. \u201cI\u2019m drawn to ordinary things people pass over,\u201d she says. \u201cIf you show an object in a different light, it becomes something of beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_86445\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86445\" class=\"wp-image-86445\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lucy-Clark-Gallery-MMP-VIGNETTE-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lucy-Clark-Gallery-MMP-VIGNETTE-copy.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lucy-Clark-Gallery-MMP-VIGNETTE-copy-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lucy-Clark-Gallery-MMP-VIGNETTE-copy-944x1024.jpg 944w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lucy-Clark-Gallery-MMP-VIGNETTE-copy-768x833.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lucy-Clark-Gallery-MMP-VIGNETTE-copy-810x879.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lucy-Clark-Gallery-MMP-VIGNETTE-copy-1140x1237.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-86445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">R. Melinda Hoffman, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Saturday, January 3, The Lucy Clark Gallery, in Brevard, will host a one-day pop-up of Hoffman\u2019s work, with 10 percent of sales benefiting Penland School of Craft as it rebuilds its water system following Hurricane Helene. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>For gallery owner Lucy Clark, bringing Hoffman to Brevard feels both serendipitous and overdue. \u201cI have long had a love affair with Southwestern jewelry and style,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>That passion began in the mid-1980s with a sterling cuff gifted by her mother-in-law. Annual sabbaticals to New Mexico deepened the connection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn one of those trips,\u201d says Clark, \u201cI stumbled across Melinda\u2019s leather work in a small gallery in Madrid and instantly fell in love with her style and the person behind the work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clark has represented Hoffman since 2022. When she learned Hoffman would be at Penland this winter for a residency, Clark jumped at the chance to host a fundraiser. \u201cPenland is one of the cornerstones of creativity and collaboration in Western North Carolina and is known far and wide for the level of instruction that they offer to artists honing their craft,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>For Hoffman, the fundraiser grew out of gratitude. \u201cI\u2019m going on 65, and this is the first time I\u2019ve ever had a mentor or a residency,\u201d she says. \u201cBeing accepted, and even receiving a fellowship, feels extraordinary. I may not have much to give financially, but every bit helps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Lucy Clark Gallery &amp; Studio is located at 51 West Main Street, in Brevard. To learn more, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/LucyClarkGallery.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LucyClarkGallery.com<\/a>, or call 828.884.5151.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When R. 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