Now is the Time to Understand More

Penland Gallery at Penland School of Craft
Bakersville, North Carolina
May 19–August 29, 2026

These artists—Shae Bishop, David Harper Clemons, Ann Coddington, Mary Hallam Pearse, Mercedes Jelinek, Adam John Manley. Althea Murphy-Price, Lindsay Pichaske, George Rodriguez, Piper Shepard, Sok Song, and Dongyi Wu—serve as narrators of this time. The work acts as a catalyst for insight, carrying intent and consequence, and creating paths towards understanding.