Join-us-this-Friday----HCC-New-Building----Grand-Opening

Big party at HCC Professional Crafts Program to dedicate the New Building -- Don't miss it! More info CLICK HERE:

Haywood Grand Opening

Dear HCC Crafts Friends and Alumni:

With Spring, 2013 semester, we've been settling into our new space and its fabulous!

Please join us as we celebrate the Grand Opening

of our new building on Friday, March 1, 2013.


The afternoon-long celebration will include studio tours and tours of the building's many innovative sustainable energy features, exhibits of current students' work, the HCC Professional Crafts and Continuing Education Alumni Exhibition, craft demonstrations, a keynote Craft Lecture by Catherine Ellis, as well as live music and refreshments.

Join us!

Schedule of Events

11 a.m - Dedication Ceremony -- HCC Auditorium

12:15 a.m. - Ribbon Cutting - Top Main Entrance, New Building

12:30 p.m. - Dedication of Mary Cornwell Gallery

1 - 7 p.m. - Self Guided Tours - Demonstrations and hands-on activities in craft studios

Alumni Craft Exhibit - Featuring over 90 HCC Craft Alumni

HCC Craft History Video - Continuous showing

Music, Refreshments, Fellowship -- all afternoon

1p.m. / 3 p.m. / 5:30 p.m. - Green Technology Tours of the many state-of-the-art features of the new building

2 p.m. - Catherine Ellis Lecture "Connections Through Craft"

Catherine Ellis, Former HCC Professional Crafts Fiber Faculty