Visit our office in the River Arts District:
Riverside Studios
174 W. Haywood Street, Asheville, NC 28801
Located just across the tracks from White Duck Taco Shop and 5 minutes from downtown. Available by appointment or chance.
Mailing address:
Wendy H. Outland
WHO KNOWS ART
PO Box 1382
Asheville, NC 28802
Phone: 828.231.5355
Email: info@whoknowsart.biz
BIO Wendy H. Outland (aka “WHO”) received her BFA from Ringling College of Art and Design and has worked in arts administration since 1981. She has served as curator, juror, panelist, editor, workshop presenter and coordinator for numerous projects and events.
Outland was employed by the Florida Department of State for ten years, first at Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota (1981-85), and later at the Division of Cultural Affairs (Florida Arts Council) in Tallahassee. During that period (1985-91), she was in charge of the state’s public art program and director of Capitol Complex Exhibitions which included five venues.
After moving to Asheville, NC in 1991, she became the first employee of Blue Spiral 1, where she worked for nearly twelve years. Under her management, Blue Spiral 1 grew to become one of the Southeast’s premier fine art and craft galleries.
She has served on the boards of the Asheville Area Arts Council, HandMade in America, and the American Craft Council / Southeast Region. In 2004, Outland founded her own business, WHO KNOWS ART, as an independent art consultant, serving visual artists, arts organizations, galleries and collectors. In 2008-2009, Outland served as faculty member with the Arts Business Institute, a national nonprofit organization that offered conferences throughout the U.S.
Selected juried events: The National Members Exhibition/Ohio Designer Craftsmen (Columbus, OH); Artisphere (Greenville, SC); The 4 Bridges Arts Festival (Chattanooga, TN); Piccolo Spoleto Craft Show (Charleston, SC) and Artclectic (Nashville, TN).
Clients include: *Artist Resource Center, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, Handmade in America, Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park, MAHEC, Mountain BizWorks, Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, River District Artists, Southern Highland Craft Guild, and UNC-A (all in Asheville); *The Appalachian Pastel Society, The Arts Center of Hendersonville, Black Mountain Center for the Arts, Bluewood Gallery, Caldwell County Arts Council, Cleveland County Arts Council, The Design Gallery, Isothermal Community College, Marshall High Studios, Rutherford County Visual Arts Guild, Saluda Fine Arts, Swannanoa Valley Art Guild, Transylvania County Arts Council, and Wickwire Gallery (all in NC); *Greenville County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Arts Council, Spartanburg County Museum of Art, and Upstate Visual Artists (all in SC); *Bristol Art Guild, Association for Visual Arts, The University School of Nashville and Tennessee Association of Craft Artists (all in TN); *North Georgia College and State University; and Southern Appalachian Artists Guild (GA); Ohio Designer Craftsmen; and The International Polymer Clay Association.
WHO KNOWS ART services are based on helping artists with career development, as well as assisting galleries and arts organizations with programming, project management and internal affairs. An extensive series of workshops is offered for artists, galleries and nonprofits.
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Click link to read article published in WNC Woman Magazine:
The Business of Art, by Wendy H. Outland
