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Sara McNeilly Ammon selected for Lenka Clayton's MOTHER'S DAYS
KHN Center for the Arts |
KHN Assistant Director, Sara McNeilly Ammon, has been selected as one of 82 artists whose written pieces are published in the book, MOTHERS' DAYS, envisioned, edited and compiled by Lenka Clayton, and...
Michael Schreiber Named Andrew W. Mellon Fellow
KHN Center for the Arts |
KHN Alum (2020) MIchael Schreiber as announced he has been recently named an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow at The Huntington Library in San Marino, California for Fall 2020. For his fellowship...
Laura Fisher's New Work and Solo Show "Multimodal"
KHN Center for the Arts |
KHN Alum (2020), Laura Fisher, is a visual artist/painter who was recently a resident, and was part of January's Third Thursday Artist Talks. She announced that new work, some of which she created...
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan Announces Changes to US Release of Starling Days
KHN Center for the Arts |
KHN Alum (2019) Rowan Hisayo Buchanan is thrilled for the US release of her book, Starling Days, which will be available in the US on April 7, 2020. However, Rowan announced with sadness the...
Daniel Shieh's Project and Event: "Familiarly Foreign"
KHN Center for the Arts |
KHN Alum (2020), Daniel Shieh's current event/project, Familiarly Foreign, investigates and speaks to the presence of "Asian objects in Non-Asian Homes," and the impact these objects have upon those...
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan's Announces USA Launch of Starling Days
KHN Center for the Arts |
KHN Alum Rowan Hisayo Buchanan (2019)'s book, Starling Days, will be available in the USA on April 7, 2020. Rowan's book was published by Sceptre in UK earlier this year, and will be available in the...
Jasmine Dreame Wagner Receives Literary Award and Announces New Publications
KHN Center for the Arts |
KHN Alum (2018) Jasmine Dreame Wagner has announced a new literary award, and several new poetry publications. She received the 2019 Zone 3 Prize for Poetry for her poem “Sandy,” which appears in the...
Hedieh Ilchi's Artwork Featured on Axis of Hope
KHN Center for the Arts |
KHN Alum (2016 and 2019) Hedieh Ilchi has announced a painting from her recent new work is now the cover of the book, Axis of Hope: Iranian Women's Rights Activism across Borders, by Catherine Z...
Glenis Redmond Announces Award, New Poem in Anthology, and Ashville WordFest
KHN Center for the Arts |
KHN Alum (2018) Glenis Redmond has announced she is the recipient of The South Carolina 2020 Arts Awards Verner Award, presented by The South Carolina Arts Commission. Glenis also announced she will...
How to Care for Your Fruit Trees in the Winter
Kimmel Orchard |
1. Rake Up Fallen Leaves This will remove any pests or insects lingering around your tree. 2. Prune Dormant Tree Start your prune after all the leaves have fallen. 3. Remove Diseased or Dying Branches...
Rachel Peters announces World Premier of "The Wild Beast of the Bungalow"
KHN Center for the Arts |
KHN Alum (2017), composer/librettist Rachel J. Peters, has announced the debut of her opera, The Wild Beast of the Bungalow. The opera (by Rachel J Peters and Royce Vavrek) debuted at Oberlin...
Daphne Palasi Andreades's "Brown Girls" debuts via Kenyon Review
KHN Center for the Arts |
KHN Alum (2018) Daphne Palasi Andreades announced an excerpt from her novella, Brown Girls, has made its print and online debut in Kenyon Review. Brown Girls was also selected from over 400 entries...
WORK/STUDY - Kelli Rae Adams
KHN Center for the Arts |
KHN Alum (2019) Kelli Rae Adams has announced her exhibition, WORK/STUDY, is on display at The University of Central Missouri (UCM)'s Gallery of Art and Design. Some works in this exhibition were...
Theodore (Ted) Wheeler awarded 2020 NEA Creative Writing Fellowship, publishes In Our Other Lives
KHN Center for the Arts |
KHN Alum (2010) Theodore Wheeler (Ted) has been awarded a 2020 NEA Creative Writing Fellowship (see press release below), and his third book, In Our Other Lives, will be published by Little A in early...
David Hoon Kim announces publication of "Crow the aesthète"
KHN Center for the Arts |
KHN Alum (2011) David Hoon Kim has announced that his short story, "Crow the aesthète", was just published in Ninth Letter. "Crow the aesthète" is in the Fall/Winter 2019/2020 issue of the literary...
New Year, New Traditions
Kimmel Orchard |
NEW YEAR, NEW TRADITIONS AT KIMMEL ORCHARD Education - Wholesome Family Experience - Historic Preservation This orchard was established in 1925 and still continues the same old traditions today. We...
What's Available in Store?
Kimmel Orchard |
Our U-Pick Barn is currently closed for the 2019 season, but that doesn't mean we do not have apples! We have a wide variety of fresh hand picked apples still available in our Apple Barn. See the...
No Peach Crop
Kimmel Orchard |
Unfortunately, we will not have a peach crop this year due to the harsh winter and freezing cold temperatures. We are holding hopes high for 2020! Sorry for any inconvenience.
So, What's Happening in the Orchard?- May 2019
Kimmel Orchard |
Here we are in May and we have flowers on the trees. What a beautiful sight to see the white and pink blossoms covering the trees throughout the orchard. This is almost perfect timing for the blossoms...
What’s Happening in the Orchard? – April 2019
Kimmel Orchard |
April is here and it finally looks like spring might be here to stay. I am sure there will be a few weather glitches along the way, but we will take them over the 12 plus inches of snow we still had...