New site established to save Arrowmont

There is now a place to go for news and updates on the situation at Arrowmont as they unfold.

From their About Us page:

The Save Arrowmont! blog was started to raise awareness and share information about the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts (AKA: The Pi Beta Phi Settlement School, founded in 1912) and their struggle for preservation.

The blog is run by a loose-knit conglomeration of concerned citizens, community leaders, former staff, artists, writers, reporters, grandmothers, teachers, you, whoever has an affinity and concern for Arrowmont and its future in the arts & crafts community.

http://savearrowmont.wordpress.com/

Arrowmont Update

There is now an e-petition available to help save Arrowmont.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/savearrowmont

Arrowmont is a unique and valuable institution for the arts. If it is lost, it won't be as easily replaced as yet another tract of generic high rent condos.

http://www.arrowmont.org/arrowmontnews.html

Pi Beta Phi's side of the story:
http://www.pibetaphi.org/pibetaphi/

Meagan Chaney also has listed contact info for Pi Beta Phi's Grand Council

World gone mad?

So, having been following the saga of the NC legislature pulling funding for the NC Pottery Center, threatening it's very existence, Meagan brings my attention to the story that Arrowmont is also being threatened with having their land sold to developers for likely another golf/condo/resort complex.

Has the world gone mad??

It's stunning how short-sighted some people can be in pursuit of a few bucks, neglecting or outright selling our cultural resources and heritage. What kind of world are we leaving to the next generation, devoid of art and beauty?

I'm just hoping this trend of bad news doesn't come in threes this time.