Conquering the Greenhouse Effect

Rooster Summit

The Rensing Center proves its worth as a conference venue! Here are some of our favorite entrepreneurs, the partnership of the RedRooster Coffee Roasters of Floyd, VA, who chose our multi-faceted location (nicely equipped with a digital projector, good scotch, and some comfortable beds) for their board retreat. Nearby Greenville supplied a world-class restaurant, as well as a few more modest offerings, to celebrate Becky's shiny new MIT (Master of Information Technology) from University of Georgia. We are immensely proud, and hope they will make this a regular event.

Studio's ready!

The Paper (part of an old art installation) is waiting to begin a new era for the woodshop: a WOOD and PAPER shop!

But first there's a wedding here. The walls are white, except for the admonitions we inherited from the original occupants. The guests are arriving, many of them our oldest friends, from far and wide.

Shelby and Crystal will be the next generation to inspire this place, from close by and far away. We welcome the artists they bring from Portland, and hope they have fun.

Hagood Mill's well-oiled machine

Reid Severance knows this mill inside out, and so does his brilliant and curious son Ethan. We pulled some strings (ahem) to get the secret CLOTH bags of fresh-ground grits for the campers to take home,
but the best thing was the experience of the place. Just down the road a piece. Come visit? They also have a great new coloring book about Milly the pig.

Tony's Ride!

This is certainly not the only reason we love Tony, but several of us were pretty eager to board his carefully tended and incredibly sweet vehicle. And it's really environmentally sensitive! Really!

Eat Hearty and Local!

The campers tucked into a lot of vittles, prepared lovingly by Adrian and Lindsey, or by Molly Hayes, or the local BBQ emporium, or Annette...We do love to eat, and the conversation was up to the food! What a great event. Come back soon!

A coat of paint

The signs we inherited from the first occupants of the old studio have become icons of the refurbished version. Jamie wielded a heavy whitewashing brush for a couple of weeks before ArtCamp, and the campers were appropriately dazzled by the cleaned-up wood shop. Benjie hardly recognized his old haunt, but he knew enough to guide people around the 220 outlets he had installed during his stay here in 2006.