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HCC Professional Crafts Wood Graduate Finalist for Prestigious NICHE Award

Robb Helmkamp, 2006 Haywood Community College professional crafts-wood graduate, was recently named a finalist for a 2010 NICHE Award for his Biernbaum Jewelry Armoire in the Wood: Traditional Joinery category. The NICHE award recognizes the outstanding creative achievements of American craft artists who produce work for craft galleries and retail stores. Judging criteria for the NICHE award is based on technical excellence and creativity both in surface design and form, market viability, and a distinct quality of unique and original thought.

In addition, Helmkamp has been selected as a finalist for WNC Magazine’s Top Ten Best Emerging Artists in WNC as part of On the Verge. The winners of this juried competition will be featured in WNC magazine’s Arts Issue in June, but will also have their work exhibited in a month-long show at Flood Gallery & Fine Arts Center in the heart of Asheville’s River Arts District.

For more information about HCC's Professional Crafts Programs, please call 627-4670.

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