Feeling Seen (and Other Woodland Tales)
Walking, even for a moment, through a forest around Asheville is not a wholly solitary experience. Birds sound. Squirrels scutter through the leaves. The…
Finding the Light in Black and White
In 1967, during his senior year at the University of North Carolina, John Dickson took a physics elective. But the class wasn’t about extragalactic…
A Big Plot Twist in Margaret Curtis’ Narrative
In October, Tryon-based artist Margaret Curtis was honored by the Joan Mitchell Foundation with a prestigious Joan Mitchell Fellowship. The Foundation describes the new…
The Piano, It Looks Like a Carnival
Piano man Perry Olds isn’t a professional entertainer, but his zeal for making assemblage is rollicking enough. Olds jokes about a keyboard-player friend “who…
Black History (Every) Month
Prominent artist Jenny Pickens — portraitist, dollmaker, and high-profile local muralist — favors acrylics when she paints. Bold statements in rich hues are a…
The United State of Ceramics
Lynne Hobaica was studying art history at Syracuse University and needed an elective. Rickie Barnett was taking painting and drawing classes at California State…
Crafting a Low-Tech Legacy
By: Lee Stevens Paulo DeSousa was born in Portugal and has lived in the U.S. since age 16. He was a language teacher in…
Handmade Holiday Sale
Back in the day, it housed the weaving and woodworking operations of Biltmore Industries. Today, the Grovewood Gallery boasts two floors of artisanal work…
She Found a Legitimate Use for Rotary-Phone Dials
ChadAlice Hagen spends three to four days at a time in the lower level of her house, laboriously crafting handmade felt and resist-dyed wool…
Beginnings
Citron is a new gallery/studio recently opened in downtown Asheville that features contemporary art from local, national, and international artists, with a current focus…
Julyan Davis Goes From Painter to Pantser
British-born artist Julyan Davis has spent the past 30 years exhibiting in galleries and museums across the U.S. Many of his paintings capture the…
Tema Stauffer: Southern Fiction
Tema Stauffer’s photographs examine the social, economic, and cultural landscape of American spaces. Daylight Books, in 2018, published a monograph of her “Upstate” series…
