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gallery exhibits + art shows
Mantra

Mantra

While other kids were riding bikes and building forts in the woods, Kansas native Josh Tripoli was “scribble drawing” with his grandparents. To play…

Connection

Connection

This May, Gallery Mélange presents Connection, a solo exhibition by Hickory-based sculptor Joël Urruty. Known for his elegant use of wood, bronze, and mixed…

Duality in Nature

Duality in Nature

Mother Nature thrives on contrast — light and dark, stillness and motion, growth and decay. It’s this constant push and pull that inspires painter…

Deep Cut

Deep Cut

Pine trees have their limits. Asheville sculptor and art educator Thomas Schram learned this as a young boy growing up in North Carolina’s Piedmont…

Creative Heights

Creative Heights

In 1875, Highlands began as a high-elevation haven for those seeking relief from heat and humidity. But the summer colony quickly transformed into a…

A New Layer of Talent

A New Layer of Talent

Gallery Row, the one-mile arts district made up of Biltmore Avenue and Broadway Street, just acquired one more creative: Rand Kramer. Now represented by…

From Destruction to Creation

From Destruction to Creation

In those long, shapeless days after Hurricane Helene, Asheville mixed-media artist Li Newton says she “moved through the chaos on automatic — shutdown from reality.” Existing…

Weaving Through Loss

Weaving Through Loss

When Hurricane Helene barreled into Western North Carolina, weaver Emelie Weber Wade retreated from her first-floor apartment in Biltmore Village to a friend’s nearby…

That’s Her Transfiguration

That’s Her Transfiguration

Fear can limit you. Alexander artist Chrys Corn Goodman knows this firsthand.  Growing up in San Francisco, Goodman always wanted to be an artist….

Gallery Interrupted 

Gallery Interrupted 

What happens to a dream deferred by ongoing road construction? For Julie and Phil Wilmot, owners of Art on 7th in Hendersonville, that dream…

Petal Power

Petal Power

“It’s what keeps me alive,” Marshall artist Susan McChesney said of her chosen medium — pressed-flower art — during an interview with Asheville Made back…

Mending Through the Mud

Mending Through the Mud

MaryJane Findley knows how it feels to fall apart at the seams.  In 2001, she was living in Astoria, New York, with her then-husband,…

From Wool to Woods

From Wool to Woods

Bracket fungi are hearty mushrooms that grow in clusters on trees, often resembling little shelves. But don’t be fooled: These natural ledges aren’t meant…

Sketching in Sync

Sketching in Sync

Art-making is often lonely work. But not during the annual Drawing Marathon at Upstairs Artspace. Now in its sixth year, this event invites a…

Tracing the Tempest 

Tracing the Tempest 

Multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker Kira Burksy didn’t sleep well the night Hurricane Helene hit. Instead, she sat wide awake as 90-mile-per-hour winds toppled mighty…