Uncompromising Great-Grandmother is Still Raising the “Real”Art Scene
In 1991, artist Connie Bostic opened Zone one, downtown Asheville’s first contemporary art gallery. For about a decade, the space was a vital creative…
Chair Maker Doesn’t Take the “Life as Art” Idea Sitting Down
“Art isn’t just the stuff we make,” declares Pedro Esqueda. “It’s our whole life.” He’s proof positive of that, as his work expands into…
The Characters She Creates are Literally Full of Themselves
Growing up in the mountains of Western North Carolina, Karen Hawkins often found herself exploring the depths of her creative imagination in the woods…
Traveling Makers Take Wing for the Festival Season
There’s something about the official onset of summer that prompts local revelers to step up their costume game, ascending stilts in sweeping Stevie Nicks-esque…
Renowned Blacksmith Has Forged a New Idea of the Feminine
Elizabeth Brim got her MFA in printmaking from the University of Georgia, but she found her fame in hot steel. Since the ’90s, Brim…
She Felt Moved to Leave Still Lifes Behind
“We are all one human family,” says Christine Longoria. She admits to the life differences that come with chance and choice, but her assertion…
Successful House Builder Turned Himself Into a Deconstructionist
Holland Van Gores has worked with wood his entire life, building everything from skateboards as a kid to custom houses in the Virgin Islands….
To Raise the Bar on Cosplay, Craft an Artisan Lightsaber
By: Mike Schoeffel By now, being called a “geek” is commonplace — anyone who’s focused on a niche art form, or deeply immersed in…
Woodturner Lathed On Through to the Other Side
David Ellsworth, a turner of delicate, thin-walled wood sculptures, is always aware that his tools might puncture the surface of his works and ruin…
Staying in One Place Isn’t Palette-able for Artistic Growth
Bee Adams paints quickly. Perhaps because she’s moved around a lot, she prefers the first stages of a project, that early excitement, to the…
She and Paint are Back Into a Manipulative Relationship
“Panic sets in when you go out on your own and you’ve got to figure out your artistic voice,” says multimedia artist Michelle D….
A Reflective Moment at the Water’s Edge Rippled into a Painting Career
Cynthia L. Wilson was a young grad student at the University of Alabama when her mother died. “I didn’t have a very good way…