The Importance of Doodling in Determining Destiny
Rhona Polonsky’s route to membership in the Kenilworth Artists Association and representation at Mars Landing Galleries was circuitous, international, imbued with curiosity and self-discovery,…
Married to the Present, Figuring in the Past
No matter the circumstances of her life, Sahar Fakhoury has always made time to make art. Growing up in Kuwait, her role on her…
Making the Ultimate Remix Can Take Fifty Years
Valerie Hoh spent her year of isolation “exploding with creativity.” The result is three wildly inventive new collections — and, happily, two progressive new…
What Could be Lower Tech Than a Million-Year-Old Waterfall?
“Gone fishin’” is often a euphemism for goofing off. And indeed, when photographer Max Cooper first took it up a few years ago, it…
He Left Behind California Stars to Embrace Asheville Skies
When he lived in Northern California, Christopher Peterson played bass and guitar in The Thirsty Cats, a band he says was “… very big…
The Tree Gives and the Painter Gives Back
Many self-made successful businesspeople like to humble-brag that they reached their lofty perch working from the ground up. Artist Tebbe Davis has a slightly…
Where Communal Potting and Individual Expression are Both Lit
It took less than one semester at Virginia Tech for Joey Sheehan to trade graphic design for a studio-art major, and then swiftly fall…
An Instructor’s Early Shade Didn’t Keep This Artist Out of the Light
“When people look at my work, the remark I most often hear is how well I use color.” Cathyann Burgess laughs softly as she…
How to Make a Movie and Still Have a Life
Had Brad Hoover not wearied of a long commute down the mountain, the Asheville School of Film might never have come to fruition. The…
Career Photographer Has a Lucrative Nesting Instinct
Since she was a young child helping her father in his darkroom, through middle and high school shooting yearbook and newspaper pictures, working her…