Passing the Rock
The Gallery at Flat Rock changes ownership In 2015, photographer Suzanne Camarata locked eyes with a commercial space for rent in Flat Rock Square. Though…
Pointing a Compass Toward the Sublime
After high school, Los Angeles native Ben Miller trekked across the country to study ceramics at Alfred University in New York. But in 2010,…
An Accretionary Tale
Fear of the Blank Canvas — FOBC for short — isn’t a clinical diagnosis you’ll find in any medical textbooks or peer-reviewed journals. But…
Canvasing a Revolution
How early-20th-century landscape painters saved the Smokies Mist-shrouded vistas. Lush deciduous forests. Moonlit meadows. These are just some of the awe-inspiring scenes featured in…
Tried and True, Exciting and New
Words from the new executive director of Arts Council of Henderson County The La Vie en Rosé Art & Wine Festival may bear a…
InsBEARation, Opening July 6
he anthropomorphizing of ursines is nothing new. Baloo began crooning about the “bear necessities” way back in 1894, and Winnie-the-Pooh started musing on the…
The Big Crafty, July 6-7
ess Wambles, aka Aunty Skelator, doesn’t stay in one artistic lane. Instead, the Sylva-based folk crafter metaphorically rolls down her windows, turns the radio…
New Shows at Blue Spiral 1, Opening July 5
f imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then pastiche is a close second. A classic art-school assignment, pastiche requires that creatives blend the…
Cèilidh, Opening July 5
ontemporary Americana painter Philip DeAngelo is on a music kick. Back in May, he teamed up with Michael Cartellone, the high-octane drummer of Lynyrd…
Inspired by Rust, Opening July 1
or the past year, River Arts District painter Joyce Thornburg and her husband have been exploring the world via sailboat. So far, their oceanic…