Creativity in Crisis
Artists across Western North Carolina lead recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene On Friday, September 27, Hurricane Helene tore through the mountains of Western North…
Artists across Western North Carolina lead recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene On Friday, September 27, Hurricane Helene tore through the mountains of Western North…
Nonprofit restores locally crafted blankets in the wake of Helene “Shocking and heartbreaking.” That’s how shepherdess Caroline Williford describes the state of Local Cloth,…
Blue Spiral 1 celebrates 35 years on Biltmore Avenue Like many businesses, Blue Spiral 1 Fine Art + Craft on Biltmore Avenue temporarily closed…
When we spoke with Elizabeth Ivey in late August, nothing seemed to stop the acclaimed mixed-media artist from fashioning her bright and bold fabric…
At the beginning of the century, Tryon fiber artist Ellen Davison fell in love with silk — more specifically, painting on it. Ever since,…
Some nature-centric artists capture snowy summits, others sunlit shores. But Swannanoa painter Peggy King prefers a more peculiar subject: apes quaffing goblets of vino….
Isoprene may not sound beautiful. However, when this colorless gas emitted by trees reacts with sunlight, it gives the Blue Ridge Mountains their eponymous…
Potter and sculptor Leonid Siveriver is a well-traveled man. After a childhood in Ukraine, he pursued his BFA in ceramics from the renowned Bezalel…
“It’s just heartbreaking,” abstract painter Kevin Andrew says of the catastrophic flooding that occurred in the River Arts District as a result of Hurricane…
Before Hurricane Helene thundered into Western North Carolina, the Madison County Arts Council (MCAC) had scheduled a Yuletide bazaar for its downtown Marshall gallery…