Staying Strong
“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…
Annual Holiday Sale
Before Hurricane Helene thundered into Western North Carolina, the Madison County Arts Council (MCAC) had scheduled a Yuletide bazaar for its downtown Marshall gallery…
Artful Impact 2024
Early projections from Governor Roy Cooper’s office suggest that 126,000 North Carolina homes were damaged by Hurricane Helene. In response, the Community Housing Coalition…
Kindness in the Chaos
In the wake of Hurricane Helene, Bakersville artist Lori Brook Johnson noticed many alarming things: the thick smell of gasoline, rushing floodwaters, uprooted pines…
Art After Dark
Wanda Ann Kinnaman’s creative process begins and ends in the woods. First, she laces up her hiking boots and goes searching for “open spaces…
Rob O’Sheeran
The phrase “window of opportunity” carries a lot of meaning for Rob O’Sheeran, an Asheville artist who paints vividly whimsical scenes on salvaged window…
Stronger Together
Leicester artist Deb Williams considers herself lucky because both her home and studio survived Hurricane Helene. Mark Bettis Gallery, where she sells her cast…
Kenilworth Artists Association Studio Tour
Before Hurricane Helene, we spoke with photographer LeeAnn Donnelly about the historic Kenilworth neighborhood, where she had planned to participate in the Kenilworth Artists…
Artists of WNC
British-American painter Julyan Davis has always felt he was born a little too late. “Since I was a kid,” he tells Asheville Made, “I…
Magic, The Gathering
When Hurricane Helene hit, the French Broad River swallowed Blannahassett Island in Marshall, filling Marshall High Studios with nine feet of cold, muddy water….