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It’s said that Zeuxis, an ancient Athenian artist, once painted a still life of grapes so realistic birds swooped from the skies, eager to…
Flocking Together
Several weeks after Hurricane Helene made landfall, Swannanoa resident Melanie Wilder was sitting outside when she noticed geese flying overhead. “I started to wonder…
“Neighbors Helping Neighbors”
Henderson County painter Cynthia Wilson was out of town when Hurricane Helene unleashed her fury. Four days later, when she and her husband finally…
Peace, Love, and Art
As a child growing up in Buffalo, New York, Diane Dean would always feel so happy when she saw buttery yellow daffodils peeking out…
From the Lowlands to the Highlands
Modernist Will Henry Stevens (1881-1949) was born in Vevay, Indiana. But it was the time he spent in the Louisiana Bayou and the Appalachian…
18th Annual Lynn Boggess Exhibition
Many landscape painters tend toward what is pretty and picturesque. But not West Virginia artist Lynn Boggess. As explained by his wife, Jennifer, Boggess…
Holiday Sip & Shop, December 6-7
Dating back to ancient Mesopotamia, backgammon is considered one of the world’s oldest board games. It’s also one of the most entertaining, at least…
The Lost Weekend: The Photography of May Pang
John Lennon’s “Lost Weekend” period, spanning from the summer of 1973 to early 1975, is one of the more chaotic yet creatively vibrant chapters…
A Flood of Generosity
On Friday, September 27, painter Cathyann Burgess watched as the French Broad River breached its banks and flooded Cummings Cove Road near Etowah. “In…
Art in the Aftermath
Melissa Kucin admits she was in denial after Hurricane Helene. She wanted to believe her paintings at Trackside Studios were hung high enough to…