Exploring the Wild

Exploring the Wild

Years ago, painter Colleen Lineberry rowed her sportyak — a watercraft she describes as a “bathtub with oars” — down the San Juan River…

The In-Between

The In-Between

According to Perry Obee, a professional collaborative printer, we all exist in a state he calls “the in-between.” He explains, “We are all in…

Holding Water

Holding Water

In early February, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported that nearly 1.2 million cubic yards of debris had been cleared from North Carolina…

Weaving Through Loss

Weaving Through Loss

When Hurricane Helene barreled into Western North Carolina, weaver Emelie Weber Wade retreated from her first-floor apartment in Biltmore Village to a friend’s nearby…

New Shows at Upstairs Artspace 

New Shows at Upstairs Artspace 

For the past 11 years, fine arts ceramicist Glenda Guion has called a two-acre tract in Spartanburg, South Carolina, home. It’s a place she…

A Legacy Worth Noting 

A Legacy Worth Noting 

Connie Brown could have easily become a prolific cake decorator. But when she moved from Memphis, Tennessee, to Asheville in 1989, the cake decorating…

Petal Power

Petal Power

“It’s what keeps me alive,” Marshall artist Susan McChesney said of her chosen medium — pressed-flower art — during an interview with Asheville Made back…