The Meaning of Life Might be Written in a Produce Sign
Chelsea Ragan applauds the everyday. “Domestic life is not thought of in an artistic way,” says the illustrator, mother of a 2- and 5-year-old….
How One Woman’s Spiritual Epiphanies Bear Fruit
“When they think of us, I hope they smile,” says Karen Zimmerman, who recently moved from Haywood County to another rural locale: Limestone, Tenn….
Her Future as an Artist was Lurking in the Cards
Cathy Nichols knows pigs can’t fly. But when confronted with a life-sized sow doused in a glitter veneer and suspended by a bright red…
Slow Craft Equaled Big Change For Late-Career Woodworker
Flanked by close mountains and the French Broad River, Marshall is memorably described by locals as “a block wide, a mile long, sky high,…
You Can’t Drink Tea From a Graffiti Wall or an Ancient Statue
Brock Flamion first explored the dichotomy between aestheticism and functionality while pursuing his Bachelor’s degree in Studio Art at the University of Southern Indiana….
Finding Art Made Him Feel Better, but this isn’t Feel-Good Art
Years ago, DeWayne Barton totally redirected his life. “I wanted to represent love,” he says. He came back to his hometown, but he never…
Print is Far From Dead — Just Ask Asheville BookWorks (and Steamroller Operators)
It’s safe to say that Laurie Corral is the unofficial matriarch of Western North Carolina’s book-arts and print scene. In 2004, she founded Asheville…
He Gave His Love an Apple Tree, She Carved It Into Spoon
He won her heart with an apple tree. “People bring me wood all the time,” says Becky Beyer of Barnardsville. “That’s how my boyfriend…
Book Artist Wants to Re-Plot How Viewers Consume Content
Growing up in the 1950s, Kristy Higby witnessed Brown v. Board of Education overturn Plessy v. Ferguson. She saw Jim Crow incite race riots…
Sometimes a Googly Eye Sees More Clearly
As a child in the 1950s, Julia Burr hammered boards and crossed wires, constructing forts for her plastic cowboys and army-green soldiers. “I was…