No Space for Contemporary Textiles in the Cosmos
Madison County fiber artist Ruby Bock isn’t one to overthink her work. “A lot of people say, ‘My art reflects the deep inner cosmos…
You Can’t “Like” These Visionary Postcards, But You Can Love Them
Lamar Campbell Le Compte Sr. rarely practiced moderation. From 1913, when he founded the Asheville Postcard Company, to his death in 1977, Le Compte…
Eighteen Months In: Art and Perspective at Mission Hospital
Mission Hospital’s North Tower, a $400 million addition completed in October 2019, is home to multiple units, including the facility’s Pulmonary ICU. The pandemic…
Bright Blue Days are Only the Beginning
No dapper felines or environmentally conscious patas monkeys star in My Many Colored Days, a children’s book by Theodor Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss). Published…
The Art of Staying Inside the Box
Jackson Martin is a contrarian: He believes rules beget innovation rather than stifle it. “Parameters are something I give my students all the time,”…
Helping Local Artists Make Sense of the Shadows
Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, wife and muse of Jazz Age writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, lived as if she were weightless. In a high-school journal, she…
How to Ollie Into the Fine-Art World
The year 1989 was a kickflip to the ankle for lifelong skateboarder George Peterson. Stuck in his sleepy hometown of Bishop, California (population 3,747),…
How a Loose Collection of Artists Found Community
For the most part, the fabric of Asheville’s arts scene is tight-knit. Creatives find camaraderie in reimagined industrial areas like the River Arts District…
When the Mailbox Holds Epiphanies Instead of Flyers
Highway 64 is the primary artery connecting Hendersonville to Brevard. It intersects Etowah’s few stoplights, patters past Transylvania County farmland, and finally empties near…
There’s No Time Like the Present to Carve the Look of Millennia
For decades, painter and television host Bob Ross reworked what he called “happy accidents” — harsh brushstrokes, paint drips, botched blending — into clouds…