New Members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild
In the 1890s, Presbyterian missionary Frances Louisa Goodrich settled in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Her hope was to “bring material help to…
Bascom Clay Symposium
As a child, Andréa Keys Connell played with the porcelain figurines in her mother’s china cabinet. “It never lasted long,” she writes in her…
El Puente & Of Hand and Earth
According to a poll conducted in 2017, almost half of American adults don’t know Puerto Ricans are fellow U.S. citizens. This oversight underscores how,…
Hand Work Tapestry Exhibit
With 27 bones, 27 joints, 34 muscles, and more than 100 ligaments and tendons, the human hand is an anatomical marvel capable of everything…
Mitch Kolbe
During his senior year at South Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, Mitch Kolbe was caught staring out the window during geometry class. A creative…
Devil’s in the Details
At first glance, a cherrywood spice box or clay bunny figurine may look straightforward enough. But take a closer look — or, better yet,…
Love is Art
If bonding with your significant other over takeout and Netflix has grown stale, Atlanta-based artist Jeremy Brown has a solution: his LOVE IS ART…
The Vortex & Changing Faces
In January, the River Arts District Artists (RADA) kicked off “Who Am I, Who Are We?,” a year-long initiative in which community creatives riff…
Meet the Artist at the Saluda Art Stroll
If you think you don’t like salad, you probably haven’t eaten one out of Mark Gardner’s salad bowls. “When making these, I start with…
Symphony of Leaves
Two years ago, Deana Sasdelli’s creative life changed on the shore of southern New Jersey. “Heavy mist shrouded the beach one morning, and people…