High Water Marks
Colton Dion’s post-Helene works chart hope In the wake of Hurricane Helene, Asheville painter and sculptor Colton Dion found himself working at a different…
Rising from the Mud
The Village Potters Clay Center reopens after Helene When Sarah Wells Rolland, founding president of The Village Potters Clay Center, left her Haywood County…
A Landscape Reimagined
Last year, artist Alissa Mellis-Gruba was set to debut Foraging the Landscape at the Spotlight Gallery in the River Arts District. Then came Hurricane…
Beautiful Disasters
In her first solo exhibition with Tracey Morgan Gallery, interdisciplinary artist Elizabeth Alexander reimagines domestic décor as evidence of a slow unraveling. Opening August…
A Gallery of Her Own
When Connie Bostic passed away in January 2024, Asheville lost a cultural firestarter. From opening one of the city’s first gay bars in the…
Inner Worlds
Step through the looking glass and into Inner Worlds, a solo exhibition by Asheville artist Janice Geller. Opening August 22 at Pink Dog Gallery,…
Five to Nine
By day, they keep Penland School of Craft running — managing studios, flipping omelets, sweeping floors, designing publications, and greeting visitors. But after hours?…
Terra Forma
This summer at Tryon Arts & Crafts School, two artists will dig deep into themes of material, memory, and transformation. In Terra Forma, Charlotte-based…
#RADstrong
“Much was lost, but not everything,” Fleta Monaghan writes in a late-night essay reflecting on Hurricane Helene’s devastation. Last September, the longtime River Arts…
big/LITTLE & An Organic Edge
Valerie Berlage, exhibitions curator with the Southern Highland Craft Guild, knew a little levity would go a long way in the wake of Hurricane…