Feel the Heal & Members Challenge: Legacies
At eight years old, Long Island native Karin Hammler decided she wanted to be just like her artsy older sister, Birgit. And so, she…
Early Fall Shows at Blue Spiral 1
Penland fiber artist Vicki Essig is a shepherd of sorts, but you won’t find her traipsing through rolling pastures with her flock. That’s because…
Coming Up Dandelions
Wishing Flower Press & Bindery roots itself in a reverence for the botanical As a kid in southern New Hampshire, printmaker and book artist…
Bi-Annual Grovewood Village Studio Tour
Over the last 75 years, the global whale-shark population has been cut in half by climate change, industrial fishing, and other threats. This biodiversity…
FLOW
The word “flow” carries a lot of meaning for Asheville multi-disciplinary artist David Sheldon. At its most literal, the single syllable refers to water…
The Natural World
If you’ve ever climbed to the top of Bearwallow Mountain — a 4,232-foot grassy bald in the Hickory Nut Gorge — and felt an…
Art After Dark
The daughter of an artist, Suzanne Barrett Justis grew up painting. But it wasn’t until after she graduated from the University of Tennessee with…
New Shows at Blue Spiral 1, Opening Sept. 6
Penland fiber artist Vicki Essig is a shepherd of sorts, but you won’t find her traipsing through rolling pastures with her flock. That’s because…
Pumpkin Patch, Opening Sept. 4
Asheville flameworker Mark DeShields’ “unexplainable reverence” for pumpkins dates back to elementary school, when every student in his grade was given one to carve….
Judy Simmons and Alan “Doc” Welty, Opening Sept. 1
Alan “Doc” Welty earned his nickname while attending the Herron School of Art + Design in Indianapolis. “… I carried my supplies around in…