Assemblage Artist Receives New Recognition at VA Center
Featured last September in Asheville Made and now represented by Trackside Studios in the River Arts District, Deborah Anderson is an assemblage artist whose…
What Are Little Girls Made Of?
New Work by Connie Bostic The local grand dame of modern visual art, Connie Bostic owned cutting-edge Zone one gallery in downtown Asheville in…
Annual Multi-Kiln Opening Celebration
Since The Village Potters Clay Center will be unable to host their annual Multi-Kiln Opening Celebration in person, they’ll present virtual kiln openings, including…
Love the Locals
The folks in the Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League, who administer the Red House Studios and Gallery in downtown Black Mountain, are eager to…
Tower Time
Asheville installation artist David Sheldon says he was “thrilled to be selected from a very competitive, nationwide pool of prospective sculptors” to create a…
“Come to Leicester” Comes Back for 2020
Don’t forget: Locals pronounce it “Lester.” Another way to get closer to this rural community northwest of Asheville is to drive all the back…
Fifty Shades of Green (Minus Forty)
Ireland can boast no less than 40 distinct shades of green in its landscape, according to a charming news bite that circled the world…
Ten Facts That Illustrate the Enduring Light of the Arts & Crafts Movement
Arts & Crafts was the first deliberate maker movement, emphasizing a return to utilitarian, handmade goods. 2. Spanning the late 1800s through the early…
How Makers of All Kinds Reclaimed the World’s Vilified Creatures
Those once-feared flying mammals don’t want to nest in your hair — bats are too busy gobbling mosquitoes with superpower abandon. Building protective bat…
Sixty is the New Fifty, and Other Reflections on Heritage Festival History
If Asheville’s rowdy street fair Bele Chere hadn’t ended in 2013, it would have turned 40 this year. Bele Chere showcased dozens of Asheville-area…