His Words Are the World’s Faces
Dustin Spagnola, an Asheville-based muralist of widespread acclaim, has never been shy about using art to address social issues. When protests erupted in Asheville…
Dustin Spagnola, an Asheville-based muralist of widespread acclaim, has never been shy about using art to address social issues. When protests erupted in Asheville…
Nicholas Swann worked in the construction business for 12 years, until he realized that team projects didn’t equal personal fulfillment. “I got so burnt…
For Michael Robinson, creativity has always been about two mediums: painting and architecture. The latter has economically sustained him for decades. The former has…
Kathleen Doyle remembers the moment she realized she and Tom Reardon were built to last. It was the mid-’80s. Doyle and Reardon, already well-established…
Many middle schoolers can draw. Far fewer of them know how to critique the formal elements of a drawing, breaking down its use of line or shape. But…
When Rob Travis was a kid, he’d visit his grandmother once or twice a year in rural Georgia, and she taught him to identify…
Cheyenne Trunnell was around 12 years old when she encountered her first piece of abstract art. So when she saw the painting, created by…
Colby Caldwell, an internationally esteemed photographer, took a risk by coming back to Western North Carolina. He’d grown up in Mills River, but moved…
Every once in a while, Melinda Lawton enters into what she calls “stream-of-consciousness jewelry making.” She’ll sit down to work without a specific plan;…
For twins Eddie and Stephanie Aaronson, collaboration is their birthright. Their inherent ability to work intuitively with one another — including smoothing over rough…