Gems of Knowledge: Artist/Goldsmith Shares his Craft
His lifelong love of nature is reflected in nearly every facet of the jewelry Doug Canivet creates today. “I grew up in a semirural…
New Gallery Descending a Staircase
(While Also Climbing the Downtown Arts Scene) Evoking a scene from a big-city art gallery, visitors to Citron enter through a glass door at…
Potters Help Out in Flat Rock
Food for Thought, Food for Real Debby Staton observed students’ food insecurity firsthand while working as a kindergarten teacher. She says it’s even more…
The Best Four- Million-Year-Old Creek is the Closest
Chris Foley has traveled the world — from Labrador to Belize to Patagonia — capturing the dynamic energy of rivers and creeks, images that…
Crushing It with Flamboyant Style in a Formerly “Cold and Scary” Warehouse
I’ve always loved helping people move toward their passion and calling,” says Robert Nicholas, a former youth pastor. He’s discovered a unique way to…
Gallery on Hendersonville’s Hip 7th Avenue Goes Big
It was supposed to be a practical, multi-use space. “Honestly, we hadn’t really thought about a gallery,” says Julie Wilmot, who, with her husband…
They Inked Their Dream in Eight Thousand Square Feet
Theirs was a big dream, one that did not foresee the pandemic — but a persistent dream nonetheless. Katie Montes and Cody Reed, two…
High-Energy Gallerist Invigorates a Former Roller Rink
“Right space made it the right place,” says Miryam Rojas, describing her new venture, Mars Landing Galleries, located in Mars Hill. Opened July 10,…
A Battle for Clarity Meant a Win for Abstraction
Over the years, Jeremy Russell and the professional art scene have edged cautiously toward one another. It’s a dance of inevitability: “I always kind…
The Places You Can Go When There’s No Horizon
“I wanted to write, but writing is painful,” observes Neil Jacobs, who is making his first appearance at the Beaverdam Studio Tour this month….