The Craft Legacy Series: Gale on Schleicher
Pam Granger Gale is a local marbling artist and instructor who owns Majik Studios, a working art venue and teaching center in…
The Craft Legacy Series: Cox on Davidson
Hardy Davidson, whose ancestors settled in WNC around the time of the Revolutionary War, was a mostly self-taught woodcarving artist born in 1900. He…
Librarians Everywhere Look Her Up
Karen Hardy is a fine artist who works with the eye of a mad scientist. “When paper is made, it starts with pulp floating…
How to Gain Serious Momentum on Flat Tires
The rubber hit the road when former anthropology professor Dr. Alysia Fischer began experimenting with discarded inner tubes. Veering from academia to the full-time…
Former Physics Professor Observes No Collision Between Art and Science
Physicist Barry Rhodes has been making functional art from earthy particles for 45 years — almost twice as long as he worked for the…
Therapist Jumped Head First Into Art
“Skulls are what we all are underneath — a universal human equalizer and common denominator,” says artist Kim Nelson. Her fanciful skull-themed pieces, painted…
Making It
Jeremy French got sober in 1995, and his first mentor emphasized the value of the creative process on that journey. So he started working…
In the Pocket is the Only Way to Paint
Painter Gayle Paul earned a BFA from Drake University and once worked as an apprentice restoration painter at the Iowa State Capitol. She taught…
He’s Not Scared of Clowns, and that Has Made All the Difference
Logan Guarglia is a painter, printmaker, freelance graphic designer, illustrator, and photographer — “I have a hard time sticking to one medium,” he says….
Replacing Phone Scrolling With Stitching is Perhaps Most Subversive of All
Oodles of Billboard music chart toppers are easy-to-play three-chord songs, and all of Western music is only comprised of a dozen notes. According to…