Warm Hands, Hot Wax, Happy Artist
Local multimedia artist Kate Colclaser had a successful pottery studio in Blowing Rock, NC, before moving to Asheville. But the winters there can be…
Bird is the Word (And You Can Take That Literally)
Local painter and ceramicist Kate Coleman doesn’t remember a time when she wasn’t an artist. “All children are artists,” she believes, “and I never…
Pastoral Pottery from a True Believer
Waynesville ceramicist Laurey-Faye Dean grew up in a fundamentalist preacher’s family, around churchgoers who were true believers. Then, as a child, she found the…
The Muse Who Demands Down Time
In school, says Zander Stefani, he learned what makes up the basis of any good painting: “line and contrast and variations in texture, color,…
She’s Redefining What it Means to Work Remotely
“Every year, just while hiking, I take 100,000 landscape photos,” estimates Asheville writer and professional adventure photographer Rachel B. Pressley. “My portfolio is insane.”…
Nature & Nurture: The Voorhees Family Artistic Legacy
Edwin and Mildred Voorhees believed that nature and nurture were important to the creation of art and artists. When they moved to the coast of…
Compassion & Cannibalism: A Spiritual Guide to Recycling
Tracey Morgan Gallery is hosting an immersive, interactive installation by WNC artist and poet Ted Pope, who employs recycled, everyday materials that would otherwise…
In a Minor Key
“My work mainly concerns mood and feeling,” explains painter Shawn Krueger. “I tend to lean into the somber mood and, sadly, the times seem…
She’s Producing a Whole Different Kind of Reality Show
Jaime Byrd always was ahead of the action. She started writing music as a kid and was performing in nightclubs, she says, by age…
Popular TEDx Talk is About Talking Without Talking
Talking through conflict is supposed to help. But Ginger Huebner, founding director of Roots + Wings School of Art and Design, observes that more…