Going Big With “Happy Little Accidents”
Painter Jeffrey Luque is all about the unexpected detour. He talks about “happy accidents,” and for him, they’re not little ones. Following big instinctual…
Maggie Valley Woodcarver Saws Through the Competition
“Mountain Mike” Ayers is a Maggie Valley-based sculptor who carves wood in extraordinary detail using a chainsaw and does it faster than almost anyone…
Why Trees Make The Best Models for Life Drawing
Lots of kids are encouraged to do art. But Sara Bell was commanded. She vividly remembers the many times she felt agitated when she…
She Felt Her Way into Fiber Art
Artist Tracey McCracken Palmer, who grew up in Western North Carolina, has drawn and painted for as long as she can remember. But, she…
The Reckoning in Pictures: Local Photographer Releases The Road to Unforgetting
In a year of literary reckoning that brought us Maud Newton’s ripple-causing Ancestor Trouble, about the harsh social implications of family legacy, writer, photographer,…
Here and Now
Citron Gallery presents Here and Now, a group exhibit featuring new works by eight national and international artists. Their styles range from representational to…
A Trip Down the Serpentine Path
Although Susan Query has been creating art her whole life, she studied psychology as an undergrad, holds a PhD in health education, and focused…
Our Ecology, Shifting Our Gaze Inward
Bevelyn Afor Ukah describes her exhibit of bold, expressive paintings as “a journey to find myself present in my own body, with all of…
Village Art & Craft Fair Celebrates 50 Years
Late local visionary John Cram, an entrepreneur and philanthropist, launched the Village Art & Craft Fair 50 years ago, when Asheville was still a…
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…