Portrait of the Artist as a Restless Survivor
byAmar Stewart knew Asheville was an art-centric town, but when he relocated from Brooklyn in 2019, he quickly learned a couple of things. “I…
Business of Art
Embracing the Chaos
byEdwin Knies says his mind is like “a hand grenade that just keeps exploding.” Once he pulls the pin, he can’t stop thinking. Though…
Mirror Mirror
byContemporary Art from the Collection of Hedy Fischer and Randy Shull Through May 28 (by reservation/appointment) Hedy Fischer and Randy Shull, founders of the Pink…
I Sensi dell’Italia
by(The Senses of Italy) “Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life,” proclaimed Ukraine-born poet Anna Akhmatova, and a…
New Gallery Descending a Staircase
by(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
byFood for Thought, Food for Real Debby Staton observed students’ food insecurity firsthand while working as a kindergarten teacher. She says it’s even more…
Place and Presence
byBender Gallery “My favorite metaphor for abstract painting,” reveals artist Linda Gritta, “is that it’s like jumping off a cliff and fashioning a net…
A Reverence for Rabbits
byT.S. Eliot said that “April is the cruelest month,” but for those of us who emotionally connect with rabbits — and have aged out…
Pink Flamingos, Barbie Arms, and Other Upcycled Destinies
byRay Fawley doesn’t subscribe to “normal.” That’s why, one morning in 2017, he staged a robed mannequin in slippers in his Asheville front yard. …
Putting the Factory Back on Factory Hill
byOne summer during college, Leigh Anne Hilbert worked the graveyard shift at a Hanes factory in Galax, Virginia. From seven at night to seven…