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…
Crafters
Thousands of Pastel Sticks Were Exiled Along the Journey
byLucy Cobos graduated with high honors from the New England School of Photography and helped establish the first photography department at an NBC-TV affiliate…
She Wrote the Recipe on Outsider Assemblage Art
by“Art was my identity as a geeky kid,” says multimedia artist Sue Wille, who also produces work under the alias Suzie Millions. “I talked…
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…
The Persistence of Memory, Pyromaniac-Style
byNabil El Jaouhari says growing up in the mountains outside of Beirut, Lebanon, he was the child who stayed inside to doodle. In the…
The Best Four- Million-Year-Old Creek is the Closest
byChris Foley has traveled the world — from Labrador to Belize to Patagonia — capturing the dynamic energy of rivers and creeks, images that…
Potter Can’t Leave Any Vessel Unadorned
byCeramic artist Kaaren Stoner cites nature as the inspiration for her work, and that becomes elegantly obvious at first glance. Not only does her…