Digging the Roots of an Ancient (and Up-and-Coming) Tradition
byIt wasn’t easy for Ramona Lossie to decide which of the hundreds of baskets she’s woven in her lifetime to include in the Center…
Crafters
The Secret to Controlling a Lack of Control
by“When I was nine years old I had a brain tumor,” reveals multimedia artist Molly Sawyer, who has also endured breast cancer and undergone…
Dana Brown Solo Show
by“I’ve done a lot of paintings of architecture and machinery and locomotives,” says encaustic painter Dana Brown of Topsail Beach, NC, “and now I’ve…
On Utility and Elevation
by“Sometimes unexpected things happen, and I have to work around it. You might come into some cracks or a hole and it’s, ‘Oh, didn’t…
When the Bubble Won’t Burst, You Get Creative
byAccording to Zumper, an online rental platform, you can expect to fork out $1,453 per month for a one-bedroom apartment in Asheville. That’s a…
Nearly Out of Buttons But Still Full of Ideas
by“My hands are always doing something,” says Barbara Bryan — sewer, knitter, weaver, spinner, and quilter, just to name a few of the craft…
Tonalities
byTrackside Studios closes only two days a year (Thanksgiving and Christmas), and the large windows overlooking the namesake train tracks let in lots of…
Drawn Together: Recent Work by Bethanne Hill, Darius Hill, Olivia Hill
byBlue Spiral 1 (Showcase Gallery) The Hill family from Birmingham, Alabama, have a deep history of working in varying creative endeavors, says Bethanne Hill, who…
Simple is the Hardest Part
byConstance Ensner moved to Asheville from Los Angeles in 1985, and, with no prior business experience, launched CONSTANCE BOUTIQUE, featuring artfully modern women’s couture…
How One Sculptor Rose to the Occasion
bySometime in the early 1990s, Larry Paul King was driving home from his night shift as a postal carrier in Chicago when a radio…