When the Mailbox Holds Epiphanies Instead of Flyers
byHighway 64 is the primary artery connecting Hendersonville to Brevard. It intersects Etowah’s few stoplights, patters past Transylvania County farmland, and finally empties near…
Crafters
There’s No Time Like the Present to Carve the Look of Millennia
byFor decades, painter and television host Bob Ross reworked what he called “happy accidents” — harsh brushstrokes, paint drips, botched blending — into clouds…
Extraordinary Finds and Times
byExhibit runs through Jan. 31 An ongoing exhibit at the Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League that opened in late October, “Extraordinary Finds and Times”…
Meet Her in the Garden of Unearthly Delights
byJulie Armbruster is grateful for her freed-up time in 2020. Never mind the pandemic — her world has always been weird. The illustrator’s drawings,…
If It’s Happening Right Now, It’s at Upstairs Artspace
byIt all began in a bedroom. It was 1978 when Craig Pleasants, an artist and art lover living in Tryon, decided the town needed…
No Time Like the Present to Go to Another World
byKreh Mellick’s folkloric fine art, often a collaged mix of gouache and cut paper, feels at once nostalgic and totally of the moment. There’s…
Local Arts Titan Remembered
byJohn Cram, the cultural underwriter of Asheville’s modern-day renaissance, passed away Oct. 26, at age 72, from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. Arriving from Wisconsin…
Keeping It So Real Even the Paint is Handmade
byAcross America, a culture war is raging, says painter John Mac Kah. But he’s not referencing current social movements or political turmoil. “There’s a…
Architect Sets Up House in the “Beginner’s Mind”
byIn 1995, following a long career as an architect, Werner Haker — born in Germany and raised partly in New York City — moved…
Throwing Clay is How He Got Through the Day — and Landed on a Career
byJohn Cummings, diagnosed with ADHD as a child, found that art kept him busy and out of trouble. He recalls working with clay when…