The Golden Ticket
byThe Scholastic Art Awards, tailored to students in grades 7-12, has been around for a remarkable 99 years — and yet each year the…
Events
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…
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…
The Makers of Main Street
byWhen Judith Kolva says 2022 will be a “banner year,” she doesn’t mean it idiomatically. Kolva is chair of ArtScape Hendersonville, an annual public-art…
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…
Art for More than Art’s Sake
by“You want to give back to the community,” states local painter Jeremy Russell. “And when everybody’s intentions are good and they are doing something…
Black History (Every) Month
byProminent artist Jenny Pickens — portraitist, dollmaker, and high-profile local muralist — favors acrylics when she paints. Bold statements in rich hues are a…
Julyan Davis Goes From Painter to Pantser
byBritish-born artist Julyan Davis has spent the past 30 years exhibiting in galleries and museums across the U.S. Many of his paintings capture the…
Tema Stauffer: Southern Fiction
byTema Stauffer’s photographs examine the social, economic, and cultural landscape of American spaces. Daylight Books, in 2018, published a monograph of her “Upstate” series…
Little Boxes Where We Dwell: Habitats, Spaces, and Reflections
byIt’s been almost 15 years since Mark Bettis landed in Asheville. He started out in his garage, which he quickly outgrew, and took a…