Picking Up the Pieces
byRecycled art may go down in history as the official medium of the COVID-19 era, since it makes great use of spare time and…
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Reflections of a Year
byWhen Ursula Gullow takes a notion, it turns into an obsession, and eventually an installation. While the Asheville-based painter and instructor makes many detours,…
Featured Woodworker: Paul Eisenhauer
byExhibit runs through Dec. 31 For the last month of the year, Gallery 17 at Foundation Woodworks is presenting pieces by Burnsville-based maker Paul…
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…
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”…
Marauding Beasts are Part of the Landscape at North Asheville Sculpture Garden
bySusan Turner’s magical tract of land in the middle of the historic Grove Park Inn neighborhood begged for more than a garden — and…
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,…
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…
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…