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Deep Cut

Deep Cut

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Pine trees have their limits. Asheville sculptor and art educator Thomas Schram learned this as a young boy growing up in North Carolina’s Piedmont…

Creative Heights

Creative Heights

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In 1875, Highlands began as a high-elevation haven for those seeking relief from heat and humidity. But the summer colony quickly transformed into a…

News from the League

News from the League

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The Art League of Henderson County has a full calendar this spring, starting with the return of Fabulous Fakes.  A seasonal favorite, this quirky…

A New Layer of Talent

A New Layer of Talent

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Gallery Row, the one-mile arts district made up of Biltmore Avenue and Broadway Street, just acquired one more creative: Rand Kramer. Now represented by…

From Destruction to Creation

From Destruction to Creation

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In those long, shapeless days after Hurricane Helene, Asheville mixed-media artist Li Newton says she “moved through the chaos on automatic — shutdown from reality.” Existing…

Weaving Through Loss

Weaving Through Loss

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When Hurricane Helene barreled into Western North Carolina, weaver Emelie Weber Wade retreated from her first-floor apartment in Biltmore Village to a friend’s nearby…

That’s Her Transfiguration

That’s Her Transfiguration

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Fear can limit you. Alexander artist Chrys Corn Goodman knows this firsthand.  Growing up in San Francisco, Goodman always wanted to be an artist….

Gallery Interrupted 

Gallery Interrupted 

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What happens to a dream deferred by ongoing road construction? For Julie and Phil Wilmot, owners of Art on 7th in Hendersonville, that dream…

Petal Power

Petal Power

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“It’s what keeps me alive,” Marshall artist Susan McChesney said of her chosen medium — pressed-flower art — during an interview with Asheville Made back…

Mending Through the Mud

Mending Through the Mud

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MaryJane Findley knows how it feels to fall apart at the seams.  In 2001, she was living in Astoria, New York, with her then-husband,…