Handmade Holiday Sale
byBack in the day, it housed the weaving and woodworking operations of Biltmore Industries. Today, the Grovewood Gallery boasts two floors of artisanal work…
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Beginnings
byCitron is a new gallery/studio recently opened in downtown Asheville that features contemporary art from local, national, and international artists, with a current focus…
Suite Américaine
byFeaturing the work of the Center for Craft’s Artist Fellows, funded by the organization’s Research Fund, Suite Américaine is the first in a series…
Fifty Cents Says You’re on the Right Side of the Tracks
byThree-dozen creatives in almost as many genres call Trackside Studios their artistic home. All of them have to work shifts in the gallery as…
Crafty Heartwood Gallery Anticipated the Main Street Revival By Three Decades
byHeartwood Gallery owner Shelley DeKay arrived in Saluda in the fall of 1984. She and her husband, a journeyman carpenter, had been traveling and…
Chair Maker Doesn’t Take the “Life as Art” Idea Sitting Down
by“Art isn’t just the stuff we make,” declares Pedro Esqueda. “It’s our whole life.” He’s proof positive of that, as his work expands into…
To Sustain Minimalism, She Maximizes Community
byIn Barbara Zaretsky’s world, craft and community flow as one. Pots of dye bubble as visitors and colleagues drop by. Zaretsky studies a wall…