Magic in the Mountains
byFian Arroyo opens his studio for the Weaverville Art Safari Step inside Fian Arroyo’s studio, and you might find a wizard cradling a box…
Fiber
Flight Plan for a Free Spirit
byBurnsville artist debuts 75 interdisciplinary works Burnsville artist Melissa L. Flattery has never been one to stay in a single lane. A former Air…
A Season to Settle
byFairview artists bring warmth back to fall Last fall didn’t feel like fall. When Hurricane Helene swept through Western North Carolina, birdsong was traded…
Silver Meets Soul
byRegional makers gather for 78th Annual Craft Fair Metalsmith Elizabeth Walton has made a living coaxing silver into shape. “Bending the wire with pliers…
Layer by Layer
byExploring texture and imagination in Kenilworth The streets of Asheville’s Kenilworth neighborhood twist and turn like brushstrokes on a canvas — an apt setting…
Stitched in Surprise
byGuild artists showcase playful works on the Parkway For Hendersonville fiber artist Barbara Jones, creativity begins with a question: What happens if? What happens…
Tradition, Unmasked
byFour new exhibitions open at Blue Spiral 1 A striped mask with orange-rimmed eyes and lips fixes its gaze in “Zebra Mask,” a painting…
Nature, Unscripted
byToe River Arts exhibition lets the landscape take the lead Mushroom spores, wasp nests, flower petals — in the hands of Burnsville artists George…
Holding the Fray
byArtists embrace damage, care, and repair at Penland What does it mean to mend? PERFECTION: a question of repair, opening at Penland Gallery this…
Living the Experiment
byTracing the history of performance at Black Mountain College Black Mountain College was never just a school — it was a laboratory for experimentation…