Making (Negative) Space for Contemporary Quilting
byThis year, the Western North Carolina Quilters Guild will celebrate its 40th birthday. And, like anyone blowing out the candles on their “Big Four-O,”…
Fiber
Putting the Factory Back on Factory Hill
byOne summer during college, Leigh Anne Hilbert worked the graveyard shift at a Hanes factory in Galax, Virginia. From seven at night to seven…
The Secret to Controlling a Lack of Control
by“When I was nine years old I had a brain tumor,” reveals multimedia artist Molly Sawyer, who has also endured breast cancer and undergone…
Nearly Out of Buttons But Still Full of Ideas
by“My hands are always doing something,” says Barbara Bryan — sewer, knitter, weaver, spinner, and quilter, just to name a few of the craft…
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…
She Found a Legitimate Use for Rotary-Phone Dials
byChadAlice Hagen spends three to four days at a time in the lower level of her house, laboriously crafting handmade felt and resist-dyed wool…
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…
Her Textiles Contain Multitudes
byJude Stuecker knows a thing or two about putting together an outfit, and for her it involves a lot more than opening a closet…
New Works by Samantha Bates
byThrough Oct. 31 Samantha Bates grew up in western Washington State and has spent a lifetime inspired by the abundant green of the Pacific…
Pop Tart Life
byKatrina Chenevert, whose eponymous gallery in Biltmore Village recently launched, talks about the venue’s “very soft opening” last winter, which was little more than…