Celebrating West Asheville Style
byA few months ago, local painter Gus Cutty created a likeness of iconic drag queen RuPaul on the west exterior wing of the Bledsoe…
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Illustrator Gets to the Heart (and Arteries) of the Matter
byCuriosity is an essential piece of any artist’s toolbox, and for Asheville illustrator Julia Moore, it began in childhood, building forts in the woods….
Selfies
byArt Mob Studios & Marketplace During the month of May, Art Mob Studios & Marketplace is presenting Selfies, its latest exhibition. Member artists were…
Providence Refuses to Fit Inside One Medium
byLisa Steffens grew up along New York’s Hudson River, and her mother studied fashion design at the area’s prestigious Pratt Institute for a year…
Helping Local Artists Make Sense of the Shadows
byZelda Sayre Fitzgerald, wife and muse of Jazz Age writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, lived as if she were weightless. In a high-school journal, she…
Abundant Ephemeralist Documents Asheville Glance by Glance
byA painting or pen-and-ink drawing by Cyrus Glance is instantly recognizable through his urgent strokes and keen, idiosyncratic rendering of the world around him….
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,…
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…
How Beautiful is the Little Dog That Inspires a Massive Mural?
byYou’ve seen her before, the giant version, in a cosmic blue mural on the side of Cotton Mill Studios: Qué Linda! Open the door…
Therapist Jumped Head First Into Art
by“Skulls are what we all are underneath — a universal human equalizer and common denominator,” says artist Kim Nelson. Her fanciful skull-themed pieces, painted…