The Rolling Stones of Adornment
byBorn and raised in Canton, Jimmi Buell left Haywood County after high school and moved to Charlotte. In the “big city,” she got a…
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Mixing it Up on Gallery Row
byGallery Mélange unites the work of two abstract painters and a jewelry maverick The story of Gallery Mélange, the newest fine-art venue on Biltmore…
Jaime Byrd Contemporary Art Gallery Grand Opening Celebration
byome artists paint so viscerally that their brushstrokes almost come to life. Then there’s Jaime Byrd. A longtime filmmaker, Byrd uses augmented reality (AR)…
Weaverville Art Safari Studio Tour, April 27-28
byost safaris spotlight megafauna like African elephants, Barbary lions, and Cape buffalo. But during the Weaverville Art Safari Studio Tour, painter Kim Austin wants…
4th Annual Upcycle Art Auction
byor more than 20 years, the Community Housing Coalition (CHC) of Madison County has kept low-income residents safe by fixing leaking roofs, updating faulty…
With Flying Colors
byIn 1985, Hendersonville artist Norie Sanchez started quilting — a lot. “I’ve done it all: wall hangings, bed quilts, baby quilts, hand-pieced, machine-pieced, hand-quilted, machine-quilted,…
On The Wing
byIllustrator Casey Girard (they/them) never thought much about birds until January 2018, when they awoke to find more than 100 pine siskins in their…
Cultivating New Passions
byIn 1894, the Women’s Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church founded the Asheville Farm School on 420 acres in the Swannanoa Valley….
Vulnerability in the Viewfinder
byLike many women, Asheville fine arts photographer Sarah Hooker spent decades hating the skin she lived in. “Body dysmorphia [was] part of my life…
Asheville’s Clay Journey is a True Odyssey
byRegional clay artists owe a debt of gratitude to Brian and Gail McCarthy, whose early vision for an entity supporting clay artists helped encourage…