A Trip Down the Serpentine Path
byAlthough Susan Query has been creating art her whole life, she studied psychology as an undergrad, holds a PhD in health education, and focused…
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Made to Last: Grove Arcade’s Original Store Turns 20
byTwenty years ago, Mountain Bizworks, a local nonprofit designed to promote entrepreneurship in the region, had a vision. “They wanted to provide an outlet…
The Tyger Has Spoken: New Gallery is Burning Bright with a Vision of Inclusion
byMira Gerard grew up in an ashram in New Hampshire, where, as a child, she was given a copy of William Blake’s book Songs…
She Refused to Be Torn Between Papermaking and Printmaking
byPrintmaking isn’t an art form that flourishes in solitude. “It’s a very social practice,” says Georgia Deal, “with people who like to be in…
One Artist’s Long Trail to the Top
byEight years ago, Mike Wurman paid a visit with his wife Rhianna to Max Patch, a grassy mountain bald on the North Carolina/Tennessee border….
Our Ecology, Shifting Our Gaze Inward
byBevelyn Afor Ukah describes her exhibit of bold, expressive paintings as “a journey to find myself present in my own body, with all of…
The Only Gallery is the Back Story
byThe long reach of the COVID-19 pandemic has left few areas of life untouched — even if those areas happen to be off the…
Warm Hands, Hot Wax, Happy Artist
byLocal multimedia artist Kate Colclaser had a successful pottery studio in Blowing Rock, NC, before moving to Asheville. But the winters there can be…
Bird is the Word (And You Can Take That Literally)
byLocal painter and ceramicist Kate Coleman doesn’t remember a time when she wasn’t an artist. “All children are artists,” she believes, “and I never…
Artsy Polymath Got the Fever to Create and Never Recovered
byWhen asked if he’d be willing to sit for an interview, Jerald Pope had this to say: “What aspect of my pretty spectacular life…