She’s Producing a Whole Different Kind of Reality Show
byJaime Byrd always was ahead of the action. She started writing music as a kid and was performing in nightclubs, she says, by age…
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Paint on the Right Doors and You Might Find Them Opening
byHad he followed the money, Aaron Fields’ ongoing path to becoming a full-time artist could have gone in an entirely different direction. “In sixth…
The Owl Won’t Blink, and Other Wild Stories
byThe eyes of the animals in Jackson Hammack’s paintings don’t blink. They stare straight at you, even through you, as though to say, “I…
Leading You Down the Fairy Path, Torch in Hand
byThe magical creatures in Marti Svoboda-Sidelnick’s intricately composed glass pieces are real. After all, you can see and touch them. As the artist views…
20 Years, 20,000 Square Feet, One Big Key to Success
byThe F.W. Woolworth building, located at the corner of Haywood Street and Battery Park in downtown Asheville, was constructed in 1938 and has since…
Two Galleries are Bettis Than One
byMark Bettis worked in computer animation before pursuing a number of other successful careers, including advertising and real estate. Through it all, though, he…
Talk to the Man Who Talks to the Trees
byMore than 1,000 years old, bonsai — the art of meticulously pruning plants, most often trees, to keep them much smaller than they would…
The Skateboard as Artistic Springboard
byAs a mainstream pastime it’s waxed and waned for many decades, but skateboarding as an obsession always re-emerges, and along with it, the singular…
The Hills are Alive with the Scent of Bears and Fresh Paint
byPainter Bryan Koontz — whose family heritage in WNC dates back at least 200 years — earned a degree in Commercial Design at Appalachian…
The Beguilement is in the Shadows
byWhen Andy Levine adopted the name John Nebraska about 25 years ago, he was not having an identity crisis. Quite the opposite. The editorial…