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Artful Living

Artful Living

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Grovewood honors the Craftsman ethos  Though based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, painter Shawn Krueger has long found inspiration in the mountains of Western North…

Stitched in Surprise 

Stitched in Surprise 

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Guild artists showcase playful works on the Parkway For Hendersonville fiber artist Barbara Jones, creativity begins with a question: What happens if? What happens…

Quiet Witness

Quiet Witness

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​​Small works exhibition opens at Mark Bettis Gallery When David Sheldon left Brooklyn for Asheville in 2008, the outdoors quickly became central to both…

Heel to Toe

Heel to Toe

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Spruce Pine artist Dori Settles casts shoes Cinderella may have lost her slipper, but Dori Settles has found nearly 60 — and turned them…

Tradition, Unmasked

Tradition, Unmasked

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Four new exhibitions open at Blue Spiral 1  A striped mask with orange-rimmed eyes and lips fixes its gaze in “Zebra Mask,” a painting…

Scrap to Spotlight 

Scrap to Spotlight 

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Asheville’s most resourceful makers show off their chops What can you do with a pile of secondhand building supplies? For the past 14 years,…

Dark Delights 

Dark Delights 

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American Folk Art’s October show conjures the macabre Things will get a little wicked at American Folk Art this fall with Midnight in the…

Nature, Unscripted

Nature, Unscripted

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Toe River Arts exhibition lets the landscape take the lead Mushroom spores, wasp nests, flower petals — in the hands of Burnsville artists George…

Shaping the Skyline

Shaping the Skyline

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Asheville Art Museum spotlights the city’s architects  In the early 20th century, travel writers dubbed Asheville “the Paris of the South,” a nod to…

Holding the Fray

Holding the Fray

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Artists embrace damage, care, and repair at Penland What does it mean to mend? PERFECTION: a question of repair, opening at Penland Gallery this…