A Battle for Clarity Meant a Win for Abstraction
byOver the years, Jeremy Russell and the professional art scene have edged cautiously toward one another. It’s a dance of inevitability: “I always kind…
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Mirror Mirror: The Art of Reflection
byOpening Reception: Oct 1, 5:30-7:50pm, Through Nov. 6 Flow Gallery, located in historic downtown Marshall, announces the arrival of new work from eight accomplished artists…
New Works by Samantha Bates
byThrough Oct. 31 Samantha Bates grew up in western Washington State and has spent a lifetime inspired by the abundant green of the Pacific…
Intuition is Also a Love Language
byElizabeth Porritt Carrington’s life in America started with a whisper at a silent retreat. It was 2009, and a year had passed since her…
Eyes on October
byThis expressive mask was made by regional woodcarver Karl Schwartz, who taught a popular, week-long workshop in the medium earlier this year at Tryon…
The Places You Can Go When There’s No Horizon
by“I wanted to write, but writing is painful,” observes Neil Jacobs, who is making his first appearance at the Beaverdam Studio Tour this month….
When Spoons Got Dull, He Turned to Something With Teeth
byFrancis Breen of Worry Knot Woodwork is not overly concerned with haircare routines. The Asheville-based craftsman admits he cuts his own “little, silly mullet”…
Married to the Present, Figuring in the Past
byNo matter the circumstances of her life, Sahar Fakhoury has always made time to make art. Growing up in Kuwait, her role on her…
Making the Ultimate Remix Can Take Fifty Years
byValerie Hoh spent her year of isolation “exploding with creativity.” The result is three wildly inventive new collections — and, happily, two progressive new…
What Could be Lower Tech Than a Million-Year-Old Waterfall?
by“Gone fishin’” is often a euphemism for goofing off. And indeed, when photographer Max Cooper first took it up a few years ago, it…