Bright Blue Days are Only the Beginning
byNo dapper felines or environmentally conscious patas monkeys star in My Many Colored Days, a children’s book by Theodor Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss). Published…
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Passing the Torch at TACS
by“We are about to unlock areas of art exploration in metals and glass that have not been widely accessible to student artists in Polk…
Jewelry Artist Struck Silver With Symbolic Rings and Pendants
byWhen Mary Timmer was in high school in Chapel Hill, she took a clay class; rather than a bowl or a mug, she made…
Photographer Shifts His Focus Between Goats and Iron Horses
byJeffrey Stoner became enchanted by photography during childhood, but only began marketing his work in 2004. The images sold well, and in 2007 he…
Sculptor Only Operates Under His Own Influence
byBy the time Richard Flottemesch decided to make art his life’s work, in his junior year at the University of Maryland, the Baltimore native…
The Art of Staying Inside the Box
byJackson Martin is a contrarian: He believes rules beget innovation rather than stifle it. “Parameters are something I give my students all the time,”…
Artist/Activist Gets the Word Out in Visual Language
byMultimedia sculptor, painter, and all-around creative/community dynamo Tarah Singh believes artists have a responsibility to document history. She uses the term “herstorian” to describe…
Portraits of Imagination
byA collection from new members at Asheville Gallery of Art — Chris Bell, Bill George, Hyn Patty, and Patricia Veatch — takes portraiture beyond…
Helping Local Artists Make Sense of the Shadows
byZelda Sayre Fitzgerald, wife and muse of Jazz Age writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, lived as if she were weightless. In a high-school journal, she…
How to Ollie Into the Fine-Art World
byThe year 1989 was a kickflip to the ankle for lifelong skateboarder George Peterson. Stuck in his sleepy hometown of Bishop, California (population 3,747),…