When Backing Up is Not an Option
byPainter Joan Lesikin attended the Art Students League in Woodstock, earned her BFA at Syracuse University, and completed an MFA at Rutgers. Her award-winning…
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It’s Easier to Outwit the Southern Sun than to Be a Brooklyn Artist
byThe mother of self-taught illustrator and printmaker James Flames gave him the “new mommy” journal she kept when he was a baby. It contained…
It Was the Right Place (Must Have Been the Right Time)
byWhen Rob Travis was a kid, he’d visit his grandmother once or twice a year in rural Georgia, and she taught him to identify…
Lauren Rutten on Doris Ulmann
byLegacy Crafters Series | Part 3 Photographer Doris Ulmann was instrumental in documenting life in the rural South in the 1920s and early ’30s,…
Haen Gallery Adds New Dimension to its Big Reputation
bySeven years after establishing The Haen Gallery on Biltmore Avenue in Asheville in 2006, owner/director Chris Foley opened a second gallery in Brevard’s hip…
Painter Turns Away from the River, Heads Deeper into the Forest
byCheyenne Trunnell was around 12 years old when she encountered her first piece of abstract art. So when she saw the painting, created by…
Sixty is the New Fifty, and Other Reflections on Heritage Festival History
byIf Asheville’s rowdy street fair Bele Chere hadn’t ended in 2013, it would have turned 40 this year. Bele Chere showcased dozens of Asheville-area…
Mary Doornbos on Murray Martin
byLegacy Crafters Series | Part 2 Murrial “Murray” Martin (1903-2005) supervised the John C. Campbell Folk School woodcarving program from 1935 to 1973. Her…
Picture Leaving Big-City Success to Visit Skeet Ranges
byColby Caldwell, an internationally esteemed photographer, took a risk by coming back to Western North Carolina. He’d grown up in Mills River, but moved…
Metal Sculptor’s Career was Sparked by a Love of Animals
byHer dad, who refurbished guitars, taught her to work with tools. Her mom worked another angle, instilling a passion for wildlife. Every birthday, Mel…