What Expressing Yourself in Summer 2020 Feels Like
byAmong the local artists who’ve switched to Zoom and other kinds of online art initiatives during the COVID era is James Love, featured last…
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Librarians Everywhere Look Her Up
byKaren Hardy is a fine artist who works with the eye of a mad scientist. “When paper is made, it starts with pulp floating…
Photographer Captures the Intimacy in Isolation
byWhile we continue to navigate our way through unprecedented levels of sickness and social fragmentation, the haunting photographs of Greenville-based photographer and Asheville Made…
Wake-ing to a New Reality
byJust because you have a mask on doesn’t mean you can’t sing. Renowned but elusive installation artist Mel Chin, who lives near Burnsville, debuted…
How to Gain Serious Momentum on Flat Tires
byThe rubber hit the road when former anthropology professor Dr. Alysia Fischer began experimenting with discarded inner tubes. Veering from academia to the full-time…
How to Paint a Still Life Without Cleaning Any Bristles
byIt might be magic. Using a small LED light, photographer Mark V’Soske transforms collections of ordinary objects into scenes of iconic beauty. Through this…
When Your Work Demands You Literally Go With the Flow
byIf you look at a trumpet, you’ll notice it only has three valves. For those who don’t play the trumpet, that can be a…
Former Physics Professor Observes No Collision Between Art and Science
byPhysicist Barry Rhodes has been making functional art from earthy particles for 45 years — almost twice as long as he worked for the…
A Stitch in Time Saves Art for Future Generations
byErin Castellan was exposed to the full spectrum of textile art by her mother, “who was involved in natural dyeing, spinning, knitting, quilting, [and…
Sitting Down on the Job
by“With chairs, there are just so many ways to address issues and challenges — structural, aesthetic, and ergonomic. It’s a great playground for creativity,”…