Magic in the Mountains
byFian Arroyo opens his studio for the Weaverville Art Safari Step inside Fian Arroyo’s studio, and you might find a wizard cradling a box…
Painting
A Portrait of Place
byLocal artists honor Asheville’s wild and wonderful spirit From her River Arts District studio, pastel artist Elise Okrend has watched black bears amble past…
Flight Plan for a Free Spirit
byBurnsville artist debuts 75 interdisciplinary works Burnsville artist Melissa L. Flattery has never been one to stay in a single lane. A former Air…
A Season to Settle
byFairview artists bring warmth back to fall Last fall didn’t feel like fall. When Hurricane Helene swept through Western North Carolina, birdsong was traded…
Silver Meets Soul
byRegional makers gather for 78th Annual Craft Fair Metalsmith Elizabeth Walton has made a living coaxing silver into shape. “Bending the wire with pliers…
Crossing Lines
bySharon Louden bends light and limits In Barriers & Boundaries, on view at Tracey Morgan Gallery through November 22, artist Sharon Louden transforms the…
Light and Mystery
byJohn Davis Held paints the sacred at Lucy Clark Gallery On Saturday, October 11, the Lucy Clark Gallery & Studio in Brevard will welcome…
Layer by Layer
byExploring texture and imagination in Kenilworth The streets of Asheville’s Kenilworth neighborhood twist and turn like brushstrokes on a canvas — an apt setting…
Quiet Witness
bySmall works exhibition opens at Mark Bettis Gallery When David Sheldon left Brooklyn for Asheville in 2008, the outdoors quickly became central to both…
Tradition, Unmasked
byFour new exhibitions open at Blue Spiral 1 A striped mask with orange-rimmed eyes and lips fixes its gaze in “Zebra Mask,” a painting…