Uncompromising Great-Grandmother is Still Raising the “Real”Art Scene
byIn 1991, artist Connie Bostic opened Zone one, downtown Asheville’s first contemporary art gallery. For about a decade, the space was a vital creative…
In 1991, artist Connie Bostic opened Zone one, downtown Asheville’s first contemporary art gallery. For about a decade, the space was a vital creative…
“We are all one human family,” says Christine Longoria. She admits to the life differences that come with chance and choice, but her assertion…
Bee Adams paints quickly. Perhaps because she’s moved around a lot, she prefers the first stages of a project, that early excitement, to the…
Cynthia L. Wilson was a young grad student at the University of Alabama when her mother died. “I didn’t have a very good way…
Ken Vallario doesn’t spend much time laboring over his personal brand. “I’m absolutely opposed to the concept,” the painter declares. Instead, Vallario says, he…
You won’t find Jane Schmidt’s car parked at a Blue Ridge Parkway overlook so she can perch behind an easel, painting a mountain sunrise….
Ursula Gullow is thinking big. One wall of the small studio in her home is covered with canvas; a step stool set nearby allows…
Haywood Street Congregation, founded in 2009 by Rev. Brian Combs, welcomes everyone, especially those living on the fringes of our society — the homeless…
Elise Okrend’s canvases are far from private. They’re on daily display for thousands at a number of major hospitals, including locally at Mission in…
David Sheldon has loved birds ever since he was a kid. He calls them “nature’s magical faeries,” and still owns his original copy of…