Different Drummers
byRAD painter hosts Skynyrd star Contemporary Americana painter Philip DeAngelo gets plenty of visitors at his studio in the River Arts District. But only…
Painting
Mixing it Up on Gallery Row
byGallery Mélange unites the work of two abstract painters and a jewelry maverick The story of Gallery Mélange, the newest fine-art venue on Biltmore…
Jaime Byrd Contemporary Art Gallery Grand Opening Celebration
byome artists paint so viscerally that their brushstrokes almost come to life. Then there’s Jaime Byrd. A longtime filmmaker, Byrd uses augmented reality (AR)…
Weaverville Art Safari Studio Tour, April 27-28
byost safaris spotlight megafauna like African elephants, Barbary lions, and Cape buffalo. But during the Weaverville Art Safari Studio Tour, painter Kim Austin wants…
With Flying Colors
byIn 1985, Hendersonville artist Norie Sanchez started quilting — a lot. “I’ve done it all: wall hangings, bed quilts, baby quilts, hand-pieced, machine-pieced, hand-quilted, machine-quilted,…
On The Wing
byIllustrator Casey Girard (they/them) never thought much about birds until January 2018, when they awoke to find more than 100 pine siskins in their…
Cultivating New Passions
byIn 1894, the Women’s Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church founded the Asheville Farm School on 420 acres in the Swannanoa Valley….
Because a Dozen Passions Is Better Than One
bySome artists nestle themselves into a tight niche, content to focus on one medium. But then there’s Melissa Flattery. A U.S. Air Force veteran,…
Meditating Away from Expectations
byThe 1960s was a time of change for many young Americans, and particularly so for Asheville artist Raphaella Vaisseau, whose career sprang from those…
Second Saturday Art Strolls
byBack in January, the River Arts District Artists (RADA) introduced a year-long, community-wide exhibition titled Who Am I, Who Are We? Open to all…