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,…
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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…
Henderson County Maker Accepted to Elite Competition
by“There is a deep magic rooted here,” Eleanor Palmer says of Western North Carolina. Born and raised in Hendersonville, Palmer spent her childhood collecting…
Yes, You Mayo
byAnnie Gustely is not a Southern gal. She grew up in Ohio and moved to North Carolina in 2007. But her food still lifes…
Artful Ascents
byPainting is a way of preserving a moment in time. Heidi Nisbett learned this while hiking the Appalachian Trail. An Upstate South Carolina native,…
A “Beautiful Exercise” for the New Year
byAmid major renovations at Trackside Studios last August, workers found dozens of brick pavers hidden beneath the floor. According to gallery artist Julie Ann…