Here and Now
byCitron Gallery presents Here and Now, a group exhibit featuring new works by eight national and international artists. Their styles range from representational to…
Paper
She Refused to Be Torn Between Papermaking and Printmaking
byPrintmaking isn’t an art form that flourishes in solitude. “It’s a very social practice,” says Georgia Deal, “with people who like to be in…
Feeling Seen (and Other Woodland Tales)
byWalking, even for a moment, through a forest around Asheville is not a wholly solitary experience. Birds sound. Squirrels scutter through the leaves. The…
Handmade Holiday Sale
byBack in the day, it housed the weaving and woodworking operations of Biltmore Industries. Today, the Grovewood Gallery boasts two floors of artisanal work…
Book Artist Lost the Plot and Gained a Whole New World
byBy: Lee Stevens When Patti Fertel picks up a book at a flea market, a secondhand bookstore, or other used-book outlet, she sees more…
Three-Thousand Squirrels and Other Interesting Infestations
byBy: Jarrett Van Meter While neither rats nor bees are immediately visible, a visit to Sally Anne Morgan’s farm in Alexander does yield sheep,…
Her Multimedia Work Always Was a Trial by Fire
by“It was the loudest sound I ever heard, and now my car is a burnt marshmallow, but I feel really lucky to be alive.”…
Solid Oak and 77,000 Beads are Just the Start of a Lasting Impression
by“The store itself has become a work of art,” says Donna Leven, co-founder of Carolina Mountain Artists Guild in downtown Hendersonville. The Guild opened…
No Time Like the Present to Go to Another World
byKreh Mellick’s folkloric fine art, often a collaged mix of gouache and cut paper, feels at once nostalgic and totally of the moment. There’s…
The Meaning of Life Might be Written in a Produce Sign
byChelsea Ragan applauds the everyday. “Domestic life is not thought of in an artistic way,” says the illustrator, mother of a 2- and 5-year-old….