Creative Heights
byIn 1875, Highlands began as a high-elevation haven for those seeking relief from heat and humidity. But the summer colony quickly transformed into a…
Photography
News from the League
byThe Art League of Henderson County has a full calendar this spring, starting with the return of Fabulous Fakes. A seasonal favorite, this quirky…
From Destruction to Creation
byIn those long, shapeless days after Hurricane Helene, Asheville mixed-media artist Li Newton says she “moved through the chaos on automatic — shutdown from reality.” Existing…
Gallery Interrupted
byWhat happens to a dream deferred by ongoing road construction? For Julie and Phil Wilmot, owners of Art on 7th in Hendersonville, that dream…
Current Events
byAsheville Art Museum exhibits work inspired by Hurricane Helene Forty trillion. That’s a conservative estimate of how many gallons of rain drenched the Southeast…
Shuttered, But Not Forgotten
byHurricane Helene unleashed catastrophic devastation that will one day be etched into history books. And when those books are written, Sarah Jones Decker’s hauntingly…
Switching Lenses for the Present (and for Preservation)
byPhotographer Chris Aluka Berry recalls how he “used to go around with disposable cameras, all I could afford, taking photos of dirt roads and…
An Accretionary Tale
byFear of the Blank Canvas — FOBC for short — isn’t a clinical diagnosis you’ll find in any medical textbooks or peer-reviewed journals. But…
Refocusing the Lens of Time
byAcclaimed documentary photographer releases new book Photographer and writer Rob Amberg has received many prestigious awards and grants, from institutions including the John Simon…
Vulnerability in the Viewfinder
byLike many women, Asheville fine arts photographer Sarah Hooker spent decades hating the skin she lived in. “Body dysmorphia [was] part of my life…