Village Art & Craft Fair Celebrates 50 Years
byLate local visionary John Cram, an entrepreneur and philanthropist, launched the Village Art & Craft Fair 50 years ago, when Asheville was still a…
Sculpture
Two Galleries are Bettis Than One
byMark Bettis worked in computer animation before pursuing a number of other successful careers, including advertising and real estate. Through it all, though, he…
The Beguilement is in the Shadows
byWhen Andy Levine adopted the name John Nebraska about 25 years ago, he was not having an identity crisis. Quite the opposite. The editorial…
Where to Look, When to Look, Never How
by“Art is not really a choice for me,” claims Asheville-based sculptor and oil painter Sherrod Barnes-Ginifer – who goes by Sherrod BG professionally. “It’s…
The Golden Ticket
byThe Scholastic Art Awards, tailored to students in grades 7-12, has been around for a remarkable 99 years — and yet each year the…
How One Sculptor Rose to the Occasion
bySometime in the early 1990s, Larry Paul King was driving home from his night shift as a postal carrier in Chicago when a radio…
She Responded to a Casting Call
byShock and awe. Molten iron. The risk of bodily harm. For metal sculptor Julie Slattery it was intense, unexpected, and spelled lifelong love at…
Latest Addition to Manufacturing Art Park Blows Us Away
byWhen former Madison County Planner Sara Nichols first walked into a manufacturing site — Peerless Blowers in Hot Springs — she was struck by…
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…
The Piano, It Looks Like a Carnival
byPiano man Perry Olds isn’t a professional entertainer, but his zeal for making assemblage is rollicking enough. Olds jokes about a keyboard-player friend “who…