Conceptual Art That’s Essential to Survival
byIn 1996, Luzene Hill sat down in front of an easel and began sketching bones. Femurs, skulls, ribs — her mind was overwhelmed by the…
In 1996, Luzene Hill sat down in front of an easel and began sketching bones. Femurs, skulls, ribs — her mind was overwhelmed by the…
In 2013, Asheville-born interdisciplinary artist Sherrill Roland was charged with a crime he didn’t commit. Though later exonerated, Roland would spend 10 months in…
The grieving process has no definitive end. Leah Waldo knows this fact all too well. In 2019, she was translating designers’ sketches of cars…
Although Susan Query has been creating art her whole life, she studied psychology as an undergrad, holds a PhD in health education, and focused…
Mark Bettis worked in computer animation before pursuing a number of other successful careers, including advertising and real estate. Through it all, though, he…
When Andy Levine adopted the name John Nebraska about 25 years ago, he was not having an identity crisis. Quite the opposite. The editorial…
“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 Scholastic Art Awards, tailored to students in grades 7-12, has been around for a remarkable 99 years — and yet each year the…
Sometime in the early 1990s, Larry Paul King was driving home from his night shift as a postal carrier in Chicago when a radio…
Shock and awe. Molten iron. The risk of bodily harm. For metal sculptor Julie Slattery it was intense, unexpected, and spelled lifelong love at…