A Deep-Seated Passion
byAs a Brasstown native, Emolyn Liden spent her childhood at the John C. Campbell Folk School, where she learned to appreciate the mountain makers…
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The Fringe of the Fringe
byAsheville Print Studio + Gallery continues to buck the system By: Mary Wanser Asheville Print Studio + Gallery is all analogue, but in “bucking…
8th Annual Color Me Goodwill at The Orange Peel
bySecond chances can be stunningly stylish. Color Me Goodwill, a fashion show benefiting Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina, is evidence of that. Now…
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…
7th Annual Color Me Goodwill at the Orange Peel
byAfter a three-year hiatus, last year’s Color Me Goodwill fashion show benefitting the eponymous nonprofit was a sold-out smash, yielding runway collections from the…
Flow Gallery and the Beauty of Keeping Current
byOne of the world’s most ancient rivers, the French Broad began pushing its way northward through what is now Marshall hundreds of millions of…
Imagine Dragons Riding on Your Hip or Circling Your Waist
byLyn Lyndall makes it possible to keep a pet dragon by your side. The artist’s hand-tooled leather bags are sculpted with the bodies of…
How to Wear the Great Realization
byIn 2021, 47.4 million American workers quit their jobs. Sala Menaya-Merritt was one of them. The Great Resignation wave followed the 2020 “Great Realization”…
Pink Flamingos, Barbie Arms, and Other Upcycled Destinies
byRay Fawley doesn’t subscribe to “normal.” That’s why, one morning in 2017, he staged a robed mannequin in slippers in his Asheville front yard. …
Putting the Factory Back on Factory Hill
byOne summer during college, Leigh Anne Hilbert worked the graveyard shift at a Hanes factory in Galax, Virginia. From seven at night to seven…