About That Blue Period
bySeth Walker grew up in rural North Carolina and went to art school at East Carolina University before he discovered blues guitar and decamped…
NEWS
Carving Out a Place for the Endangered Red Wolf
byAsheville Made’s February issue went to press too soon to report the predictions of any national or local celebrity groundhogs, though it’s safe to…
Picking Up the Pieces
byRecycled art may go down in history as the official medium of the COVID-19 era, since it makes great use of spare time and…
If It’s Happening Right Now, It’s at Upstairs Artspace
byIt all began in a bedroom. It was 1978 when Craig Pleasants, an artist and art lover living in Tryon, decided the town needed…
Local Arts Titan Remembered
byJohn Cram, the cultural underwriter of Asheville’s modern-day renaissance, passed away Oct. 26, at age 72, from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. Arriving from Wisconsin…
Put a Stamp on It: Flood Gallery’s Annual Mail Art Show
byThe United States Postal Service is in dire trouble, and Flood Gallery Fine Art Center is recruiting artists to defend it, via the gallery’s…
Sink Your Teeth Into Something New
byFresher temperatures feel like fresh opportunity, right? Many of this month’s significant annual arts events have been cancelled or moved online. Silver lining: There’s…
Still Filling the Vessels of Hope
byEducational ceramics center The Village Potters is nothing if not a hands-on business, and the facility was only able to reopened its physical classes…
SHE
byThe name says it all in this exhibit, an expansive group show featuring expressive contemporary work by women artists who choose women, or women’s…
London Calling
bySelf-taught artist Jenny Pickens, a native of Asheville who co-created the Black Lives Matter mural installed last month in downtown Asheville, was recently announced…