Staying Strong at Bender Gallery
byIn November of 2023, oil painter Amanda Kendrick moved to Asheville with the dream of working in the River Arts District — “a dream…
In November of 2023, oil painter Amanda Kendrick moved to Asheville with the dream of working in the River Arts District — “a dream…
If you snoozed through art history in college and can’t recognize American Regionalism if Grant Wood’s dour couple smacked you in the face, here’s…
In 2008, contemporary painter Philip DeAngelo was ready for a change. While successful as both a painter and a gallery owner, his soul was…
Growing up in New England, Max Trainque never colored with crayons. Instead, he would press his Crayola art supplies against cast-iron water heaters and…
Hayden Wilson grew up watching his father blow glass in the South Toe River Valley of Yancey County. But it wasn’t until 2007, after…
aint Nick is a magical man capable of many amazing feats, but shoving triptych paintings, life-sized sculptures, and other gargantuan pieces of art in…
At the beginning of the century, Tryon fiber artist Ellen Davison fell in love with silk — more specifically, painting on it. Ever since,…
Some nature-centric artists capture snowy summits, others sunlit shores. But Swannanoa painter Peggy King prefers a more peculiar subject: apes quaffing goblets of vino….
Isoprene may not sound beautiful. However, when this colorless gas emitted by trees reacts with sunlight, it gives the Blue Ridge Mountains their eponymous…
Potter and sculptor Leonid Siveriver is a well-traveled man. After a childhood in Ukraine, he pursued his BFA in ceramics from the renowned Bezalel…