Patience Makes Perfect
byPatience is more than just a virtue — it’s an essential part of the creative process. Patience Makes Perfect, a new exhibition at the…
Openings
New Shows at Blue Spiral 1
byHumans are gatherers at heart. An instinctual need to amass — everything from food and water to meaning and belonging — is woven into…
Identitas
byNow open at Tracey Morgan Gallery, Identitas delves into the life histories of six artists: Erika Diamond, Marcus Dunn, Vanessa German, Luis Alvaro Sahagun,…
Coatlicue & Las Meninas: The Stanford Edition
byOpening this spring at the Asheville Art Museum, Pedro Lasch’s Coatlicue & Las Meninas: The Stanford Edition explores the intersection of European and pre-Columbian…
Spring Sip & Shop
byEarly spring is Jenna Marie Kesgen’s favorite time to explore the mountains of her native Western North Carolina. Walking the woods at “an unhurried…
Renewal
bySpring isn’t just about painted trilliums and flame azaleas—it’s about rebirth, reflection, and, in the case of the latest group show at Philip DeAngelo…
Dana Brown: Encaustic Paintings
byEastern North Carolina resident Dana Brown is interested in depicting “honest, tangible work” in her encaustic paintings: tractors in barns, rusty industrial buildings, and…
Exploring the Wild
byYears ago, painter Colleen Lineberry rowed her sportyak — a watercraft she describes as a “bathtub with oars” — down the San Juan River…
The In-Between
byAccording to Perry Obee, a professional collaborative printer, we all exist in a state he calls “the in-between.” He explains, “We are all in…
Holding Water
byIn early February, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported that nearly 1.2 million cubic yards of debris had been cleared from North Carolina…