Impossible Places, Opening May 3
byhe hands of time change everything and everyone. Leicester collagist Georgia Harden will explore this reality in her solo show, Impossible Places. Opening at…
Openings
Four New Shows at Blue Spiral 1, Opening May 3
byiminal space refers to a transitional or in-between state. It’s neither here nor there but rather a threshold between two distinct realities. Liminal spaces…
T(h)reading Sands and Mountains, Opening May 3
byhree years ago, Akintayo Akintobi left his native Nigeria to pursue an MFA at East Tennessee University in Johnson City. A solo showcase titled…
Stepping Outside, Opening May 1
bysheville watercolorist Kathryn Phillips grew up in an Arkansas farming community. She remembers spending languid afternoons with neighborhood children — listening to thunder, catching…
Spring in the Mountains, Opening May 1
byoined by cardiologists Meyer Friedman and R.H. Rosenman in 1985, “hurry sickness” is a modern phenomenon characterized by a persistent sense of urgency. Individuals…
A Nearly Concealed Heart, Opening April 26
bySince 1883, when coal companies began recording fatalities, it’s estimated that more than 21,000 miners have lost their lives in West Virginia coal mines….
Things We Think We Know, Opening April 26
byAccording to Asheville creative Nava Lubelski, art is everywhere — even in discarded balls of thread, found fabrics, cut paper, dirt, dryer lint, electric…
Waste Not / Want Not, Opening April 18
byMost artists run to the craft store whenever they need supplies. But this spring, Flow Gallery in downtown Marshall invites creatives to skip the…
Far From Home, Opening April 5
byNot all unicorns are happy. That’s according to Waynesville artist Jessie Butner. In her mixed-media piece, “Rainbow Sunday,” a menagerie of creatures — both…
I will tell you mine, Opening April 19
byMary Oliver’s poem “Wild Geese” isn’t about geese, at least not entirely. Sure, the naturalist/Pulitzer Prize-winning writer paints a vivid picture of the birds…