2024 Jean Claude Roy Private Artist Dinner
byYou should never stare directly at the sun. Unless, of course, you are French-born artist Jean Claude Roy. In the late 1980s, Roy was…
Openings
All Creatures
byMark Harmon began painting lichen before Hurricane Helene flooded his studio on the top floor of Riverview Station. But these resilient organisms feel more…
18 x 14
byIt’s said that Zeuxis, an ancient Athenian artist, once painted a still life of grapes so realistic birds swooped from the skies, eager to…
Peace, Love, and Art
byAs a child growing up in Buffalo, New York, Diane Dean would always feel so happy when she saw buttery yellow daffodils peeking out…
From the Lowlands to the Highlands
byModernist Will Henry Stevens (1881-1949) was born in Vevay, Indiana. But it was the time he spent in the Louisiana Bayou and the Appalachian…
18th Annual Lynn Boggess Exhibition
byMany landscape painters tend toward what is pretty and picturesque. But not West Virginia artist Lynn Boggess. As explained by his wife, Jennifer, Boggess…
Holiday Sip & Shop, December 6-7
byDating back to ancient Mesopotamia, backgammon is considered one of the world’s oldest board games. It’s also one of the most entertaining, according to…
The Lost Weekend: The Photography of May Pang
byJohn Lennon’s “Lost Weekend” period, spanning from the summer of 1973 to early 1975, is one of the more chaotic yet creatively vibrant chapters…
Weaverville Art Safari
byLeo Monahan segued from commercial to fine art when he moved to the Weaverville area more than 20 years ago. The veteran artist’s works…
Bryce Lafferty
byWhen most people think about nature, they only think about what’s above the ground. But Bryce Lafferty, an artist and educator based in Jacksonville,…