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…
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Martha Johnson + Sylvia McCollum
byKeep your mask on (it’s mandatory) and enjoy the work of two resident makers at downtown’s sprawling, art-filled Woolworth Walk this month. Marsha Johnson…
Lead Artists for Mural Announced
byThe Asheville Area Arts Council on July 3 announced the three artists picked to administer a Black Lives Matter mural, to be sited downtown…
Local Group Promoting Diversity in the Arts Explodes in Membership
by“It takes a lot for people to look up from their own personal lives and start thinking about their community as a whole,” says…
“Come to Leicester” Comes Back for 2020
byDon’t forget: Locals pronounce it “Lester.” Another way to get closer to this rural community northwest of Asheville is to drive all the back…
Leaving the Corporate World Meant Landing in a Field of Flowers
by“I had a great childhood,” says Susan Strazzella, turning the “suffering equals art” notion upside down. As though in gratitude, her painted world now…
Main Street Proprietor Leaves the Light on for Dozens of Local Makers
by“Opening a gallery was not on my radar,” admits lamp designer Leah Baker, who founded Artisans on Main in January 2017. “In the end,…
Photographer Keeps Her Creativity Up by Keeping Her Head Down
byDuring the 17 years that photographer Kristen Smith lived in Los Angeles, she often did a rather odd thing in that famously vehicular city:…
Making a Soapbox Can be Slippery Work
bySculptor Mac Star McCusker teaches at Odyssey Clayworks and around the Southeast. In 2016, the artist began using sculpture, installations, and narrative vessels to…
To Every Season, a Real Wilder
byLaura Wilder of New York State is a distant cousin of Almanzo Wilder, husband of Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957), who created a still-flourishing cottage…