Everything is Sculptural, Even the Process
byThough Eleanor Annand was born in Wilmington, NC, her family was living in Germany when she began kindergarten. She met the challenge of not…
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Big Crafty Founder was Destined to Curate the Indie Arts Scene
byAnthropologists are trained to take what appears foreign and help build bridges of understanding, appreciation, and universal commonality. They are also skilled at delving…
Vessels of Merriment
byGrovewood Gallery’s popular invitational exhibition, “Vessels of Merriment,” has returned to celebrate its fourth year, just in time for the holiday shopping season. A…
This Is Not Rush Hour
byAsheville photographer Chris Abell — best known as a masterful, world-renowned flute maker — likes to find and capture extraordinary images within ordinary scenes….
Always Feed the Dragon, Even if You Get Burnt
byArt school never suited Daryl Slaton. “In college, they either wanted us to draw boring still lifes or draw our feelings, making some comment…
UnEarthed
byThe Saints of Paint, a local group of fine artists who pool their gift for the local good, have united once again to exhibit…
A Different Stand on Lemonade
byIn 2013, Asheville-born interdisciplinary artist Sherrill Roland was charged with a crime he didn’t commit. Though later exonerated, Roland would spend 10 months in…
Print + Pattern
byThe artists in Blue Spiral’s early-winter exhibit Print + Pattern go to great lengths (and long hours) to expand the notion of traditional printmaking,…
echoing
byAdvance press for echoing, opening Nov. 4 at ArtPlay Studio and Gallery, describes participating painters Kim Beller and Elizabeth Porritt Carrington as “entangling their…
The Reckoning in Pictures: Local Photographer Releases The Road to Unforgetting
byIn a year of literary reckoning that brought us Maud Newton’s ripple-causing Ancestor Trouble, about the harsh social implications of family legacy, writer, photographer,…