If It’s Not Recycled, Is It Even Art?
byThe River Arts District has no trouble attracting visitors, as long-time resident artist Shelley Schenker knows. But a secluded second-floor studio in a historic…
The River Arts District has no trouble attracting visitors, as long-time resident artist Shelley Schenker knows. But a secluded second-floor studio in a historic…
Thirty years ago, an interest in history lured English-born and now Asheville-based artist Julyan Davis to the United States, and he’s been painting scenes…
As a child, Deborah Anderson was fascinated by pieces of animal skeletons she found in the woods. She’d take them home and try to…
When Rob Travis was a kid, he’d visit his grandmother once or twice a year in rural Georgia, and she taught him to identify…
“I had a great childhood,” says Susan Strazzella, turning the “suffering equals art” notion upside down. As though in gratitude, her painted world now…
Seven years after establishing The Haen Gallery on Biltmore Avenue in Asheville in 2006, owner/director Chris Foley opened a second gallery in Brevard’s hip…
Cheyenne Trunnell was around 12 years old when she encountered her first piece of abstract art. So when she saw the painting, created by…
Colby Caldwell, an internationally esteemed photographer, took a risk by coming back to Western North Carolina. He’d grown up in Mills River, but moved…
Her dad, who refurbished guitars, taught her to work with tools. Her mom worked another angle, instilling a passion for wildlife. Every birthday, Mel…
“The joy that people experience when they’re confronted by notable original works is contagious,” says Momentum Gallery owner Jordan Ahlers. “I am humbled by…