Coming Up Dandelions
byWishing Flower Press & Bindery roots itself in a reverence for the botanical As a kid in southern New Hampshire, printmaker and book artist…
Black Mountain
Making Changes, Opening March 15
byLots of changes are underfoot in the burg of Black Mountain. Late last year, board members of the Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League voted…
Yes, You Mayo
byAnnie Gustely is not a Southern gal. She grew up in Ohio and moved to North Carolina in 2007. But her food still lifes…
Fly in the Ointment and Other Game Changers
byAsheville artist Michelle Hamilton admits that “facing a blank canvas used to scare the life out of me.” But those days faded into oblivion…
Why Trees Make The Best Models for Life Drawing
byLots of kids are encouraged to do art. But Sara Bell was commanded. She vividly remembers the many times she felt agitated when she…
Embracing the Chaos
byEdwin Knies says his mind is like “a hand grenade that just keeps exploding.” Once he pulls the pin, he can’t stop thinking. Though…
Nearly Out of Buttons But Still Full of Ideas
by“My hands are always doing something,” says Barbara Bryan — sewer, knitter, weaver, spinner, and quilter, just to name a few of the craft…
How One Sculptor Rose to the Occasion
bySometime in the early 1990s, Larry Paul King was driving home from his night shift as a postal carrier in Chicago when a radio…
Yearning After the Microlocal Moment
byThe first time Rebecca King Hawkinson walked into a field with her landscape box to paint en plein air was unforgettable — and not…
Intuition is Also a Love Language
byElizabeth Porritt Carrington’s life in America started with a whisper at a silent retreat. It was 2009, and a year had passed since her…