Making (Negative) Space for Contemporary Quilting
byThis year, the Western North Carolina Quilters Guild will celebrate its 40th birthday. And, like anyone blowing out the candles on their “Big Four-O,”…
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Potters Help Out in Flat Rock
byFood for Thought, Food for Real Debby Staton observed students’ food insecurity firsthand while working as a kindergarten teacher. She says it’s even more…
Cone Six Degrees of Separation
by“Sometimes I almost have to hide my new work so people won’t buy it,” admits potter Julie Calhoun-Roepnack, a member of the prestigious Southern…
No Space for Contemporary Textiles in the Cosmos
byMadison County fiber artist Ruby Bock isn’t one to overthink her work. “A lot of people say, ‘My art reflects the deep inner cosmos…
Bright Blue Days are Only the Beginning
byNo dapper felines or environmentally conscious patas monkeys star in My Many Colored Days, a children’s book by Theodor Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss). Published…
Portrait Artist Gets Into Your Head
by“I just keep banging away until it seems to be what I was shooting for,” says Rich Nelson, painter and rock musician. “It really…
Full Bowls and Helping Hearts
byA service project that started more than 25 years ago at a high school in Michigan, with a goal to address hunger needs in…
Successful House Builder Turned Himself Into a Deconstructionist
byHolland Van Gores has worked with wood his entire life, building everything from skateboards as a kid to custom houses in the Virgin Islands….
A Reflective Moment at the Water’s Edge Rippled into a Painting Career
byCynthia L. Wilson was a young grad student at the University of Alabama when her mother died. “I didn’t have a very good way…
Early Dumpster Diving Indicates a Future of Skulls and Watch Parts
byBobbie Polizzi, who brands her work as “Junk & Disorderly,” moved to WNC in 1997 as a product-design executive for a manufacturing company. She’s…