Made to Last: Grove Arcade’s Original Store Turns 20
byTwenty years ago, Mountain Bizworks, a local nonprofit designed to promote entrepreneurship in the region, had a vision. “They wanted to provide an outlet…
Mountain Made
Artsy Polymath Got the Fever to Create and Never Recovered
byWhen asked if he’d be willing to sit for an interview, Jerald Pope had this to say: “What aspect of my pretty spectacular life…
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…
Wearing Touchstones to Different Zones
byJewelry artist Nirado Sloan says, “When I pick up a stone and work with it, it speaks to me and I feel the millions…
The Tree Gives and the Painter Gives Back
byMany self-made successful businesspeople like to humble-brag that they reached their lofty perch working from the ground up. Artist Tebbe Davis has a slightly…
One Couple’s Crazy Secret to Achieving Longevity
byCeramic artists Carl (he’s in his 90s) and Jean Saake (late 80s) are thought to be the oldest active potters in WNC, and maybe…