River Arts District

High Water Marks

High Water Marks

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Colton Dion’s post-Helene works chart hope In the wake of Hurricane Helene, Asheville painter and sculptor Colton Dion found himself working at a different…

Rising from the Mud

Rising from the Mud

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The Village Potters Clay Center reopens after Helene When Sarah Wells Rolland, founding president of The Village Potters Clay Center, left her Haywood County…

Exploring the Wild

Exploring the Wild

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Years ago, painter Colleen Lineberry rowed her sportyak — a watercraft she describes as a “bathtub with oars” — down the San Juan River…

Weaving Through Loss

Weaving Through Loss

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When Hurricane Helene barreled into Western North Carolina, weaver Emelie Weber Wade retreated from her first-floor apartment in Biltmore Village to a friend’s nearby…