River Arts District

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…

Winter Exhibition

Winter Exhibition

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Potter and sculptor Leonid Siveriver is a well-traveled man. After a childhood in Ukraine, he pursued his BFA in ceramics from the renowned Bezalel…

Stronger Together

Stronger Together

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Leicester artist Deb Williams considers herself lucky because both her home and studio survived Hurricane Helene. Mark Bettis Gallery, where she sells her cast…

Reopening the RAD

Reopening the RAD

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The River Arts District is a mile-long neighborhood situated on the banks of the French Broad River. But to Sue Dolamore, a painter who…

All Creatures

All Creatures

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Mark Harmon began painting lichen before Hurricane Helene flooded his studio on the top floor of Riverview Station. But these resilient organisms feel more…

18 x 14

18 x 14

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It’s said that Zeuxis, an ancient Athenian artist, once painted a still life of grapes so realistic birds swooped from the skies, eager to…

A Flood of Generosity 

A Flood of Generosity 

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On Friday, September 27, painter Cathyann Burgess watched as the French Broad River breached its banks and flooded Cummings Cove Road near Etowah.  “In…