Black & White, Opening August 2
byHammock culture is hanging strong in Asheville. Walk through any local park, and you’re sure to spot at least one mustachioed mountain man suspended…
Tracey Morgan Gallery
The Way Back to Tall Tales
byAsheville’s a long way from Wyoming, but for painter Luke Whitlatch, there’s a common thread that continues to influence his enigmatic work in oil…
Echo These Words to Strangers, Opening June 14
byuke Whitlatch and Faris McReynolds met as BFA students at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles in 1998. “Since then,…
Things We Think We Know, Opening April 26
byAccording to Asheville creative Nava Lubelski, art is everywhere — even in discarded balls of thread, found fabrics, cut paper, dirt, dryer lint, electric…
All That Glitters is Probably Toxic
byIn the 1990s, Kirsten Stolle’s mother dressed up as a strawberry with fish gills and marched the streets of northern California. Her surreal…
She Refused to Be Torn Between Papermaking and Printmaking
byPrintmaking isn’t an art form that flourishes in solitude. “It’s a very social practice,” says Georgia Deal, “with people who like to be in…
The Muse Who Demands Down Time
byIn school, says Zander Stefani, he learned what makes up the basis of any good painting: “line and contrast and variations in texture, color,…
Compassion & Cannibalism: A Spiritual Guide to Recycling
byTracey Morgan Gallery is hosting an immersive, interactive installation by WNC artist and poet Ted Pope, who employs recycled, everyday materials that would otherwise…
A Big Plot Twist in Margaret Curtis’ Narrative
byIn October, Tryon-based artist Margaret Curtis was honored by the Joan Mitchell Foundation with a prestigious Joan Mitchell Fellowship. The Foundation describes the new…
Tema Stauffer: Southern Fiction
byTema Stauffer’s photographs examine the social, economic, and cultural landscape of American spaces. Daylight Books, in 2018, published a monograph of her “Upstate” series…