Fly in the Ointment and Other Game Changers
byAsheville artist Michelle Hamilton admits that “facing a blank canvas used to scare the life out of me.” But those days faded into oblivion…
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Bird is the Word (And You Can Take That Literally)
byLocal painter and ceramicist Kate Coleman doesn’t remember a time when she wasn’t an artist. “All children are artists,” she believes, “and I never…
She’s Producing a Whole Different Kind of Reality Show
byJaime Byrd always was ahead of the action. She started writing music as a kid and was performing in nightclubs, she says, by age…
Tonalities
byTrackside Studios closes only two days a year (Thanksgiving and Christmas), and the large windows overlooking the namesake train tracks let in lots of…
Married to the Present, Figuring in the Past
byNo matter the circumstances of her life, Sahar Fakhoury has always made time to make art. Growing up in Kuwait, her role on her…
Living Images
byTrackside Studios An immersive art experience in augmented reality is happening this month, courtesy of multimedia artist Jaime Byrd at Trackside Studios. The artist…
What on Earth?!
byOpening in anticipation of Earth Day this month, Trackside Studio’s April exhibit What on Earth?! will show viewers new ways of seeing our planet….
Sometimes You Find Your Sense of Place Once You Leave
bySuzanne Saunders, raised in Leicester, first began to feel the artist within herself when she participated in a summer program for gifted and talented…
Assemblage Artist Receives New Recognition at VA Center
byFeatured last September in Asheville Made and now represented by Trackside Studios in the River Arts District, Deborah Anderson is an assemblage artist whose…
The Man on the Moon Tends to Do His Own Thing
byIt was not a propitious beginning for a budding young artist. Michael Hamlin was in second grade when his art teacher gave her students…