“She Knew She Was Home”
Nissa Vrooman owes her artistic career to her son, Kyah, who is now 11 and the eldest of her two boys. When Kyah was…
Something Good is About to Happen
Linda McCane Gritta’s artistic epiphany was swift and intense — like a window flung open to reveal an unsuspected landscape. It also came early,…
Identity Amid the Ashes
When one door closes, the saying goes, another opens. Sometimes it slams shut — and so the new portal is that much more dramatic….
Everyday Rituals
One day some years ago, the Asheville artist Elizabeth Henderson found herself in Indonesia, where she and her diplomat husband were visiting on vacation…
Liberation Station
Asheville artist Victoria Pinney freely admits that her creative history doesn’t include formal training in the arts. “I’m a late bloomer,” says Pinney. “I…
Lightness of Being
Early one morning ten years ago, Cheyenne Trunnell was driving through the mountains of her native Tennessee, going to visit a beloved grandfather dying…
Permanent Elective
Sometimes the smallest decisions lead to the biggest results. Heading for a degree in sociology and anthropology from Virginia Commonwealth University in the mid-1980s,…
Mane Attraction
The house introduces itself quietly, its long and low profile resting comfortably in the heavily forested landscape at the northwestern edge of Polk County….
A Clear Path
Glass, that most quotidian feature of our manufactured environments, is a playful medium. It can stand by quietly to allow light to pass through…
Crescendo Collection
Keyboardist Brian Turner has more than 60 pianos in his West Asheville studio — quite an accomplishment, considering that the studio is a…