Of Petals & Pigments
byFlat Rock’s floral fête continues under new ownership A painting or sculpture may last millennia if properly protected. Meanwhile, fresh-cut flowers wilt and wither…
Art + Craft
Summer Reading with Shadows
byIllustrator leans toward the moody and the Gothic Southern Gothic fiction is often a shadowy blend of the everyday and the otherworldly. Similarly, the…
Turning the Page
byWorkshop shows how to turn an invasive grass into paper Where gardeners and landscapers see a menace, Alyssa Sacora sees opportunity. Rather than do…
Freedom of the Press
byFormer New York designer reaped the entrepreneurial seed Macon York followed her intuition, a drastic lifestyle pivot, and the Appalachian Trail to arrive in…
Farming to Scale
byMadison County grower cultivates whimsy Tiny Ridge is an eclectic town. It’s a place where children play baseball on echinacea blooms, mountaineers climb tulip…
Message in a Bobbin
byQuilt event displays the enduring freshness of a traditional genre The Western North Carolina Quilters Guild’s spring show, held once every two years, bestows…
Chasing the Last Light
byExhibit features Asheville oil painter’s golden-hour landscapes “My paintings are about entering into the mystery and inviting the viewer to join me in that…
Reel to Real
byWeaver brings a cinematic eye to a traditional art form Having developed an interest in 35-millimeter, black-and-white analog photography in high school, textile artist…
A New Leaf
byPotter quickly propagated a hobby into an art business Sydney Broach had dabbled in crafts before. “But nothing ever stuck,” she says, “until I…
Joe Bruneau’s Baskets are an Enchanting Blend of Utility and Aesthetics
byForty years ago, Joe Bruneau happened to take a weekend craft course to enhance his studies as an art major at Warren Wilson College….