“She Knew She Was Home”
byNissa Vrooman owes her artistic career to her son, Kyah, who is now 11 and the eldest of her two boys. When Kyah was…
Art + Craft
Wired Different
byShe — Cuban expatriate Carmen Grier — is the creator. But she likes the term “créateur.” In that mode, her husband, psychiatrist and businessman…
Ancient Art in the Third Dimension
byWhen a friend said he wanted a naked lady in his bathroom, Robert Hennessy didn’t take it as a joke. Instead, he went to…
“My Own Best Work”
byPotters are everywhere in Western North Carolina, but Rodney Leftwich gets a shelf all to himself — not just because he’s a mountain native,…
Greenville street festival puts its money where its brush is
byArtisphere doesn’t hold back in expression. It’s centered around Greenville’s downtown waterfall and grows a culture by routing hundreds of thousands of dollars back…
Design of the Times
byNotching a name for itself in an abundance of similar seasonal events, Tryon’s Arts & Flowers Festival combines a spring plant show with a…
Not a Rush Job
byA hand-caned chair seat appears rustic and comfortable. But it carries a lot more weight beyond its function and simple elegance. The style is…
Something Good is About to Happen
byLinda McCane Gritta’s artistic epiphany was swift and intense — like a window flung open to reveal an unsuspected landscape. It also came early,…
A New Leaf
byIt’s unusual that a self-styled “red-blooded American male” with a name like John Wayne Jackson would give props to homemaking icon Martha Stewart. Yet…
Shady Grove
byIn the cold light of a winter’s day, Leah Baker returned to lamps. Maybe the bitter air and waning afternoons of 2012 inspired her,…