A Season of Vision
byA look at Blue Spiral 1’s winter programming For Waynesville painter Luke Allsbrook, inspiration begins by looking. His landscapes often emerge from repeated visits…
Art + Craft
Art, Distilled
by5th Annual Small Works Show finds abundance in scale Scaled for gift giving but brimming with originality, the 5th Annual Small Works Show at…
The Art of the Fix
byPenland Gallery artists redefine flaw as feature When a favorite sweater unravels or a plate cracks, most people reach for ways to hide the…
Wild About AVL
byGroup exhibition honors Asheville’s culture and character Spotting a black bear in Asheville? Pretty much a rite of passage. Contemporary pastel artist Elise Okrend…
Crafting Connection
byHandcrafted Holiday Market honors 65 years of creativity in Tryon On a snowy winter day in 1959, Tryon resident Grace Hall wrote to the…
From Storm to Studio
byBeaverdam artists reopen their doors for the 8th annual tour A year ago, after Hurricane Helene tore through Western North Carolina, Beaverdam Studio Tour…
Brushless Beauty
byLynn Boggess returns to Biltmore Avenue Lynn Boggess doesn’t tiptoe into the landscape — he plunges headlong. Forget dainty brushes and polite studio light;…
Where Tradition Meets Torch
byCraft Fair of the Southern Highlands returns to downtown Asheville Elizabeth Walton was just eight years old when she sold her first beaded earrings…
From Garden to Garment
byNatural dyer teaches beginners to harvest hues at home While most gardeners nurture ornamental blooms and heirloom veggies, Bethany Hebbard sows her backyard with…
The Handcrafted Centennial
byFolk School celebrates 100 with comprehensive update of antique cabin In the first decades of the last century, a newly married northern couple arrived…