Art + Craft

Stone Circles and Dolmens

Stone Circles and Dolmens

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Landscape architect Mark Connelley found himself at a turning point in his life and decided to take a solo vacation to Ireland. In addition…

A Clean Slate

A Clean Slate

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The mythologist Joseph Campbell once said, “If you follow your bliss, doors will open for you that wouldn’t have opened for anyone else.” Asheville…

Garden of Verses

Garden of Verses

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Molly Courcelle recalls her favorite art class in college: live drawing, where each student had just one minute to capture the model’s form. That…

The Arts Insider

The Arts Insider

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Longtime gallery manager Sherry Masters launches a new venture to connect artists and collectors

A Certain Ratio

A Certain Ratio

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Though Asheville artist Philip DeAngelo’s work is typically divided by bold horizon lines based on the Golden Ratio, an ideological and mathematical proportion that’s…

Artistic Alchemy

Artistic Alchemy

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Susan Barrett started out in college as a chemistry major. She took pottery as an elective: essentially a blow-off class. But something happened when…

Raising Cain

Raising Cain

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On the wall of Brandy Clements and Dave Klingler’s Depot Street studio, wooden chairs hang, seatless, waiting to be made useful again. Because their…

Murmurs of the Heart

Murmurs of the Heart

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The woman in the elegant, understated full-length gown leans a little tentatively into the horizon with her back to the viewer, facing the brooding storm…

Rickety, Rackety

Rickety, Rackety

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“At first glance, you think they just might work. But any engineer will tell you that they won’t,” says Asheville artist Kathryn B. Philips….

The Lace Effect

The Lace Effect

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A few generations ago, nearly every bride started her marriage with a hope chest full of handmade lace tablecloths and doilies, lovingly made by…