Wild about Native Flowers
byNaturalist pursues the region’s most elusive specimens Spring has sprung, and with it the rise of Western North Carolina’s earliest, delicately exotic wildflowers. These…
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Zen and the Art of Meditative Mark Making
byMuralist turned abstractionist launches spring show at BlackBird As a child growing up in Wichita, Kansas, Josh Tripoli played a game with his grandparents…
Leap of Faith
byBy: Carolyn Kemmett Frog Level designers share their simpatico approach The revival of Waynesville’s hip Frog Level district includes a particularly eye-catching storefront: Guilded…
Art at Altitude
byThe Bascom celebrates 40 years of creativity in Highlands In 1875, Kansas developers Samuel Kelsey and Clinton C. Hutchinson drew two lines on a…
Sisters in Craft
byPenland twins build a lasting legacy In Penland, identical twins Cynthia and Edwina Bringle are something like local celebrities, and with good reason. At…
Digging into the Details
byDesigner infuses her namesake firm with can-do energy By: Carolyn Kemmett For Kateri Babb, it’s all in a name. “My mom thought ‘Kateri’ was…
Builders Giving Back
byRegional contractors help restore Western North Carolina after the storm Not all heroes wear capes. Some, like the tradespeople who have been working around…
Light in the Darkness
byGlass artist’s brightest pivots have followed trying times When Hurricane Helene pushed the French Broad River through the small town of Marshall, NC, it…
“Mr. Bowling Ball” and Other Game Changers
byLesser-known evergreens round out the landscape To look at Ryan Brower now, smiling ear to ear beside his wife Sarah Macrae Brower and their…
Sculptures on Paper
byCharcoal artist captures the expression of people and places As any art student discovers, creating a three-dimensional figure on a flat piece of paper…