Another Local Cloth workshop, Indigo Harvest — Saturday, Aug. 31, 10am-4pm, led by Eileen Hallman — shows folks how to go from freshly harvested leaves to a gorgeous textile specimen using the non-vat ice-water technique to achieve an array of blue-spectrum hues. Material fee is $5 for ice, assists, and handouts. Total cost is $100 for members, $120 for nonmembers. To register and for a complete list of workshops, visit localcloth.wildapricot.org.
The NC Arboretum presents Composition of Color: Paper Art by Leo Monahan through Monday, Sept. 2 in the Baker Exhibit Center. The exhibit shows Monahan’s vibrant paper sculptures made with folded and texturized paper of various weights to create three-dimensional collages. For more information, visit ncarboretum.org.
Returning to downtown Weaverville Saturday, Sept. 21, 10am-6pm, Art in Autumn Outdoor Arts and Crafts Festival features 114 juried artists, as well as food and live music. (visitweaverville.com/art-in-autumn/).
Back at Pack Square Park in downtown Asheville, the North Carolina Ceramic Arts Festival on Saturday, Sept. 21, 11am-5pm, focuses on ceramic arts of all genres including tilework, sculpture, jewelry, and pottery from more than 40 ceramic-art vendors. To see a list of exhibitors and for other information, visit northcarolinaceramicartsfestival.com.
Mountain Heritage Day, named one of the Top 20 Events in the Southeast, is hosted at Western Carolina University on Saturday, Sept. 28, with three stages of live entertainment, more than 130 food and microlocal craft vendors, tons of family-friendly activity, and other happenings. (wcu.edu/engage/mountain-heritage-day/)
Celebrating its 60th year, Art on Main in downtown Hendersonville happens Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 28-29, from 10am-5pm both days, exhibiting fine art and fine craft from distinctive local artists in the Southeast. (acofhc.org/art-on-main)
An exhibit at the Biltmore Estate Conservatory open through Sunday, Sept. 29, Biltmore Gardens Railway shows a botanical-model train display featuring small-scale replicas of the estate’s structures and 800 feet of rails and trains headed on six separate lines at different eye levels. To purchase tickets, visit biltmore.com.
Photo courtesy of the Biltmore