A Magazine covering Western North Carolina and the Asheville NC Art Scene
On the opening day of the 70th Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands the media and public are invited to celebrate fine craft with the support from this year’s inaugural sponsors. Presented by Asheville Color and Imaging and Asheville Citizen-Times, this well-known biannual event welcomes nearly 18k visitors each year. The media event will be […]
Named by USA Today as one of the Top 20 Festivals in NC, Folkmoot is a ten-day event, held across the mountains of WNC in Waynesville, Clyde, Lake Junaluska, Maggie Valley, Canton, Cherokee, Franklin, Hickory, Asheville, and Hendersonville, plus a first performance in Greenville, South Carolina. The 2017 festival dates are July 20 – […]
Prestigious National Art Festival Comes to Pack Square Park during Downtown Asheville Festival of the Arts and Craft Marketplace July 1 – 2 Collectors and appreciators will find something for everyone from 100 regional and national artists Picturesque Pack Square Park will transform into an art-lover’s paradise July 1 – 2 during the Downtown […]
The Western North Carolina AIDS Project is gearing up for their annual fundraiser, the Raise Your Hand Auction & Gala, to be held September 23rd at the Asheville Event Centre. The excitement was high last week as the 2017 Signature Piece winner was chosen in the juried competition. Pam Siekman, the auction chairperson announced today […]
Coming to the Mark Bettis Studio & Gallery in the River Arts District Wedge building are the timeless and simple truths conveyed to generations by the Ancient Greek story teller Aesop through his beloved fables. Brought to life through paint and clayby Western North Carolina artists Mark Bettis and Christine Kosiba are the stories of Fox and Crow, Wolf and Shadow, Cock […]
The Asheville Fine Art Show opens May 20 & 21 with 115 juried fine art and fine craft artists at the U.S. Cellular Center – many artists whom will be selling their personal and originally handmade artwork in Asheville, NC for their very first time. Among them is Anne Marie Milligan, whose painting “Fiddler”, […]
The eclectic and beautiful neighborhood of Kenilworth will again welcome folks in search of inspiration and wondrous wares to the home studios of artists and craftspeople who live along the streets of this historic residential area near downtown Asheville. In this off-square, hill-and-gully neighborhood, where most roads head up or down, visit and […]
Kenn Kotara to feature “Asleep in the Valley” at Art Affair 2017 By Lauren Stepp When Kenn Kotara says he finds couplets and tetrameter in his art, he’s not just waxing poetic. His “Asleep in the Valley,” a copper installation of hand-hammered braille, features modernist Arthur Rimbaud’s classic war poem, “Le Dormeur du […]
Haywood County Arts Council Hosts Studio Tour Artists This October Beginning October 7, the Haywood County Arts Council (HCAC) will proudly host artists from the Haywood Art Studio Tour in the HCAC Gallery & Gifts space at 86 N. Main Street. The show will offer a sampling of work from some of the 26 local […]
