Sketchers Gonna Sketch: Show at Upstairs Artspace
Asheville native Cyrus Glance, who works in pen-and-ink, pastels, and gouache, decided early on that he didn’t want to be an artist. “When I…
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“I Paint What I Like”
Artist Joy Reed has a nice choice of studios. She and her husband Harold (likewise a prolific oil painter) live in the 10,000-square-foot, 80-acre…
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Make Mine Hardboiled: Populist undertone distinguishes local author’s crime fiction
Domestic violence. Political corruption. A river overflowing with a local swine factory’s waste. Such elements populate the gritty atmosphere of Hendersonville author John Desjarlais’…
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The Family Silver
Local metalsmith honors her matriarchal muse Most folks believe their story begins at birth. But Henderson County metalsmith Landen Gailey knows better. She knows…
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Girl With the Best Chalk
Where en plein air meets street art, you’ll find Chalk it Up!, the 27th annual sidewalk-art contest hosted by Barbara Hughes, owner of Narnia…
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“The Possibilities are Endless”
Art group holds its first fiber-art show By: Margaret Butler Norie Sanchez’s ties to quilting began when she was a young girl. “My parents were…
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Will Work for Smiles
Gallery 435 Reveals Wireman’s Mysterious Backstory For more than a year, people have thronged to Church Street in downtown Hendersonville to behold “Wireman,” a…
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Exhibit: Open
Carefully Placed Lines on Paper, an exhibit of drawings by Tryon architect John Walters, opened late last month at Upstairs Artspace in Tryon —…
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Set in Silver, Set in Stone
A local collector might think of the Voorhees family while placing an August sunflower in a blue stoneware vase (potter David Voorhees has long…
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Meet Maria in 2022
Playhouse stages its most-requested musical When Flat Rock Playhouse stages a month-long run of West Side Story this month, locals may recognize some familiar…
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Pivot with a Purpose
Skaters overcome serious obstacles to turn boards into art In 2001, Jonathan Caple was 28 and working as a signmaker in Virginia. But his…
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Where the Wild Things Are
Lowcountry authors inspire young readers to venture outside Growing up, Mary Alice Monroe’s children spent summers exploring 1,000 acres of raw, feral land…
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The Royal Wee
Local miniaturist’s tiny chairs are a favorite among aficionados and aristocrats Nicole Walton Marble was in her thirties when she discovered her life’s calling. By…
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We Hear That
If it flies, swims, hops, stalks, screeches, growls, or chirps, you’ll likely find it captured at the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in Charleston, SC, in…
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Taking a Page from True Love
North Carolina author novelizes romance at Biltmore Estate Money can buy many things, including a 250-room mountain chalet. But, as socialite Edith Vanderbilt knew, the…
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Expecting to Fly
Not many 99-year-old traditions manage to stay as fresh and exciting as the Scholastic Art Awards, begun in 1923 to showcase regional talent in…
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Springing Back Into Theater
Bold Life celebrates the solid return of live theater this month with stories about events at three local companies. Hendersonville Theatre emerged from the…
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Let’s Talk Tolkien
Fantasy scholar delves deeper into Middle Earth With the new Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power series set to debut this year, a lot…
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The Important Bits
Fused-glass intensive is about camaraderie as much as art making Like little pieces of colored glass, artists near and far will come together this…
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Developing An Artist’s Eye
Tech-trained photographer learned more in the backcountry When photographer Jeff Miller moved 20 years ago to the mountains from Cary, North Carolina, near Raleigh, he…
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