North Carolina photographer honored with retrospective in Tryon
Tryon’s Upstairs Artspace is honoring the work of North Carolina photographer Elizabeth Matheson in late fall with an extensive retrospective of the Hillsborough native’s…
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A Trail of Appreciation
Three years ago, when painter Mike Wurman made a return visit to the place that had special significance to his career, he found himself…
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Yoga and meditation embolden the work of a lifelong watercolorist
For watercolorist Bill Abel, making art is less a dialogue with his medium than a high-stakes game. “It’s like a tennis volley, a…
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A Square That Came Full Circle
Fashion is cyclical. Trends are here today, gone tomorrow, and back in full force four presidencies later. There’s no better example of this…
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Expanding on All Fronts
Art League hosts first juried show in its new space “The local community doesn’t always get to see highly acclaimed artwork from other places,”…
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A Stitch in Time
Marie Bostwick’s latest mends the life of a woman undone In many books, the story begins with a character at home who is pushed…
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The Mob Before the Mob
Downtown gallery celebrates ten years of building a scene “Like a kid in a candy store” accurately describes Michele Sparks’ childhood — but instead…
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The “Imperfectionist” Pivots
Textile artist turned collagist upends expectations By: Carolyn Kemmett Nava Lubelski’s art takes the viewer on an adventure that always ends with open-ended questions,…
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Fiddle Me This
Multi-generational Western North Carolinian paints pride of place “The creative process slows me down,” confides painter and musician Hannah Seng, who grew up in…
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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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