Petal Power
New flowers-and-painting series features local art teacher Pam Hedstrom’s art form is flowers, much in evidence at her Flower Market near downtown Hendersonville, with…
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From Hobby to Coping Strategy
Every piece of art carries a secret history, a record of its creation encodedin paint or metal or stone; or, for Columbus artist Libby…
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Coloring in Copland
Chamber orchestra presents a newly illustrated “Appalachian Spring” The borders between art forms have always been porous demarcations of human creativity, and when Hendersonville…
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A Little Light
Formally schooled landscape painter to be showcased in miniatures show With the art-world pendulum swinging back toward naturalism after the AbEx swoons of the…
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The Secret in the Belfry
When Connie Engle traveled to London with her church choir more than 25 years ago to sing at St. Martin in the Fields, facing…
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“Love and Kindness Restored Me”
Charlotte Hugues Self has, for many years, been a familiar presence at Blue Ridge Community College’s Center for Lifelong Learning, sharing her love of…
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Not Judging By Appearances
Fonda Clark Haight has a favorite story from Sufi teaching, about an aging master whose disciples worry what will happen to them when he…
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Please Pass the Drama
No human behavior is as ancient or as fundamental as the sharing of food, an activity that crosses cultures, belief systems, and any setting…
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Soft Toys, Edgy Visions
For Kay Duggins, art and life are pretty inseparable. Her distinctive pastel-bright images are part of her day job as the founder/proprietor of Hendersonville’s…
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The Oldest Profession
One of America’s oldest crafts is having a new moment in this month’s “Hooking in the Mountains” exhibit at the Transylvania Arts Council in…
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