“Intimacy Despite Distance”
Art on Main does as much as it can with a virtual platform Becky Smith forges fairytales. A Canton-based jewelry artist, Smith writes fables…
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The School of Hardwood Knocks
Sculptor went around the world to come home When Brevard artist Scott Kentner arrived in East Tennessee, at the age of seven, a new…
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Safety First, Creativity Second
Craft school incentivizes today’s crucial accessory When Will Barclift, executive director of Tryon Arts & Crafts School, sees a pizza cutter, he thinks of…
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Silicon Valley Confidential
The story of DuPont Forest is almost as memorable as the scenery There was a time when Danny Bernstein didn’t understand certain nuances of hiking….
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Greetings From a Renaissance Crafter
Although Hendersonville artist Donna Leven says woodworking has long been her favorite craft, it’s the woven baskets she’s been making all her adult…
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The Henderson County Public Library Curates Your Next Movie Night
In the era of Netflix and Hulu, binge-watching shows and movies has become a hallmark of the home-entertainment experience, especially during a time when…
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A Product of Time, Place, and Taboo
Morgana, Mississippi, is to Eudora Welty as Green Branch, South Carolina, is to Spartanburg writer Susan Beckham Zurenda. Besides being fictitious backdrops for exploring…
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Night and Day, Sun and Moon
Elizabeth McAfee would prefer not to be known as “the rabbit lady” or “the cat lady,” even though her art has prominently featured those animals for many years. “Now I may be moving into ‘possum lady’ status,” jokes the artist, referring to her recent string of paintings that pay homage to America’s only marsupial.
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Wild Life
In July 1966, a brutal murder in Henderson County would ooze to the surface of consciousness like rainwater saturating drywall. Terry Neal summarizes the gruesome crime thusly: “Three people were murdered in a small town in the mountains of Western North Carolina. But there was much, much, much more to the story than anyone would’ve realized.”
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The Tools That Take You Higher
If your father races motorcycles, he can’t tell you not to be an artist. Michael Sherrill says his dad was “enough of a rebel that it gave me permission to not fit into certain middle-class constraints. He encouraged me to not give up on my dream of doing what I’m passionate about.”
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