
Friend of the Forge
Tryon Arts & Crafts School welcomes former student as blacksmithing instructor The foothills of the Carolinas have long been a cradle for American craft movements. Handmade…
Read MoreTryon Arts & Crafts School welcomes former student as blacksmithing instructor The foothills of the Carolinas have long been a cradle for American craft movements. Handmade…
Read MoreLocal fiber artist is the latest revivalist of punch needling One of Hendersonville fiber artist Penny Baugh’s favorite activities is punching, but lest readers…
Read MoreSecond annual contest encourages backyard nature encounters The Eastern box turtle (Terrapene c. carolina) is an expert at quarantining. A solitary creature, this land-dwelling…
Read MoreSixties icon returns with intimate acoustic performance Darlings of a generation, Herman’s Hermits scored big on the pop music charts of the U.S., England,…
Read MorePoetry contest encourages student voices Since 1999, the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site in Flat Rock has hosted its annual, nationwide Student Poetry…
Read MoreClasses show how to get stunning nature shots with a phone Smartphones with built-in cameras are supposed to be the amateur photographer’s best shot…
Read MoreArtisanal soapmaker turns a long-time hobby into an enterprise When Robert Mangum worked in a hospital, he made soap. When he worked in a funeral…
Read MoreHybrid art blooms at downtown gallery “I finally figured out what I wanted to do when I grow up,” says watercolor artist Sue Anderson,…
Read MorePainter/collagist embeds a lifetime of close observation in his canvases Roscoe Conn has a kinetic mind that catalogues images for later use in his evocative…
Read MoreFurniture maker finds a niche carving wooden cowboy hats If at first you don’t succeed, you try, try again — and again — 27 times,…
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