Building a Better Universe
Local inventors go big with geometry-influenced construction toy Lisa and Mark Burginger owe a lot to Archimedes. Besides proving a laundry list of geometrical…
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Warming Hearts is Hard Work
Boutique card crafter elevated her game in 2020 In a time when best wishes are best served at a distance, greeting cards can do…
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Fired Up For 2021
Japanese-style pottery kiln opens at Blue Ridge Community College It looks like what might be the world’s biggest wood-fired brick oven. About as big as…
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A Pattern of Artistic Freedom
Fiber artist sews intricate wall hangings with no guide but intuition “For as long as I can remember,” says artist Meghan Pauley Nespeca, “I’ve been…
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If You Like Miniatures, This One’s For You
A side project that local artist Barbara Wilcox had originally put on the back burner quickly turned into what she now calls her “pandemic…
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“It’s Not a Performance, It’s a Ministry”
Foothills archival series highlights gospel’s role in our region This year, the Tryon Fine Arts Center launched its virtual “Illuminations Through Music and Heritage”…
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Understanding the Opossum
Beginning carving class is a jump into the wild Bernard Edwards carved his first duck decoy 40 years ago. As a young man, he…
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Portrait of a New Direction
Photographer guides her business down a painterly path As an equal-opportunity disrupter, the pandemic hasn’t spared the arts community, with shuttered museums and galleries…
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“Of Course, Chaos”
Fresco master muses on war, work, and the gravity of authenticity Artist Benjamin F. Long IV, who relocated from Asheville to Brevard not long…
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Special Delivery
Mail Art show takes on new dimension in 2020 Flood Gallery Fine Art Center in Black Mountain is encouraging artists to address undressed submissions…
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