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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Giving History a Hand
Children’s museum expands scope with new wing Despite having grown up in the Hendersonville area, “I didn’t hear about the Kingdom of the Happy…
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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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Comfort in Consistency
Once-weekly thrift shop helps underserved organizations By: Margaret Butler On Thursday mornings, the parking lot of Saint James Episcopal Church is bustling with shoppers…
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A Well-Carved Light in the Dark
Ceramic artist’s lanterns are a popular way to see better Leonora Lev remembers the mud of her family’s farm outside of Bogotá, Colombia. She made…
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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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Sawdust in His Veins
Colorblind woodworker wins prizes for meticulous parquetry David Adler was, in the most literal sense, born into making art from wood. There was his…
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