Short on Minutes, Long on Meaning
With political heads, and the heads behind those heads, coughing up sound bites and scandalous snippets in various forms of media, social and otherwise,…
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The Anti-Engelbreit
When Marian Congdon arrived in Hendersonville more than 20 years ago, it wasn’t love at first sight. She and her husband had moved from…
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Found in the Translation
Last winter, Bold Life’s sister publication Carolina Home + Garden ran a feature story on Daniel Nevins (carolinahg.com/new-testament/), the internationally known Asheville designer, illustrator,…
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Only By Design
You can’t throw a chiseled stone hare in Western North Carolina without hitting a potter, a welder, a weaver, or dozens of other uspcale…
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Power of the Palette
There came a day some years ago when Hendersonville painter Beverly Kies found herself in a bit of a crisis. She, her husband, and…
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Lasting Impression
Wheels have sworn by it for decades. Three years ago, living in Iowa City, Kristen Necessary formed a bond with the quirky little nut,…
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Noah’s Art
Ann DerGara usually does abstract work. But living in Brevard “put me back in touch with nature,” she says. Now horses and crows routinely…
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Brighter Days
Fourth Friday Gallery Walks in Brevard are an outdoor highlight of that city’s summer happenings that dovetail with the six-week summer music festival. This…
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Chalk it Up! celebrates 20 years
Not unlike a culinary masterpiece, chalk art may be all the more breathtaking for its brevity. A gorgeous dessert will be gobbled up in…
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Her Natural Habitat
If there’s such a thing as an artist-omnivore, that’s Heidi Mayfield. Over the years, the Hendersonville painter has worked in batik, oils, acrylics, charcoal,…
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