Art

Cleopatra, the notoriously beautiful Queen of Egypt, may have been the world’s first mail art aficionado. The Empress had herself wrapped inside a carpet…

Simone Wilson thinks plain old junk is beautiful: rusted oil cans, ancient tin ceiling tiles, broken pieces of antique furniture, barn doors, bed springs,…

Asheville artist Sylvie Rosenthal had two favorite places when she was five years old. One was in the basement of her house where, during…

Since the magazine’s launch five years ago, Bold Life has profiled a local artist in nearly every issue. As George Alexsovich, director of the…

“It’s about the singing of the soul,” says David Hutto, Dean of Technology and Development at Blue Ridge Community College, referring to his latest…

Drew Deane remembers the old motel in Ocala, Florida. “It was my great aunt’s motel. I visited it as a child and loved the…

When Asheville artist Barbara Fisher began taking life drawing classes in college, dutifully trying to transfer the body human onto paper, something peculiar happened….

Painter Ian Brownlee is creating a bit of a stir in the Asheville arts scene. But you’d never know it when talking to this…

It would be hard, maybe even impossible, to find anyone who is more passionate and energetic about his work than Asheville artist Jonas Gerard….

Linda Hudgins’ studio is tucked away in the basement of a small house in a secluded corner of Tryon, a sheltered space where one…