Art of the Word
National Poetry Month is over, and with it, Tryon’s ever-growing Lanier Library Poetry Festival, held in late April. But the word’s out all year…
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Digital Age
A little more than a year ago, Hendersonville artist Amy Perrier took part in a workshop led by the California-based acrylics painter Bob Burridge….
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Six Weeks For Nina
Since late January, the Tryon art gallery Upstairs [artspace] has been busy paying a multifaceted birthday tribute to their town’s most famous — sometimes…
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Twisted Souls
Works made from steel and copper take strength. Notions of delicacy or tenderness do not come to mind. Yet “delicate” and “tender” are words…
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The Count of Visionary Art
Twenty years ago, George Widener was living in homeless shelters and taking odd jobs at minimum wage. But in his spare time, he indulged…
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The First Straw: Scarecrows at Sky Top
We at Bold Life love a theme. And so we were pleased, following our discovery and interrogation of a former professional scarecrow at the…
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The Fiber of the Community
The American craftsperson is the quintessential small business — a small business still surviving in an era of mega-mergers, big-box stores, and distant assembly-line…
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Murrine Life
Glass is among the most malleable of human discoveries. Able to be heated and stretched to a thin thread or hardened into a flat…
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Hot for Pots
What does it take for an educator and arts administrator to become a clay artist at retirement? Dian Magie, director of The Center for…
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The Mark Less Made
Some of the oldest surviving examples of art are in the Lascaux caves of France: Paleolithic etchings on walls, awe-inspiring despite their simplicity. And…
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