A Magazine covering Western North Carolina and the Asheville NC Art Scene
Michelle Hamilton’s art bridges tradition and innovation, celebrating folk art’s freedom through playful animal portraits and a fearless embrace of outsider creativity. Folk art isn’t a defined style or movement…
Michael Hofman and Dorene Gorman combine handmade porcelain and upcycled denim to create a new tableware collection grounded in comfort, function, and craft at Hofman Studios This spring, Hofman Studios…
Sandra Bottinelli revives her Abstract Realism vision with a new gallery opening in Asheville’s River Arts District. After losing her former space to Hurricane Helene, Bottinelli returns with renewed purpose, showcasing emotionally driven works and curating a space for emerging artists to share fresh, expressive, and perspective-rich art.
Artist Jo Ridge Kelley echoes the fleeting beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains in vivid creations, channeling Appalachia’s untamed essence through light, color, and raw emotion. In the quiet early…
An innovative wax-sealing technique saved Nadine Charlsen’s watercolor paintings from a devastating flood. In the below interview she shares her process, inspirations, and the story behind her “hurricane survivor” artworks….
After Hurricane Helene, artist Molly Courcelle transformed her studio into Molly Courcelle Studio + Gallery, offering a home for displaced artists’ work and fostering a renewed sense of community and resilience.
Three wonderful new Netflix shows bring in the new year with lively applause! In Black Doves, British spies translate espionage into a wild tale of secret loves and vows of vengeance. In Lonely Planet, an age-gap passion rises in a unique romantic setting in North Africa. Carry-On is a brilliant, high-tension thriller set in Los Angeles, among millions of suitcases racing down conveyors.
Dreams I’m Never Gonna See Brian Lee Knopp’s Dreams I’m Never Gonna See: The Takeover of WDIZ Rock 100/FM and Other Essays is a literary gourmet smoothie blending humor, wit, and an…
