Art - Western North Carolina

Art Calendar

KAA's annual Open Studio Tour features jewelers, painters, glass-workers, fabric artists, potters, woodworkers, photographers,and more!...

KAA's annual Open Studio Tour features jewelers, painters, glass-workers, fabric artists, potters, woodworkers, photographers,and more!...

	Shadow Show Artist and educator S. Tucker Cooke says, “Art can come from anywhere — but it has to have conviction.” By Ursula Gullow
	Let the Circle be Broken Wabi-sabi, a Japanese Zen Buddhist philosophy centered on the idea that everything is transient, is also the basis of Brad Stroman’s contemporary realist paintings. By Ursula Gullow
	Artist Janet Green Jacobson Finds Nature's Drama On the surface, all is pastoral serenity — rolling hills, fields, creeks and forests. But Janet Green Jacobson looks for nature’s secrets — the thrillingly changeable light that pulses in mountain landscapes. Bu Ursula Gullow
	Glass Artist Victor Chiarizia is Up From the Ashes Victor Chiarizia is a kind of Renaissance man of the fine-craft world. Though it’s an overused characterization, it’s entirely appropriate in Chiarizia’s case: He’s a first-generation Italian-American, and proud of it. By Norm Powers
	The Peculiarity of Knowledge “A lot of who I am is where I came from,” says Jessica Stoddart, 32, who grew up in rural Tennessee, the daughter of artists. “I was raised in a ‘Little House on the Prairie’ kind of way,” she says, recalling a childhood spent chopping wood and riding horses. “I love tools, but I’m also a girly girl.” By Ursula Gullow

	A Cosmic Connection Textile artist Selinde Lanier was inspired by an old Appalachian pattern, “Sun, Moon and Stars,” that she spotted in a home decor magazine years ago. She has created numerous versions of the same motif on her looms. Naomi Johnson
	His Cup Runneth Over If Jason Bige Burnett’s rapid-fire speech and technological savvy bespeak the voltaic energy of his generation, his soldier-straight posture and old-school work ethic would make a Puritan proud. By Melanie Bianchi
	Branching Out To slide into Brian Boggs' “Classic Rocking Chair” is to exhale, take a load off, body and soul. To settle into his “Sonus Guitar Chair” is to welcome contemplation, perhaps make the acquaintance of the muse. By Joanne O'Sullivan
	Wood Works Woodworker David Scott lets the beauty of the wood shine in his contemporary creations. by Joanne O'Sullivan
	Art by Numbers Say the word “blacksmith” and certain images come to mind: a hot, dark forge and a strong-armed fellow, perhaps more brawn than brains. Smithing is not considered one of the more conceptual arts. It’s all muscle, fire and steel — as earthy as it comes, according to its reputation. by Joanne O’Sullivan

Archive »art features

	Not-So-Still Life Painting exhibit enhanced by live botanicals Melanie McGee Bianchi
	French Connection Bohemian Gallery debuts new works by Jean Claude Roy Colette Carpenter
	Earth Mover New categories, new location and new direction mark the eighth annual "Bring Us Your Best" exhibition Colette Carpenter
	Full(fill)ering Buckminster's Vision Three-day architectural challenge in NYC culminates in June 10's $100,000 grand prize Pepper Schneer
	"Stained Glass Month" Newly Proclaimed Tiffany antiques converge with of-the-minute innovators Jillian Rose Greene

art exhibitions - ongoing