The grant application process can be time-consuming and frustrating for artists. Is it worth the effort?
Around town: The Big Crafty is back
The Big Crafty returns, Weaverville library gets a new logo, Romeo & Juliet adaptation comes to NC Stage, Jewish poetry conference and more!
Around town: Local painter featured on PBS exhibits new collection
Local artist featured on PBS, Brevard hosts Fourth of July, Mountain Gateway Museum explores voting rights, and more!
Around town: Juneteenth Gala returns
Juneteenth Gala returns with a free public event. Plus: The Moth hosts a story slam, comedy contest determines stand-up champion, Story Parlor presents mInd reader and more!
Around town: Marion plantation recognizes woman of color as descendant
Woman of color inducted into Daughters of the American Revolution, Brew and View back on the market, Frozen live on stage, new book about labyrinths and more!
Around town: The Whale hosts Grown-up Book Fair in West Asheville
Plus: Asheville Art Museum expands literacy program, Trillium Arts announces ACE Fellowship winner and more!
Around town: Connect Beyond Festival celebrates art that inspires
Connect Beyond Fest returns, Montford Park Players stage Richard II, Vance Birthplace hosts Juneteenth play and more!
ArtsAVL’s Creative Spaces study spotlights affordability gaps
The data comes from 400 surveys — 305 (76%) by arts professionals and 95 (24%) by arts businesses — across Buncombe, Haywood Henderson and Madison Counties in early 2024.
Around town: Nerd Pride Festival returns for second year
Nerd Fest returns, local painter gives away art, WCU announces endowed professorship, Unity of the Blue Ridge hosts a singing and storytelling festival and more.
Why I volunteer: A chance to learn something new
James Cassara, a volunteer at the YMCA of Western North Carolina, discusses the local nonprofit’s many services.
Asheville filmmaker celebrates local debut in symphony collaboration
Asheville filmmaker Adam Larsen puts his considerable talents to work to illustrate Asheville Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming ALT concert at The Mule.
Marketer trains sights on local artists
“Artists are not respected,” says Louise Glickman, co-founder of Artsville USA. Based in Biltmore Lake, Glickman hopes to change that narrative through her nonprofit’s mission and work.
Around town: ABSFest turns 15
ABSFest celebrates 15 years, Womansong unveils spring concert, Dirty Logic performs benefit concert at Salvage Station and more!
Around town: Stewart/Owen Dance unveils new project
Stewart/Owen Dance announces new performance, BirdFest comes to Dillsboro, BPR announces new lineup, Mother’s day comedy show and more!
Around town: City invites applicants for new public art installation
City replaces art in front of S&W, Webster unveils pavilion for May Day, Folkmoot hosts Latin American music celebration, Cherokee create remembrance archive and more!
Around town: RAD gets a new gallery
New gallery in River Arts District, Wilma Dykeman Fellowship announced, UNCA professor stages new play and more!
Around town: Tyger Tyger features paper-themed exhibit
Tyger Tyger announces new exhibition of artists from around the world, Nancy Dillingham releases a new memoir, FiberFest returns, and more!
Around town: Annual Maker Faire hosts innovators of all ages
Maker Faire Asheville returns. Plus: Scuttlebutt premieres at LaZoom Room; a poetry showcase comes to Weaverville; and more!
Asheville Art Museum honors early 20th-century landscape painters
In its latest exhibit, Honoring Nature: Early Southern Appalachian Landscape Painting, the Asheville Art Museum spotlights several early 20th century painters who captured the soaring vistas of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Around town: Story Parlor reflects on upcoming anniversary
Story Parlor turns two, LEAF releases Gratitude Report, Downtown After Five returns and more!
Around Town: Blue Ridge Mountains inspire debut suspense novel
A Weaverville author launches her debut novel with an event at Blue Mountain Pizza. Also in this issue: Book discussion and activism events highlight Asheville Prison Books, a Yale singing group performs at the Basilica of St. Lawrence, Mountain BizWorks’ spring Craft Your Commerce workshop series and more.