Full details here: The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design (CCCD) is pleased to announce the recipients for the 2013 Craft Research Fund grants. This year, 11 organizations, curators, scholars, and graduate students will receive a total of $95,000 to support and expand scholarly craft research, exhibitions, catalogs, and projects in the United States, including […]
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Southern Highland Craft Gallery Opening in Biltmore Village
The Southern Highland Craft Guild has renovated a building in Biltmore Village and will open a gallery there on Friday, Aug. 2. Details here: The Southern Highland Craft Guild, with headquarters at the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville, has a rich heritage. The Guild was formed in 1930 to promote […]
White Elephant Parade blends participation and performance on July 28
Details, from La Reina Productions: On Sunday, July 28, a collaboration of local artists, performers and enthusiasts will parade along-side and across Highway 240, into the River Arts District. Their goals are both to reclaim unused public space, and to facilitate the discarding of unused objects in a ceremonial style. The parade will end in […]
AIA Asheville presents “Architecture Between Mountain and Valley,” a talk by Marlon Blackwell
AIA Asheville presents “Architecture Between Mountain and Valley,” a talk by AIA National award winning architect Marlon Blackwell, on Wednesday, July 17, 7 p.m. at the Orange Peel in downtown Asheville. Blackwell creates contemporary, sustainable buildings inspired by the local environment. His work, which is primarily in the Ozark Mountains around Fayetteville, Arkansas, should resonate […]
Our words will make the whole planet float
The exhibit for The Art of John Lennon, coming to Asheville this weekend, avows to continue the Lennon legacy of peace and love through his prints. That’s a mighty task. How much could a traveling exhibit at Aloft Hotel help better the whole world? And could a single person viewing the art of a rock […]
Battery Park Book Exchange to host “Secondhand Stories” tonight, featuring David Ostergaard
Oh Bookish Ones, Being that we are purveyors of gently-used literature (books, for the laymen) it is high-time that we lend an overly-audible voice to these noble words. A voice of the type that will herald a new aura, era of bibliophic prowess into these walls. And couches, carpets and whatnot. And the moose, of […]
Big Love returns on Sunday
The third celebration of unchained and independent Asheville, with its creative mélange of music, food and wares, happens on May 5. It promises to be a delightful day, with two stages of terrific music, a variety of local food vendors and an array of fun things to browse and buy.
May 1 is a sweet day for Moog, and for you
Come celebrate the legendary electronic-music pioneer’s induction into the Inventor’s Hall of Fame with an ice cream social at the Moog Factory downtown.
Asheville Art Museum celebrates first anniversary of its expansion with a party on Saturday
Full details here: As of March 23, the Asheville Art Museum celebrates the first anniversary of its successful Art works PRIMED interim expansion project. Beginning in late 2011 and unveiled to the public on March 23, 2012, PRIMED resulted in a major transformation of the Museum, temporarily expanding operations to adjacent facilities to better accommodate […]
UNC Asheville hosts N.C. poet laureate Joseph Bathanti
Details from the college: “An Evening with N.C. Poet Laureate Joseph Bathanti,” presented by UNC Asheville’s Creative Writing Program and the university’s Literature Club, takes place on the campus beginning at 7 p.m. Monday, March 25, in Karpen Hall’s Laurel Forum. Bathanti, professor of creative writing at Appalachian State University, was named N.C. Poet Laureate […]
Artist Dustin Spagnola to speak at Western Carolina University
Details from the college: Guest artist Dustin Spagnola will speak about his art and public works during a visit to Western Carolina University on Tuesday, March 19. The event, free and open to the public, will begin at 5 p.m. in Room 130 of the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center. Topics will […]
Doreyl Ammons Cain wins $500 grant for “On Hallowed Ground” mural project
Details here: “Regional fine artist and muralist Doreyl Ammons Cain, from Jackson County, recently received a $500 grant award from the Jackson County Arts Council towards her Dillsboro mural project, ‘On Hallowed Ground.’ This grant will help Cain to continue the Dillsboro mural project. She has finished the rough sketch of the mural and has […]
Tonight: Flood Gallery hosts lecture/discussion on Second Amendment
Full details from the Facebook event page: Flood Gallery presents Dr. Brian Butler, of the University of North Carolina at Asheville, for a lecture on the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment. Butler will be discussing the court cases tied in to the making of the Second Amendment part of the Constitution. Joining him will be local […]
Scary rock’n’roll band to play Static Age tonight, check out AshevilleFM’s in-studio with Lantern
If Asheville Free Media co-manager Kim Roney says the show is going to rock your socks off, it will. More here: http://www.ashevillefm.org/news/03/2013/in-studio-with-lantern-playing-static-age-tonight We’d give you more details but the event page is sparse: http://www.songkick.com/concerts/15396424-lantern-at-static-age-records?utm_source=3286&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=facebook_tab&utm_content=873032. Static Age is located at 82 N. Lexington Ave.
David Byrne and St. Vincent to play Thomas Wolfe on June 15
If you haven’t listed to “Love This Giant,” the collaborative album from David Byrne and St. Vincent, it’s pretty fantastic. The two will play together on June 15 at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium. Here’s the full press release: “David Byrne & St. Vincent will hit the road together again this summer for two months of North […]
Morrissey postpones Orange Peel show, official statement here
The Orange Peel released this today, per Morrissey’s publicist: “Following hospital treatment, Morrissey has been diagnosed with a bleeding ulcer and the upcoming engagements in Asheville, N.C., Nashville, Tenn., Atlanta, Ga., Lawrence, Kan., Clear Lake, Iowa and Lincoln, Neb. will need to be rescheduled. Morrissey is expected to make a full recovery and thanks everyone […]
Greedy Brute opens at Flood Gallery tonight
The juried show deals with politics and society, and features a variety of media. It opens tonight at Flood in the River Arts District’s Phil Mechanic Building.
The Who revives Quadrophenia
Xpress sent veteran photog Daniel Coston to shoot The Who last month in Washington, D.C. Here’s his dispatch.
Relive the Jam
So many memories, captured here by photographer John Zara. Also, check out the full list of the songs Warren Haynes and crew played on Saturday, Dec. 15.
REHappening looks for artists of all sorts, deadline is Dec. 15
Details, from the MAP: Attention artists, performers and musicians: The next {Re}Happening will take place on the former grounds of Black Mountain College on Saturday, April 6, and we hope you will be a participant. In the spirit of Black Mountain College, {RE}Happening sets the stage for artists to incorporate spontaneity, experimentation, audience participation and/or […]
Asheville Area Arts Council and River Arts District Business Assoc. to hold brainstorming sessions
Details here: The Asheville Area Arts Council (AAAC) and River Arts District Business Association (RADBA) are offering the second round of Artist Business Brainstorm Sessions in January and February. For more information and to sign up (required): http://tinyurl.com/aqtz3g7 Artist Business Brainstorm Sessions are by donation one-on-one brainstorming opportunities for artist entrepreneurs with professionals in the […]