ArtsAVL is coordinating disaster recovery support for WNC artists. Also: updates from other local arts organizations on relief efforts, events cancellations, opportunities to donate and volunteer and more.

ArtsAVL is coordinating disaster recovery support for WNC artists. Also: updates from other local arts organizations on relief efforts, events cancellations, opportunities to donate and volunteer and more.
A 25th anniversary concert celebrating the Asheville Gay Men’s Chorus. Plus, the 26th annual Bluff Mountain Festival; The Big Secret returns; and more.
After being closed for more than three years, the American Museum of the House Cat will reopen in Sylva. Plus, a Weaverville novelist explores aging, the Asheville Orchid Festival returns and the Southern Highland Craft Guild hosts Glass & Metal Day.
Asheville will celebrate Zelda Fitzgerald’s legacy with series of events. Plus, Kenilworth residents honor George Gibson Sr. and South Asheville community, and the Folk Art Center hosts a tapestry exhibit.
Black Mountain’s Deck the Trees events welcomes in the holiday season. Plus, the Folk Art Center hosts the annual Holiday Seconds Sales, an Asheville artist sells painting for Ukraine and the NewSong Music Performance & Songwriting Competition bring eight finalists to town.
The Queer Girls Literary Reading moves to Rabbit, Rabbit. Plus: railroad laborers are honored at Andrews Geyser; the Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands returns to downtown Asheville; and more!
See some of the latest art exhibits now on view in and around town.
The 73rd annual event makes its digital debut July 16-19.
The Southern Highland Craft Guild’s 72nd annual event returns to the U.S. Cellular Center, Oct. 17-20.
Curious about holiday markets? Check out these pop-ups planned around Asheville.
“Clay is the only medium that uses every element: fire, water, air and earth,” according to Tennessee artist Cindy Billingsley. “It is meant to be touched by the heart, the eyes and the hands.” Billingsley, a pioneering force behind Women Ceramics Sculptors art collective, curated 12 members’ artwork for inclusion in a collaborative Dynamic Narratives […]
This September marks the 34th year for Heritage Weekend, a free festival that explores traditional Appalachian customs like beekeeping, coopering, heritage toy making, broom and furniture making, spinning and natural dyeing, all sponsored by the Southern Highland Craft Guild. Both Saturday and Sunday offer a full lineup of crafts, dance and mountain-inspired music with fare […]
The Southern Highland Craft Guild’s new member exhibition, “It’s the Wow Factor!” is on display through Sunday, Sept. 8.
Lori Theriault of The Village Potters demonstrated throwing a pot and discussed how she left her office job to pursue a career in crafts. Theriault did demonstrations at the Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands all weekend.
Starting today and running through Sunday, the Asheville Civic Center will play host to the Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands. Check out our Xpress video preview of the event, featuring some of the event’s craftspeople talking about their work.
Members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild send wearable art in the form of apparel, accessories and jewelry, down the runway on Sunday. Watch a slideshow here.