Asheville art

Buy Local Art For The Holidays + Always

The Asheville Area Arts Council hosts the 2018 Holiday Market on Saturday, December 8th

Shawn Winebrenner Opens Show at UNCA

"Ad Lucem: Masking and the Resilience of a Human Spirit” - A photo exhibition by local artist Shawn Winebrenner opens December 7

SAY IT LOUD > An Art Experience

Clear your calendar for the opening of this must-see exhibition that explores the African American experience through contemporary art.

River Arts District. Source: nschouterden (Flickr)

Free for All: Arts & Culture at No (or Low) Cost in Asheville

Like art? Music? Theatre? We've got a list of the best resources for FREE arts and culture events in town.

Source: Denise Carbonell/Flickr (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode)

Shift is Happening

Seeing the pros (and cons) of the shifting Asheville art market

Kathleen Hahn in the 4th emersion: Fall from Grace. Photo: J. Christian Smilanic, Dawnfire Photography

Art and Entry

And so we find ourselves immersed in art. Sassafras Jones on a first two weeks in Asheville.

The Asheville GritVegas Weekend Update: July 4th Edition

It's 4th of July weekend in Asheville, and we've got a lot of ideas for how you can celebrate Independence Day--and all the days around it. From live music to independent bookstores to downtown shopping and, of course, brunch, we've pretty much covered all the bases. Happy 4th, y'all.

Fit for a Mermaid and Handmade in Asheville

Organic Armor Creates Costumes for Fairies, Steampunk Kings & More

a thing re | sembling a win • dow Opening Reception << Friday, June 3

The opening reception for a thing re | sembling a win • dow celebrates a show that explores the edges that lie between recognition and illegibility & meaning and its breakdown, with pieces from some of the area's most engaging artists.

The Asheville GritVegas Weekend Update! // May 20-22

This weekend is all about art and music in Asheville, with events ranging from the first Downtown After 5 to the Spring Stroll in the RAD.

Artist Phil Cheney Kickstarts Locally-Made Coloring Book

How artist Phil Cheney came to create a coloring book (and everything in between).

Thomas Schmidt @ the CCCD << April 21 @ 6 pm

Thomas Schmidt of Recycled China gives an art talk on the project, tradition vs. industrialization, and our relationship to waste materials at the Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design this Thursday, 4/21 at 6 pm.

Jenny Greer Fares. Photo Credit: Luxe House Photographic.

15 Year Asheville Artist Makes a Move from RAD to AAAC’s new Refinery Creator Space

As the Asheville Area Arts Council receives the green light to move into the new 'Refinery Creator Space', local artists are solidifying their studio leases, including Sound Mind Creative artist Jenny Greer Fares.

All Go West 2016 Schedule Leak

All Go West's 2016 lineup and stages have been announced! All Go West happens in West Asheville on Saturday, 6/25.

"Under the Sink": Larkin Ford's Intersections of the Grotesque + the Beautiful

UNCA alumnus + painter Larkin Ford returns to Asheville to present his solo exhibit, "Under the Sink." The opening reception is Friday, January 19 from 6-8 pm in Owen Hall (on the UNCA campus).

The Fringiest Fringe of All

Highlights from the 14th Annual Asheville Fringe Arts Festival that went down despite Snowmageddon 2016

100 Rejections

This year I resolve to focus on the negative. Specifically, I plan to collect rejections.

MISPRINTS: A Group Exhibition @ the Asheville Area Arts Council

The Asheville Area Arts Council is hosting "MISPRINTS: A Group Exploration into Printmaking, Craft, and Design" curated by and featuring Andy Herod along with 16 other Asheville area artists and crafts people. The opening reception is Friday, July 3rd.

Art Opening > Anna Jensen @ Pink Dog Creative June 19

Local artist Anna Jensen's latest show aims to be a provocative, engaging, and affecting collection of her very autobiographical, multimedia work that vividly combines humor and darkness. Show runs June 19 - August 2 at Pink Dog Creative.

#FANART Exhibit Opens at Downtown Books + News

This unique exhibit is where fans get to pay visual tribute to their cultural heroes, media makers and pop icons opens Friday May 1st at Downtown Books and News and remains on display through June 30. Who would you pay artistic homage to?

"Art is a Disease..." > The Work of Charles Counts

Charles Counts was a member and avid supporter of the Southern Highland Craft Guild and the epitome of a Renaissance man, practicing such various disciplines as pottery, quilting, weaving, rug hooking, drawing, painting and more.

Local Artist Selected for Spectrum 22 – International Juried Art Book

Congratulations to local illustrator Fian Arroyo has one of his art pieces selected for the latest award-winning Spectrum Juried Awards Books that reinforce the importance and popularity of fantastic art – in a multitude of mediums – in today’s culture.