Creative Life: Visual Arts
 
Many artists call Asheville specifically and Western North Carolina generally home. Drawing inspiration from the mountains, there are many styles to be explored.
 HandMade in America - Craft Events Calendar
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Calendar of Craft Events
Looking for a craft event near you? Coming to the area and want to go to a craft festival? Want to learn a craft or brush up on your techniques? Find events near you in our Craft Events Calendar
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Mountain Lake
oil on canvas 16" x 32",at Riverview Station in the
River Arts District
191 Lyman St, Asheville
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It’s not about me. It all begins with you. There is a story: an event, a project, a business proposal, a defining moment, a fragment of life. You want to capture it somehow but, beyond just words. Can this story be visual? more...
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BEAVERDAM GALLERY OPEN HOUSE hosted by SHEVILLE.ORG
Beaverdam Gallerylocated where Beaverdam Road forks into Lynn Cove and Webb Cove Roads will hold an open house on Saturday, May 22, 2010 from 10 AM until 4 PM. The Open House will feature the unique artistry of nine emerging artists who provide some fresh and imaginative presentations not to be missed! Refreshments will be served for our thirsty guests. Come, join us and tell your friends!
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I’m a self-taught artist. As a young girl, I enjoyed drawing and painting, but never pursued art beyond that. A book called The Creative Call by Janice Elsheimer helped me reconnect ... more...
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Visual Arts and Crafts/Galleries - a sampling of the many diverse artistic styles
and media that Asheville and Western North Carolina have to offer. Please contact us at
info@sheville.org if you would like to
be added to this list or to have your active website url included. **Visitors, please call ahead to check hours of operation**
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Visit the Arts in Western North Carolina and support our local artists and crafts people. more...
 Plant the Arts: Grow North Carolina
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- Create vibrant North Carolina communities
- Make money for North Carolina
- Inspire North Carolina children to excel
- Communicate across cultures in North Carolina
- Express North Carolina's identity and heritage
- The Arts experience changes lives
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 Quotable - Alice Walker
Alice Walker
"And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped to see -- or like a sealed letter they could not plainly read."
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Hunter Library, Special Collections Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC
Craft Revival: Shaping Western North Carolina Past and Present is a collaborative Heritage Partners grant funded by the Library Services and Technology Act. more...
Handmade in America
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from Handmade in America...
Every region and community has its unique gifts and challenges. In Western North Carolina, one of those gifts is our extraordinary, rich heritage of handcraft.
Our Mission is to celebrate the hand and the handmade, to nurture the creation of traditional and contemporary craft, to revere and protect our resources, and to preserve and enrich the spiritual, cultural and community life of our region.
M. Linda Rowe
The handcraft tradition in North Carolina is a long one and includes items as diverse as dulcimers and pottery, knives and quilts. Handmade never meant that tools were not used, but that the tools ran on human power, not motor power. In the 20th century, electricity reached even the most remote mountain coves and hollows, and along with it came machinery that made crafting work easier. more...
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Featured Artist: RALSTON FOX SMITH - OIL PAINTING and PHOTOGRAPHY
Featured Artist: GINGER HUEBNER - COLLAGE AND CHALK PASTEL
Featured Artist: JENNY FISHER - MIXED MEDIUM
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WNC Visual Arts Co-ops and Non-Profit
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