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The word anxiety comes up often as Zander Stefani describes his life. He said he channels some of it into his abstract artwork. “It’s like I’m painting…
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A lot of artists will tell you an inner voice propels them to create. The Asheville playwright Jamie Knox says, for her, it’s often a voice that isn’t her…
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John and Cinnamon Kennedy formed their first band before they knew how to play their instruments.“One day, John and our neighbor were like ‘We’re making a…
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Heather Newton's mother has written nine novels for young adults. She’s also the first to read and critique whatever Newton thinks is ready to go out into…
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With a soft-spoken prayer, a few dozen members of the Eastern Band Cherokee welcomed others to view what they have held sacred for centuries: handcrafted…
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When something catches Tema Stauffer’s eye, it’s through the lens of a camera using expandable bellows and 4-by-5-inch film.“I can spend quite a bit of…
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It was only a few minutes after noon on Saturday when Tricia Arcos made her first sale at her first Big Crafty. “Excitement comes up in lots of forms,…
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Paul Edelman remembers being four or five years old and hearing Bob Dylan on the family stereo.“I’m sitting on the couch by myself and “It’s All Right Ma,…
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If the arts in Asheville were a representative democracy, it might look a lot like a new coalition built by the Asheville Area Arts Council. The coalition…
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Julyan Davis has evolved into a novelist in part through stubbornness but, as he sees it, also by necessity. Davis is far from blind, but degenerating…