Visual Art

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…

Evan Kafka spent this past Friday night mounting animal heads on a wall as people strolled by sipping cups of wine.To be clear, Kafka’s “trophy series,”…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

Alicia Armstrong can’t count how many times she has turned down Jeremy Russell.“When he would come to me with the ideas, I would say ‘Dude, that is f***d…

Robert Johnson, one of this region's most exhibited and collected artists, has died.Johnson first came to public attention 30 years ago when Asheville…

Tarah Singh grew up in Hendersonville, attended private school and had a supportive family of artists and entertainers with a lineage of achievement. Her…

A 10-minute walk and a half-century of histories separate Asheville’s YMI Cultural Center from the First Congregational UCC Church.“This church is very…