"An Inside View" Asheville Art Museum Exhibit

March 18 - July 10 the HOLDEN COMMUNITY GALLERY at The Asheville Art Museum exhibits An Inside View. "The exterior cannot do without the interior..." - Stephen Gardiner, Architect.

An Inside View examines the concept of interior environments as interpreted by a number of artists throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. The word "interior" suggests defined spaces whether they be the interior of a building or a city or even a region. Drawn from the collection of the Asheville Art Museum, this exhibition looks at those interiors familiar to us - in homes, work spaces and public buildings and moves outward to consider interiors within cities and regions.  Read more...

Included in the exhibition are works by regional artists such as Bayard Wootten, Anthony Lord, Will Henry Stevens and Mark Peiser as well as artists external to the region such as Irving Kriesbert, Raphael Soyer and Margaret Bourke-White.

This exhibition was organized and curated by the Asheville Art Museum and sponsored by Village Antiques and Interiors, Inc. and received additional support from Ray Griffin and Thom Robinson. The Asheville Art Museum is located at 2 South Pack Square in Asheville NC.

Asheville Art Museum hosts Scholastic Art Awards Ceremony

February 20 at 2:00 PM the Scholastic Art Awards Ceremony  will be held at  the Diana Wortham Theatre in Asheville. The Asheville Art Museum, with the assistance of its volunteer docents, partners with the Asheville Area Section of the American Institute of Architects each year to sponsor the Western North Carolina Regional Scholastic Art Awards.

Students in grades 7 - 12 from all across our region are invited to submit work for this special juried competition. The 2011 Western North Carolina Regional Scholastic Award recipients will be honored at a ceremony on February 20 and the exhibition of their artwork will be on view at the Pack Place Community Gallery from January 28 - March 6, 2011. Regional Gold Key recipients' work will be sent to the National Scholastic Art competition in New York City. For more information on the Scholastic Art Awards, please visit www.ashevilleart.org or www.artandwriting.org.

Work of the Week at the Asheville Art Museum

The "Work of the Week" in the Asheville Art Museum's permanent collection is a 1983, Serigraph on paper, 20.1"x15.1", Gift of The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. 1997.01.03.65A by Anni Albers, untitled from Connections Portfolio.

The wife of color theorist and abstract painter Josef Albers, Anni Albers contributed significantly to the world of art with her detailed skill in textiles and weaving.  Anni Albers became especially interested in experimenting with various weaving materials such as silk, cotton and linen and came up with her own unique weaving style reminiscent of abstract paintings, creating geometric shapes from the threads.

This piece is from Anni Albers’ collection called the Connections Portfolio, consisting of nine unique works in Geometric Abstraction created between 1925 and 1983. The Asheville Art Museum currently holds all nine pieces from the Connections Portfolio. Part of the collecting focus at the Asheville Art Museum is on significant pieces from Black Mountain College artists. During the Albers' 16-year tenure at the college, Anni Albers founded the weaving workshop and taught weaving and designing with a hands-on approach.  For more information about this artist, visit the museum's Permanent Collection online.

"Threads" at Echo Gallery in Asheville

April 16 - May 30, Echo Gallery, Biltmore Park, Town Square Boulevard, Asheville North Carolina. The Spring exhibition entitled "Threads" will feature new work by by fiber artists Jen Swearington, Libby & Jim Mijanovich ("Mija") and Barbara Zaretsky, as well as ceramic pieces by Emily Reason and new work from gallery artists.

Last Chance for "Across County Lines:

Through April 10,  303 School Avenue West Jefferson North Carolina/  Across County Lines at the Ashe Arts Center. The exhibit will feature approximately 50 pieces submitted by 19 artists in a variety of media. Artwork ranges from paintings to fiber arts to three-dimensional framed works, metal sculptures and large pottery by artists from the counties surrounding Ashe County.

Whatmore Art Museum Grand Opening

April 3,  3PM-8PM,  Andrews Art Museum, 837 Main Street, Andrews North Carolina. The Andrews Art Museum's Sister Museum, Whatmore Art Museum will hold its Grand Opening featuring artist Aaron Kent. Kent's work includes three outdoor installations and three indoor installations with small sculptures and photographs of his series 'Bones'.  Local performance artist Jeanne Powell will perform 'Fire & Art' in the Amphitheater, surrounded by a three acre park on the museum grounds. The Whatmore Art Museum includes in its programs an Artist in Residency program, an Artist Retreat, and Atelier Classes & Workshops.

Dolph Smith & Friends Penland Reception

March 26, 7PM-8:30PM, Penland Gallery, 67 Doras Trail, Penland North Carolina. Artist, Educator, Mentor, Rascal: Dolph Smith and Friends. Celebrating book arts instructor Dolph Smith's years of teaching. Exhibit begins March 23 - and continues through May 9 with an opening reception on March 26.

Artist's Work documents and benefits LTLT

March 23-27, Western Carolina University's Fine Arts Museum, Cullowhee North Carolina. Phyllis Jarvinen Thesis Exhibition work focuses on the Tessentee Bottomland Preserve, a property of the LTLT www.ltlt.org. It includes pinhole photographs taken at the site and large digital prints, print collections, and artist's books that include the pinhole photographs. Purchases will include the donation to Land Trust for The Little Tennessee of 15% for non-members and 20% for members. Reception March 27, 1:30-3:30 pm

Through March 28, Spring Street Cafe, Sylva North Carolina: Watershed - close to home show of paintings and drawings. The tonal watercolors are done on transparent or semi-transparent media using the flowing qualities of watercolor to depict and evoke the the river. All works were done on site at streams or rivers in the local area. 15% of purchases from both shows will be donated to the Land Trust for the Little Tennessee. If you are a member of the Land Trust the donation is an additional 5%.

New Newgard at Heartwood Gallery

Heartwood Gallery,  21 E. Main Street, Saluda North Carolina. The Heartwood Gallery announces new work by Asheville Potter Karen Newgard. Newgard describes the new work as being influenced by "The works of John Audubon and the birds that visit the feeder outside my studio window". Her work employs the sgraffito (pronounced scra-fee-toe) carving technique, developed in the eastern Mediterranean, using imagery from everyday experiences.

Heartwood Gallery is a 100% American Craft Gallery now in its 25th year.

Body and Soul in Brevard

Ending March 12,   Transylvania Community Arts Council   349 S. Caldwell Street Brevard North Carolina .  BODY AND SOUL Exhibit - Mediums include sculpture, mixed media, collage, photography, wood, paintings, glass, jewelry, and much more.

Work of the Week at the Asheville Art Museum

March 8-14, Asheville Art Museum, 2 South Pack Square, Asheville North Carolina.  William Wegman, Red Detachment. William Wegman is best known as an art photographer noted for compositions of his Weimaraner dogs in various costumes, poses and scenarios. Wegman received international attention for his images of his first Weimaraner dog, Man Ray. This work is currently in the Museum's newest exhibition Limners to Facebook: Portraiture from the 19th to the 21st Century , which includes formal portraits, self-portraits, portraits of animals and portraits of friends, models and celebrities. In this case, Wegman's photo captures both a portrait of an animal and a celebrity.

Art Exhibit at Opportunity House

March 12 - April 9, Grace Etheredge Room at Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway,  Hendersonville North Carolina. The Arts League of Henderson County presents an exhibit by Costanza Knight entitled Polyrhythms that opens Friday, March 12th and runs through April 9th in the Grace Etheredge Room at Opportunity House. Knight, a watermedia and mixed media artist, creates contemporary expressions that celebrate the human form and the landscape. Her recent Blue Green Jazz Series explores music as a subject matter.

Annual Art Front Exhibit

March 5 - 29, Highsmith Union Gallery, University of North Carolina at Asheville. The UNC Asheville Art Department student organization, Art Front, is essential in the daily functioning of the Highsmith Union Gallery. Their exhibit celebrates Art Front's commitment to art and to the Gallery. Highsmith Union Gallery lower level Highsmith Union UNC Asheville M-F 9-9/Sat 9-6/Sun 12-6 when classes are in session unca.edu/highsmith/gallery.

Limners to Facebook: Portraiture from the 19th to the 21st Century

Feb 27, Appleby Foundation Gallery, Asheville Art Museum, 2 South Pack Sqaure,  Asheville North Carolina. This exhibition explores the persistence of the desire to capture images of self and others as it has changed over time, as well as its continuing importance in contemporary American art and popular culture. Limners were typically untrained and unnamed painters in America during the 18th and early 19th centuries. The exhibition includes formal portraits, self-portraits, portraits of animals and portraits of friends or models in a variety of media and range of styles: painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture and new media.

New Exhibit at the Ashe Arts Center

February 24 - April 10  - Across County Lines at the  Ashe Arts Center 303 School Avenue West Jefferson North Carolina. exhibit will feature artists from the counties surrounding Ashe County. Painters, sculptors, fiber artists and potters will be featured working in oil,watercolor, acrylic and more.   Opening reception for the exhibit will be Thursday, February 25 from 5-7 pm in the Gallery of the Ashe Arts Center in West Jefferson.

Meet the Maker at Grovewood Gallery in Asheville

Feb 19-21, 11AM-4PM, Grovewood Gallery, 111 Grovewood Rd, Asheville North Carolina. Meet the Maker - Lee Badger, owner and chief talent of Anvil Works. He specializes in decorative and functional metal design and the creation of hand-crafted metal work for the home and garden. During the 23rd annual Arts & Crafts Conference at the Grove Park Inn, Quadrat-Motif tables and other Arts & Crafts inspired designs by Lee Badger will be featured in the second floor studio furniture galleries, Free event.

Asheville Art Museum Opening Exhibit

February 13 - July 11, Gallery 6, Asheville Art Museum, 2, S. Pack Square, Asheville North Carolina.  Nouns: Children's Book Artists Look at People, Places and Things  examines original book illustrations from artists who are committed to the genre of children's books. The exhibition includes working drawings, finished paintings, collages, molded paper, woodcuts and digitally produced illustrations from well-known as well as emerging artists. Artists in this exhibition include Erin Bennett Banks, Eric Carle, Remy Charlip, Leo Espinosa, Gail Haley, Gordon C. James, Leo Monahan, Robert Quackenbush, Faith Ringgold, Edel Rodriguez, Art Spiegelman, Vera Baker Williams and others. This exhibition is sponsored by Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar, The Captain's Bookshelf, Mr. Lester Laminack and The Toy Box. 

Annual Art Alumni Exhibit

Feb 5 - Mar 1, Highsmith Union Gallery, UNC Asheville Asheville North Carolina. Annual Art Alumni Exhibit 1972-2009. Art majors show various mediums. Reception Feb 26 6-8pm M-F 9-9/Sat 9-6/Sun 12-6 .

Work of the Week at the Asheville Art Museum

Jan 25-31, The Asheville Art Museum, 2 South Pack Square, Asheville North Carolina. For almost thirty years, Clyde Jones has been making creatures out of wood with chainsaws, decorating them with found objects. A North Carolina native, Clyde lives and works in Bynum, NC, south of Carrboro and Chapel Hill. He was born in 1938 or 39, he thinks, but it does not really concern him. His property is littered with his works, hundreds of whimsical creatures that he does not like to sell but loves to share with children, teaching them to make their own.

Artist Philip Jackson Reception and Talk in Asheville

Feb 2, 4PM-6PM, UNC-A, Asheville North Carolina. "Still Life as Theater," an exhibition of some 30 paintings, drawings and photographs by noted artist Philip Jackson, will be on view at UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union Gallery through February 2. A closing reception and artist talk will be held from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, in the gallery. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.

Jackson is a contemporary realist painter whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Evansville Museum of Art and the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, both in Indiana. Jackson has been featured in a number of premiere magazines, including Southwest Art, American Artist and Art in America. More details...