Coralie Tweed: For the Love of Trees
SHOWCASE GALLERY
November 4 - December 28, 2022
Coralie Tweed finds her inspiration in nature. Her vibrant pastel, oil and gouache paintings capture the light and shadow of ever-changing atmospheric conditions. Creating a kind of visual poetry, her mountain ranges, low country marshes, forests, and streams come to life.
Coralie Tweed received ...
Print + Pattern
MAIN GALLERY
November 4 - December 28, 2022
This exhibition presents artists who apply printed patterns to their textiles, ceramics, books, functional forms and large and small scale prints. The work ranges from ready-made printed objects; to drawings turned into quilts; to screen-printed underglazes on clay; to traditional woodcuts. Inspirat ...
Mechanical Movements: New Work by Kenneth Baskin
SMALL FORMAT GALLERY
November 4 - December 28, 2022
Sculptor, Kenneth Baskin, uses clay and glazing techniques to create objects referencing industrial or mechanical equipment. His trompe l'oeil works appear metallic, rusted, and textured - more like metal than clay. In this current body of work he is exploring the amalgamation of actual and abst ...
Color Stories
LOWER LEVEL GALLERY
November 4 - December 28, 2022
Color Stories explores how color is used as a driving force of design and concept in art. Artists in this exhibition use color in different ways; some assimilate it to create a moody atmosphere; some use it to distinguish objects; some create pattern and design; some use it to express emot ...
Asheville Oblique: Ken Carder + Steve Ward
UPPER LEVEL GALLERY
September 2 - October 26, 2022
Ken Carder presents kinetic wood sculptures paired with abstract paintings of Asheville, painted by Tennessee artist Steve Ward. This collaboration began with Steve creating interpretive paintings of Ken’s digitally altered screengrabs of Asheville locations. In respon ...
Step Into the Light: Alex Bernstein and Mitchell Lonas
LOWER LEVEL GALLERY
September 2 - October 26, 2022
Using carved glass and incised aluminum, Alex Bernstein and Mitchell Lonas respectively create intimate narratives which, unlike the cold, hard materials they use, soften as gestural qualities and subject matter are revealed. Key to both artists' work is light. Light energizes and brings their w ...
A Gathering: Mary Engel and Charles Keiger
SHOWCASE GALLERY
September 2 - October 26, 2022
Combining serene, sentient beings with surreal, and often absurd characters, Mary Engel and Charles Keiger present a gathering of creatures great and small. Engel's trinket and gem encrusted animal sculptures celebrate the beauty and nobility of animals, while also drawing attention to the threa ...
Alain Mailland
SMALL FORMAT GALLERY
September 2 - October 26, 2022
Using mainly precious roots and species from his native country of France - pistachio, hackberry, root of heather - Alain Mailland creates sculptures representing a correspondence between animals, minerals, and plants. Mailland began his journey with as a carpenter and mason. He gradually changed hi ...
Cut and Paste: Collage Works
MAIN GALLERY
September 2 - October 26, 2022
Collage, derived from the French word “coller”, to glue, is the joining of paper and other found objects onto paper, canvas or wood. This exhibition shows a wide range of artists who utilize collage as one of their main modes of creative expression. They run the gamut from the traditiona ...
Carol Milne: To Knit or Knot
SMALL FORMAT GALLERY
July 1 - August 24, 2022
With an exhibition of over fifty works, Carol Milne presents complex, woven glass sculptures which make one wonder, “How does she do that?!” Milne invented a special technique; a process of knitting, lost-wax casting, mold-making, and kiln-casting. Her resulting sculptures resemble brigh ...