Arts Collective: Exploring the hands-on creative vibe of Asheville

I can’t say that everyone in Asheville can name at least a handful of their favorite local artists, but on a recent spring weekend there, several people I met could easily rattle off more than a few. Interestingly, most also had ready answers for which beer they order when they sit among the welded metal sculptures on the patio at Wedge Brewing Company. (The citrus-hinted Iron Rail IPA was mentioned most.) That’s the kind of city Asheville is, a place where many of life’s pleasures—beer included—are handcrafted. Everyone seems to be making something.

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Written By Sandy Lang
Photographs by Peter Frank Edwards
Charleston Magazine, May 2010

River Arts District has a boffo Studio Stroll

The freight trains didn’t park over the level crossings this year, the trolley shuttle worked and the parking areas weren’t muddy. To top it all off, the weather was summer-like in Asheville. Everything cooperated to make this November’s River Arts District Studio Stroll a joy.

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By Ted McIrvine
Arts Spectrum blog
Friday, November 20, 2009

Asheville, N.C., Has a Song at Its Heart

In Asheville, music is everywhere. From church bells and buskers to pipe organs and drum circles, the city pulses with soundtracks as different as the experiences it has to offer.

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By Christina Talcott
The Washington Post
Sunday, August 16, 2009

Asheville is hip, artsy, exciting

The neighborhood has that wrong-side-of-the-tracks feel about it, and sure enough, the railroad runs right through the middle and sometimes backs up traffic.

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By Jane Wooldridge
The Miami Herald
August 3, 2008

36 Hours in Asheville, N.C.

Asheville is an Appalachian Shangri-La. This year-round resort town, tucked between the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains, draws a funky mix of New Agers, fleece-clad mountain bikers, antiques lovers and old-time farmers. And what's there not to like? Charming yet surprisingly cosmopolitan for a town of about 73,000, Asheville has a Southern appeal all its own

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By CHRIS DIXON
New York Times
September 30, 2007