River Arts District, Asheville, NC

Don't miss the June Studio Stroll!
Saturday & Sunday, June 14-15

Visit the River District Artists website for complete artist listings, maps and more information!

Summer Classes at Odyssey Center

Odyssey Center is now taking registrations for Kid's Summer Clay Camps - 5 half days, Monday-Friday, mornings or afternoons...and...Adult Summer Clay Workshops and classes in Hand Building and Wheel Throwing - 5 day intensives and 5 week classes available!
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Skip Rohde: Courtroom Artist

Skip Rohde is the courtroom artist for WLOS-TV in Asheville.  He is currently working on the trial of former sheriff Bobby Medford.  Skip's courtroom drawings, including all those shown during the news reports, will be on display during the upcoming Studio Stroll.

Happy Birthday Jonas!

The First Birthday Celebration for Jonas Gerard Fine Art in the River Arts District will kick off with a gathering of Asheville's notables on May 19th at 4:30 pm. The Gallery continues its birthday celebration through the River Arts District Studio Stroll on June 13th, 14th and 15th. Anyone visiting the studio from May 19th through June 15th can enter to win a painting to be gifted to a lucky entrant on Sunday, June 15th at 4 p.m.

As a birthday gift to the community, Jonas will be painting live in his studio on Saturday, June 14 and Sunday, June 15 at 2 p.m.

All events are free and open to the public with plenty of birthday cake, drinks and music.

Robert Winkler at the Flood Gallery

Flood Gallery Fine Art Center is proud to present Lines: Sculpture by Robert Winkler. This exhibition will be on view from May 17th through June 22nd, 2008. The opening reception, sponsored by Barefoot Wines, is slated for May 17th from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. This event, which is free and open to the public, will take place in the Flood Gallery located in the Phil Mechanic Studios building (109 Roberts Street, Asheville River Arts District, 28801).  For more information, please visit www.floodgallery.org or call 828.254.2166.

Friday update!

Don't miss these events this weekend!

Curve Studios Open House: today 4-8 PM and Saturday 12-6
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Barbara Fisher and Carol Bomer are 2 artists in the River Arts District featured in Bold Life's 5th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibit, The Bold and the Beautiful at The Arts Council of Henderson County, North Main Street, Hendersonville, NC ( 828-693-8805)
Exhibition Opens:  Friday, May 2nd
Exhibition Closes:  Saturday, June 21st
Opening Champagne Reception:  Friday, May 2nd from 7:00 pm to 7:45 pm
Exhibit Opens:  7:45 pm – 10:00 pm
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Eric Knoche's exhibition of new ceramic work at the Asheville Area Arts Council's Boardroom Gallery
Exhibition Dates: Friday May 2nd to Monday June 30th
Opening Reception: Friday May 2nd from 5.30-8.30

Curve Studios Open House is tomorrow!

Be sure to visit Curve Studios Open House

Carolina Home & Garden

Barbara Fisher (Warehouse Studios) is featured in the Spring Issue of Carolina Home & Garden.  Pick up a copy or read the article here.

Spring Open House at Curve Studios (preview#5)

Friday and Saturday, May 2 & 3, 2008

Curve Studios is a trinity of art workspaces located in Asheville’s River Arts District. Take this opportunity to meet Curve Studios newest artists as well as revisiting artists you know during our Open House Sale Friday, May 2nd from 4-8pm and Saturday May 3rd from 12-6pm. Light refreshments will be provided.

Laleah Adams, intrigued by historical and architectural aspects of shelters, creates symbolic homes with an unusual twist.  There is no telling what you might find peeking through the window and wonder at the usefulness of her cockeyed little houses. 

Eric C. Wolfgang Knoche at the Boardroom Gallery

Eric Wolfgang Carl Knoche’s exhibition of new work at the Boardroom Gallery of the Asheville Area Arts Council reconnoiters a landscape of abstractions from the human form to discarded machinery.  Many pieces are modular and must be disassembled to be fully experienced.
May 1 - June 30, 2008
Opening reception May 1 5:30 - 8:30

Ribcage
9” x 10” x 6”
2008

 

Spring Open House at Curve Studios (preview#4)

Friday and Saturday, May 2 & 3, 2008

Curve Studios is a trinity of art workspaces located in Asheville’s River Arts District. Take this opportunity to meet Curve Studios newest artists as well as revisiting artists you know during our Open House Sale Friday, May 2nd from 4-8pm and Saturday May 3rd from 12-6pm. Light refreshments will be provided.

Vicki Brow’s palette explores intense color as an expression of emotion, using textures and lines.  Her abstract figurative work is an artistic response in color of the movement and beauty of the body and what lies behind it.