River Arts District, Asheville, NC

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.

April 26! Open House at Riverview Station

The artists at Riverview Station have been working hard all winter, and will open their studio doors for visitors on Saturday, April 26th from 10:00 to 4:00. Located in the historic River Arts District of Asheville, RIverview Station is the working home to an ecletic mix of artists.

Amongst the artist exhibiting will be Fleta Monaghan (oils and acrylics), Jeannius Designs (filigree and gemstone jewelry), Avaloo (wearable art),  Martin DeWitt, paintings,  Viki Austin Kirk (oil paintings), Paul Hershey and Jennifer Murphy of Organic Armor. Also a special group exhibit of the River's Edge Studio Painters featuring their pastels, oils, egg tempera and acrylic paintngs.

Riverview station is located at 191 Lyman Street, Asheville, NC. For a map and directions go to www.riverdistrictartists.com or call Fleta at 828-776-2716

Dinner and a Documentary featuring Mel Chin

Mel Chin is featured in this week's Dinner and a Documentary at the Flood Gallery. Mel Chin, a resident of North Carolina and featured artist on the PBS Art: 21 Series, will introduce and screen his 2006 animated-video 9-11/9-11, as well as his 2004 Warehouse of Mass Destruction project documentary.

Dinner & a Documentary is an educational film series that provides artists and art enthusiasts an opportunity to think critically about contemporary arts and culture over tasty dishes by Mamacita¹s.

6:30 PM Thursday April 24
Phil Mechanic Studios
109 Roberts Street

Spring Open House at Curve Studios (preview#3)

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.

Holly de Saillan’s raku fired work is an investigation of creatures that we depend on for our very survival. De Saillan says, “My artwork is a reflection of the intricate, interconnected, intriguing world of our insect relations.  The recent series of work "The Balancing Beetle Series" pays homage to the delicate balance that humans strike with the world of insects.” 

Skip Rohde--Asheville Artist Wins National Competition

A noted Asheville artist has claimed the top prize in a national competition for Iraq War memorial art.  Skip Rohde’s painting entitled “Warrior” was awarded first place in the competition sponsored by Art Cries Out, an organization that promotes artworks about social issues.  The juror was Marilyn Goldstein, the Director of Art History at Long Island University, New York.

“Warrior” is a life-size painting of a paraplegic veteran in a wheelchair. It is part of Rohde’s series of paintings entitled “Meditation on War”, about the impact of conflict on people, places, and society.  The series was recently exhibited in Asheville and Marshall. “Warrior” is currently on display in Touchstone Gallery in Hendersonville.

Rohde’s studio is in Asheville’s historic River Arts District.  His paintings, including “Warrior”, can be seen on his web site, www.skiprohde.com.

For more information, contact Skip Rohde at (828) 273-6476.