River Arts District, Asheville, NC

Walking up a Hill Singing

New Paintings by RDA members Meg Winnecour and Bee Sieburg
at the Pump Gallery in Phil Mechanic Studios

Opening reception Saturday, November 3, 7pm to 10pm

View of the Canyoncito, 2007

Show and Sell

Here's some news from Christine Dougherty: Come on out this Friday evening for Show and Sell, a one night only art show and sale. This is an exciting opportunity to view and purchase work by five talented female artists, including two River District artists, Christine Dougherty and Jen Swearington. There will be paintings, ceramics, mixed media, and clothing for sale. The show is at Vadim Bora Gallery on Battery Park Avenue downtown, across from the Grove Arcade. Stop by between 6 and 9 pm, and refreshments will be served.

Landscape Energy

Captivated by the scenery found in the mountains of North Carolina, nationally known abstract artist, Jonas Gerard, has created a new body of work featuring vibrant abstracted landscapes. On Friday, October 5, 2007 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm he will reveal his exhibition Landscape Energy at Jonas Gerard Fine Art in the River Arts District of Asheville, NC.

Watch him paint live in his studio adjoining the gallery at 2:00 pm on Saturday, October 6. Gerard's performance will be followed by a live auction of the painting benefiting the Asheville Area Arts Council.

Visit www.jonasgerard.com.

Skip Rohde at Asheville Area Arts Council

Skip Rohde will have a solo exhibition of his “Meditation on War” paintings at the Asheville Area Arts Council’s Boardroom Gallery at 11 Biltmore Ave in downtown Asheville.  The show will run from September 7 through October 26, with a reception on Friday, September 7, from 5:30-8:30 pm.

Phil Mechanic Studios in September

2 new exhibitions are opening in the Phil Mechanic Building on September 1.

In the Flood Gallery, a group show called Utility Trances presenting the work of five artists: Alicia Henry, Ben Roosevelt, Lain York, Rob Smith and Greg Pond, working in a variety of media from sound to installation to drawing.
Exhibition dates: September 1 – 29, 2007
Reception: Saturday, September 1st 7-10pm
www.floodgallery.org (828).254.2166

Opening in the Pump Gallery at the same time:
New Work by Matt Waldrop and Jennifer Brock
Matt and Jennifer were married on July 23rd of this year, and you are invited to the debut of their combined work.

A-B Tech at Phil Mechanic Studios

Visit the Phil Mechanic Studios to see the 2007 Student Art Exhibition from A-B Tech Community College. The artwork was juried by John Cram and is on view through May 31. There will be an opening reception from 5-8PM on Friday, April 27. For more information, call 828-254-3628.

Fleta Monaghan

Fleta Monaghan of River's Edge Studios in Riverview Station is featured in a new exhibition at Gallery 86 in Waynesville, NC.

Women in Vision
Featuring the work of four Western North Carolina Women artists.

The show runs from April 4th – 28th. The opening reception will be Saturday, April 7th from 6-9 p.m.

The artists are: Fleta Monaghan, Lauren Patton, Lynn Hughes, Angela Chrusciaki Blehm with a special poetry reading at the opening by current nominee for poet laureate to the State of North Carolina, Glenis Redmond.

For more info about this upcoming show contact: Gallery@haywoodarts.org or 828-452-0593

Gallery 86 at the Haywood County Arts Council is located at 86 North Main in historic downtown Waynesville.

Make it New

The Asheville Museum of Art opens a new exhibit tonight: "Make It New: Western North Carolina Artists Exhibition 2007."

Representing the River Arts District are Sean Pace & Kyoko Masutani (Phil Mechanic Building), Jason Witherspoon (the Wedge) as well as RAD Alumni, Betty Clark (Warehouse Studios) & Kevin Hogan (Chesterfield Mill before it burned down). Heinz Koessler (the Wedge) and his band will be lending their musical talent during the opening from 5-8 PM.