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Grovewood Gallery debutes ‘In Stitches’ This exhibition will
Hundertwasser, a visionary painter and architect who was also a forerunner in the field of textile art and oneenvironmental protection. Her of-a-kind fiber vessels work is the result of hand-guided, by Columbia, South free-motion machine embroidery Carolina artist Susan and melting techniques, a unique Lenz. process that Susan developed The public is herself. invited to meet Susan Each piece builds on the last in and to watch her an exploration of design motifs demonstrate her craft and stitched symbols. on February 17 and 18 This exhibition will feature from 11 – 4pm. Susan works from four of Susan’s most Lenz: In Stitches Susan Lenz: In Stitches — popular fiber series: Artifacts, In will remain on view Opening February 17 Box, Stained Glass, and Seasonal through Friday, March Leaves, and will also showcase 31. fiber vessels made entirely from yarn and Using needle and thread for selfthread. expression, Susan’s artwork reflects her Susan says, “The yarn comes from passion for historic buildings, especially auctions, estate sales, yard sales, and stained glass windows and the colors donations from people who are downsizing. and eco-friendly ideals of Friedensreich showcase framed
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All this yarn was originally purchased by someone else...with the intention of making something. It is up to me to actually do it. It’s a nice feeling to turn all this unwanted material into a functional and pretty piece.”Susan’s work has been widely exhibited throughout the United States. In 2016, she was awarded a solo show at the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum in Arizona, was juried into the prestigious Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, and had a piece selected for a group exhibition at The Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. Grovewood Gallery is part of Grovewood Village, located adjacent to The Omni Grove Park Inn is North Asheville. Grovewood Village includes six English cottages constructed from 1917 - 1923 by Fred L. Seely, son-in-law of E. W. Grove. Parking is available onsite. For more info visit www.grovewood.com. IF YOU GO
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Art by Hoss Haley will complete your living space. Haley’s work will be featured in AC Hotel’s main dining area.
McKibbon Hospitality hosts local arts for its downtown AC Hotel Leading hotel development and management company celebrates Asheville art community through unique program. McKibbon Hospitality announced its AC Hotel Asheville Downtown will feature the work of 10 local and regional artists in its public spaces, guest rooms and suites. The unique program is part of McKibbon’s commitment to creating top-notch guest experiences in its hotels and will bring a local flair to the hotel, while celebrating Asheville’s thriving art community. The AC Hotel Asheville Downtown will be the first AC Hotel by Marriott in the Carolinas and is set to open in early 2017 at the corner of College and Broadway. The AC Hotel art program is part of McKibbon Hospitality’s broader art collection, which is comprised of pieces specifically commissioned for its various hotel properties. The art is coordinated by Asheville-based Art Resources consultant Liz Barr and final selections are made by McKibbon Hospitality Chairman John McKibbon. McKibbon’s vision complements the AC Hotel by Marriott brand mission of incorporating unique design elements into each of its properties. “Celebrating Asheville’s culture and
diverse community is at the core of our vision for the AC Hotel Asheville Downtown,” said John McKibbon. “By incorporating the work of talented local artists, we are able to bring even more of Asheville’s character into the hotel to create a truly special experience for guests and locals.” The hotel will feature the following local artists: Cassie Ryalls Butcher is a studio artist at Curve Studios in Asheville’s River Arts District and specializes in ceramic sculpture. Each of her sculptures is hand-built, textured individually and glazed to create a one-of-a-kind piece. Her work will be featured in the hotel’s rooftop garden. Colby Caldwell’s work has been shown nationally and internationally since 1988. The physicality of traditional photography is the driving force behind Caldwell’s work, which parallels his dedication to the use of digital imaging. His work will be found in the hotel’s guest rooms. Fred and Kato Guggenheim began their art careers in Italy, have studied and taught courses at prestigious schools in the United States and Germany and today operate
a gallery in downtown Asheville. Their prints, paintings and sculptures are found in numerous national and international collections. The Guggenheim’s work will be featured in the hotel’s front entry area, lobby and on its ninth floor. Billy Guilford and Geoff Koslow have decades of experience in glassblowing and currently own Lexington Glassworks in downtown Asheville. Both are graduates of the internationally recognized Alfred University and have traveled extensively to study with some of the best glass artists and technicians in the world. Their work will be featured in the hotel’s ninth floor meeting space. Hoss Haley is an Asheville-based sculptor who creates large-scale two and threedimensional works made of steel, concrete and bronze. His work is heavily influenced by the western landscape of his youth. Haley’s work will be featured in the hotel’s main dining area. Carl Pittman specializes in creating unique sculptures and wooden bowls using dynamic energy patterns as his inspiration. His work can be found in collections across ‘Hotel’ continued pg. 6
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NEW ART Glass & Metal Day April 1 at the Highland Craft Guild By Staff Reports Gearing up for the season’s education series of events, the Southern Highland Craft Guild is excited to showcases the elements of metal and glass on April 1. A range of techniques will be demonstrated in both of the media, as the artists each have their distinct touch and style. From 10-4pm, these master craftspeople will be blacksmithing, glass blowing, piercing and soldering metals, knife making, bezeling, repoussé, copper etching, assembling stained glass, forging and many other
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manipulation processes. Visitors have the opportunity to watch and learn more about two of the original craft media. Glass & Metal Day April 1, 10-4pm Milepost 382 Blue Ridge Parkway Asheville, (828) 298-7928 www.southernhighlandguild.org
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Hendersonville Artist combines two passions into one art form
The art of collecting fine art
Expressing the human figure through watercolor and ink
Greg Vineyard
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the country. In the hotel, his work will be featured in the hotel lobby and outside of the AC Library. Virginia Scotchie is an Asheville native and now serves as the head of the ceramics department at the University of South Carolina. Scotchie is considered one of the foremost ceramic artists in the country, and her work is in many national and international private and public collections. Her artwork will be featured on the hotel’s ninth floor rooftop. Constance Williams’ encaustic paintings are found in homes and businesses around the world and have been featured by QVC, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and a number of other national media outlets. Her work will be found in the hotel’s ninth floor lobby area.
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Bakersville, NC. He specializes in unique, hand-blown glass sculptures that communicate progression while paying respect to traditional processes. His work will be found in the hotel’s AC Library. Pablo Soto lives, works and operates a studio in Penland, NC. He has received numerous awards for his hand-blown glass sculptures and has taught courses at a number of prestigious art schools. In the hotel, his work will be featured in the AC Library. The AC Hotel Asheville Downtown will boast 132 upscale rooms and European-inspired public spaces including a ninth floor reserved for dining, meetings and a spectacular rooftop bar with indoor and outdoor seating. The rooftop bar, Capella on 9, will offer cocktails, wine and beer, and a curated menu of small plates, including a selection of Mediterranean-inspired tapas, as well as daily breakfast. McKibbon Hospitality is collaborating with local restaurateurs Peter and Martha Pollay on the AC Hotel’s food and beverage program. To learn more about the AC Hotel Asheville Downtown visit here. To learn more about McKibbon Hospitality, visit www.mckibbon. com. The company operates and franchises hotels and licenses vacation ownership resorts under 19 brands. For more information or reservations, please visit www.marriott.com and for the latest company news, visit www.marriottnewscenter.com. IF YOU GO
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Hendersonville Artist combines two passions into one art form
for abstract photography
and painting, she decided to marry the two.
She now often paints directly onto her photographs with acrylic paint or uses the photos in her mixed media pieces. “I first became interested in photography about 40 years ago in Asheville,” Eng said. “From the onset, I loved light, shapes and forms.” Eng says she rarely takes a picture of an entire scene or an object and opts for a close up or macro instead, often resulting in an interesting abstract image. To create her photo-painted mixed media pieces Eng has her abstract macro photographs printed on canvas and adds acrylic paint or paper to create an entirely new mixed media piece. Sometimes the paint is used to just add depth or texture. One painting, “To Market,” began as a photograph of graffiti on an old metal shed. She says she saw a vision of a Caribbean village and island women carrying wares on their heads in the markings in the photo. Using bright paper and paint, she deftly brought out her vision. The painting is on exhibit at Art Mob Studios and Marketplace in Hendersonville which represents her. Many times she prints photos to use as collage paper in her mixed media paintings. “If I had to categorize my style, I think ‘representational abstract’ might fit,” Eng says. “Whether it’s in my abstract macro photography or my mixed media paintings, I usually need to be able to visualize
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something from the natural world - a landscape, beach scene, forest, etc.” Her work is also printed on decorative pillows, shower curtains and tote bags. Eng purchased one of her abstract photo images recently as a case for her new cell phone. She also printed one of her abstracts on wood as she felt it was a beachy look that would be even better in that rustic finish. She was right. “From the Sea” appears to be a sea fan attached to a piece of driftwood and looks as though it belongs in a beachside cottage.
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“In he marched to do battle with demons, Brushes and paints in hand. For he was an artist, And the blank, beasty canvas loomed large.”
know where and how I will do any research? What are the technical specifications? Will I need outside photography, scanning or any other type of help? Do I need any other supplies? Are any of them Well, it’s time for that hard to obtain and need annual scenario where order-ahead time? Do I have many of us think of a schedule with a deadline, January 1 as a time to a contract, and a downstart everything afresh. payment? Are there enough While in many ways Utz chips to get me through “Planning Stages” 2017, illustration it’s a psychological the project? (note: I am SO by Greg Vineyard phenomenon connected literally eating Utz Chips right to our mutual agreement now!) But seriously, how am I about time and the calendar — because we taking care of myself in this process? For some, are so inextricably linked to that — it really can it’s tasty chips. For others, perhaps tea at a be useful for mapping-out a plan that has an favorite shop, or taking a refreshing nap. Selfidentifiable beginning. I can’t speak for all artists, care, folks. but for me, really feeling ready is very helpful. Before life becomes all about research, tear If I can see my path, and what’s potentially in sheets, and sketches, can I let go of old habits the pipeline over several quarters, I can better and mentally prepare to be willing to draw the prepare. overall layout 20 times, and the details and “Prepare…?” you may ask. I speak of not parts another 20? Am I willing to switch gears just the obvious things, like clearing cobwebs, and supplies and methods? Have I found and cleaning brushes, and eating a bag of Utz cultivated that head-space that allows me to chips in front of Netflix instead of organizing really think, to push boundaries, expand the the worktable, but of something major before look and the theme and a character, and infuse everything else. I am referring to Readiness. some personality or other features that were The willingness to do something. I draw every why someone fell in love with my style in the first day, and that’s a wonderful in-the-moment place? experience, but for bigger projects, I need to So, for January, the plan is… becoming ready! not only know how I intend to capture a subject, Nailing down the details. It’s sorta zen-sounding, but to also make sure it’s on-target and moving but also really very much about practicality, and along a timeline. I have to see it in my mind’s creating a sure footing for the next stage of a eye. Not perfectly, mind you, but enough to know journey. By moving through a process, we gain when the initial images are coming out the right strength for the next time. In real-world time, we direction in my head. There’s a preparation and condense a hard-wrought, thoroughly-vetted mindset involved to accomplish these things. process down to weeks or even days, but with a So I think about The Plan: What is the working knowledge and chronology connected assignment? Whether an actual gig, or selfto oneself. Spending some time developing that assigned, what IS it? Who is the client? What do path is very useful. they envision? Are there any restrictions? Do I ‘Vineyard’ continued next pg.
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MUSIC AUDITIONS
New student string ensemble program New Student String Ensemble Program at Asheville Music School Placement Auditions Wed. Jan. 11
creativity, skills, and ability to listen to the many layers of sound. Music collaboration is a team-based experience where students share the beauty and joy of Asheville Music School many instruments singing announces the start of together. The repertoire for its new string ensemble, the ensemble will feature led by Isabel Castellvi. various genres including Isabel is a versatile classical, folk, world and multi-instrumentalist, popular music. Students vocalist, songwriter A student sharpens her skill at AMS will learn experiential ways and composer, of understanding music who has performed, theory and ear-training, while exploring recorded and taught throughout North different rhythms, keys, and sonorities to America, Europe, Asia, Central and South expand the student’s musical palate. America and the Middle East. Our new string ensemble is open to any violin, viola, cello, or bass student age 7 and IF Auditions are Wednesday Jan. 11, up, with at least 6 months of playing YOU O G 7pm at Asheville Music School experience. But, a student’s enthusiasm (126 College. St.). Auditions are for for playing with others is the only real placement purposes only. Details: 12-week prerequisite! The string ensemble will be program, February 1-April 26. Rehearsals part of AMS’s Sound Education Outreach are Wednesdays 7-8pm at Asheville Music program, which consists of student School. $160 per student. Contact: Sign up bands, ensembles, soloists, and faculty by contacting Program Director Gabrielle Tee: that perform in the community at places gabrielle@ashevillemusicschool.org or call like the ABCCM Veteran’s Quarters, the (828) 252-6244. Learn more about Isabel VA hospital, Chunn’s Cove Assisted Castellvi here: www.isabelsmusic.comwww. Living, and many more, bringing music ashevillemusicschool.org-- Ryan Reardon to those in need. AMS believes that connecting through the universal language Assistant Director. Asheville Music School is located at 126 of music heals, builds, and strengthens College St. Asheville. Call (828) 252-6244 or individuals, relationships, and community. visit www.ashevillemusicschool.org By performing in an ensemble, students get to develop and deepen their musical
‘Vineyard’ continued
Despite all this handy planning, there is one thing to always keep in mind: one can start or re-start any time of year. So if you uncover this column in a recycle bin in oh, say, July, start then. January’s not a requirement. The secret is to start where
one is. Which for me is sometimes in the chip aisle. Happy Planning! Greg Vineyard is a marketingcommunications professional, and an artist and writer living in Asheville. ZaPOW Gallery carries his illustrations, prints and cards. www.gregvineyardillustration.com Vol. 20, No. 5 — RAPID RIVER’S ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — January 2017 9
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when confronted with so much to see… and deciding which artwork would be just right for you can seem difficult. Everyone has different tastes, and you might not be sure how to begin. Knowing a few simple things can help you to start and continue your collection. First, go look at a lot of art! You do not need to make quick decisions, but you can get a feel for the types of art you like and the colors and sizes that might
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Shop, Eat, Explore. . . Everyday, All Year Round ‘Art’ continued from pg. 10
work in your home and business. You do not need to match the sofa. Sometimes the artwork is the starting place for an interior design theme or makeover. When possible meet the artists. This will give you some insight into the art, and perhaps you will find deeper meaning too or have your feelings confirmed about the piece that moves you. Visit artist’s studios and receptions where you can see new art and ask questions about the work. These are festive occasions and a fun way to spend an afternoon or evening. Ask the artists for their resumes and web addresses and look them up. You can tell quickly if an artist has been working as a lifelong artist and experience is one verification that your instincts are right. Sometimes you may meet a very promising emerging artist. Purchasing work from young or emerging artists of any age will help them move ahead with you as their partner and collaborator. There is no right or wrong when you choose art you love. Often you will be instantly captivated by a painting, sculpture or piece of fine craft work. Usually, your first instinct is the right one. You will be drawn to the emotion a work conveys or it might be a reminder of a place or time precious in memory. But make sure the art is well made, and the artist know their materials so the work will last for generations. Look over the surface of paintings carefully, make sure sculpture is stable and weighted so it does not tip over. For large works, make sure the wiring is sound and installation is easy and safe. Sometimes the artists can install a work for you, but usually a professional art installer is required if you have a tricky wall
such as brick, or a particularly heavy piece. Safety first. Ask the artist or gallery who is
the best to install the work if you feel you cannot do it yourself. When buying art make sure to check the back side or reverse of the piece. An art piece should look good front, back and side. Crooked corners, thin canvas, wobbly frames all impact the durability of the piece. Ask the artist about the materials he/she uses....are they archival (durable), stable, permanent? These are important factors when considering buying any original artwork. Any reputable gallery or experienced artist should be able to answers the questions you might have. Figure out ahead of time how much you wish to spend, and shop with intelligence. Compare pricing in your area too. Generally, lifelong artists with years of experience command higher prices, but not always. If you find an artist you like, talk to them about the types of work they do, the size you wish to acquire, what your budget is and let them help you find the right piece. Most artists have much more art than what is on display. You may find there is just the right piece in the artist’s collection and not
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currently on display. Galleries should be able to help with this too. Is it okay to negotiate with the artist? The answer is absolutely yes, but only with respect for the artist and the work they do. It is never wrong to ask if discounts are given, but continued haggling can be very insulting. Until you take up painting or another art form, you cannot begin to image the time spent, not to mention the high cost of materials. You might offend if you use pressure tactics trying to get a lower price so broach this question carefully and respectfully. The answer will be either yes or no, and respect this. Any artist who is professional will not do what some call “trading up.” This practice is for cars and manufactured items, not original works unless the piece you purchased has risen greatly in value based on auction history. So, know that sales are final when you make your choices. The art market has been flooded with reproductions in the past decade. Know when you are getting an original work or a work printed out on an inkjet type printer. Most commonly reproductions are called Giclee prints. The intrinsic value of these reproductions is very low, but it may be a way to get a facsimile of a work you like at an affordable price. Just know what you are getting. I always urge collectors to choose original art, even if this limits the size of work they can collect. If you have heard of Herb and Dorothy Vogel, you can see a lifetime of collecting small works and studies can result in an astonishing collection. ‘Art’ continued pg. 14
ART AND MORE
ART CLASSES ARROWHEAD GALLERY Hand and or Wheel Clay Classes Weds. 1-3pm, $115 members $125 non-members for 4 classes (need not be consecutive).
Fine Art with Lorelle Art Classes with Lorelle Bacon. Tuesdays 9:30 - 11:30am. Four classes $65 for A3L members and $75 for nonmembers. Classes need not be consecutive. These classes are for beginners through advanced students. Each student chooses the medium and subject they want to learn more about. This is a gentle nonthreatening atmosphere where each student works at their own pace and students encourage each other. Call Lorelle for more information at 828595-6007. Free Sunday Painters Second Sunday of each month from 2-4pm. We have a different project and medium that we work on each month. Sunday Painters is always free and always open to the public, but we ask that after your first two sessions you join and if you can that you bring your own materials. Kids Art Classes with Jake Moury. 1st Saturday of each month from 10-noon, 4 classes $50 or $15/ class. All Classes held at Arrowhead Gallery and Studios, Arrowhead Gallery and Studios 78C Catawba Ave. Old Fort. For more information go to www.arrowheadart.org The cost of Studio space is approximately $1.00 per square foot per month. The rental fee includes parking, wireless internet and all utilities, except any phone service that an artist may want. The cost of floor, wall, or shelf space in the Gallery is $30 per month.
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Elinor Bowman moved to Asheville in 2002 and took
almost abstract expression, while still being recognizable as people. Her current figurative work is primarily done from live models.
up the study and practice of art.
Bowman’s favorite subjects have been people, though she also enjoys painting still lifes and landscapes. One day, after painting many live models in oil, she decided to “have some fun.” She painted a few paintings that day with ground Chinese ink and continued for a while. Later, she began using watercolor in the live model sessions. And then black walnut ink. She loves the looseness and spontaneity of watercolor and ink, the resulting
You can see her paintings on her website www.elinorbowman.com at the Asheville Gallery of Art, 82 Patton Ave, www.ashevillegallery-of-art. com, and at The Red House Gallery and Studios in Black Mountain. She recently moved into a new venue in the River Arts District in Asheville— EcoDepotMarketplace at 408 Depot St. www.ecodepotmarketplace.com Elinor Bowman
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ART WORKSHOP
Painting workshop in Ireland Come paint the ethereal landscape of Ireland’s west coast during a guided painting workshop with Asheville– based artist David Skinner. A landscape artist for over 20 years, David Skinner first discovered the area during a two-year fine-art residency at the Burren College of Art. Last year’s one week workshop was the first and was such a success that this year he’s teaching two week-long workshops for beginning and advanced painters in late July and early August 2017. “One of the reasons I wanted to teach this workshop was to celebrate the mesmerizing terrain of the Burren and to reveal its mystery to those interested in painting,” says Mr. Skinner. “It’s a land of ancient ruins and stunning scenery on Ireland’s west ‘Art’ continued from pg. 12
But do not mistake an original print for a reproduction. A print is a handmade one of a kind artwork. Unfortunately this term has been misused causing confusion as to what you are getting. Please ask if something called a print is actually a reproduction or an original work. What if you find a piece that costs a tad more than you can spend? If you cannot put it on a credit card, ask if the artist or gallery does layaway. Many artists and galleries are happy to help you acquire the pieces you love with monthly payments. Be sure to make your payments on time as agreed upon. If you become a patron of a particular artist, you will often be given a discount for future purchases as a show of appreciation for your support and allowed to purchase
coast, and a place unlike any you’ve ever experienced. A unique blend of limestone landscapes and lush green pastures, the Burren sits side by side with beautiful Galway Bay. On a clear day you can see the Aran Islands across Galway Bay. In and amongst the green pastures and forests of hazelwood and hawthorn you’ll find the ancient remains of castles, ring forts, monasteries and Neolithic burial tombs, along with delicate wildflowers and strange carvings.” Workshop attendees will stay in additional pieces on a payment plan. Do not doubt your tastes. You will know what you like and you do not need validation from anyone else. You are the one who will live with the artwork. And your collection will no doubt grow. Over time your tastes and interests might change too and your collection may move in a different direction. What will you do with all the work if you run out of space and wish to continue collecting? Giving art as gifts, donating to important auctions for charitable causes can be a wonderful way to make room for new works. Museums may appreciate a gift of a work by a wellknown artist too. While artists can only get a tax deduction for materials used, the collector can get deductions for the entire cost of the work. Keep all documentation about your purchases. Ask for a certificate
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comfortable and modern lodgings in the charming seaside village of Ballyvaughan, eat delicious farm-to-table food, and paint in the warm and spacious studios of the Burren College of Art, whose motto is “Time. Space. Inspiration” and that is situated on the grounds of a 16th century castle. Each week will include catered breakfast, daily lessons, lectures, and a full-day guided tour of the area. At each workshop’s end a reception will be held for all participants to exhibit their work and talk about their time in the Burren. IF YOU GO
For more information, go to www.dskinner. net or contact David Skinner at (828) 774-8431.
of authenticity. Keep receipts and all artists materials such as resumes, cards, brochures and articles to document each work in your collection. If you wish to support to a favorite charity, support the artist by purchasing their work, and making a donation of art to the fundraiser. By doing this you support both the charity of your choice, and the artist who is creating a legacy for all of us. Happy Collecting! IF YOU GO
Fleta Monaghan is founder and director of 310 ART in the River Arts District of Asheville. Located at 191 Lyman St. #310, the gallery features the work of over 25 local and internationally known artists. Hours are M-S 11-5pm and winter 12-4pm through February. 310art.com, gallery@310art.com
ARTS STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMY The US Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that the arts and culture sector represents 3.25 percent of the nation’s GDP — a larger share of the economy than tourism and agriculture. The nonprofit arts industry alone generates $135 billion in economic activity annually (spending by organizations and their audiences) that supports 4.1 million jobs and generates $22.3 billion in government revenue. (Source US Bureau of Economic Analysis)
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FINE CRAFT
Southern Highland Craft Guild releases new logo By Staff Reports
86-year-old organization leverages
history as a bridge into the future of craft.
After undergoing an extensive eightmonth rebranding process, Southern Highland Craft Guild has released a new logo and supporting messaging. The 86-year-old nonprofit organization boasts over 850 members from 293 counties that span the mountains from Maryland to Alabama. In April 2016, the organization employed consultants Lisa and Dean Peteet of local firm Atlas Branding as co-collaborators in a much desired evolution. The main focus of this initiative was to re-align the organization with its values by putting infrastructures in place to continue its sustainability in the marketplace, growing membership and attracting new members of all generations. “We wanted to make sure we’re here for another eight decades and we’re putting policies in place to do so,” says Hannah Barry, Director of Public Relations and Technology. The Guild’s new look will roll out over several months through the organization’s website, signage, advertising, and brochures. Starting
in 2017, there will be a push towards membership recruitment to invite makers and educational centers to utilize the creative benefits and opportunities of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. Membership in the Guild is open to makers in eleven different craft media; clay, glass, wood, fiber, metal, leather, natural materials, paper, jewelry, manmade materials, and mixed media. An updated mission statement clearly defines the Guild’s relevance to the creative community today: Cultivating the crafts and makers of the Southern Highlands for the purpose of shared resources, education, marketing, and conservation. “This process has been very constructive for the Guild as we continue to seek growth and success for our members and organization,” says Executive Director Tom Bailey. Being an Asheville native, Bailey has seen firsthand the impact of craft and art on the community and its rise within Appalachia. “We certainly have enjoyed the arrival of new artists and businesses here, and it’s pushed us to have integral conversations for building our future.” Though the organization will keep its name, the four retail shops will change their names to align with the Guild
brand; Southern Highland Craft Guild in Biltmore Village, Southern Highland Craft Guild at the Folk Art Center, Southern Highland Craft Guild on Tunnel Road, and Southern Highland Craft Guild at Moses Cone Manor. “One of the essential goals from this initiative is to build a unified and clear identity for all locations and activities of Southern Highland Craft Guild,” says Barry. “With such a mature organization, it’s not surprising that time has produced brand creep.” The key feature of the rebranding is a new logo, which incorporates historical imagery to highlight the unique story of the Guild’s inception. A cabin among the pines in is where founder Frances Goodrich established Allanstand Cottage Industries in 1899. A Presbyterian missionary, Goodrich had come south to work with mountain folk and discovered women weaving coverlets. Inspired by their skill, she encouraged crafts production as an economic opportunity for the women. Prior to its official formation, Southern Highland Craft Guild opened its first shop in 1902 in Madison County. As tourism increased, Goodrich relocated the retail space to downtown Asheville on Haywood Road in 1908. It remained the main presence ‘Highlands’ continued pg. 29
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Asheville’s Longest Established Fine Art Gallery with 31 Regional Artists
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Diverse Infusions: New Perceptions, New Visions, New Times January at Asheville Gallery of Art Asheville Gallery of Art’s January show, “Diverse Infusions: New Perceptions, New Visions, New Times,” features the work of four new artists of the gallery. The show displays January 1-31 during gallery hours, 11-6pm. Monday through Saturday and 1-4 p.m. Sundays. An artists’ reception at the Gallery (82 Patton Avenue in Asheville, across from Pritchard Park) on Friday, January 6 from 5-8pm offers a great opportunity to meet the artists; everyone is cordially invited to stop by. CHERI BRACKETT Brackett says she began painting because, “I had the sense I could.” Primarily figurative, her use of bold colors, textures, and mediums creates an overtone of contemporary expressionism and has been described as “emotionally provocative and personal.” Her work has been featured in magazines and exhibitions in Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia, Asheville and throughout the Southeast. SUE DOLAMORE Sue is active in the local arts scene and currently coordinator of the local plein air group, Asheville Urban Landscape Painters. Sue says she loves to paint the landscape. “I enjoy the wholesome nature of the small family farms and I am awestruck by the stunning beauty of these mountains, with its grand vistas, seasonal colors, rich
woodlands, waterfalls, and ancient rocks.” ‘The Dress’ — Artist Cheri Brackett
‘Carolina Hemlocks’ — Artist Michael Robinson
ROBERT LONG While his business career had been highly rewarding, Long knew at some point he would return to his first love, his lifelong interest in painting. Long’s ‘Peering into Time’ — Artist Robert Long ‘Day Lily Farm’ — Artist Sue Dolamore inspiration to paint “comes both from a landscapes with the intention of describing desire to capture what I see as well as to not only the visual qualities of a place, but gain a mastery of color, drawing and brush also the experience of being there.” effect. I have always been drawn to the emotional power of paintings and of how IF As well as the paintings of the four artists, U great painted works can inspire and enthrall YGOO those of the other 27 gallery members the viewer.” will be on display and for sale through the MICHAEL ROBINSON A native of WNC, Robinson likes to draw on site with pencil, ink, watercolor and oil. His studio work is primarily oil on canvas. Robinson says, “I paint and draw
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month of January. For further information about this show, telephone Asheville Gallery of Art at (828) 251-5796, visit the gallery website at www.ashevillegallery-of-art. com or go to the gallery Facebook page.
COVER ARTIST
‘Space Queen’ 8 x 10 in. oil painting by Virginia Pendergrass
‘Moody Afternoon’ 9 x 12 in. oil painting by Virginia Pendergrass
‘Historic Zealandia — Asheville’ 11 x 14 in. oil painting by Virginia Pendergrass
Historic Zealandia Castle in Asheville Virginia Pendergrass, January’s Rapid River Magazine cover artist, usually devotes the cold winter months to still life and large landscapes in her comfortable studio.
However, she was tempted out in late winter three years ago by artist Lisa Blackshear to prepare for an Asheville Urban Landscape Project (AULP) outing. Blackshear, founder of AULP, spent many hours scouting the Asheville area for interesting plein air painting
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locations. Zealandia Castle, on Beaucatcher Mountain between the Tunnel Road shopping area and downtown Asheville, was one of her finds. “This historic estate not only has a beautiful Tudor-style residence but also lovely landscaping and a pretty impressive view across downtown Asheville to the mountains beyond,” says Pendergrass. “The only question was what to paint first.” ‘Zealandia’ continued pg. 19
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New Art events happening through UNCA Jan. 9-Feb. 10 - New Works by Jonathan Fisher - Fisher, who earned his BFA with a concentration in printmaking at UNC Asheville in 2001, is assistant professor of art and design at Kennesaw State University. Free and open to everyone during regular library hours at UNC Asheville’s Ramsey Library. Reception with the artist from 4-7pm on Friday, Jan. 20 in the gallery. Info: library.unca.edu Jan. 13 - Fab Friday: Southern Folk Art - Collector Ann Oliver presents this lunch & learn lecture. Purchase lunch in our Reuter Café or bring your own brown bag. Free and open to
everyone from 11:30-1:15pm. at the Reuter Center, home of OLLI - Osher Lifelong Learning Center at UNC Asheville. Info: olliasheville.com or (828) 251.6140.
Jan. 20 - Exhibit Reception with Jonathan Fisher - Fisher, who earned his BFA with a concentration in printmaking at UNC Asheville in 2001, is assistant professor of art and design at Kennesaw State University. Exhibition is free and open to everyone during regular library hours at UNC Asheville’s Ramsey Library. Reception with the artist from 4-7pm in the gallery. Info: library.unca.edu
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Jan. 20-Feb. 17 - New Exhibition: Drawing Discourse - UNC Asheville’s 8th annual juried international exhibition of contemporary drawing, will open in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery in Owen Hall, with a 5pm lecture and 6 p.m. reception on Jan. 20 by juror Scott Noel. Exhibition on view 9-6pm weekdays through Feb. 17. Free and open to everyone. Info: events.unca.edu Jan. 20-Feb. 17 - New Exhibition: Sally C, Garner - Asheville-based artist Sally C. Garner, known for her crocheted installations using nontraditional fibers. She earned her BFA with a concentration in sculpture from UNC Asheville
in 2014. Exhibition will be in the Owen Hall Second Floor Gallery, with viewing hours 9-6pm weekdays through Feb. 17. Opening reception from 6-8pm on Friday, Jan. 20 in the gallery. Free and open to everyone. Info: events.unca.edu Jan. 27 - Opera Talk - Asheville Lyric Opera General Director David Craig Starkey hosts a conversation or performance about “How to Work an Opera.” Free and open to everyone at 3pm at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. Info: olliasheville. com or (828) 251-6140.
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“I have discovered since I painted Zealandia,” continues Pendergrass, “that many Asheville residents have never heard of it. So I looked into its history to be able to answer questions when people asked about my painting. Apparently, members of two very different local groups ARE familiar with Zealandia — those involved in historic preservation and those interested in the paranormal. The historic significance of Zealandia Castle is recorded in its nomination as a national historic site worthy of preservation (see www.hpo.ncdcr.gov/ nr/BN0021.pdf). John Evans Brown, descendant of early explorers of WNC, left to seek his fortune in the California gold rush. He was disappointed with his luck there, so continued west until he settled in New Zealand, where he prospered as a rancher, and as a member of Parliament and a Provincial Council. In 1888, he returned to NC and built a 32-room crenelated pebble dash mansion on Beaucatcher called Zealandia, after his adopted country. In 1904, Zealandia became the property of Phillip S. Henry, a native Australian who came to Asheville with two small daughters after his wife died in a fire. A diplomat selected to represent the state in fact-finding missions and at the Ibero-American exposition in Spain, he gave Asheville its first art museum. Henry added 30 rooms to the structure, using blue granite quarried from Beaucatcher Mountain.
During World War II, while Henry served in WWII, Zealandia was a refuge for evacuated English children. The original 32 rooms were razed in the 1950’s. At present, the exterior has been preserved, but the interior houses a corporation in the travel industry. Pendergrass speculates, “I wonder if the actual death of Mrs. Henry suggested the theme of various stories attracting believers in paranormal phenomena. These stories refer to ghostly spirits seen near Helen’s Bridge, adjacent to Zealandia. Helen is said to have hung herself from the bridge in despair after her daughter died in a fire.” You can find more about the haunting of the bridge at haunthub.wordpress.com/ghostshaunts/helens-bridge-asheville-north-carolina/. An exploration of Zealandia Castle’s interior by the The L.E.M.U.R. Paranormal Team is on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS2hP87d68Y. IF YOU GO
Brevard, NC artist Pendergrass has won numerous local, regional and national awards for her impressionistic paintings of landscapes and still lifes. She will be teaching oil painting workshops periodically in 2017 at Trackside Studios in the River Arts District. To see more of her work, go to www. virginiapendergrass.com, or visit Trackside Studios in Asheville, Silver Fox Gallery in Hendersonville, or ART Works of Brevard, NC..
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Drinks&Dining Guide Asheville Brewer’s Alliance hosts 2nd Annual AVL Beer Expo
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The Asheville Brewer’s Alliance (ABA) will host the second annual AVL Beer Expo on Saturday, February 18 in downtown Asheville at The Venue at 21 N. Market St. The day includes two distinct sessions, the first from 1-4pm and the second from 5-8pm. Tickets are $30 per person per session and will be available by the end of day today at www. avlbeerexpo.com. Ticket sales are limited to 365 per session to maintain the intimate feel of the Expo. This event brings craft beer lovers together with ABA members—both breweries and those that work with the brewing industry—and will feature the following: More than 40 WNC breweries, each pouring a beer style that they feel best represents their brewery. Craft beer vendors, including materials and ingredients producers, distributors, and others that support the industry. Educational panels featuring
leaders in the beer community, discussing a variety of topics ranging from “Embracing the Flavors of Western North Carolina,” to “Challenges to Opening a Brewery in 2017,” to “It is a Race? Breweries Discuss Expansion.” Each session will feature a rare & special beer tasting that will be in addition to the beer token tastes. “We love offering an educational, fun experience to beer aficionados. Again this year, participants will have an opportunity to connect with the people who work with beer every day in our region’s extensive beer industry,” says Kendra Penland, ABA Executive Director. The $30 ticket includes admission to one of the two sessions, a commemorative event glass, and five beer tokens that can be exchanged for 4-ounce samples. Additional tokens will be available for purchase. Expo attendees are welcome to attend both
sessions, but each requires a $30 per person ticket. AVL Beer Fan members will be able to stay in the Grand Tasting Hall between sessions for a behindthe-scenes experience. To become an AVL Beer Fan, sign up here: www.avlbrewers.com/ become-a-fan/. Local food vendors will be on hand with food samples throughout the day. Parking is available downtown and at nearby City of Asheville parking decks, however, Expo attendees are encouraged to find alternate ways to get to and from the event. Beer Expo sponsors thus far, include: Grandstand Sportswear, Asheville Ale Trail and the Asheville Downtown Association. For more information on AVL Beer Expo sponsorship opportunities, contact Kendra Penland at director@avlbrewers. com. For more information about the AVL Beer Expo, contact info@ avlbeerexpo.com. IF YOU GO
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This New Year try home brewing to beat the cold It’s a new year and we all
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have made our resolutions to be healthier, wiser and make the most of our lives.
Good for us! One of the greatest things we can do to enhance our lives outside of family and work is start a hobby A great number of people consider brewing beer or wine; perhaps the idea of dabbling in cider or mead has crossed their mind. A great hindrance to starting is often the false assumption that it’s terribly expensive or difficult. While it’s true that, like any hobby, you can spend a small fortune to build your own nanobrewery in your basement, you certainly don’t have to. For less than $200, anyone can get started.
But maybe it seems too convoluted or difficult. This is where buying local adds value. Asheville Brewers Supply has been a go-to source for help, inspiration, and suggestions, but did you know they also offer free classes every month? Beginners can join at 1:30 on the 3rd Saturday of each month for a couple hours
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Let us talk “People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that’s how they’ll react. But if you say, ‘We want peace, we want stability,’ we can then do a lot of things that will contribute towards the progress of our society.” —Nelson Mandela America is entering a very anxious, divisive, probably turbulent and possibly violent time. There is so much anger and mistrust. Republicans and Democrats seem to be from different countries with entirely different realities. For many, neither party is speaking to or for them. Issues are wedges of division rather than topics of debate. We urgently need to learn to talk peacefully with each other and that means we must learn to talk from the starting point of what we have and want in common rather than what drives us apart, and we must learn to talk with respect rather than mistrust, anger and derision. What do we all want? As Nelson Mandela said, we want “peace and stability.” Who besides someone insane with hatred or whose desire is to exploit these divisions does not want this? Our problem has always been how we define peace and stability, what do these words really mean, what are their implications, what do they include and require, and by what means are they achieved? If we begin to examine what attitudes and policies actually lead to peace and stability we might begin to find common ground. Human history is dominated by structural social divides separating the powerful and wealthy from the common people. History has taught repeatedly there can be no system based on great inequality of wealth and power that will bring lasting peace and stability. Such a system lacks wisdom and it lacks compassion. It lacks understanding that peace and stability require unity of purpose and identity where all citizens possess a sense of interconnectedness in a worthwhile and noble endeavor; and with this interconnectedness, citizens come to realize they are also interdependent, sharing in this great endeavor together. As Lincoln said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Yet tragically, we are possibly looking at just such a divide in this country. It is as if Americans function in parallel universes from each other. Yet – who doesn’t want peace? Who doesn’t want stability in their personal life and in the social fabric of the nation? All too often the mistake is made of believing that peace and stability are the result of rigid authoritarian control. For a while, the iron boot of repressive law may keep a kind of stability, but eventually resentment and rebellion will result. Real and lasting peace and stability begin with compassion, the empathic emotion and response to another’s difficulties and pain, inclusive of all levels and expressions of society. But most people are limited to experiencing empathy only for those with whom they identify, and this is insufficient. If compassion does not also extend to those who hold differing political, religious, class or cultural perspectives, indeed to everyone, it is not real compassion. Compassion, in order to be true, must extend to those with whom we disagree and to those with whom we have difficulty finding common identity. This is compassion’s redemptive and healing power. How can
PHILOSOPHY WITH BILL WALZ we do this? Here we come back to interconnectedness. We must see that we are interconnected in our common challenge of wanting peace and security, and in a larger sense, we are all interconnected in the human condition. It is this larger sense of compassion, the true desire to communicate with, understand and help people of differing viewpoints and cultural identities that we must cultivate if we want true peace and stability. We are all human beings who strive for happiness and who seek to avoid suffering. Are we not? It is belief systems about the means and social structures for achieving happiness and whether all deserve to be included that separate us. We are conditioned by our cultures telling us for thousands of years to believe in separating lines of wealth and class and race and gender and philosophies and religions, emphasizing differences among us, telling us of differing rights to dignity and access for this or that group to the society’s fruits. It seems we lack the emotional identification necessary for compassion toward the full spectrum of humanity, all of whom are caught in differing belief systems. History shows these lines of separation inevitably cause only conflict and instability. We fail to take the necessary step back from our customary perspective to see that we are all human beings together; we are all citizens of the world together. We fail to see that we are all commonly trapped into looking at each other through these lenses of separation, seeing one another as rivals, even enemies. We all do it, and it blocks our experiencing our common humanity. When we take this step back and look at each other in this way, compassion becomes possible. It becomes clear we ARE all in this struggle together. Then we can relate emotionally with all people. We are human beings who share a common nation and a common planet. Can we see that? Can we talk with each other beginning here? If so, we have the beginnings for compassion, the potential for building peace and stability. Do we all love our children? Do we all want a good life for these children in a world where the nation and the planet we call home is beautiful and bountiful for endless generations to come? The answer is clearly “yes.” This we have in common. Now we are starting to look more like people who can identify with each other rather than the warring demographics politicians and pundits talk about and exploit. Do we want economic security? Health security? Educational opportunity? Opportunity to develop our talents and interests as far as we can take them? Do we want work that supports us within the norms of our society and feels meaningful and for which we are respected? If we compassionately include everyone in this desire, we will realize this can only happen within a system in which the most blessed and gifted give greater value to a life of creativity and service than they do to material opulence gained at the expense of others, and where the least advantaged among us are seen as the responsibility of all. The motivation to excellence is inherent in every individual, and I suggest the motivation to the excellence of a peaceful and stable society that honors and celebrates every individual is the strongest of all. A peaceful and stable society must be one that
sees tat fostering hope and determination in all citizens is a society’s highest responsibility. This is compassion. It is also good politics and economics. Our society pays a steep price in loss of peace, stability and wealth by perpetuating an underclass of citizens excluded from the security of adequate income, education, health-care, housing and self-respect. Can we talk about these things? We must remember that our founding principles call us to interdependence. Our Constitution addresses us as: “We the People of the United States,” not as a fractured collection of self-interests. It then instructs us to our purpose: “in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.” We are told to be one people seeking the highest good for all into the future beyond seeing. To do this, we need to come out of our stances of oppositionality to stand alongside one another. We must be in this national endeavor together or we will tear this union apart. We must let go of our mistrust, suspicion and anger toward each other to stand alongside one another as one people seeking to create a more perfect union. We must reach to each other. Let us not argue and fight. Let us talk and heal the wounds that divide us.
Bill Walz has taught meditation and mindfulness in university and public forums and is a private-practice meditation teacher and guide for individuals in mindfulness, personal growth and consciousness. Information on classes, talks, personal growth and healing instruction, or phone consultations at (828)258-3241, e-mail at healing@billwalz. com Learn more, see past columns, video and audio programs at www.billwalz.com
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OUTER SPACE
Multiple night sky observing sessions in January By Staff Reports
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Join PARI astronomers and use PARI telescopes to scan the night sky for planets, the Moon and other objects in our fascinating solar system. The events are scheduled Jan. 6, Jan. 7, Jan. 20 and Jan.21 from 6-8pm on the PARI campus. “The winter night skies lend themselves well to stargazing” said Christi Whitworth, PARI’s Director of Learning Experiences, “and we plan to
maximize viewing opportunities during the month of January. The first two sessions, Jan. 6 and 7 will feature observations of the crescent Moon, Venus and Mars. Later in the month, Jan. 20 - 21, the planet Uranus will be added to the mix. And, of course, the night sky always holds other objects of interest so there’s no telling what we might find on any given night. These observing events are designed for the entire family, so bundle up and join us for what promises to be a some fascinating opportunities to view our celestial neighbors.” Reservations are required and will be accepted until 3pm the day of the event. The cost is $15 per person. Children 10
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and under are admitted free. Register and pay online at www.pari.edu or call (828) 862-5554. If inclement weather prevents the outdoor observations, this program will be canceled and registrants will be notified by 4pm the day of the event. PARI will apply any payment toward a later January observing session, a different evening special program, or provide a refund upon request. For additional information contact Sarah Chappell at schappell@pari.edu. ABOUT PARI The Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) is located in the Pisgah National Forest 30 miles southwest of Asheville. The 200-acre campus is the former site of an historic NASA satellite tracking station. Today, PARI is a science education and research center. The site houses radio and optical telescopes, earth science instruments and the Astronomical Photographic Data Archive. For more info visit www.pari.edu. IF YOU GO
LIVE THEATRE
Jane Kramer returns to the Grey Eagle Jan. 7 In what’s becoming something of a local tradition, mountain songstress Jane Kramer will kick off the new year (and celebrate her 37th birthday) with a Jan. 7 show at the Grey Eagle alongside an all-star cast of musician friends. The vocalist/songwriter rooted in Asheville’s music scene launched her second solo album, Carnival of Hopes, last February at the venerable River Arts District music hall to a sold-out crowd. The album won Kramer both domestic and international celebratory reviews for her gutsy, introspective songwriting and for her soaring voice. Kramer hit the road in support of the album, playing listening rooms and festivals along the East Coast. After all the travel, she’s ready for a big hometown show. “My inner compass always points me right back to these exact coordinates, here in the Blue Ridge mountains, both in song and physically,” Kramer explains. Kramer’s return to the Grey Eagle will showcase some new material and musicians Chris Rosser, Eliot Wadopian and River Guerguerian, (the virtuoso trio that comprises Free Planet Radio), as well as Billy Cardine (Acoustic Syndicate, etc.) and
Lyndsay Pruett (Jon Stickley Trio). If that’s not enough, “Old Man” (Chris) Luedecke, a Canadian banjo player, songwriter and two-time winner of the Juno Award (the Canadian version of the Grammy Awards) is on the Jan. 7 bill to open the show. Kramer moved from her Jane Kramer hometown of Philadelphia to Asheville in 1999. She honed her singing and songwriting craft at Warren Wilson College, then performed with the popular Asheville-based all-female trio, The Barrel House Mamas for several years. After a four-year stint in Portland, Oregon, Kramer spent the past year getting rerooted in the vibrant and noticeably expanded Asheville music scene. Forging new musical relationships is vital, Kramer says. She’s thrilled to be sharing the Grey Eagle stage with a several of those new musical friends she describes as “accomplished and passionately authentic.” “These guys aren’t just incredible musicians by Asheville’s standards, which
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would be impressive in it’s own right, but by international standards. The fact that they believe in my music and enjoy performing with me has me continually pinching myself,” she says. “On top of all that, they are all generous, warm, lovely humans and they elevate my songs tremendously.” Following the February 2016 release of Carnival of Hopes, she’s been playing listening rooms and festivals up and down the East Coast. Recognized as “an artist on the rise” by acclaimed songwriter Mary Gauthier she’s performed with such wellknown artists as Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls, Appalachian troubadour Malcolm Holcombe and star Joan Osborne. Kramer credits Gauthier with inspiring her to dig deeper in search of new material. Gauthier’s challenge to Kramer: love yourself. “I realized looking at myself more compassionately helps me look at the world more compassionately and the songs are richer, sturdier, aim to answer bigger questions,” Kramer says. The result took the form of such songs as My Hymn and Valley of the Bones. IF YOU GO
Asheville songstress Jane Kramer, with Old Man Luedecke. Featuring Free Planet Radio, Billy Cardine and Lyndsay Pruett The Grey Eagle Saturday. Jan. 7, ; Doors at 7pm show at 8pm. Tickets $12 in advance and $15 at the door for this seated show
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THE POET'S VOICE
The Road Not Chosen This January, Robert Frost’s famous poem, ‘The Road Not Taken,’ comes to mind. I’d like to re-write it with this title, The Road Not CHOSEN. I did not choose the road we will travel for the next four years. I feel like Emily Dickinson, “I’m nobody.” What I thought, or voted didn’t matter on Nov. 8th. This January my poetry flag is at half mast. I feel our country dividing. The next four years will be a journey. We must be brave and tell the truth. When I am in despair, I turn to Garrison Keillor. In his book Good Poems for Hard Times published 2005 by Viking Press (who else?), he begins with this introduction. “The meaning of poetry is to give courage. It is meant to poke you, get you to buck up, pay attention, rise and shine, pull up your socks, wake up, and die right. Poetry is free speech.” Thank you, Garrison, I needed that. I believe in free speech. Next is a poem by William Stafford. The Way It Is. There’s a thread you follow. It goes among / things that change. But it doesn’t change. / People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. But it is hard for others to see. While you hold it you can’t get lost. Tragedies happen; people get hurt or die and you suffer and get old. Nothing you do can stop time’s unfolding. / You don’t ever let go of the thread. / The thread could be
hope. Hold on to it. Walt Whitman gives us wisdom in his preface from the Leaves of Grass. “Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your incomeand labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patienceand indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing knownor unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerfuluneducated persons and with the young and the mothers of families,read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of you life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book,dismiss whatever insults your own soul and your very flesh shall be a great poem.” Next, Edgar Guest’s poem is appropriate. Don’t Quit When things go wrong, as they sometimes will When the road you are trudging seems all uphill. / When the funds are low and debts are high, / And you want to smile but you have to sigh, / When care is pressing you down a bit / Rest, if you must — but don’t you quit! / Don’t give up, though the pace seems slow, You might succeed with another blow. Success is failure turned inside out the silver tint of the clouds of doubt And you can never tell how close you
POETRY CONTEST
The editors at THE ASHEVILLE POETRY REVIEW are currently reading for the esteemed WILLIAM MATTHEWS POETRY PRIZE — DEADLINE: January 15, 2017.
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First Prize: $1,000, publication in Asheville Poetry Review, and a featured reading in Asheville, NC at Malaprop’s Bookstore. Second Prize: $250, publication, and a featured reading in Asheville. Third Prize: Publication and a featured reading in Asheville. Final Judge for 2017: Cornelius Eady The final judging process will be “blind” (all identifying
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are, / It might be near when it seems afar; / So stick to the fight when you are hardest hit / It’s when things get worse that you mustn’t quit! Writers, get busy! Take up you pens and speak the brave truth. Write an editorial to the Citizen Times. Write me. Write somebody! It is time. If we don’t write, there will be no trees, only malls. Here’s a Mary Oliver poem from her book, Why I Wake Early. What Was Once The Largest Shopping Center In / Northern Ohio Was Built Where There Had Been a Pond I Used to Visit Every Summer Afternoon / Loving the earth, seeing what has been done to it, I grow sharp, I grow cold. / Where will be trills go, and the coltsfoot? / Where will the pond lilies go to continue living their simple, penniless lives, lifting their faces of gold? / Impossible to believe we need so much / as the world wants us to buy. / I have more clothes, lamps, dishes, paper clips than I could possible use before I die. Oh, I would like to live in an empty house, / with vines for walls, and a carpet of grass. / No planks, no plastic, no fiberglass. / And I suppose sometime I will. / Old and cold I will lie apart / from all this buying and selling, with only / the beautiful earth in my heart. Garrison Keillor writes, “Poetry is the last preserve of honest speech and the outspoken heart.” Do good work.
information will be removed from the poems). All submissions will be considered for publication. Postmark Deadline: January 15, 2017 Send 1-3 poems, any style, any theme, any length, with a $20 entry fee (payable to Asheville Poetry Review) to: William Matthews Poetry Prize c/o Asheville Poetry Review PO Box 7086 Asheville, NC 28802 ashevillepoetryreview.com
BOOKS Senehi’s signature, zippy dialogue....bring her mountain folk to life Review by Patrice Tappe
In a brilliant move, Ruth Senehi’s latest and eighth novel, Carolina Belle, offers up to her readers the apple, itself, as one of her main protagonists. She educates us: Every individual seed of each of these tens of thousands of orchard apples has its own, distinctive genetic makeup, and so, amazingly, they mirror humans. A quote from Wild Fruits, a rediscovered last manuscript by Henry David Thoreau, echoes Senehi’s own extensive research on apples, trees and orchards: Writes Thoreau, “It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.” Senehi has seeded her novel with characters who, like the apple, are sharp-sweet, earth-locked, earth-fed, rainsplashed, sun nourished, wildly wind-blown and distinctive in coloring. There is no lack of plot twists, romantic liaisons, mysteries solved and unsolved, a possible murderer on the loose, lost or stolen last wills
and testaments and Senehi’s signature, zippy dialogue which bring her mountain folk to life. Foremost among Senehi’s interesting cast of characters is the “wildling” Annabelle McGrady, of the McGrady “orchardist” clan, known to her friends and family as Belle. This obstinate, beautiful and earnest young woman is a botanist dedicated to her family business and on a mission to fulfill her childhood dream — engineering a perfect apple. Knowing no one can predict when a random sorting of genes will produce an extraordinary apple, Belle experiments with thousands of seeds from her neighbor’s irreplaceable 400 antique apple trees. Her fingers blistered from grafting, she tirelessly and obsessively works to create this “billion dollar apple” which she would then name “The Carolina Belle.” Time is running out, as the new owner will shortly destroy these antique trees. Some of Senehi’s Carolina
Belle plots within plots are loosely based on actual family history in Henderson County, a beautiful area within the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina — famous for its apple orchards. Will the boy get the girl? Will the handsome, blue-eyed stranger and new neighbor interfere with Belle and orchard manager Matt’s ‘unrequited love?’ What made Belle’s mother run away? What feud kept Grandfather Pap from speaking to neighbor and fellow orchardist Jake and what has really drawn Belle to Jake since childhood? Senehi suggests reading this novel will have us never looking at an apple the same way again. She is correct. We who are fortunate to live in this area may look forward to visiting these apple orchards with their “overwhelming perfume of promised deliciousness.” May we also look forward to being “showered with variegated, pink snowflakes.” Rose Senehi will sign her new novel Carolina Belle at Malaprops Books & Café, Sat., January 14, 6pm.
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READINGS & BOOK SIGNINGS MAMIE ADAMS presents ‘MURPHY’S THREE HOMES’ 01/05 - 11am ROBERT HICKS presents ‘ORPHAN MOTHER’ 01/06 - 6pm ALAN BERNHEIMER presents ‘PHILIPPE SOUPAULT’S LOST PROFILES’ 01/11 - 6pm CLAIRE BATEMAN presents ‘SCAPE’ 01/12 - 6pm ROSE SENEHI presents ‘CAROLINA BELLE’ 01/14 - 6pm AISHA ADAMS presents ‘VEGAN CURIOUS’ 01/18 - 6pm CHRISTINE SIMOLKE presents ‘CHILDREN OF ITALY’ 01/19 6pm HEATHER LYN MANN presents ‘OCEAN OF INSIGHT’ 01/21 - 6pm JOE D’AGNESE presents ‘THE UNDERGROUND CULINARY TOUR’ 01/24 - 6pm
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12th Annual Black Mountain Garden show By Staff Reports
The 12th Annual Black Mountain Garden Show and Sale is set for Saturday, May 20, from 9-4pm at The Monte Vista Hotel, 308 W. State Street, Black Mountain, NC. This event is the season’s most scenically situated garden show. The Garden Sale selection of plants cover perennials, annuals, herbs, vegetables, native trees, shrubs, maples, iris, day lilies, hostas and garden accessories.
Garden related workshops will be conducted throughout the day. Come early to purchase items from the Clothesline Fundraising Event which supports the Black Mountain Beautification Committee. Parking is free, food available at the hotel, and favorite, returning vendors and new vendors make this an annual event not to be missed. See more details at blackmountainbeautification.org.
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of craft retail in Asheville for nearly seven decades. In 1980, the Southern Highland Craft Guild moved the store and its headquarters to the newly built Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway. During its history, the organization has operated a total of 16 retail spaces throughout the Southern Highlands. Today, it has three shops in Asheville, as well as another in Blowing Rock at the Moses Cone Manor. The Guild also hosts two Craft Fairs of the Southern Highlands at the US Cellular Center in July and October. Southern Highland Craft Guild has always operated as a support network for makers to utilize in furthering their businesses, while also promoting their work and creativity to buyers throughout the region. There have been seven iterations of a logo since the Guild’s formation in the early 1900s. All but one incorporated a cabin structure, symbolizing the original Allanstand Cottage Industries in the mountains of Madison County. The last time the Southern Highland Craft Guild updated a logo was in 1997. “As Asheville’s craft industry has exploded in the past decade, we at the Guild found ourselves having
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FILM FESTIVAL
The 23rd Annual Twin Rivers International Feb. 17-18 23rd Annual Twin Rivers International Media and Film Festival opens January 2728 in Danville, VA and then on February 1718 in Asheville. The 23rd Annual Twin Rivers Media festival is now open for entries for its expanded screenings at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History and the Flood Fine Art Center in Asheville, NC. The 23nd Annual season of The Twin Rivers Media Festival (TRMF) will celebrate this year screening the latest and greatest in independent features, documentaries, short and animated films. The festival highlights world premieres on Jan 27 and 28 at The Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History in Danville, VA and Feb 17-18 at the Flood Fine Arts Center near Swannanoa, NC. Carlos Steward, founder and director of the Twin Rivers Media Festival, stated, “We are
unique cinema experience and a place to indulge their passion for film. The Festival connects audiences to compelling documentaries, awardwinning international releases with tantalizing discussions with visiting filmmakers. The selection process is rigorous and artist driven. Only a small percentage of the submitted films are chosen to screen in the festival. All events are free and open to the public and take place in the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History in January, and the Flood Fine Arts Center in February 2017. pleased to announce the additional screenings at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History this year and well as the Flood Fine Arts Center with this incredibly diverse program with over 40 independent films from around the world.” TRMF has become the festival of choice for filmmakers and film lovers who are seeking a
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