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works are available for purchase. Two

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‘Grace and Glory’ in local artist’s artwork ‘Nature as muse,’ paintings of Kate Thayer capture subtle beauty Arts Council of Henderson County announces deadline for Regional Artist Project Grant & Taylor Award Applications Film Review: Did she, didn’t she?

‘My Cousin Rachel’ a must see for romantic literature enthusiasts

Greg Vineyard 310 Art: Bet Kindley, Photographer and Encaustic Artists — The Excitement of it all!

Art Classes Cover Story: The pallet of Joyce Schlapkohl draws from around the world “Cheryl Keefer New Works: Something to Celebrate” for July at Asheville Gallery of Art Food/Drink: Why even make beer at home?

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‘Grace and Glory’ in local artist’s artwork Artists Breakfasts Draw Crowds Artists, collectors and patrons are gathering in Asheville’s River Arts District for monthly socials.

Artists’ Breakfasts are held on the last Thursday of each month. Up next: July 27, 10-1pm at 362 Depot.

Organizer Richard Baker of Richard Baker Studios says he is pleased with the turnouts for the first two events.

“It’s good to see the artists networking. And it’s also nice to meet Asheville’s art patrons.”

Many of the 10 artists of 362 Depot are on hand to talk to those who attend for the

camaraderie and food and to see new works.

“People are coming in,” Baker says, “meeting the artists and purchasing artwork.”

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Recent events have drawn attendees from Asheville and points beyond including Saluda, Hendersonville, Waynesville and Weaverville.

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By Staff Reports

Grace C Bomer is a visionary. In the late

1990s, her quest began to develop

a visual theology with biblically inspired imagery.

She revives metaphors

and concepts that have long been compromised through abuse.

Her vision of art is that of service to

God, hence the name of her studio Soli Deo Gloria (Only to God is the Glory).

She desires to develop the concept of

beauty as harmony between aesthetics (the study of beauty) and ethics (the study of the ultimate framework by

which we discern what is right, good, and pleasing to God.)

Life is sacramental in that we are

created in the image of God to give him glory.

“For glory and for beauty,” is a

biblical mandate for art that would glorify the Creator and delve the

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mysteries of who God is as Redeemer and Savior.

Her recent use of gold and silver

leaf as a base for her work beautifully – albeit inadequately – is aimed

at depicting the glory of God. She

begins her compositions by painting

a prepared panel with red, turquoise, or black bole (depending on her use

of gold or silver leaf). Then using the

technique called “water-gilding,” she

applies the leaf, one fragile square at a time. This process takes time, but she

enjoys the meditative process. Slashes and lines of red are exposed beneath

the gold grid, enhancing the metaphor

of God’s grace and sovereign love. This intended grid forms the framework and

base for her paintings. (See her Nets of God Series on her website.) She then

covers this gilded surface with oil paint

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Second graders from Canterbury Academy in

West Asheville visited her Warehouse Studio and responded with their own mixed media narrative artworks. These students, she says, were so

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Grace gave

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be used as an

educational mural

and wax which purposefully hides the gold beneath.

for the Park Avenue

with a holy God. We see only “glimpses of glory.”

new Center for

“We now see through a glass dimly, but then face

in New York City

the paint, she uses composition gold leaf, an

assemblage of images which depict the parshiot

protected, so it will not tarnish and is as “good as

Europa mosaics) through Rembrandt and Titian

as a final touch if it is not to be covered over with oil

teachers to showcase the visual interpretation of

This “covering” is a metaphor for our lost fellowship Our earthly vision of God’s glory is impaired.

Synagogue’s

‘The Gardener’ 30 x 60 (two panels with oil and wax)

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to face.” Rather than hiding 23K gold leaf beneath

(50 East 87th St.). This mural installation is a linear

alloy of zinc and copper. This must be sealed and

of the Torah. Works range from ancient art (Dura

gold!” She says, “I use 23K gold to hi-light “glory”

to contemporary art. The mural will be a tool for

and wax.”

Jewish themes. It will be installed in a linear niche

contemporary art should engage in a dialogue with

each of five floors. Each mural is about 35 feet long.

at Asheville’s First Presbyterian Church (40 Church

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in the wall. And a book about the work will be on

the church. She has been invited to exhibit work

Between each piece of art will be a band listing the

Street) during July and August.

scheduled for August 2017.

The statement by the First Presbyterian Gallery

reads, “The primary purpose of the gallery is to

enrich the lives of all people in the community....”

Focusing on the sacred, she has entitled this

exhibit Grace and Glory. She will be giving an artist’s talk about her work on August 13, the second

First Presbyterian Gallery 40 Church St. Asheville July 1- August 30 — call (828) 253-1431 for gallery hours.

IF YOU GO

Sunday in August. A new painting called The

Grace C Bomer’s Soli Deo Gloria Studio 170 Lyman Street, Asheville • gracecarolbomer.com

piece of art is when using gold in her work.

“Artist talk” at First Presbyterian Church August

Gardener illustrates how very important lighting a

13. Call church (828) 253-1431 for gallery hours.

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SEEING, FEELING, KNOWING that one’s output is a

valid part of the path right now is helpful to keep propelling us onward. Sharing goals, dreams and action plans with

colleagues, who can talk about both reality and possibility in the same conversation, is useful. Trusting your gut is

essential. And the whole process can be fun. Because, really, what’s cooler than creating stuff?

And it’s important, in my opinion, to keep it all on the

positive side. This thought is surely no surprise to regular

readers, as I trend “Rah Rah You Can Do It!!!” much of the time. To paraphrase a self-help guru named Wayne Dyer, one can focus on a situation, or worry about that same

situation: both ways of thinking are about the same thing, but one is a positive approach, while the other contains

fear-based thinking. I’m not going to pretend I could share

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because that would go against the sci-fi loving shut-in persona I’ve

worked so hard to develop all these

years. I’m just saying Emma Stone is cool.)

Back to my reference to trust… Tennessee Williams wrote:

“Every path is the right path. Everything could’ve been

anything else, and it would have just as much meaning.”

This line was also borrowed and used in an interesting 2009

fantasy film called Mr. Nobody, about the last mortal human.

So now there’s a whole generation of people who think this

is a Jared Leto quote. But it is a perfect line in the film and a

perfect line in life. I HAVE to trust that if I chose to work on a

particular idea or series for a bit instead of some other idea, it is a purposeful action. We turn left, we turn right, we stay on the path.

Of course, we can’t know for certain what exactly is

going to happen. But in pursuing that next creative cycle of

brainstorming, output, and delivery out into the universe, we can dream, we can plan, and then we can simply attempt to

make it so by rolling up our sleeves and taking action. When

we each do our best, we all win. Visualizing your future starts now.

Greg Vineyard is a marketingcommunications professional, artist and writer living in Asheville, NC. Find his works at ZaPow Gallery on the South Slope, and on gregvineyardillustration.com.

IN ARTIST WORDS

‘Green Place’ by Kate Thayer

Detail ‘Naturally’ by Kate Thayer

‘Nature as muse,’ paintings of Kate Thayer capture subtle beauty Having been born and raised in Milwaukee,

Wisconsin, WNC is now my home.

Here we can experience the

exceptional beauty of all four seasons.

The forests, rivers, and fields beckon me to render them in pastels or oils.

Nature itself is my muse – its ways revealed and hidden. Its ever-

changing fabulous colors of light

By Kate Thayer with nature’s sorcery. I prefer those extraordinary and enchanting scenes we are usually too hurried to see.

My aim is to capture the scenes that

seduce my senses. My intent is to call forth in my paintings the colors and moods that captured my own heart

and to make of them an offering to the viewer.

and dark, saturated and muted. Its

self-sufficiency, its capacity to delight and to provoke at the same time,

and its transcendence of our own

lives. To paint nature is to collaborate

IF YOU GO

www.KateThayer.com Paintings can be seen at Asheville Gallery Of Art in Asheville • Seven Sisters Gallery in Black

Mountain • Gallery At Flat Rock in Flat Rock

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Bet Kindley in front of her spectacular artwork

Bet Kindley, Photographer and Encaustic Artists — The Excitement of it all!

By Staff Reports Bet Kindley puts her heart and soul into everything she does. growing up in the

Her experiences

Asheville area have

influenced her art and her lust for life.

Kindley is a painter, printmaker,

photographer, and teacher. Over the years, she has seen many changes here in WNC.

It is not common for lives to come full

circle, but in Kindley’s case, her early experiences along the French Broad River are now manifest in a different way, as an exhibiting artist.

“I grew up near the French Broad

River that flows through Asheville and

spent summers on Fontana Lake near

Bryson City,” she says. “These beautiful

mountains and waters, and certainly the people with their rich heritage, influence my art.”

A native of Asheville, Kindley comes

from a railroading family. One of

her earliest memories is going with her father to the old Asheville train

depot in the industrial area near the

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French Broad. The depot and nearby

roundhouse, ice house, and stockyard

are now gone. The tannery, cotton mill, and other business and warehouses have been converted to numerous

artists’ studios, galleries, breweries, and restaurants.

This area is now known as

Asheville’s River Arts District. Kindley is proud to be a part of the vibrant

artist community and feels she has

come home. Her work can be seen at 310 ART at Riverview Station on the southern edge of the district.

Over 20 artists are represented at the

gallery, which anchors the north end of Riverview Station. The gallery is ever expanding its physical space and is

also the longest running art school in

the district where Kindley occasionally teaches an encaustic class.

She taught computer applications

in public high school — Photoshop,

website design, desktop publishing and

‘Art’ continued next pg.

Shop, Eat, Explore. . . Everyday, All Year Round ‘Art’ continued

“Brights” Bet Kindley, 6x6 Encaustic graphic design. Upon retiring, she wanted to take

her photography in a new direction and enrolled in

one of the first encaustic classes taught in Asheville.

Encaustic is an ancient technique that uses beeswax and resin and is her medium of choice. She is a

member of International Encaustic Artists and has

attended many conferences and workshops, learning from many of the masters.

Her most recent work is a series of her

photographs of water lilies printed on organza. The

images are so large it is necessary to piece the prints when embedding them in encaustic.

“I am presently working on waterscapes consisting

“City Lights” Bet Kindley, 24x24, Encaustic & mixed media of layers of encaustic with shellac elements. It is

a challenge to get the fluid look I want, but I enjoy learning new techniques.”

In 2015, Kindley received a grant from the

Asheville Area Arts Council so she could purchase an etching press. She has used the press to

create collagraphs with Plexiglas and encaustic

plates. Some of her prints are in Mission Hospital’s collection. She has also made and sold fish prints.

Gyotaku is an ancient Japanese method of printing

fish. Ink is applied to the washed fish, and an image is made directly from it.

Bet has always taken courses and workshops

“Pink Flower” Bet Kindley for career development and her quest to learn new

things. She recently took a painting class at UNCA.

“My dad, Max, used to kid me and say, ‘Bet, you are going to be going to school when you are on social security.’ And it turns out, he was right!

“Asheville has certainly changed and remade itself

through the years, and so have I. And that’s the excitement of it all!”

IF YOU GO

Bet Kindley’s is work at 310 ART, 191 Lyman Street #310, Asheville, NC 28801.

Hours: 11-5pm Mon-Fri and 12-4pm Sunday.

www.betkindley.com, www.310art.com

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ART CLASSES

ARROWHEAD GALLERY

Call (828)668-1100 or come by 68C Catawba Ave. Old Fort NC to register.

Fine Art Classes with Lorelle Bacon. First two Tuesdays 9:30 - 11:30am. Two classes $35 for members and $45 for non-members. Classes need not be consecutive. For beginners through advanced students. Students choose the medium and subject. A non-threatening atmosphere lets students work at their own pace. Call Lorelle at (828)595-6007.

BEGINNER THROUGH ADVANCED CLAY CLASSES with Mathilda Tanner. Weds from 1-3pm. $115 for 4 classes for members; $125 for non-members. Includes all materials, clay, glazes, firing and more. Hand building and throwing on a wheel are taught.

WORKSHOPS COMING SOON! Precious Metal Clay all day workshop!

Basketry Fused Glass Mountain Scene!

Creating Dichroic Glass!

Dimensional Paper Art! Painting Faces 101 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 (NOTE: If you’d like to teach a workshop in 2017 Contact Education Chairperson Lorelle Bacon (828) 595-6007 or email lorelleartist@hotmail.com.)

310 ART AT RIVERVIEW STATION Marvelous Mondays with Lorelle and Nadine Beginner and Up! Open art studios Mondays with instructor to guide you - start and continue year round in our Monday classes, 9:30-12:30pm and 1-4pm. Come the dates that work for you!

See 310art.com for schedule and sign up.

Beginners welcomed!

Workshops:

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COMING IN JULY Every Picture Tells a Story, watermedia — July 15, 16 Waxagrams (encaustic and photo images) — July 22, 23 Alcohol Ink — August 5 Nature Prints and Encaustic — August 19-20 Intro to Encaustic — Sept 23 Take Fear Out of Watercolor — Sept 30 Eco Printing — Oct 12

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Fine Art and Fine Craft in WNC this July FINE ART

Arts Council of Henderson County announces deadline for Regional Artist Project Grant & Taylor Award Applications The Arts Council of Henderson County is

now accepting applications for NC Arts Council Regional Artist Project Grants (RAPG) through

August 17. The grants are intended for individual artists in Henderson, Polk, and Transylvania Counties at any phase of their professional

Project grant will be eligible for consideration for

the Betty Taylor Memorial Fund Award. Conducting deeper study is a key element to the Taylor Award, and the applicant will need to elaborate on study method, mentoring, apprenticeships, etc.

A grant writing workshop is on Thursday, July

development. Grants may cover equipment

20, 3:30–5pm at the Arts Council of Henderson

marketing, etc., occurring between July 1, and

Hendersonville. Applications and guidelines will

purchases, professional development training,

County, 401 N. Main St., 3rd floor, in downtown

June 30, 2018. The Arts Council of Henderson

be available at the workshop. Please RSVP by

Carolina Arts Council, which is then matched by

acofhc@bellsouth.net.

Tryon Fine Arts Center, and by the Arts Council of

acofhc.org or by contacting the Arts Council of

County receives grant funding from the North

the Transylvania Community Arts Council, the Henderson County.

Emerging artists who apply for a Regional Artist

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calling the Arts Council at (828) 693-8504, or email The application and guidelines are at www.

Henderson County at acofhc@bellsouth.net or (828) 693-8504.

COVER ARTIST

The pallet of Joyce Schlapkohl draws from around the world Featured Artist at Seven Sisters Gallery in downtown Black Mountain Aug. 4 - Nov.5

“River” by Joyce Schlapkohl “Cafe” by Joyce Schlapkohl

“Poppies” by Joyce Schlapkohl

Joyce Schlapkohl is the featured artist at the Seven Sister’s Gallery in Black Mountain from August 4-November 5. Paintings are varied in subject matter with emphasis on capturing the pattern of light on each painting.

She is also in the Asheville Gallery of art and Trigs and Leaves in Waynesville.

Email: Joyce@joycepaints.com.

Website: www.joycepaints.com

“Flowers and Fruit” by Joyce Schlapkohl

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Asheville’s Longest Established Fine Art Gallery with 31 Regional Artists

Asheville Gallery of Art 's July Artist

Cheryl Keefer, ‘Joy in the Morning’ 20x24

Cheryl Keefer, ‘East Side Rain’ 36x36

Cheryl Keefer, ‘Gloaming’

“Cheryl Keefer New Works: Something to Celebrate” for July at Asheville Gallery of Art Cheryl Keefer enjoys oil painting en Plein air, whether on a mountainside or along a marsh.

She is often inspired to listen to that still small

voice that speaks to her, sometimes quietly, filling her with awe and gratitude, and moving her to create.

Simple ideas become visual expressions of her

epiphanies: morning light glistening on a wooded stream, a sunset punctuating a cloudy sky, fresh

spring blossoms highlighting an otherwise gray day, a red umbrella piercing through the rain.

In a big world full of so many inconsistencies,

Keefer says she finds wonder and joy in the rhythmic cycles of life on earth, celebrating all seasons in all kinds of weather and times of the day. Each

composition reflects her endeavor to rejoice every

day and her hope in the wondrousness of creation.

“Momentous occasions of life are few and far

between so I want the viewer to see cause for celebration, even in the rain.”

The artist holds degrees in art history and

art education from The University of Alabama,

Birmingham, and graduate painting from Virginia Commonwealth University. She enjoys working

and visiting with clients and friends in her studio,

By Staff Reports scenes. The show runs July 1-31 during gallery hours, 11-6pm. Monday through Saturday and

1-4pm Sunday. The gallery, located at 82 Patton

Avenue in Asheville, across from Pritchard Park, will host a reception for the artist on Friday, July 7, from 5-8 p.m. Everyone is cordially invited to stop by.

IF YOU GO

Keefer’s work, as well as the paintings of the other 30 gallery members, will be on display and for sale through the month of July. For further

Northlight, in Asheville’s River Arts District.

information about this show, you can contact Asheville

work of Cheryl Keefer whose signature impressionist

at www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com, or go to the Gallery

Asheville Gallery of Art’s July show features the

style interprets moody landscapes as well as urban

ARTS AND CULTURE NOTE:

Gallery of Art at (828) 251-5796, visit the gallery website Facebook page.

ARTS HAVE SOCIAL IMPACT University of Pennsylvania researchers have demonstrated that a high concentration of the arts in a city leads to higher civic engagement, more social cohesion, higher child welfare, and lower poverty rates. A vibrant arts community ensures that young people are not left to be raised solely in a pop culture and tabloid marketplace.

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FILM

Did she, didn’t she? ‘My Cousin Rachel’ a must see for romantic literature enthusiasts Review by Michelle Keenan My Cousin Rachel – 4 Stars: Rachel Weisz, Sam

vengeance for the death of his guardian. Orphaned

Short Take: A young man seeks vengeance on

(also played by Claflin), Philip is unworldly and knows

Claflin, Iain Glenn and Holliday Grainger

at a young age and raised by his cousin Ambrose

the woman he believes has

a very masculine life. When

to find himself besotted by

to Florence for health

helpless to resist her. Based

to take care of the estate.

Maurier, My Cousin Rachel

is compounded when

she.

that he married a half-

murdered his guardian only

Ambrose is forced to move

her beguiling charm and

reasons, Philip is left alone Philip’s loneliness

on novel by Daphne Du

Ambrose writes to tell him

is a Gothic did she or didn’t REEL TAKE: My Cousin

Rachel is a lusty retelling of

Italian half-English widow Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin in My Cousin Rachel, directed by Roger Michell. named Rachel (Rachel

Daphne Du Maurier’s novel by

the same name. It’s a must-see for costume drama and romantic literature enthusiasts.

And it has just enough grit to be engage those who

may not quite be the target audience or a fan of the genre. Those unfamiliar with the book or the 1952

film, may be surprised by the smoldering sexuality of the story or femme fatale suspense in a Gothic period piece. This is melodrama with a dark side.

The story is narrated by Philip Ashley (Sam Claflin),

a young, 19th century aristocrat in Cornwall bent on

Weisz). His letters gush

of her beauty, her goodness and their love. But

when the letters become less frequent and strike a decidedly different tone, Philip heads to Italy,

arriving only after Ambrose has died. After returning

to Cornwall, Philip awaits the inevitable arrival of his cousin’s widow.

Determined to avenge his cousin’s death and

expose the woman as a murderous gold-digger, he finds himself completely besotted by the beguiling gentlewoman instead. From here on the story is a

‘Rachel’ continued pg. 22

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“I’ve started tuning into the organic shapes of the landscape and the effect of light in nature. When creating a piece, I focus my attention on how light changes a landscape and how light filters through leaves in a forest, water, and objects in nature.”

In this new series the artist experiments with the translucent quality of paint and the texture created by the layering of various mediums.

“I am trying to capture the feeling or essence of

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D r i n k s & D i n i n g G u i d e

“Going to a restaurant is one of my keenest pleasures. Meeting someplace with old and new friends, ordering wine, eating food, surrounded by strangers, I think is the core of what it means to live a civilized life. “ —Adam Gopnik 20 Vol. 20, No. 11 — RAPID RIVER’S ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — July 2017

Drinks&Dining Guide Why even make beer at home?

“Why make beer at home?” is a valid

that decided to go pro and have since

even many remote service stations offer

has exploded as more people got

question in today’s marketplace where

a proper selection of various craft and macro brews.

In days past,

this was not

the case. If a

discerning or curious beer

drinker wanted something

that was not

mass-produced

American lagers

or light lagers, s/

he had to brew it

at home; authentic English mild or pale ale was not on the shelves at the local supermarket or corner store.

As a home-brew shop owner, this

question plagues me because I do hear people talk about how they used to

brew, but now there’s just so much great beer available that it seems pointless.

I strongly beg to differ, though. In fact,

there’s never been a better time to brew beer.

Historically, it was early home-brewers

created the craft beer boom. The market hooked on both craft beer and the art/ science of brewing it. Home brewing

has its place in the past, as it

was (and still is) responsible for our local corner stores having such great beer selection.

Home brewing is still critical to the future, too. The more that people brew and study beer, the higher the beer IQ of a

region becomes, which pushes

sub-par products to improve, or move over to something better.

Home-brewers continue to

open breweries every week, pushing the market to improve, change, evolve, and revive forgotten styles, such as gose, porter, and kotbusser.

Even if the lofty ideals of improving

the market hold no sway over you, there’s a lot more to consider. First

of all, home brewing is a hobby, so

it’s a fun and enjoyable release from

the seriousness of everyday life. And because it’s beer, it’s a very social

hobby- one that’s ever-changing. The symbiotic growth of home brewing

By Tedd Clevenger and commercial brewing has led

to many advances that didn’t exist

decades, years, or even months ago.

Hop breeding has led to many new

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and exciting varieties with a myriad

of characteristics; spicy, floral, citrus,

melon, berry, pungent, peach, and pear are all examples of what this fun flower can contribute to beer.

Maltsters have created new malts

and processes for doing so, enabling brewers a wider range of flavors and aromas. Yeast labs have grown ever

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more sophisticated, bringing fresher

high-quality yeast to brewers than ever before. More strains from around the

world are available than at any point in history, which enables home-brewers

to create authentic examples of world styles, not just rough facsimiles of them.

Furthermore, far more is known

about all of the sciences behind beer

production than in the days of the early pioneers. For curious minds, brewing is truly and endless rabbit hole. For the artistic personality, brewing is

equally boundless. This is part of the

‘Beer’ continued pg. 33

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“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”

—Aristotle

‘Rachel’ continued from pg. 17

as Louise, Philip’s spurned

tangled web of emotions and intrigue.

love interest. Likewise,

Roger Michell, who directed a popular

I wanted more of Iain Glenn as

television version of Jane Austin’s

Louise’s father and Philip’s godfather,

Persuasion in 1995 and rose to fame

especially with all of the angst and

with Notting Hill in 1999, takes writing

melodrama swirling between our lead

and directing credits for My Cousin

characters. However,

Rachel. He has created

the film truly belongs

a sumptuous canvas.

to Rachel Weisz.

Every bit of this film

Her performance is

is beautifully shot.

so nuanced, with

The photography is

layer upon layer of

alternately intimate

the contradictory

and grand. It’s often

elements of her

sharp in its point of focus yet soft,

sometimes muddled around the edges, reflecting perhaps the murkiness of

character. She also burns with the

frustration of a woman trying to live a life on her own terms. And ultimately,

the story. Where [I think] Michell falters

she keeps the does she or doesn’t

is in the emotional development of

she, did she or didn’t she speculation

the characters, the kind of connection

alive, while caught between love

that makes mounting tensions sizzle

and deception. My Cousin Rachel is

and packs a wallop to the heart of its

IF as not YOU GO

audience. Sam Claflin, whose star is

highly a substantive story as

more classic period pieces, but it is a

on the rise after roles in the Hunger

morally complex tale, and it keeps you

Games franchise, last year’s Me Before

guessing until the end. As I write this

You and most recently in Their Finest,

it is playing at The Fine Arts Theatre in

delivers a solid, if slightly charmless,

Asheville, though probably not for long.

performance drawing on Philip’s

See it while you can.

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Discerning Awareness As we are aware of our thoughts and emotions, we must ask, who is it that is aware? – Zen Koan We have the choice every moment to live experiencing

what life is and who we are either from our judgmental, personal, reactive self - the ego - or from our discerning, witnessing, responsive self - essential Beingness - which primarily arises within the clarity of pure awareness of the moment. To recognize when the ego is dominating our experience causing us to be in judgment and reactivity and to know how to choose and shift into the discerning, responsive awareness of Beingness is the core of the journey to awakening.

What I have just written is an intellectual concept.

It may be intriguing. It may seem nonsensical. I assure you, it is a use of words whose purpose is to point to a felt-sense reality. These words are drawn from a particular vocabulary a person needs to understand if the statement is to make sense, but deeper still, until a person experiences what these words point toward at a level beyond the intellectual, they will be unable to fully enter into the journey of personal evolution these words are pointing toward.

These words point us toward the experience that we exist in two dimensions simultaneously as both a personalized, socialized, conditioned ego-self and an ultimate dimension of our true-Self as an individualized aspect of the fabric of the universe unfolding in the eternal present moment.

The ego reacts from its conditioned psycho-socialcultural programming. The Self-in-Being responds to unfolding events from a deep knowing of its flowing connectedness to everything. They are the night and day of the awakening that Buddhism and meditation lead us toward. From within the conditioned mind of ego-identity, there is only “me” and everything that is not me. We are trapped in a prison of “me,” struggling with the world that is outside and separate that we hope to master at some level so that we can succeed in bringing the things we want from this outside world to us and in keeping away what we do not want. Fundamental to this task is the ability to judge what it is we want and what we do not want.

This “judging” is a projection onto whatever is being perceived and experienced as ideas about who we are and what life is. This is information programmed into us much as a computer is programmed – and as the old saying about programming goes, “garbage in, garbage out.”

Our primary experience of the world then becomes this incessant and compulsive evaluation of everything in this world outside of us into the good stuff and the bad stuff, differentiating “good” and “bad” by thoughts about good and bad, which are unique to every person because of their particular and unique programming. Political opinions or religious identification are blatant examples of this.

Most of us hold these beliefs because of the people influencing us through our upbringing and current social context. Give a moment’s consideration to the differences between prevailing political and religious opinion of several centuries ago and today, let alone the variety of such opinions today, and my point is readily grasped. Our ordinary day-to-day lives, however, are conducted at a much subtle level than politics and religion, and while political and religious opinions may be pretty obvious lines of separation, our day-to-day lives are being determined by an imperceptible (to ourselves) matrix of judgments programmed into us about the “good” and “bad”

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of ourselves, others and what is going on around us. With this understanding, it is pretty easy to comprehend why there are so much confusion and disagreement about proper conduct and values in the human realm.

It is of the utmost importance to realize we are talking about the human realm, not nature. In nature, there is only what is natural. Ego and conditioning are minimal, though, of course, they exist. Every organism has a sense of its separate biological self and the need to interact with the world so as to bring to itself what it needs and avoid that which is danger.

This is ego and conditioning at its most basic level.

Humans, however, create an idea of the self-in-the world, quite abstract and ruled by conditioning that is then projected out onto the world. This is ego taken to an unnatural level, and this projection of egoic-self onto the world is the essence of justice. Only humans live in the world of judgment. All the rest of nature lives in the straightforward discernment of what naturally supports or threatens its existence.

Does this condemn humans to this virtualreality that creates artificial and subjective levels of suffering, unable to live gracefully and authentically as a human in the way a deer or a fish live gracefully and authentically as a deer or a fish? From within the artificial reality called society and culture, without any sense of our underlying nature, sadly the answer is “yes.” As long as we only believe in the psycho-social-cultural programming and conditioning that creates a very complicated egoself full of contradictions and conflicts, anxieties and reactivity, we will live, as Buddhism teaches, in dukkha – a word from the ancient Pali language of India – that describes a state of craving, insecurity and sense of dissatisfaction that keeps us reactive, anxious, striving and ultimately unfulfilled, always unsure if we are sufficient.

The same Buddhist teaching that describes dukkha fortunately also prescribes its resolution. It is to release clinging to this artificial-reality-identity as who we are and to realize all these confusing thoughts and emotions arise within and pass through the dimension of witnessing awareness that is not plagued by instability, reactivity, and dissatisfaction. As we are aware of our thoughts and emotions, we must ask, who is it that is aware?

WE are that awareness. Awareness is the irreducible, unchanging dimension of every person’s experience.

It is our original nature – awareness experiencing the world before conditioning and judgment.

Is this universal awareness arising from Beingness then blank and without intelligence? To the contrary.

As our culture will lead us to believe that intelligence is a result of thought, we all know immediately upon consideration, intelligence cannot be the product of thought. Thought is only a tool to express a concept.

It can be any concept. If we are unconscious of this process, we will allow conditioning to be the source of the thought/emotive process, and – “garbage in, garbage out.” This is why the history of humanity is rife with ignorant, dangerous and even disastrous thoughts.

Contrary to how we are culturally conditioned to believe, awareness is not a faculty of this body and mind. It is far more accurate to say this body and mind are faculties of awareness, tools of the individualized consciousness that is a person. This individualized consciousness directed is awareness.

This gives rise to the very inscrutable Zen teaching

that actually, we are “nobody,” for while we can hang all kinds of identity onto our body, thoughts and emotions, when we examine just who is awareness, and how is the awareness I experience any different from the awareness you experience, there is no one to be found. There is just awareness. The vessels are very different; the essence, the Beingness is universal.

Intelligence arises from the silent mind of awareness – the discerning mind of awareness.

Intelligence, the ability to look deeply and understand, arises from the field of consciousness that is the universe individualized as a human-being in awareness. Thus, our journey into wisdom, into awakening into true discerning intelligence, requires we learn to stop running the program of egoic conditioning, become present in the great whatis that is life. Look deeply, listen closely, feel with subtlety the truths that are whispered. Quiet the cacophony of mind-chatter, and you will hear. This moment will tell you what it needs – it is whispering to nobody so that the truth of who you are can hear.

It will help you understand with clarity the what-is of the moment. Then the tools of body and mind can function with skill and wisdom, and you will know who it is that is aware. Nobody. And it is who you are – a psycho-socially-culturally conditioned intelligent being who now can use the conditioning with discernment.

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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HEALTH

“Wear and Tear” arthritis the silent enemy

By Max Hammonds, MD

Over 30 kinds of ar-

moderation in work and

thritis (inflammation of

play activities.

a joint) can attack our

Of course, these preven-

joints. Some are caused

tive measures should be-

by infections (osteomy-

gin at an age when many

elitis). Some are caused by

inflammatory

tions

to

our

people think they are in-

reac-

destructible and immortal.

environ-

Often it is only when the

ment, mostly food intake

osteoarthritic effects of an

(trans-fats and sugar be-

ing two common pro-inflam-

matory agents). Many are caused by

our body’s reacting inappropriately to

and attacking ourselves (autoimmune reactions). But the most common ar-

thritis is osteoarthritis, known as “wear and tear” arthritis, the arthritis of aging.

While we can devise ways to attempt

to avoid many of the other arthritides.

How do you avoid aging? Apparently,

we cannot halt the aging process. But we can try to avoid situations and activities that cause the “wear and tear.”

The fundamental problem in Osteo-

arthritis is the breakdown of the cartilage that coats the ends of the bones

(articular surfaces) in a joint. Aging and genetics (it runs in some families) lead to the decrease in connective tissue

overactive and injudicious

(collagen) fibers and the disorganization

lifestyle start to appear that

of the structure of the cartilage. As a re-

people want to know how to prevent

deteriorates and wears away. The joint

Interestingly, the treatment of mild to

sult, over time the protective cartilage

the disease process.

space narrows, the tendons, and liga-

moderate osteoarthritis is the same as

with fluid. This makes the joint stiff and

ement to decrease “wear and tear” on

bones begin to rub together.

hips, and spine. Moderate exercise

accelerated – both in age at onset and

ing – can also reduce pain and allow

obesity, joint injury, or constant, exces-

teach about good body mechanics and

way to prevent or decrease the likeli-

swelling) and cold applications (to re-

maintain ideal body weight, avoid risky

decrease pro-inflammatory foods and

practice proper body mechanics and

be very beneficial.

ments thicken, and the joint space fills

the prevention. Weight loss is a key el-

painful, particularly since the exposed

the weight-bearing joints of the knees,

But this normal aging process can be

– joint motion and muscle strengthen-

in the development of symptoms – by

for self-repair. Physical therapists can

sive stress on the joint. The obvious

the use of hot applications (to reduce

hood of developing osteoarthritis is to

duce the pain). Dietary modifications to

activities that lead to joint injury, and

increase anti-inflammatory foods can

Sometimes these interventions can

be enough to control and improve osteoarthritis. Often the judicious use of pain medications (Tylenol, NSAIDs, for example) may be added for a short time in the initial phases to bring the pain and stiffness under control.

But sensible lifestyle choices applied

in the younger years is the key to preventing and delaying the onset and advance of the arthritis of older age.

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FESTIVAL EVENT

Dancing to the beat, Folkmoot returns — Catch the fun

By Staff Reports

Named by USA Today as one of the

behind the dances of each

Top 20 Festivals in NC,

international group. The day

Folkmoot is an annual festival

includes “make-and-take”

cultural crafts and culminates

of folk dance and world culture featuring

275 dancers and

in a short performance with

musicians from around the globe.

the groups and community

Folkmoot is defined as a “meeting

participants. Families and

of the people” and delivers

youth groups are encouraged

exuberant, educational and

to register. Snacks, lunch,

and drinks will be provided.

entertaining programs for all

Saturday, July 22 features a

ages based on cultural exchange through folk dance and music.

The festival is designed to

build global relationships, foster cultural understanding and

develop community prosperity.

festival mainstay, the Parade of Nations, in downtown The festival is designed to build global relationships, foster cultural understanding and develop community prosperity. The festival begins Thursday, July 20 and continues through Sunday, July 30

The festival begins Thursday,

new programming designed especially

Waynesville. International

dancers and musicians will dance down Main St along with local dance groups

July 20 and continues through Sunday,

for kids and families who want to

and stilt walkers beginning at 10am at

in Western North Carolina. In 2017,

dance and discuss and share culture.

continues to the historic Haywood

musicians and dancers from India,

know that traditional, seated, festival

dance and then pose for photos on

Russia, Israel, Taiwan, a Canadian

throughout the entire festival.

after the Parade, Folkmoot hosts Many

a US group representing African

Camp Folkmoot, “Hands Around the

Virginia Avenue. Many Cultures Day

Indians performers, plus several

from 9-4pm. Dancers of all abilities

kid’s stage, food vendors and artisan

representing the Appalachian culture.

live music can learn international folk

tickets can be purchased at Folkmoot.

from four world cultures. Learn basic

noon. Facilitated by Folkmoot staff

of the 2017 festival:

appreciation for the similarities and

members, representatives from

July 30 with events in 10 communities

engage with performers, learn to

the First Baptist Church. The parade

Folkmoot anticipates hosting

Folkmoot loyalists will be pleased to

County Courthouse where the groups

the Netherlands, Slovenia, Argentina,

performances are also scheduled

the courthouse steps. Immediately

A new event to Folkmoot in 2017 is

Cultures Day in the greenspace at 112

dance, and Eastern Band of Cherokee

Globe,” scheduled for Friday, July 21

features two stages, dance lessons, a

regional bluegrass and clogging groups

who are inspired by folk dance and

makers from 11-4pm.

The full schedule is available, and

dance with Ambassador performers

is scheduled for Sunday, July 23 at

org. The following are a few highlights

concepts and movements, gain an

and First United Methodist Church

group representing Welsh dance,

Weekend one has a selection of

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THE POET'S VOICE July — To Thee I Sing Poets lend voices to current events and elections as they critique and defend the social and political issues of their day.

Shelley thought poets were “the unacknowledged legislators of the world.” This collection of poems point to the many different kinds of political poems, and the reasons for writing them.

Let America Be America Again Langston Hughes, 1902 - 1967 Let America be America again.

Let it be the dream it used to be.

Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free.

(America never was America to me.)

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed—Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.

(It never was America to me.)

O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe.

Support Local book stores / sellers Writers & Poets!

By Carol Bjorlie — “The Poet behind the cello”

Death and the Rain and To-morrow.

Let’s build bridges instead of fences.

(Those are MY words. ) And from Anna Akhmatova, her words, “Instead of a Preface.”

In the awful years of Yezhovian horror, I spent seventeen months standing in line in front of various prisons in Leningrad.

One day someone “recognized” me.

Then a woman with blue lips, who was standing behind me, and who, of course, had never heard my name, came out of the stupor which typified all of us, and whispered into my ear (everyone there spoke only in whispers): Can you describe this?

And I said: I can.

Then something like a fleeting smile passed over what once had been her face.

(Anna Akhmatova was waiting to see her son, a prisoner in Leningrad. He was kept prisoner to get her to begin to write “agreeable” poetry from Russia.)

From Carl Sandburg’s Chicago Poems, “A Fence.”

Now, a poem from Nikki Giovanni, “My America” written for Hugh Downs.

Now the stone house on the lake front is finished and the workmen are beginning the fence. / The palings are made of iron bars with steel points that can stab the life out of any man who falls on them.

As a fence, it is a masterpiece, and will shut off the rabble and all / vagabonds and hungry men and all wandering children look / ing for a place to play. / Passing through the bars and over the steel points will go nothing / except

My America / Not a bad country. . . neither the best nor the worst. . . just a place / we call home . . . and we open that door. . . to the tired and the / poor . . . to the huddled masses yearning . . . to be free. . . to thosein need . . . because we need . . . to be needed. / Not a bad country . . . but adolescently indifferent . . . with time / running out . . . on our innocence. / Not a bad country . . . but attention must be paid . . . to

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how the / bounty came to be ours . . . to all the people . . who make up the people . . . that we are / A thought here and there . . . a “maybe this could have been done /differently” . . . the patience that is required of those who aspireto be . . . if not the best . . . the at least better.

Not a bad outcry in fact . . . most likely . . the best possible / hope . . . of human beings . . . to exemplify differences that: can share prosperity . . . can tolerate choices . . . can respect / individuals. . . can teach us all . . . to love And finally, a farewell to Kathryn Stripling Byer of Cullowhee, former North Carolina poet laureate. Kathryn died June 5, 2017. She was special in many ways, and especially by the fact she chose our mountains to live in and fall in love with.

Kathryn wanted to be a singer. Well, for us, she sang on the page.

She said, “I didn’t want to give up singing. I just found another way to sing. I found poetry.”

Hoot Owl from Catching Light

by Kathryn Stripling Byer Don’t call to me anymore.

I’m not listening. / Might as well tell all the shadows it’s time / to sneak out of the woods, easy pickings in here while I sleep, empty hands on my breastand my breath barely stirring the air as my open mouth dreams in and dreams out more dreams than I’ll ever / need, each of them hungry for who knows what when I waken.

Kathryn, you are missed.

BOOKS Patti Callahan Henry returns with stellar new book

By Staff Reports

From the acclaimed New York

her best

Times, bestselling author of

The Idea of Love and Driftwood

Bonny is desperate to clear

Lainey

Summer comes a story about

her head after a tragic

McKay.

women who spent their

mistake threatens her

Known as

childhood summers in a small

career as an emergency

the Summer

southern town that harbors

secrets as lush as the marshes

Now, in her early 50s,

friend,

Patti Callahan Henry Photo by Naomi McColloch

Sisters, they

read, swam and

surrounding it.

wished

ocean sits the house that shaped

with Spanish moss. Until the night that

memories—of the summers spent with

Lainey’s mother disappeared.

Where a tidal river meets the

Bonny Blankenship’s most treasured

for happy-ever-afters amid

the sand dunes and oak trees draped changed everything, the night that

room doctor, and her

marriage crumbles around

her. With her troubled teenage

daughter, Piper, in tow, she goes back

JULY 2017

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The

The book features interviews, profiles,

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Garret K. Woodward was born and

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graduated from Quinnipiac University (Hamden,

Connecticut) in 2007 with degrees in journalism and history.

After stints in Lake

Placid, New York, and County Kerry, Ireland, he landed his first reporting

gig at the Teton Valley News in Driggs, Idaho. In 2008, the Idaho Press Club

awarded him first place for “Best Light Feature” for his story “Chasing the American Dream of Breakfast.”

From there, Woodward criss-crossed

America for several years as a music journalist, covering backyard gettogethers and renowned festivals

Mountain Living magazine, both based in Waynesville, NC.

In 2015, he won first place in the

NC Press Association awards for “Arts & Entertainment Reporting” for his

cover story “Bless Your Heart — The State of Women in Bluegrass.” In

2016, Woodward was nominated for

“Bluegrass Print/Media Person of the Year” by the International Bluegrass

Music Association (IBMA). The NCPA

also recognized him with another first place in 2016 for “Lighter Columns”

for his weekly column in The Smoky Mountain News, “This must be the

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It’s Showtime!

Judging art in WNC requires past lessons and love

judgments even though it had been around a while.

My wonderful teacher was encouraging even though

he could paint anything so

By Fleta Monaghan

realistically it jumped off the

I will never forget my first art show.

canvas. I later figured out that

I was a young painter

he was trained using a variation

taking classes at the local

of the curriculum of the great

community college.

teacher, Joseph Albers, a

At the end of the semester

German Artist and Professor who

of my first college painting

One of the many art pieces, Alan Kaufman — sculpture

class, my instructor held an exhibition for students.

I do recall my eager anticipation and hours spent

preparing. I had painted two pieces in an abstract

genre. My classmates were not overly complimentary of my style. At that time photo realism was in vogue and abstraction was still receiving some skeptical

fled the Nazis to Black Mountain College. That was amazing to

have this experience as my first

college painting class, and I have used many of the lessons in my teaching through the years.

My instructor was a firm believer that all aspiring

painters should do everything, from constructing

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BLACK MOUNTAIN stretchers from scratch that supported canvases

to building frames. I spent an evening making two

frames with a miter box and picture frame molding.

What a job! I was excited

Today, I have also had the privilege of serving as

a juror for numerous shows in the WNC region and Eastern TN. Having been on the other side of the

situation as both and artist

and apprehensive at the

and a juror, it makes me

same time. No prizes were

very empathetic to the

given at this student show,

emotional roller coaster

but my two entries were the

artists experience each

only paintings that sold! If

time they enter a show and

I recall, I made about $35

what a difficult job begin a

and was thrilled and felt a

juror is. It is hard to reject

bit of vindication!

work and harder still to

Even today, after many

pick the winners.

exhibitions under my

Visitors viewing paintings at a recent art show at 310 Art

belt, I still get that knot of

anticipation before a show.

It is a mix of fear, excitement, and eagerness. I know I am not alone in wondering if anyone will like my

work. All artists wonder will anyone even look. Will something sell? Could a prize be won when the

show has so many excellent works? When the show is a juried show it is even more nerve wracking. The first hurdle is to be accepted into the show. Oh, the despair one feels if the work is not chosen. And no matter which works win the prizes, there is always criticism over the judge’s choices. While most

artists are confirmed introverts, they are also very

competitive. It is a crazy mix of contrasts and how we keep doing what we do.

Go

Local

Sometimes very good

work is eliminated for

reasons that are more about

the show than the work itself. One question a juror asks “does the work fit the theme of the show?” If

there is no designated theme, the juror must look at

all the entries as a whole, and formulate a look from work submitted. It might be that an excellent work

will not make the cut because it cannot be grouped

with other work artfully. While a juror is not a curator, it is important that the exhibition is a cohesive as possible and has a point of view.

Also, is the work properly prepared for

display (wires, etc. put on professionally)? Is the

presentation, things such as frame choices, fitting

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MOVIES

‘Hero’ makes for good summer entertainment

Review by Michelle Keenan

THE HERO – 3 ½ STARS

air and introspective countenance work well

AND LAURA PREPON

quietly convey it with just a look is elegant, even

STARS SAM ELLIOTT, NICK OFFERMAN,

here too. His ability to take so much in and yet when his character is a somewhat vulnerable

Short Take: An aging actor ponders life and his

mess of a person. Nick Offerman (TV’s “Parks

final act.

and Recreation”) as Lee’s best friend and drug

REEL TAKE: Sam Elliott made hearts flutter

dealer is great. Prepon, who is best known

in a small but sparkling supporting role two years ago in

for TV’s “That 70’s Show” and “Orange Is The

Brett Haley’s I’ll See You In My

New Black,” struck me as an unusual choice as

Dreams. It was a refreshing and charming story centered around a by

Charlotte, but she’s solid, she holds her own with

70-year-old widow, played

Sam Elliott is back in high form with ‘Hero’

Blythe Danner. This year, Haley (and his co-

writer

Mark Basch) return with The Hero, another

septuagenarian story with with

lifetime achievement award, reconnect with his ex-

Elliott in the lead. As

wife and his estranged daughter, and find that one

Danner in Dreams, it’s great to see Elliott in a

leading role.

Both are fine actors whose talents have

been underutilized for far too long.

Unfortunately,

(Laura Prepon), a 30-something-year-old and they embark on an unlikely May-December romance.

Haley and Basch didn’t quite give Elliott the film he

deserves, thought

last great role. Along the way, he meets Charlotte

There’s no mystery to what’s going to happen,

Elliott makes the most of it.

and that’s not a problem, but the film is a little

uneven and yet a little too pleased with itself. Part

The Hero is a familiar tale - a man in the twilight

of his life, coming to grips with his mortality and

of the charm of I’ll See You In My Dreams was that

western star turned voice-over actor for barbecue

story. It was a beautiful story. Moments of creative

It’s what’s for dinner.”). He drifts through his

best exhibited by an emotionally manipulative plot

stoned with actor turned drug dealer, Jeremy (Nick

beautiful Edna St. Vincent Millay poem. Fortunately

regrets. Elliott plays Lee Hayden; a one-time

it didn’t try to be more that it was. It was a simple

sauce (think Robert Mitchum’s memorable, “Beef.

flourish fail to elevate this film from mediocrity, as is

days, hoping for a worthwhile script and getting

point involving the unfortunate use of an otherwise

Offerman). But when Lee receives a rather dire

for us, the cast outshines the film’s failings.

Elliott’s craggy good looks and mellifluous

medical diagnosis, he’s compelled to accept a

baritone are perfect for The Hero. His thoughtful

Elliott, and they share some really strong scenes

together. Elliott’s real-life wife Katharine Ross, as Lee’s ex, isn’t given enough time to do anything.

Their best scene is one where we don’t hear the

conversation, we just see them at a distance, and we feel the emotion when they embrace. Kristen Ritter’s (Marvel’s “Jessica Jones”) role as Lee’s daughter

suffers from too little screen time and not enough character development, but she’s good.

Ultimately The Hero is a well-trod story that

benefits from a handful of inspired moments and a

cast and director that truly has its heart in the game.

Unfortunately, there’s just not enough to make it truly worthy of its hero. The best thing that could come

from this film is better offers for Elliott and maybe a line of BBQ sauce.

Rated R for drug use, language, and some sexual content.

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‘New Art’ continued from pg. 29

the other. It lets the juror see that the artist has a

to something that stands out with a compelling and

for the work? I once saw an excellent small painting

focus, and it may be more likely that at least one of

a triple mat in Navy blue, red and white. The artwork

and don’t try to please the juror whatever you do! If

images are used for judging, images that are blurry,

into, wait for the show that does.

corner of the photo are immediately eliminated. It

as a whole, how it is displayed (usually this is done by

eliminating work from consideration.

winners were chosen is a way to learn more about art.

from submissions to show that received over 500

all experienced jurors work similarly. I usually scan

work entered. We reviewed pieces one by one in a

back to do this, so I view the works both close-up

needless to say!) It was noticeable that some subjects

criteria where an artist must excel to make it to the

scenes with barns abounded! Since the show was

one, and it is usually obvious if someone lacks skills

competition even more stiff for some who chose these

vitally important. Does the work tell a story or convey

Exhibit at the Red House Studio and Gallery, 310 W

overcome weaknesses in other areas. Finally, is the

reception, opened to the public on July 14th, 5-7pm.

drowned in a large fancy frame, and surrounded with

your pieces is accepted. Don’t second guess yourself,

was barely visible! And worst of all, if computer

the theme of a show is not something your work fits

not cropped or taken with a large house plant in the is a cruel world, but this is usually the first step in Once I did a talk on how I would jury work

For the viewer of an exhibition, looking at the show

members of the organization) and puzzling over how Picking the winners is a very daunting task. I think

entries! My job was to discourse or critique each

the room and see what works jump out. I like to stand

slide show. (We did not get through the 500 pieces

and from a distance. In the end, there are several

creative twist. Does the artist have a different take

on the subject matter or a new way of using media?

While there are obvious components to a good

artwork, in the end, it is the subjective choice of the juror. Artists should never feel slighted. I knew an

artist whose work was consistently rejected for two years. The same pieces were later accepted into a show, and he won first prize!

The courage and tenacity it requires to be an

artist is its reward, and the prize is a life filled with happiness and satisfaction. All successful artists

savor the process over what comes after pieces are finished.

IF YOU GO

Fleta Monaghan is founder and director of 310 ART, a fine art school for adults and a

were very popular. Waterfalls, mountain vistas,

winner’s circle. Mastery of medium is an important

not themed around any of these subjects, it made the

with their materials. A sound composition is also

Asheville. She is the juror for SVFAL 50th Annual Members

common subjects.

a feeling or mood? Sometimes a strong message can

State St, Black Mountain, NC. July 14 – Sept 5, with a

enter their best work and let each entry compliment

work unique or have a flavor all its own? I am drawn

Awards announced at the reception.

For artists, the most important thing to do is to

contemporary gallery in the River Arts District of

‘Folkmoot’ continued from pg. 25 share a meal with the community and discuss

groups.

similarities and differences between participating

International Festival Day, will take place on

current international events while considering

One of the most popular festival events,

groups. All ages are welcome. Lunch starts

Saturday, July 29, 10-5pm. This event will feature

at 12pm in the Christian Growth Center. A

three performance stages, dance lessons, cultural

conversation begins at 12:30pm and is followed by

crafts, artisan and food vendors, and more.

a dance and musical performance by one group.

The Candlelight Closing begins at 7pm on July 30.

Another first-time event for the festival, the

One of the most meaningful events of the Folkmoot

Sunday Soiree is scheduled for Sunday, July 23

schedule, groups make their final performances of

at 7pm. Held in the greenspace adjacent to the

the year at Lake Junaluska with a special finale that

Folkmoot Friendship Center, this event will feature

reminds us that no matter what our background

American-Grammy Award Winning, Secret Agent

or cultural heritage, we are from the same human

23 Skidoo, and Empire Strikes Brass. Tuscola

High Jazz band and drumline will be joining these

talented groups, and a portion of the proceeds from

this event will benefit Haywood County School band

family.

On Friday, July 28, 2pm, Folkmoot will host a

Cultural Wear Exhibition and Performance Matinee

students who wish to attend college for music.

at the HART Theatre in Waynesville. Attendees

a new event at HART Theatre, a large outdoor arts

the cultural attire of four international performance

Candlelight Closing at Lake Junaluska.

the beautiful HART theatre with four international

Weekend two includes several festival mainstays,

festival in downtown Waynesville and the classic

will learn about the symbolism and history behind groups and then see an intimate performance in

IF YOU GO

To review the full schedule, learn more about other festival events, including Cherokee Ambassador’s Day or to attend performances

in Asheville, Hendersonville/Flat Rock, Franklin, and Hickory, please visit the Folkmoot website, Folkmoot.org.

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FINE ART 50th Annual Members Juried Show at the Red House in Black Mountain The Swannanoa

and ink, photography,

League (SVFAL) is

wood, mixed media,

Valley Fine Art

sculpture, clay, glass,

the area’s oldest

fiber art, and collage.

group of communi-

Last year’s “Best

ty artists.

of Show” was artist Lynn Newhouse’s

It all began in

oil painting, “Every-

October 1967

thing Is Not Black

by 16 women

and White.” It was

interested in pro-

a large picture of a

moting art in the

couple playing chess

Black Mountain

and brought many

area. They held

comments from the

meetings, taught art classes, held

Cindy Chenard — mixed media

workshops, had

“Paint Togethers”

and sponsored art education in local

schools. The arts education programs

have employed some of the area’s finest artists, and sculptors, as well as teachers of national reputation. Since the

opening of the Red House Studios and

Galleries membership has grown to over 100. Every year they hold a juried art

show to encourage members to show

their works to the community. They have been doing this for 49 years.

The Swannanoa Valley Fine Art

League is excited about their upcoming

50th Annual Juried Members Show held this July 14th through September 3rd.

The show Curator Susan Lueck has

issued a call for each member to submit his or her best work of art, and only the best will be selected for this show. SV-

FAL has a membership of more than 100 artists who work in a variety of two and three-dimensional media, including oil, water color, pastel, acrylic, pencil, pen

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viewers.

Fleta Monaghan

is the judge for this year’s show. Fleta

Monaghan is a life long artist with studios in the River Arts District of Ashe-

ville, NC. She started painting as a child, first working in pastels, and then oils

and acrylics. She also explored mixed

media techniques, an interest she continues to delve into today. Her primary mediums today are oils on panel and

Encaustic mixed media painting. She is accomplished in portraiture, landscape and still life but is drawn to the more

difficult genre of abstract painting. She holds a BFA from UNCA with a Magna

Cum Laude with Distinction in Art, as a

University Scholar, and Research Scholar. She earned her MAEd in two Year

College Teaching focusing on Art from

WCU graduating with a 4.0 GPA. A longtime art educator, she has focused on

adult teaching and has had the pleasure of jurying and curating numerous exhi-

‘Red House’ continued next pg.

‘Beer’ continued from pg. 25 beauty of home brewing- you can create a product

that is all yours. You are not bound to what is on the

shelf. You can learn to create something unique that is exactly what you crave and is every bit as good

or better than marketed beer. You can brew a triple decocted German pilsner the way your ancestors

did. You can brew a sessional grodziskie with 100% oak smoked malt; good luck finding that on the

shelf at your supermarket. This is the golden age

for home-brewers. As more brands sell out to major

‘Folkmoot’ continued from pg. 25 Folkmoot’s international groups will share a meal

with the community and discuss current international events while considering similarities and differences

between participating groups. All ages are welcome.

Lunch starts at 12pm in the Christian Growth Center.

A conversation begins at 12:30pm and is followed by a dance and musical performance by one group.

Another first-time event for the festival, the Sunday

Soiree is scheduled for Sunday, July 23 at 7pm.

Held in the greenspace adjacent to the Folkmoot

Friendship Center, this event will feature AmericanGrammy Award Winning, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo,

and Empire Strikes Brass. Tuscola High Jazz band and drumline will be joining these talented groups, and a portion of the proceeds from this event will

benefit Haywood County School band students who wish to attend college for music.

Weekend two includes several festival mainstays,

a new event at HART Theatre, a large outdoor arts festival in downtown Waynesville and the classic Candlelight Closing at Lake Junaluska.

On Friday, July 28, 2pm, Folkmoot will host a

conglomerates, it becomes more difficult to discern

what is actually craft. As more breweries compromise quality for quantity and profits, we home-brewers

are unlimited in the quality and range of beers that

we can create for ourselves. Equipment has become so sophisticated that you can have brewery-grade

technology in your garage or basement (not that you

have to!). Ingredients are fresher and more accessible than ever, and the resources to learn how to brew like a pro are ubiquitous.

The question, then, really should be “Why aren’t I

brewing?”

Cultural Wear Exhibition and Performance Matinee at

the HART Theatre in Waynesville. Attendees will learn about the symbolism and history behind the cultural attire of four international performance groups and then see an intimate performance in the beautiful HART theatre with four international groups.

One of the most popular festival events,

International Festival Day, will take place on

Saturday, July 29, 10-5pm. This event will feature

three performance stages, dance lessons, cultural crafts, artisan and food vendors, and more.

The Candlelight Closing begins at 7pm on July 30.

One of the most meaningful events of the Folkmoot schedule, groups make their final performances of

the year at Lake Junaluska with a special finale that reminds us that no matter what our background or

cultural heritage, we are from the same human family.

To review the full schedule, learn more about other

festival events, including Cherokee Ambassador’s Day or to attend performances in Asheville,

Hendersonville/Flat Rock, Franklin, and Hickory,

please visit the Folkmoot website, Folkmoot.org.

‘Red House’ continued bitions. She is the founder and director of 310 ART, a

contemporary gallery and the oldest independent year round comprehensive fine art school for adults in the region. 310 ART is open seven days a week and is

located at Riverview Station, 191 Lyman Street, #310, Asheville, NC 28801.

In February 2012, SVFAL moved into The Red

House where they now hold most of their activities, and several artists have studios there.

The Red House Gallery is open Monday through Satur-

IF YOU GO

day, 11-5pm and Sunday 1-4pm. Be one of the first to view the show and meet the artists at the Awards Reception to the public, Friday, July

14, 5-7pm. During the reception, the artists will learn who has received the cash prizes given to Best of Show, 2nd place, 3rd place, and three Merit Awards. This Reception is open to the public and is a perfect time to view the show. For information visit svfalarts.org or contact the curator Susan Lueck at (828) 669-7848.

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