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Buncombe County Commissioner Candidate Arts Survey

Buncombe County Commissioner Candidate Arts Survey

Last week, we shared the results of our Asheville City Council Candidate Arts Survey. Now, in this second edition, we are asking Buncombe County Commissioner candidates their thoughts on arts-related issues. Remember early voting starts this Thursday! 

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Popular Asheville downtown free LEAF festival avoids cancellation with $6,000 boost from city
A popular free downtown Asheville festival put on by the nonprofit LEAF will proceed after getting $6,000 from the city.
Local women artists take on welding, metalwork and engineering
Artistic modalities aren’t gendered any more than, say, cuisines, dance styles or literary genres. Yet, historically, certain forms of making have been more associated with female-bodied people (fiber arts and jewelry design among them) while other skill sets, such as electronics, blacksmithing and …
Asheville downtown free LEAF festival may be canceled due to scheduling conflict
The free Asheville LEAF downtown festival may be cancelled due to scheduling problems, an organizer has said.
LEAF Global Arts center opens on The Block
The LEAF Global Arts center will celebrate its grand opening on Friday, Feb. 14 with a series of events.
Jonathan Scales Fourchestra: Tiny Desk Concert
Here’s a first: Steelpans at the Tiny Desk. It’s true. Nearly a thousand performances into the series and the instrument has never been featured, until now.
Montford Music and Arts Festival returns May 30
The Montford Music & Arts Festival, the longest-running and only free-to-the-public festival in the greater Asheville area, will stage its 17th annual event on Saturday, May 30, the first time the festival is being held after Memorial Day.

 

City proposes $100M makeover for Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
“Other than a new roof, the exterior shell and a few walls here and there, we’re looking at a brand-new facility,” said Chris Corl, general manager of Harrah’s Cherokee Center — Asheville, as he displayed concepts for the auditorium developed by the Nashville-based Earl Swensson Associates.
Mission Hospital’s new building includes an extensive local art collection
More than 150 local artists contributed 659 works of art to the hospital’s North Tower.
Many Ask Artists To Supply Creative Work For Exposure. So Did The Asheville Art Museum
Ask any of the 50 artists invited into Asheville Art Museum’s “Appalachia Now!” exhibition

 

Former Librarian Makes Statement Jewelry That Won’t Whisper
Viola Spells is a third-generation crocheter, and she says she loves the medium’s “woven look — and that it’s a traditional women’s art.

 

Customers step up after mistake costs Asheville pottery shop almost $66,000
A pottery shop based out of Asheville made national headlines this week. WLOS.
The Asheville Art Museum takes Black Mountain College online | AVLtoday
The Asheville Art Museum just got a grant to digitize their collection of Black Mountain College materials

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