Art Exploration Workshop with Alison Press 🎨 | FREE Event!
Explore mixed media techniques and abstract canvas painting through weekly presentations, creative prompts, and guided practice. This free, small-group workshop welcomes artists of all experience levels.
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Explore abstract painting on canvas through mixed media prompts, guided presentations, and new weekly techniques. This welcoming, small-group workshop supports artists of every experience level.
Explore abstract painting on canvas through mixed media prompts, guided presentations, and new weekly techniques. This welcoming, small-group workshop supports artists of every experience level.
Explore abstract painting on canvas through mixed media prompts, guided presentations, and new weekly techniques. This welcoming, small-group workshop supports artists of every experience level.
Hands-on mixed-media practice explores abstract painting on canvas through weekly presentations, creative prompts, and new techniques. All experience levels are welcome, with advance registration required for this small-group workshop.
Hands-on mixed-media practice explores abstract painting on canvas through weekly presentations, creative prompts, and new techniques. All experience levels are welcome, with advance registration required for this small-group workshop.
Hands-on mixed-media practice explores abstract painting on canvas through weekly presentations, creative prompts, and new techniques. All experience levels are welcome, with advance registration required for this small-group workshop.
Create handmade greeting cards with cardstock, linoleum blocks, decorative stamps, markers, and envelopes. This relaxed, beginner friendly workshop invites you to craft personal notes for holidays, birthdays, or friends.
Create handmade greeting cards with cardstock, linoleum blocks, decorative stamps, markers, and envelopes. This relaxed, beginner friendly workshop invites you to craft personal notes for holidays, birthdays, or friends.
Create handmade greeting cards with cardstock, linoleum blocks, decorative stamps, markers, and envelopes. This relaxed, beginner friendly workshop invites you to craft personal notes for holidays, birthdays, or friends.
Hands-on sketching session built around sketchbook practice, drawing fundamentals, and low-pressure experimentation. A community-focused afternoon workshop welcoming beginners through experienced artists for shared prompts and supportive feedback.
Hands-on sketching session built around sketchbook practice, drawing fundamentals, and low-pressure experimentation. A community-focused afternoon workshop welcoming beginners through experienced artists for shared prompts and supportive feedback.
Hands-on sketching session built around sketchbook practice, drawing fundamentals, and low-pressure experimentation. A community-focused afternoon workshop welcoming beginners through experienced artists for shared prompts and supportive feedback.
Paint, pastels, vintage ephemera, and surprise materials become small, personal art stories on wood panels in an easygoing, hands-on creative session—keepsakes for marking milestones or thoughtful gifts.
Paint, pastels, vintage ephemera, and surprise materials become small, personal art stories on wood panels in an easygoing, hands-on creative session—keepsakes for marking milestones or thoughtful gifts.
Paint, pastels, vintage ephemera, and surprise materials become small, personal art stories on wood panels in an easygoing, hands-on creative session—keepsakes for marking milestones or thoughtful gifts.
Explore local medicinal plants with an experienced herbalist, then make a winter salve using calendula or white pine. This hands-on workshop focuses on natural care for cold, dry-season skin.
Explore local medicinal plants with an experienced herbalist, then make a winter salve using calendula or white pine. This hands-on workshop focuses on natural care for cold, dry-season skin.
Explore local medicinal plants with an experienced herbalist, then make a winter salve using calendula or white pine. This hands-on workshop focuses on natural care for cold, dry-season skin.
Swinging rhythms and spontaneous improvisation shape a collaborative jazz jam led by Bill Bares, bringing musicians and listeners together for an intimate night of live jazz in Black Mountain.
Swinging rhythms and spontaneous improvisation shape a collaborative jazz jam led by Bill Bares, bringing musicians and listeners together for an intimate night of live jazz in Black Mountain.
Swinging rhythms and spontaneous improvisation shape a collaborative jazz jam led by Bill Bares, bringing musicians and listeners together for an intimate night of live jazz in Black Mountain.
Beginner friendly hands on fabric painting workshop at Trackside Studios, focusing on foundational brushwork and color mixing techniques for decorating textiles and wearable items.
Beginner friendly hands on fabric painting workshop at Trackside Studios, focusing on foundational brushwork and color mixing techniques for decorating textiles and wearable items.
Beginner friendly hands on fabric painting workshop at Trackside Studios, focusing on foundational brushwork and color mixing techniques for decorating textiles and wearable items.
Explore the history and repeating-line structure of pantoums, then draft original poems in a guided writing session. Writers of all experience levels share work and exchange supportive feedback.
Explore the history and repeating-line structure of pantoums, then draft original poems in a guided writing session. Writers of all experience levels share work and exchange supportive feedback.
Explore the history and repeating-line structure of pantoums, then draft original poems in a guided writing session. Writers of all experience levels share work and exchange supportive feedback.
A supportive 90-minute writing session blends quiet work on personal projects with community freewriting, followed by sharing-in-progress, constructive feedback, and encouragement for poets of every experience level.
A supportive 90-minute writing session blends quiet work on personal projects with community freewriting, followed by sharing-in-progress, constructive feedback, and encouragement for poets of every experience level.
A supportive 90-minute writing session blends quiet work on personal projects with community freewriting, followed by sharing-in-progress, constructive feedback, and encouragement for poets of every experience level.
Open Mic
MoreLocal performers take the stage for 15-minute turns or three-song sets, creating an intimate showcase of emerging talent across a variety of styles.
Local performers take the stage for 15-minute turns or three-song sets, creating an intimate showcase of emerging talent across a variety of styles.
Local performers take the stage for 15-minute turns or three-song sets, creating an intimate showcase of emerging talent across a variety of styles.
A quiet, restorative art-making practice invites creative self-inquiry and connection with personal longings and gifts. Slow down, rest the body, quiet the mind, and explore from home.
A quiet, restorative art-making practice invites creative self-inquiry and connection with personal longings and gifts. Slow down, rest the body, quiet the mind, and explore from home.
A quiet, restorative art-making practice invites creative self-inquiry and connection with personal longings and gifts. Slow down, rest the body, quiet the mind, and explore from home.
Pulsing Afro rhythm night led by Adama Dembele and Drew Heller, driven by West African drumming and call and response grooves. Expect a high-energy dance floor vibe with participatory rhythms and communal movement.
Pulsing Afro rhythm night led by Adama Dembele and Drew Heller, driven by West African drumming and call and response grooves. Expect a high-energy dance floor vibe with participatory rhythms and communal movement.
Pulsing Afro rhythm night led by Adama Dembele and Drew Heller, driven by West African drumming and call and response grooves. Expect a high-energy dance floor vibe with participatory rhythms and communal movement.
Hands-on workshop on creating plant vouchers—pressed botanical specimens paired with clear labels and documentation. Learn practical herbarium-style preparation techniques while making artistic, functional records for study and collection.
Hands-on workshop on creating plant vouchers—pressed botanical specimens paired with clear labels and documentation. Learn practical herbarium-style preparation techniques while making artistic, functional records for study and collection.
Hands-on workshop on creating plant vouchers—pressed botanical specimens paired with clear labels and documentation. Learn practical herbarium-style preparation techniques while making artistic, functional records for study and collection.
Hands on DIY workshop where you pick a wood based project and build it step by step with guided instruction, tools, and supplies. Expect paint, stencils, sanding, and take home decor pieces in a relaxed studio setting.
Hands on DIY workshop where you pick a wood based project and build it step by step with guided instruction, tools, and supplies. Expect paint, stencils, sanding, and take home decor pieces in a relaxed studio setting.
Hands on DIY workshop where you pick a wood based project and build it step by step with guided instruction, tools, and supplies. Expect paint, stencils, sanding, and take home decor pieces in a relaxed studio setting.
Decorate handmade seasonal cards with stencils, acrylic paint, glitter pens, and basic art supplies, exploring playful designs for festive greetings in a relaxed, hands-on creative workshop.
Decorate handmade seasonal cards with stencils, acrylic paint, glitter pens, and basic art supplies, exploring playful designs for festive greetings in a relaxed, hands-on creative workshop.
Decorate handmade seasonal cards with stencils, acrylic paint, glitter pens, and basic art supplies, exploring playful designs for festive greetings in a relaxed, hands-on creative workshop.
Funky vintage shop transforms into a night market of accessible artworks by twelve WNC artists, with background music, beverages, and shopping (storewide 15% off); free entry and artists keep 100% of sales.
Funky vintage shop transforms into a night market of accessible artworks by twelve WNC artists, with background music, beverages, and shopping (storewide 15% off); free entry and artists keep 100% of sales.
Funky vintage shop transforms into a night market of accessible artworks by twelve WNC artists, with background music, beverages, and shopping (storewide 15% off); free entry and artists keep 100% of sales.
Layer decorative papers, stickers, office supplies, and colorful embellishments into a one-of-a-kind altered book. Experiment with texture and design to create a journal, sketchbook, scrapbook, or art piece.
Layer decorative papers, stickers, office supplies, and colorful embellishments into a one-of-a-kind altered book. Experiment with texture and design to create a journal, sketchbook, scrapbook, or art piece.
Layer decorative papers, stickers, office supplies, and colorful embellishments into a one-of-a-kind altered book. Experiment with texture and design to create a journal, sketchbook, scrapbook, or art piece.
A warm anniversary gathering brings neighbors together over celebratory cake and live music from Kellin Watson and friends, honoring nearly two decades of performances and community in Black Mountain.
A warm anniversary gathering brings neighbors together over celebratory cake and live music from Kellin Watson and friends, honoring nearly two decades of performances and community in Black Mountain.
A warm anniversary gathering brings neighbors together over celebratory cake and live music from Kellin Watson and friends, honoring nearly two decades of performances and community in Black Mountain.
Winter Bingo ❄️
MoreMark cards across eight rounds of bingo for prizes, with cozy cocktails and mocktails, fun music, and a relaxed afternoon of friendly competition.
Mark cards across eight rounds of bingo for prizes, with cozy cocktails and mocktails, fun music, and a relaxed afternoon of friendly competition.
Mark cards across eight rounds of bingo for prizes, with cozy cocktails and mocktails, fun music, and a relaxed afternoon of friendly competition.