
Curves Ahead: Contemporary Art Exhibition
Contemporary craft works exploring sinuous form, movement, and organic shapes across textiles, ceramics, metalwork, and sculpture. Regional artists present mixed media pieces in Focus Gallery’s light-filled Folk Art Center along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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Contemporary craft works investigate form, movement, and organic shape across ceramics, textiles, sculpture, and mixed media, presented by regional artists in the Focus Gallery at the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Contemporary craft works investigate form, movement, and organic shape across ceramics, textiles, sculpture, and mixed media, presented by regional artists in the Focus Gallery at the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Contemporary craft works investigate form, movement, and organic shape across ceramics, textiles, sculpture, and mixed media, presented by regional artists in the Focus Gallery at the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Contemporary gallery exhibition at Black Mountain Center for the Arts presenting 'Made of This,' a focused show of tactile visual works emphasizing materiality, texture, and local creative practices in an intimate community gallery.

Contemporary gallery exhibition at Black Mountain Center for the Arts presenting 'Made of This,' a focused show of tactile visual works emphasizing materiality, texture, and local creative practices in an intimate community gallery.
Contemporary gallery exhibition at Black Mountain Center for the Arts presenting 'Made of This,' a focused show of tactile visual works emphasizing materiality, texture, and local creative practices in an intimate community gallery.

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Mother daughter dialogue of contemporary textiles alongside responsive clay and mixed media works, pairing Lore Kadden Lindenfeld’s innovative fabric pieces with Naomi Lindenfeld’s sculptural interpretations. A thoughtful, process-driven exhibition in a downtown museum gallery.

Mother daughter dialogue of contemporary textiles alongside responsive clay and mixed media works, pairing Lore Kadden Lindenfeld’s innovative fabric pieces with Naomi Lindenfeld’s sculptural interpretations. A thoughtful, process-driven exhibition in a downtown museum gallery.
Mother daughter dialogue of contemporary textiles alongside responsive clay and mixed media works, pairing Lore Kadden Lindenfeld’s innovative fabric pieces with Naomi Lindenfeld’s sculptural interpretations. A thoughtful, process-driven exhibition in a downtown museum gallery.

A three-day quilt celebration at the Folk Art Center presenting about 25 antique, vintage, and contemporary quilts with patriotic colorways and historical motifs displayed in the auditorium, plus a weekend meet and greet with a longtime Guild quilter.

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Curated selection of wheel thrown and handbuilt ceramics, glaze experiments, and community used tools highlighting a 45 year Highwater Clays legacy in WNC; gallery open Wed–Sun at 11am through April 26, 2026.

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Delicate, finely detailed botanical artworks and floral studies displayed in the Black Mountain Center for the Arts gallery, presented as a curated prelude to the Art in Bloom 20th Anniversary celebration.