
Look Homeward, Angel: Letterio Calapai’s Wood Engravings of the Asheville-Inspired Novel
Letterio Calapai's stark wood engravings visualize Thomas Wolfe’s 1929 novel Look Homeward, Angel, translating Asheville’s fictional streets and intimate scenes into detailed black-and-white prints on view at the Asheville Art Museum.
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Intimate folio of Letterio Calapai’s detailed wood engravings interpreting Thomas Wolfe’s Look Homeward, Angel, exploring a fictionalized Asheville through black and white narrative prints, on view through Feb 22, 2026.

Intimate folio of Letterio Calapai’s detailed wood engravings interpreting Thomas Wolfe’s Look Homeward, Angel, exploring a fictionalized Asheville through black and white narrative prints, on view through Feb 22, 2026.
Intimate folio of Letterio Calapai’s detailed wood engravings interpreting Thomas Wolfe’s Look Homeward, Angel, exploring a fictionalized Asheville through black and white narrative prints, on view through Feb 22, 2026.

Letterio Calapai's intricately carved wood engravings evoke animals and fantastic beasts drawn from a medieval bestiary and Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel, presenting literary and regional narratives in a focused museum gallery show.

Letterio Calapai's intricately carved wood engravings evoke animals and fantastic beasts drawn from a medieval bestiary and Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel, presenting literary and regional narratives in a focused museum gallery show.
Letterio Calapai's intricately carved wood engravings evoke animals and fantastic beasts drawn from a medieval bestiary and Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel, presenting literary and regional narratives in a focused museum gallery show.

In depth discussion of Thomas Wolfe's short story 'His Father's Earth' with close readings and historical context led by local literary experts at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, plus a Zoom option for hybrid attendance.

In depth discussion of Thomas Wolfe's short story 'His Father's Earth' with close readings and historical context led by local literary experts at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, plus a Zoom option for hybrid attendance.
In depth discussion of Thomas Wolfe's short story 'His Father's Earth' with close readings and historical context led by local literary experts at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, plus a Zoom option for hybrid attendance.

Material-focused mixed-media works by women artists from the Pacific Northwest, spanning textile, sculpture, and painting in a museum gallery setting; on view at Asheville Art Museum through May 17, 2026, gallery hours Wed–Sun.

Material-focused mixed-media works by women artists from the Pacific Northwest, spanning textile, sculpture, and painting in a museum gallery setting; on view at Asheville Art Museum through May 17, 2026, gallery hours Wed–Sun.
Material-focused mixed-media works by women artists from the Pacific Northwest, spanning textile, sculpture, and painting in a museum gallery setting; on view at Asheville Art Museum through May 17, 2026, gallery hours Wed–Sun.

Close reading and group discussion of Wolfe's short story, probing Southern Gothic atmosphere, character psychology, and racial violence in early 20th century Appalachia, held in an intimate historic site setting for literary engagement.

Close reading and group discussion of Wolfe's short story, probing Southern Gothic atmosphere, character psychology, and racial violence in early 20th century Appalachia, held in an intimate historic site setting for literary engagement.
Close reading and group discussion of Wolfe's short story, probing Southern Gothic atmosphere, character psychology, and racial violence in early 20th century Appalachia, held in an intimate historic site setting for literary engagement.

An expansive survey of studio ceramics marking a 45 year regional ceramics legacy, with hand-built and wheel-thrown vessels, functional pottery, and kiln-fired sculpture on view through April 26, 2026.

An expansive survey of studio ceramics marking a 45 year regional ceramics legacy, with hand-built and wheel-thrown vessels, functional pottery, and kiln-fired sculpture on view through April 26, 2026.
An expansive survey of studio ceramics marking a 45 year regional ceramics legacy, with hand-built and wheel-thrown vessels, functional pottery, and kiln-fired sculpture on view through April 26, 2026.