On the Lathe: Shaping a Movement
A deep dive into lathe-based making, tracing how spinning wood and tool marks shaped an artistic movement. Expect close-looking at turned forms and sculptural textures in a quiet, curated gallery context.
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The Art of Paper
MorePaper takes center stage through curated works that highlight folding, cutting, layering, and mixed media approaches. Wander museum galleries for a close-up look at texture, craft, and contemporary design-driven experimentation.
Paper takes center stage through curated works that highlight folding, cutting, layering, and mixed media approaches. Wander museum galleries for a close-up look at texture, craft, and contemporary design-driven experimentation.
Paper takes center stage through curated works that highlight folding, cutting, layering, and mixed media approaches. Wander museum galleries for a close-up look at texture, craft, and contemporary design-driven experimentation.
Slow Art Tour
MoreUnhurried close looking at artworks creates space for relaxation, reflection, and connection. A volunteer educator guides this mindful museum experience, inviting visitors to notice details at their own pace.
Unhurried close looking at artworks creates space for relaxation, reflection, and connection. A volunteer educator guides this mindful museum experience, inviting visitors to notice details at their own pace.
Unhurried close looking at artworks creates space for relaxation, reflection, and connection. A volunteer educator guides this mindful museum experience, inviting visitors to notice details at their own pace.
Textile-inspired visual works explore warp and weft structures through repeating grid patterns and modern design motifs. A gallery setting invites close looking at texture, geometry, and material-driven abstraction.
Textile-inspired visual works explore warp and weft structures through repeating grid patterns and modern design motifs. A gallery setting invites close looking at texture, geometry, and material-driven abstraction.
Textile-inspired visual works explore warp and weft structures through repeating grid patterns and modern design motifs. A gallery setting invites close looking at texture, geometry, and material-driven abstraction.
Explore a current featured exhibition through an interactive guided gallery tour led by volunteer educators or Museum staff, with opportunities to engage closely with the artwork and its context.
Explore a current featured exhibition through an interactive guided gallery tour led by volunteer educators or Museum staff, with opportunities to engage closely with the artwork and its context.
Explore a current featured exhibition through an interactive guided gallery tour led by volunteer educators or Museum staff, with opportunities to engage closely with the artwork and its context.
Contemporary works across multiple media explore repetition through recurring gestures, techniques, and patterns. Subtle variations and accumulated marks reveal how making again and again can build rhythm, meaning, and resonance.
Contemporary works across multiple media explore repetition through recurring gestures, techniques, and patterns. Subtle variations and accumulated marks reveal how making again and again can build rhythm, meaning, and resonance.
Contemporary works across multiple media explore repetition through recurring gestures, techniques, and patterns. Subtle variations and accumulated marks reveal how making again and again can build rhythm, meaning, and resonance.
A Sunday music gathering brings live sounds into the Asheville Art Museum, offering a cultural outing in a gallery setting. The event’s performers, musical style, and format are not specified.
A Sunday music gathering brings live sounds into the Asheville Art Museum, offering a cultural outing in a gallery setting. The event’s performers, musical style, and format are not specified.
A Sunday music gathering brings live sounds into the Asheville Art Museum, offering a cultural outing in a gallery setting. The event’s performers, musical style, and format are not specified.
Abstract works take over a downtown Asheville gallery in a multi-month exhibition exploring color, shape, and texture through contemporary visual art. Browse at your own pace during the fall-to-winter run ending in early January.
Abstract works take over a downtown Asheville gallery in a multi-month exhibition exploring color, shape, and texture through contemporary visual art. Browse at your own pace during the fall-to-winter run ending in early January.
Abstract works take over a downtown Asheville gallery in a multi-month exhibition exploring color, shape, and texture through contemporary visual art. Browse at your own pace during the fall-to-winter run ending in early January.
Blend gentle yoga and mindful movement with guided close looking at current art exhibitions in serene museum spaces. Stay afterward for complimentary tea and relaxed conversation.
Blend gentle yoga and mindful movement with guided close looking at current art exhibitions in serene museum spaces. Stay afterward for complimentary tea and relaxed conversation.
Blend gentle yoga and mindful movement with guided close looking at current art exhibitions in serene museum spaces. Stay afterward for complimentary tea and relaxed conversation.
Makerspace
MoreCreate an original artwork in a welcoming studio, drawing inspiration from the museum’s collection or current exhibitions. This hands-on, staff-led activity welcomes makers of all ages and abilities.
Create an original artwork in a welcoming studio, drawing inspiration from the museum’s collection or current exhibitions. This hands-on, staff-led activity welcomes makers of all ages and abilities.
Create an original artwork in a welcoming studio, drawing inspiration from the museum’s collection or current exhibitions. This hands-on, staff-led activity welcomes makers of all ages and abilities.
RADFest
MoreA celebration of Asheville’s River Arts District brings local creativity and neighborhood culture into focus, connecting visitors with the area’s vibrant community of artists and makers.
A celebration of Asheville’s River Arts District brings local creativity and neighborhood culture into focus, connecting visitors with the area’s vibrant community of artists and makers.
A celebration of Asheville’s River Arts District brings local creativity and neighborhood culture into focus, connecting visitors with the area’s vibrant community of artists and makers.
Explore working studios and meet regional makers creating handmade pottery, glass, photography, sculpture, jewelry, painting, fiber art, and metalwork in their creative environments on a self-guided tour.
Explore working studios and meet regional makers creating handmade pottery, glass, photography, sculpture, jewelry, painting, fiber art, and metalwork in their creative environments on a self-guided tour.
Explore working studios and meet regional makers creating handmade pottery, glass, photography, sculpture, jewelry, painting, fiber art, and metalwork in their creative environments on a self-guided tour.
Open Studio
MoreCreate an original artwork in a welcoming, hands-on studio activity inspired by the museum’s collection and current exhibitions. Open to all ages and abilities, with children accompanied by an adult.
Create an original artwork in a welcoming, hands-on studio activity inspired by the museum’s collection and current exhibitions. Open to all ages and abilities, with children accompanied by an adult.
Create an original artwork in a welcoming, hands-on studio activity inspired by the museum’s collection and current exhibitions. Open to all ages and abilities, with children accompanied by an adult.
Hands-on four-day studio intensive centered on metalsmithing and creative art-making, designed to move from burnout into practical skill building. Expect torch work, metal forming, and reflective prompts that rebuild momentum and confidence.
Hands-on four-day studio intensive centered on metalsmithing and creative art-making, designed to move from burnout into practical skill building. Expect torch work, metal forming, and reflective prompts that rebuild momentum and confidence.
Hands-on four-day studio intensive centered on metalsmithing and creative art-making, designed to move from burnout into practical skill building. Expect torch work, metal forming, and reflective prompts that rebuild momentum and confidence.
Freshly fired handmade ceramics, live pottery demonstrations, and holiday shopping bring Asheville clay artists, makers, students, and neighbors together for a free, all ages celebration of the local ceramics community.
Freshly fired handmade ceramics, live pottery demonstrations, and holiday shopping bring Asheville clay artists, makers, students, and neighbors together for a free, all ages celebration of the local ceramics community.
Freshly fired handmade ceramics, live pottery demonstrations, and holiday shopping bring Asheville clay artists, makers, students, and neighbors together for a free, all ages celebration of the local ceramics community.
Browse a seasonal gallery exhibition celebrating favorite things, with an in-person opening and evening reception alongside an online show. A festive opportunity to discover distinctive artwork in downtown Asheville.
Browse a seasonal gallery exhibition celebrating favorite things, with an in-person opening and evening reception alongside an online show. A festive opportunity to discover distinctive artwork in downtown Asheville.
Browse a seasonal gallery exhibition celebrating favorite things, with an in-person opening and evening reception alongside an online show. A festive opportunity to discover distinctive artwork in downtown Asheville.
Handcrafted board games, intricate puzzles, and interactive artworks invite visitors to rediscover playful design and craftsmanship, with pieces by artists nationwide available to purchase during the gallery exhibition.
Handcrafted board games, intricate puzzles, and interactive artworks invite visitors to rediscover playful design and craftsmanship, with pieces by artists nationwide available to purchase during the gallery exhibition.
Handcrafted board games, intricate puzzles, and interactive artworks invite visitors to rediscover playful design and craftsmanship, with pieces by artists nationwide available to purchase during the gallery exhibition.
Candice Methe
MoreHand-built sculptural vessels and figures carry an ancient, intimate presence, with softened contours, restrained surfaces, and visible traces of touch. Close looking reveals forms shaped by intuition, memory, and ceramic tradition.
Hand-built sculptural vessels and figures carry an ancient, intimate presence, with softened contours, restrained surfaces, and visible traces of touch. Close looking reveals forms shaped by intuition, memory, and ceramic tradition.
Hand-built sculptural vessels and figures carry an ancient, intimate presence, with softened contours, restrained surfaces, and visible traces of touch. Close looking reveals forms shaped by intuition, memory, and ceramic tradition.
Browse ceramic art in a gallery stroll with live music, clay demonstrations, and refreshments. Explore handmade pottery and visual art while connecting with local artists and neighbors at this monthly Asheville gathering.
Browse ceramic art in a gallery stroll with live music, clay demonstrations, and refreshments. Explore handmade pottery and visual art while connecting with local artists and neighbors at this monthly Asheville gathering.
Browse ceramic art in a gallery stroll with live music, clay demonstrations, and refreshments. Explore handmade pottery and visual art while connecting with local artists and neighbors at this monthly Asheville gathering.
Carve and shape jewelry wax into an original handmade gift during a tactile, creative workshop. Explore wax modeling techniques and create a one-of-a-kind design to take home.
Carve and shape jewelry wax into an original handmade gift during a tactile, creative workshop. Explore wax modeling techniques and create a one-of-a-kind design to take home.
Carve and shape jewelry wax into an original handmade gift during a tactile, creative workshop. Explore wax modeling techniques and create a one-of-a-kind design to take home.
Collectors and enthusiasts explore the American Arts and Crafts movement through a conference and show centered on period design, decorative arts, traditional craftsmanship, and collectible objects.
Collectors and enthusiasts explore the American Arts and Crafts movement through a conference and show centered on period design, decorative arts, traditional craftsmanship, and collectible objects.
Collectors and enthusiasts explore the American Arts and Crafts movement through a conference and show centered on period design, decorative arts, traditional craftsmanship, and collectible objects.