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Featured Shop Artist of the Month:

Gayle Ray

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The Museum Shop is happy to feature jewelry designer Gayle Ray as the October Artist-of-the-Month. Gayle’s jewelry is created with an eye to unique color and texture combinations. Semi precious stones, sterling silver, soft flex wire and blessings are combined to create unique pieces with the intention of bringing peace and harmony to those that experience it. 
For more information on the many more items available at the Museum Shop, please contact Erika McClintock or Laila Boggs at 828.253.3227 ext. 110.

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Current Exhibitions
WNC Regional Scholastic Art Awards (Exhibition)

Western North Carolina Regional Scholastic Art Awards

January 21 - February 26, 2012

Holden Community Gallery 

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Image Credit: Chelsea Eklund, Contemplate, drawing, 2012 Scholastic Art Awards, Gold Key, 12th grade, Rosman High School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Saturday, October 1, 2011 – Sunday, March 11, 2012

Gallery 6 (North Wing Elevator to Level U)

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Image credit: Josef Albers, Formulation: Articulation Folio I, Folder 20, 1972, serigraph, 15 x 40 inches. Gift ofThe Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. AshevilleArt Museum Collection. 1997.01.04.65T.

 


 


 



 

 

 
The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft

Friday, November 18, 2011 - Sunday, March 18, 2012

Appleby Foundation Gallery (North Wing Elevator, Level 3)

 

donald_fortescue_and_lawrence_labianca_sounding_2008_steel_rock_dried_aquatic_flora_polycarbonate_ziptiesImage Credit:  Donald Fortescue and Lawrence LaBianca, Sounding, 2008, steel, rocks, dried aquatic flora and fauna, polycarbonate, zip ties and sound, 120 x 48 x 96 inches. Courtesy of the Artists.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The Elemental Arts: Air | Earth | Fire | Water

Friday, September 2 - Ongoing

Second Floor Galleries (North Wing Elevator to Level 2)

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Image Credit: Ke Francis, Three Friends: Loggerhead, Albino Catfish and Magic Moon, 2001, woodcut, 26 x 28 inches. Gift of Delphia Lamberson and Hoke Smith Holt. Asheville Art Museum Collection. 2002.01.05.65.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Upcoming Exhibitions
Fire on the Mountain: Studio Glass in Western North Carolina

Fire on the Mountain: Studio Glass in Western North Carolina

March 23 - May 27, 2012

East Wing Gallery 

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Image Credit: Harvey Littleton, Aquamarine Cut Form, 1987, blown, drawn and polished glass, 3.5 x 5.88 x 3". Gift of Michael and Barbara Keleher. Asheville Art Museum Collection.

 

Opening Reception: March 23, 2012

The opening of this exhibition will be celebrated in conjunction with all new gallery spaces and exhibitions opening as part of the Art Works PRIMED interim expansion project (East Wing of Museum). This reception will take place on March 23, 2012 from 7:00 - 11:00 p.m.

Free to Museum Members | $5 for non-Members

Additional details forthcoming.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Ancient Forms, Modern Minds: Contemporary Cherokee Ceramics

Saturday, March 17 – Sunday, August 12, 2012

Gallery 6 (North Wing Elevator, Level U)

 

joel__queen_corn_bowlImage Credit: Joel Queen, Corn Bowl, 2010, unglazed pottery with turquoise inlay, 6.5 x 8.5 x 8.5 inches. Photo courtesy of the Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The Essential Idea: Robert Motherwell's Graphic Works

Saturday, March 31 - Sunday, August 26, 2012

Appleby Foundation Gallery (North Wing Elevator, Level 3)

mexican-elegy_motherwellImage Credit: Robert Motherwell, Mexican Elegy, 1987, lithograph, 27.5 x 33 inches. Extended loan from the collection of Scott D. Horowitz. Asheville Art Museum Collection. EL 1993.01.05.61. Art work copyright: Dedalus Foundation, Inc./ Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.  

 

Details for Opening Reception forthcoming.

 

 
Traveling Exhibitions
Cherokee Carvers: Tradition Renewed
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Cherokee Carvers: Tradition Renewed


July 10, 2009 - December 6, 2009

Holden Community Gallery

 
Previous Exhibitions
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