The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced today that the Asheville Art Museum is among 30 finalists (15 museums and 15 libraries) for
Curator’s Take A native of Indiana who taught at Newcomb College in New Orleans during the 1920s through the 1940s, Will Henry Stevens’s (1881–1949) work
Docent’s Take I like a good story and if there’s a chance to learn, all the better. This leads me to share the story of
Marie Cochran on Kelly Phelps and Kyle Phelps’s John Henry (Series 3) and Affrilachian Art —Marie Cochran, artist and director, Affrilachian Artist Project This project has been made possible in part
Dear friends of the Museum, At this time last year, we’d been open in the new Museum for three and a half months. By mid-March
Not many people experience standing within arm’s reach of a polar bear; however, I consistently feel the up-close presence of this frightening arctic predator when
On view January 22–April 19, 2021 Click here to purchase tickets and learn more about the exhibition. “Welcome to Across the Atlantic: American Impressionism Through
Exhibition on view January 27, 2021–May 17, 2021 A Forward “Black Mountain College was founded in order to provide a place where free use might
Jo Sandman’s broad, gestural marks and composed splatter place her work in dialogue with the Abstract Expressionists of her generation. The spirit of experimentation demonstrated
Seeing this image for the first time inspired a nostalgia that brought me back to growing up on the beaches of North Carolina. The lighting
