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Bear is a carved wood sculpture by North Carolina artist Virgil Ledford. Bears are commonly found in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Many of

This week we have chosen to feature a work of art outside of the Museum’s Collection, and in fact, just outside of the Museum itself. Asheville’s dynamic Black Lives Matter mural was installed

Jigsaw puzzles were invented over 250 years ago. Most puzzles are made up of a picture printed on cardboard or wood, then cut into different-sized

This coin bank is featured in the first gallery of Intersections in American Art, the reinstallation and reinterpretation of the Collection of the Asheville Art Museum. The artworks it

Printmaking is a type of art, just like painting, sculpture, and drawing are all types of art. What makes printmaking unique is that you make

An adorable young puppy is caught in mid-movement looking up at the viewer, momentarily distracted from its discovery of a grasshopper in a garden. From

It’s #MakerMonday, and our art activity is name creatures! We’ll be inspired by William Albert Lanier’s text-based artwork to combine literacy and art, using our

Though this painting may appear to be a fairly straightforward exploration of abstraction, where color and form take the place of figures or recognizable objects,

Happy July! We’re welcoming the month with the release of our membership publication, the Profile. During these unprecedented times, we’ve changed the Profile to an

Identical twin brothers Kelly Phelps and Kyle Phelps are professors at private Catholic universities in Ohio. Kelly Phelps oversees the sculpture department at Xavier University