Work of the Week

A resident of Asheville from 1898 until his death in 1920, Clarence Augustus Worrall created pastels of North Carolina that were sold locally to tourists

In 1955 Jorge Fick became one of the few students to receive an official degree from Black Mountain College, attending from 1952 to 1955. This

Stoney Lamar set out to be a furniture maker; however, he quickly learned that his interest was not in assembling but rather in subtracting from

Peter Voulkos established his first ceramic studio in Montana in 1952, and in the summer session of 1953 he taught at Black Mountain College. There

Kate Clayton “Granny” Donaldson lived in rural Marble, NC, not far from the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC, which was founded in

This 1958 painting on paper captures the style of abstraction that artist George Morrison employed at mid-century, with broad paint strokes and large swathes of

Wanda Shult Lea Austin commonly used brushed motifs inspired by nature in her functional ceramics, as seen on this vase. At Black Mountain College, Austin

In a galaxy far far away… or perhaps not. Star Wars has become intertwined with our day-to-day lives, seeping its way into our popular culture.

I wondered after looking closely at Jo Sandman’s painting Solstice: Did she know where those drifting black tendrils of paint would take her? Sandman (born

Lonnie Holley makes visible the unseen forces that inform society and our lives through the visual arts and music. In For Every Woman I Have