Work of the Week

This sculpture by Karen Karnes is from an intimate series created later in her career as a ceramicist. She was a trailblazer in the ceramic

The depth of emotion in this young man’s eyes caught the attention of my own eyes as I recently explored the exhibition Intersections in American

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

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

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

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,

Two women lounge in a cultivated garden overlooking a sea or lake, while a third figure approaches from the right. This calm scene is enriched by elements to stimulate the senses, brightened by multi-colored

Sam Gilliam is an African American painter associated with the so-called Washington Color School, a movement that began in Washington, DC. It was led primarily

Embedded in the history of craft is its ability to let the historically silenced express themselves artistically; but when craft allows artists to make their voices actively heard, it can serve

In summer 2017, I saw My Big Black America for the first time in person. This monumental found-object sculpture had been brought to the attention of Museum staff, and our associate curator