Asheville Art Museum

Storytime & Art takes place at Enka-Candler Library on third Wednesdays at 10:30am.

Today’s tour is led by Doris Potash, master docent.

Storytime & Art takes place at Skyland/South Buncombe Library on third Thursdays at 10:30am.

Today’s Art Break is led by Whitney Richardson, assistant curator.

December is a month when communities and families come together to celebrate traditions, culture, and love. Join us at Early Bird Yoga to build community…

Today’s public tour is led by Hank Bovee, touring docent.

The Museum will be closed Wednesday, December 25 for the Christmas holiday.

Today’s public tour is led by Doris Potash, master docent.

The Museum will be closed Wednesday, January 1 for New Year’s Day.

Let art turn your child’s holiday into an adventure to remember. Join us for one or both afternoons of art-filled fun. Students in grades 1–4…

Let art turn your child’s holiday into an adventure to remember. Join us for one or both afternoons of art-filled fun. Students in grades 1–4…

All About Color This month we’ll visit artworks that feature pops of color. We’ll identify colors and color groups while using our detective skills to…

All About Color This month we’ll visit artworks that feature pops of color. We’ll identify colors and color groups while using our detective skills to…

Appalachia Now! This month we’ll visit works in our opening exhibition Appalachia Now! and discuss trends in contemporary southern Appalachian art.

This trip is sold out. To add your name to our waiting list, email Kristi McMillan, adult programs manager, or call 828.253.3227 x122. Ring in…

3D Functional Art This month we’ll visit the galleries looking at examples of functional art (artworks that serve a purpose or do a job) before…

Today’s public tour is led by a Museum docent.

Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers…

Today’s public tour is led by a Museum docent.

Today’s Art Break is led by Whitney Richardson, assistant curator.

Register by January 15 to help meet minimum enrollment.

The new media works in Appalachia Now! vary in subject matter and presentation—from permanent records of performance pieces, a visual interpretation of poetry, to a…

Today’s tour is led by Hank Bovee, touring docent, with guest artist Danielle Burke.

Today’s Art Break is led by Andrew Scott Ross, artist.

Today’s public tour is led by a Museum docent.

Today’s public tour is led by a Museum docent.

Today’s Art Break is led by Kristi McMillan, adult programs manager.

In this workshop, learn about the history of barn quilts in Appalachia and create your own.

Heroes & Villains This month we’ll visit artworks that feature characters. We’ll look for examples of good and evil, and create masks!

Heroes & Villains This month we’ll visit artworks that feature characters. We’ll look for examples of good and evil, and create masks!

Reading a Portrait This month we’ll visit portraiture in the galleries, highlighting examples that draw us in and tell us stories.

Soft pastel is the purest medium for painting vibrant colors. In this four-part class, explore color, texture, and design to create beautiful finished artworks.

In this eight-part class, explore the fundamentals of painting with oils.

In this four-part class, discover sculptural concepts and processes with a focus on hands-on learning, critical thinking, and group dialogue.

Today’s Art Break is led by UNC Asheville professor Lei Han and New Media students.

Collage This month we’ll visit the galleries to look at a few portraits before heading to the studio to create a real or imagined portrait…

Today’s public tour is led by a Museum docent.

Signaling recent activist and aesthetic concepts in the work of Kara Walker, Childish Gambino, BLM, Janelle Monáe, and Kendrick Lamar, and marking the exit of…

Today’s public tour is led by a Museum docent.

Today’s Art Break is led by Sharon McRorie, education programs manager & Kelly Baisley, learning & engagement assistant.

Register by February 12 to help meet minimum enrollment.

Revisit timeless locations known by heart—your home, a childhood realm of imagination, or a memorable faraway place—and translate a sense of its setting into visual representations that celebrate more than record.

John Cobb is an international performer and recording artist known for his broad interpretive range and technical command. The New York Times has praised his…

Today’s Art Break is led by Kristi McMillan, adult programs manager.

Watercolors Visit the galleries to see examples of watercolor paintings, then explore the medium yourself in the studio.

Today’s public tour is led by a Museum docent.

Asheville is brimming with tourists, but it is not a new phenomenon. In 1880, just before the arrival of the Southern Railroad, Asheville’s population was…

Today’s tour is led by Doris Potash, master docent.

Today’s public tour is led by a Museum docent.

Today’s Art Break is led by Cindy Buckner, associate curator.

Explore the elements of art and principles of design through the most complex and dynamic subject in nature: the human figure.

Learn and experiment with fundamental embroidery skills. Using found objects (provided, or bring your own!), explore composition and technique to create artifact-based collages.

In this four-part class, learn to draw like the Old Masters by giving yourself the right tools, techniques, and time to learn.

“Wild Art” refers to work that exists outside the established, rarified world of art galleries and cultural channels. It encompasses uncatalogued, uncommodified art not often…

In this six-part class, learn to draw and paint birds realistically using drawing and watercolor.

The human form has inspired artists as a symbol of the human condition, or been used as a point of departure for abstraction. In this four-part class, take a fresh approach to traditional figurative art by translating casual cell-phone snapshots into a fully realized painting.

Black Mountain College artist Dorothy Cole Ruddick’s untitled weaving in the Museum’s Collection scaffolds this intensive workshop filled with experiments and explorations in a variety of media.

The Asheville Art Museum’s 2020 interdisciplinary symposium reflects on the theme of Diversity in Small/Midsize Museums. The Museum invites undergraduate and graduate students in all…

Get in contact with your mind and spiritual self by making a visual representation of your connection to the universe.

More Than Math integrates the visual arts into problem-based mathematics units developed for grades 3–8 drawn from the context of works of art in the…

Experience the art of Oshibana: creating art with pressed flowers and leaves.

Save the date for our second Pianoforte of the 2019–2020 season.

More Than Math integrates the visual arts into problem-based mathematics units developed for grades 3–8 drawn from the context of works of art in the…