Asheville Art Museum

Join Megan Pyle, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our Collection.

Get mixed up and messy experimenting with abstract designs and patterns! Use the elements of art and a texture walk to inspire your projects.

In this four-part class, learn how to shoot in manual mode on your digital camera or smartphone!

Join Susan Oliver, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our special exhibition A Telling Instinct.

From the moment of their unveiling at the National Portrait Gallery in early 2018, the portraits of Barack & Michelle Obama have become two of the most beloved artworks of our time. This is the first book about the making, meaning, and significance of these remarkable artworks.

Spend your Thursday evening with the Museum for some creative fun!

Join Hank Bovee and Sheila Langdon, touring docents, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our special exhibition A Telling Instinct.

Have fun investigating a variety of printmaking processes! Artworks from local WNC artists in the Museum’s Collection will be the primary source of inspiration.

The Museum’s 2020 interdisciplinary symposium reflects on questions of importance to small to midsize public institutions around the country.

Stuck at home? Let’s make art. This four-part class builds on drawing basics and increases understanding of what it takes to create an image with a high level of realism and believability.

Join Doris Potash, master docent and Barbara Pressman, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our Collection.

In this workshop, learn how to paint loose but representational portraits from your own photos.

Join Sarah Reincke, master docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our Collection.

Join Shana Hill, touring docent, for an interactive conversation about three artworks in our Collection.

Get creative making masks! Inspired by the Museum’s Collection and the costumes of Halloween and Dia de los Muertos, create three (or spooky!) masks, both functional and decorative.

In this workshop, use Museum artworks and written prompts to create a handmade journal where you can record your personal ideas and observations!

Transporting readers to early 20th-century Paris, this book is a vibrant portrait of Rainer Maria Rilke, Auguste Rodin, and their circle, revealing how deeply Rodin’s ideas about art and creativity influenced Rilke’s classic Letters to a Young Poet.

Fall’s almost here, and we’re reimagining our annual gala for these virtual-based times! Please save the date for November 14, 2020 when we’ll host a…

Against the unforgettable backdrop of New York near the turn of the 20th century, best-selling author Susan Vreeland again breathes life into a work of art in this extraordinary novel, which brings a woman once lost in the shadows into vivid color.