The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership (BRNHA) has announced its 2020 Heritage Grants Program, which will provide funding for projects that preserve, interpret and promote Western North Carolina’s agricultural, craft, Cherokee, music and natural heritage.
Pink Dog Creative presents In Solidarity, an online exhibition benefitting four charities: Black Lives Matter, BeLoved Asheville, Youth Transformed for Life and the Equal Justice Initiative.
Always known for its rich arts culture, the city of Asheville saw a rapid and unique artistic response during the June protests following George Floyd’s death at the hands of police.
The French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) has partnered with local governments and community stakeholders to develop the Hellbender Regional Trail, a multi-purpose trail network connecting Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, Henderson and Transylvania counties.
Through August, Woolworth Walk will highlight jeweler Sylvia McCollum and mixed media artist Martha Johnson in the FW Gallery. Both are former nurses and some common themes appear in their work.
Asheville Gallery of Art presents Vistas, Vibes and Visitors, an exhibition featuring the work of several member artists around the theme of what they love about Asheville.
Exhibiting primarily 20th- and 21st-century American art, AAM may be thought of as our city’s cultural consciousness, located downtown amid wine shops, breweries and restaurants as if to remind us that we need to feed our souls as well as our bodies.
Through September 30, visitors to Contemporaneo Asheville can see a selection of “urban figurative” works by artist Veronica Byers.
The Laurel of Asheville lifestyle magazine is available in both print and digital editionsWe are delighted you have chosen us to be your gateway—both through our popular print Asheville lifestyle magazine and our website—to the arts, culture, and communities that comprise the remarkable area that is Western North Carolina. In these pages, you will find behind-the-scenes stories about the region’s concerts, theatre and dance productions, festivals, restaurants, artists, and the multitude of locally-based businesses. We also enjoy bringing you features about the people and organizations who are caring for those in need, protecting our historic heritage, preserving our rich and diverse environment, and nurturing our cultural soul.
