The Laurel of Asheville’s Community Events Calendar
If you would like to submit an event to appear in our online Community Events Calendar, please visit our submission page.
The Laurel of Asheville is a lifestyle magazine focused on the arts, culture, and communities of Western North Carolina, and submitted events should fall within this context.
All submissions are subject to editorial approval and edits for clarity and style before being published online. If you are going to include a photograph, please be certain that you have the rights to utilize that image. If there is a question about image rights, we may remove the image. Also, images should be no larger than 2000 pixels wide. Large images will prevent the event from being submitted.
Please allow up to 5 days for your event to be posted. If you encounter difficulties submitting an event, please email amy@thelaurelofasheville.com.
ENCOUNTERS WITH CREATIVES – DEB WILLIAMS, ORIGINAL VEGAN TAXIDERMY & GLASS ARTIST
(FREE) Enjoy an opportunity to meet and talk with Deb Williams as she shares some of her artistic processes with us.
Deb Williams is a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans more than two decades in cast and fused glass, mixed media sculpture, and imaginative explorations of the refined and the uncanny. Known for her technical mastery and her willingness to push material boundaries, Deb began her artistic journey in cast and kiln formed glass, developing a signature style that blends precision, luminosity, and organic form.
In 2022, her practice expanded into mixed media with a whimsical, provocative twist: vegan taxidermy and sculptural cryptids inspired by folklore, natural history, and the playful intersection of myth and material. These works combine her deep understanding of structure with her fascination for the mysterious, resulting in pieces that feel both familiar and otherworldly.
She continues to create from her studio in Asheville, North Carolina, where she brings together craft, curiosity, and often a touch of whimsy.