{"id":82035,"date":"2025-07-30T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=82035"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:06:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T20:06:58","slug":"artists-explore-the-ties-that-bind-at-american-folk-art-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/artists-explore-the-ties-that-bind-at-american-folk-art-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Artists Explore <em>The Ties That Bind<\/em> at American Folk  Art in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_81921\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81921\" class=\"size-full wp-image-81921\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-EllenLangford_APlaceOfWonder_LAN350-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-EllenLangford_APlaceOfWonder_LAN350-copy-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-EllenLangford_APlaceOfWonder_LAN350-copy-2-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-EllenLangford_APlaceOfWonder_LAN350-copy-2-1024x608.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-EllenLangford_APlaceOfWonder_LAN350-copy-2-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-EllenLangford_APlaceOfWonder_LAN350-copy-2-810x481.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-EllenLangford_APlaceOfWonder_LAN350-copy-2-1140x677.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Place of Wonder. Ellen Langford, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>American Folk Art &amp; Framing (AFA) presents an exhibition of work that honors lessons learned after Hurricane Helene. <em>The Ties That Bind<\/em> opens on the website on Wednesday, August 6, at 11 a.m., and in the gallery on Friday, August 8, at 11 a.m., with an evening reception from 5\u20138 p.m. The show runs through Wednesday, August 27.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81922\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81922\" class=\"wp-image-81922\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-KentAmbler_BirdSilhouetteCollage-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-KentAmbler_BirdSilhouetteCollage-copy-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-KentAmbler_BirdSilhouetteCollage-copy-2-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-KentAmbler_BirdSilhouetteCollage-copy-2-923x1024.jpg 923w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-KentAmbler_BirdSilhouetteCollage-copy-2-768x852.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-KentAmbler_BirdSilhouetteCollage-copy-2-810x899.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-KentAmbler_BirdSilhouetteCollage-copy-2-1140x1265.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bird Silhouette Collage. Kent Ambler, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe idea for this show was born while I was doing laundry in our creek after Helene,\u201d says Julia L. Mills, owner of AFA. \u201cSomehow, in all the madness of the storm\u2019s aftermath, time slowed and we were performing the mundane acts of daily life in the most beautiful ways. That\u2019s what really kept me grounded, just to keep on doing what was needed to take care of my people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition features the gallery\u2019s artists whose work exemplifies the beautiful moments of everyday life and the connections among the people of a community. Among the artists represented in The Ties That Bind are Kent Ambler, Sonya Clemons, Winton and Rosa Eugene, Doug Frati, Ellen Langford, Liz Sullivan and a new addition to the gallery, Mississippi painter Church Goin Mule.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81923\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81923\" class=\"wp-image-81923\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-LizSullivan_BarnQuiltInTheMoonlight_LIZ1363-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-LizSullivan_BarnQuiltInTheMoonlight_LIZ1363-copy-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-LizSullivan_BarnQuiltInTheMoonlight_LIZ1363-copy-2-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-LizSullivan_BarnQuiltInTheMoonlight_LIZ1363-copy-2-960x1024.jpg 960w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-LizSullivan_BarnQuiltInTheMoonlight_LIZ1363-copy-2-768x819.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-LizSullivan_BarnQuiltInTheMoonlight_LIZ1363-copy-2-810x864.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/American-Folk-Art-LizSullivan_BarnQuiltInTheMoonlight_LIZ1363-copy-2-1140x1216.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barn Quilt in the Moonlight. Liz Sullivan, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ambler\u2019s work for the show is a study in contrasts, with the wooden elements he employs for woodblock printing used to create quilt-like pieces. \u201cI cut woodblock print proofs into shapes that I then assembled into abstract \u2018quilt\u2019 collages,\u201d he says. \u201cI wanted to convey the idea of quilts, sometimes made alone but also often by groups of people.\u201d Ideas around quilts suggesting harmony, he adds, include their being made for others in acts of care, the warmth they bring and the intergenerational aspect as they become family heirlooms.<\/p>\n<p>Ambler is known for his woodblock prints that skillfully reflect a sense of place\u2014either in a community of people or in the natural world. Turning the hand-carved and ink-stained woodblocks into representations of quilts after the printmaking process is a new direction for him. \u201cI hope visitors enjoy a new take on the woodblock print,\u201d he says, \u201cthe recycling\/upcycling to create new, unique pieces of art.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many of the elements brought to the forefront by the hurricane\u2014resilience, flexibility, home, family and simplicity\u2014have found their way into the works displayed in <em>The Ties That Bind<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>American Folk Art &amp; Framing is located at 64 Biltmore Avenue in Asheville. Hours are Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/AmeriFolk.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AmeriFolk.com<\/a> or call 828.281.2134.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Folk Art &#038; Framing (AFA) presents an exhibition of work that honors lessons learned after Hurricane Helene. 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