{"id":91098,"date":"2026-04-05T13:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T17:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=91098"},"modified":"2026-04-05T13:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T17:54:17","slug":"river-arts-district-named-best-in-nation-as-artists-launch-flood-safe-creative-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/river-arts-district-named-best-in-nation-as-artists-launch-flood-safe-creative-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"River Arts District Named Best in Nation as Artists Launch Flood-Safe Creative Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_90589\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90589\" class=\"wp-image-90589 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RAD-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RAD-copy.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RAD-copy-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RAD-copy-1024x669.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RAD-copy-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RAD-copy-810x529.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RAD-copy-1140x745.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-90589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">River Arts District. Photo courtesy of RADA Foundation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In September 2024, Hurricane Helene turned Asheville\u2019s River Arts District (RAD) into a landscape of water and wreckage. Studios that once hummed with glassblowers, potters and painters stood submerged, decades of creative labor lost beneath mud and debris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the water receded, the realization that hundreds of artists had lost everything was a gut punch that still brings me to tears even now,\u201d says Kimberly Self Hundertmark, executive director of the RADA Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, the story did not end there. Today, after 19 months of resilience and reimagining, the RADA Foundation is under contract on a property above the floodplain to create the RAD Creative Campus, a permanent cultural anchor designed to secure the future of Asheville\u2019s creative economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Creative Campus has been discussed previously as a way to solidify the arts\u2019 place in the RAD,\u201d says Hundertmark. \u201cIt offers a space, owned and run by artists, in an area where artists form the largest number of small businesses but own very little property.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_90590\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90590\" class=\"wp-image-90590\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RAD-Creative-Campus-Ignite-Jewelry-studios_benches_HighRes1-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RAD-Creative-Campus-Ignite-Jewelry-studios_benches_HighRes1-copy-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RAD-Creative-Campus-Ignite-Jewelry-studios_benches_HighRes1-copy-2-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RAD-Creative-Campus-Ignite-Jewelry-studios_benches_HighRes1-copy-2-846x1024.jpg 846w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RAD-Creative-Campus-Ignite-Jewelry-studios_benches_HighRes1-copy-2-768x929.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RAD-Creative-Campus-Ignite-Jewelry-studios_benches_HighRes1-copy-2-810x980.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RAD-Creative-Campus-Ignite-Jewelry-studios_benches_HighRes1-copy-2-1140x1379.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-90590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ignite Jewelry Studios. Photo courtesy of River Arts District Artists<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Plans include up to 40 affordable studios, shared maker spaces with rentable equipment, classrooms, exhibit and performance space and a welcome center. The campus is designed not only to house artists but to support education, workforce training and sustainability for the district.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Creative Campus above the floodplain provides the community with a safe space for equipment and studios that cannot easily be moved if another flood threatens the RAD,\u201d says Hundertmark. \u201cSymbolically, it is the culmination of all the hard work the arts community has put in since the storm to rebuild, support each other and become stronger and more resilient as a community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyond protecting studios, the Creative Campus is also an investment in the broader economy of Asheville and Buncombe County. Before Hurricane Helene, the RAD generated nearly $300 million annually, drawing thousands of visitors each year to its working studios, galleries, breweries and restaurants. That steady flow of tourists supported not only artists but nearby shops, lodging and hospitality businesses.<\/p>\n<p>That broader impact was recognized nationally in February, when the RAD was named Best Arts District in the US by USA Today 10BEST Readers\u2019 Choice Awards, a ranking determined by public vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing honored by the readers of USA Today as the number-one arts district in the country means so much to our community of artists,\u201d says Hundertmark. \u201cIt means the country recognizes us as an arts stronghold and as a resilient and determined community of artists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She adds, \u201cWe have worked so hard not to lose what we have built as a community over the last 30 years, and as we rebuild our studios, galleries and spaces after such devastation, to know there are people all over the country cheering for us means the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information and updates, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/RADA-Foundation.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RADA-Foundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In September 2024, Hurricane Helene turned Asheville\u2019s River Arts District (RAD) into a landscape of water and wreckage. 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