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“Fellowship” becomes an opportunity to express value in community

It is not often to find artists crammed together in a studio, piecing together

Goodrich worked in building relationships among mountain communities, in particular ideas of varied elements to form a female weavers, to start masterpiece. cottage industries. The legacy of small creative businesses The notion that creatives generally lead continues today through the isolated lives, perhaps even deemed human artistic network that ‘lone wolves,’ is evident in celebrity of the Southern Highland Craft craft media, established through collector Guild offers members. bases and patronage. However, at the Diane Getty and Tommye root of artistic expression, makers often tap into their human need for connection.

Scanlin have been friends In the upcoming exhibit “Fellowship,” ‘Roots’ by Georgia Bonesteel since meeting in graduate school at East Tennessee over 50 members of the Southern State University. For a Highland Craft Guild showcase works of craftsperson, one’s hands are essential and both collaboration – dispelling the individual ego and Diane and Tommye have had challenging hand finding value in community. injuries and surgeries that have affected their The upstairs main gallery will feature over ability to make artwork.

30 pieces, crafted and fused through multiple “Fellowship” became an opportunity to express hands. The exhibit opens on Saturday, August their appreciation for regaining dexterity. Their 13 and is free to the public through Sunday, piece, “Healing Threads,” is a mix-media November 6. assemblage of handwoven tapestry and The Guild, founded in 1930, formed on collographic prints. The prints were designed the idea that economic success was greater from x-rays of Diane’s hands, taken prior to through a community rather than on the surgery, and applied over a tapestry woven individual. Presbyterian missionary Frances

by Tommye, the first one she was able to do, several months after a severe accident to her hand.

“We are both very grateful that our hands have recovered enough from the surgeries and the injury so that we are able to work in the stitching and weaving that we love. We’ve found the process of making artwork one of the paths toward emotional healing from physical trauma.”

Other members have also joined up in teams for varied collaborations in eleven different media.

Batik and fiber artist Robin Ford partnered with jeweler Amolia Willowsong in an embroidered tapestry titled “Water Music.”

Building from one of Willowsong’s beaded bracelets, the two created free form shapes that are intimately layered with color and wax. With their headquarters in the Blue Ridge Parkway’s Folk Art Center, the Guild offers visitors a variety of experiences with the craft form, from their oldest store, Allanstand Gift Shop, to two galleries, an interior design space, a library and archives, and their Permanent Collection Gallery.

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By Staff Reports

ASO Music Director Daniel Meyer

The Asheville Symphony ‘Tchasing Tchaikovsky,’ a celebration of the great Russian composer.

The Asheville Symphony Orchestra’s 2016-2017 season opens at 8pm on Saturday, September 17 with ‘Tchasing Tchaikovsky,’ a celebration of the great Russian composer.

Tchaikovsky was equally at home in the worlds of ballet, opera, chamber music, and orchestra.

ASO Music Director Daniel Meyer notes, “Tchaikovsky is a composer I have admired my entire life.

He brought his passion to every piece of music he wrote, and we will sample his genius in one glorious evening.”

Audience members are in for a special treat as Jennifer Koh, one of America’s finest young soloists, returns to Asheville to join the ASO for Tchaikovsky’s impressive Violin Concerto in D. Recognized for her intense, commanding performances and dazzling virtuosity, Koh was named Musical America’s 2016 Instrumentalist of the Year, and is a past winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition.

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scores drawn from his ballet of the same name. Listeners cannot help but be swept away by the romance of this timeless piece— one that Stravinsky later called “the convincing example of Tchaikovsky’s great creative power.”

Showcasing Tchaikovsky’s musical storytelling, Francesca da Rimini is a passionate symphonic poem that tells the tragic tale of Francesca, Jennifer Koh a beautiful noblewoman immortalized in Dante’s Inferno, who fell in love with the brother of her cruel husband. This powerful piece evokes the torment of the lovers who in their eternal damnation are trapped together in a violent storm, whirled through the air, never to touch the ground again.

Single tickets for all concerts are $22-62, depending on seating section (reduced youth pricing is available).

Single tickets and season ticket packages can be purchased online at ashevillesymphony.org, by phone at 828-254-7046, or in person at the U.S. Cellular Center box office at 87 Haywood Street.

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PERFORMING ARTS

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Asheville Chamber Music Series now on 64th Season

ASHEVILLE CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES ANNOUNCES 64TH SEASON FEATURING INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ARTISTS The Asheville Chamber Music Series (ACMS) will be presenting a distinguished roster of internationally acclaimed ensembles for its 2016-’17 season, including the Ying String Quartet, Aspen String Trio, Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, Jerusalem String Quartet and the Weiss-Kaplan-Stumpf Piano Trio.

Concerts will be held at both the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville and the Diana Wortham Theatre.

“We are excited to once again be partnering with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra in their 2017 Asheville Amadeus Festival,” says ACMS Co-President, Valerie Poullette Altman. “We are hosting the acclaimed Jerusalem String Quartet which will perform at the Diana Wortham Theatre as part of the festival.”

Featured ensembles in the ACMS 2016-’17 season include: YING STRING QUARTET Friday, September 23, 8pm (UUCA) Beethoven: String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 Prokofiev: String Quartet #2 in F major Brahms: String Quartet, A minor, Op. 51, #2 The Ying Quartet occupies a position of unique prominence in the classical music world, combining brilliantly communicative performances with a fearlessly imaginative view of chamber music in today’s world. Now in its second decade as a quartet, the Quartet has established itself as an ensemble of the highest musical qualifications in its tours across the US and abroad.

Their performances regularly take place in many of the world’s most important concert halls, from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House.

ASPEN STRING TRIO Friday, November 11, 8pm (UUCA) Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Transcription: Dmitry Sitkovetsky) Strauss: Variations on a Bavarian Folk Song Beethoven: String Trio in G major, Op 9, #1 Sold-out houses and standing ovations characterize the performances of the renowned Aspen String Trio. After more than 20 years of friendship and music-making, Aspen String Trio members David Perry, Victoria Chiang, and Michael Mermagen are an ensemble with

magical synergy.

These three world-class instrumentalists each have a long-time association as artist-faculty with the Aspen Music Festival; combined they have performed across the globe in the world’s most prestigious venues.

still motivated by the energy and curiosity with which the ensemble began. The ensemble has found its inner center in a warm, full, human sound and the balance between high and low voices, giving it the freedom both to refine its interpretations of the classical repertoire and to explore the works of new genres and epochs—all the while striving for perfection of sound.

WEISS-KAPLAN-STUMPF PIANO TRIO Friday, April 7, 2017 at 8pm (UUCA) Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11 Ravel: Piano Trio Schumann: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 63

Combining the talents of three awardwinning soloists, the Weiss-Kaplan-Stumpf Trio brings to each performance its distinctive fusion of authority and experience, energy, and passion. These three musicians comprise an ensemble that embraces the music of the Ying String Quartet future while offering fresh insights into three centuries of masterworks.

The Trio is well known to American radio audiences through nationwide broadcasts BERLIN PHILHARMONIC WIND QUINTET *Sunday, February 12, 2017 at 4pm (DWT) on shows such as American Public Media’s Mozart: Performance Today and WNYC’s SoundCheck.

Three Fantasies for mechanical organ, K. 594, An appearance on St. Paul Sunday has been K. 616, K. 608 broadcast nationally several times, and was Pavel Haas: Quintet, Op. 10 selected for St. Paul Sunday’s “Best of the Year” Johan Kvandal: Quintet, Op. 34 CD. Carl Nielsen: Quintet for Winds, Op. 43 For over six decades the ACMS has taken its The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet was place as a valued cultural resource in Asheville, founded in 1988, during the era of Herbert von bringing world-renowned chamber artists to the Karajan, the first permanently established wind city. As one of the nation’s oldest continuous quintet in the famous orchestra’s rich tradition performing chamber music organizations, it has of chamber music. Comprised of the principal been recognized for its outstanding programs players of the Berlin Philharmonic, the quintet and for its unique educational component continues to astonish audiences worldwide with through a collaboration with the strings program their range of expression, their tonal spectrum of the Asheville Buncombe Schools and other and their conceptual unity. cultural partners in the community, including the Indeed many listeners and critics agree Asheville Young Musicians Club. that the ensemble has succeeded in virtually redefining the sound of the classic wind quintet.

Season tickets are available for $150 IF YOU each, individual tickets are $38 for JERUSALEM STRING QUARTET GO concerts at the Unitarian Universalist Friday, March 17, 2017 at 8pm (DWT) Congregation and $40 for concerts at Haydn: Quartet in D major, Op. 64, #5 “Lark”Mozart: Quartet in G major, K. 387 Diana Wortham Theatre. To purchase season Beethoven: Quartet in F major, Op. 59, #1 tickets or for more information please visit the “Razumovsky” ACMS website www.AshevilleChamberMusic. org or call Nathan Shirley at (828) 575-7427 or With their founding in the 1993/1994 season support@AshevilleChamberMusic.org* Sunday and subsequent 1996 debut, the Israeli musicians embarked on a journey of growth and afternoon performance(UUCA) Unitarian maturation that has resulted in a wide repertoire Universalist Congregation of Asheville(DWT) Diana Wortham Theatre and a stunning depth of expression: a journey

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Open Heart’s ‘Got Talent’

Fun(d)raiser helps Boundless Art Project

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Open Hearts Art Center is a nationally

‘Free speech means the right to shout “theatre” in a crowded fire.’

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differently-abled adults to express themselves boundlessly and fearlessly.

Please join Open Hearts Art Center for their 7th Annual Talent Show and Fun(d) raiser matinée and art exhibit raffle. Enjoy some spirits and view the delightful artwork of 50 differently-abled artists.

Talent show 2:30 Wear your dancing shoes, as the performers definitely know how to get the crowd going. Stay after the show for more fun. This fun(d)raiser will benefit Boundless Art Project, which allows artists to be more integrated into the community through visiting galleries, attending performances and volunteering.

Open Hearts day program provides semiinstructional classes five days a week, Monday through Friday, 9-3pm in visual and performing arts.

The programs offered are as unique and varied as the individuals teaching and participating in them. When visiting the studio you might see a group dance performance, student artist’s painting on a life size canvas or artists sewing up a stuffed monster.

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For more info contact: Debbie Harris Debbie.openheartsartcenter@gmail. com Open Hearts annual Talent Show & Fun(d) raiser Saturday, September 11, from 2-5pm at Asheville Community Theater. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at openheartsartcenter.org or at the ACT box office day of the event.

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‘All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That’s what makes theatre live. That’s why it persists.’

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FINE ART WITH GREG VINEYARD

More on social media

By Greg Vineyard

too much when people suddenly stop following or engaging. You can get as much I have freout of sharing certain topics, plus inviting quently stayed your audience to come check out the somewhat rest, at varying researched times, than by generic in my posting every single thing you’re up to. writing ap5) MORE Research. WHAAAT?!? Yes. proach, with Continuously evaluate whether something the common is a good fit. Own your knowledge accumessage mulation, apply it, see what happens. And being an enbeware advice from people who tell you couraging You that no matter what you are doing, you Can Do It. are doing it wrong. I love Eeyore. Just not Whatever it is. when he’s being channeled by other huWith thoughts man beings. Always keep an ear open for provoked, you Owl, though. might then One of the best things you can do – leap-frog to “Open Pathways“ 2016, illustration after your research - is JUST START,

by Greg Vineyard thinking about whether brand new, or adding a new chanwhat YOU would nel. When you join FB or Instagram, for like to do in adexample, think of it as a way to digitally say dition to, or instead of, some of my little musings and “Hello!” to the world every day with what you do, and lists. But then again, a little bit of drilling-down serves what inspires you to do what you do. Not every bit of its purpose, too, so continued thoughts on social mecontent has to say “Buy My Art!” Because people are dia this month include … yup, a List! also buying YOU. They like knowing that you like taSome important steps: 1) Research – what channels might be useful in your particular field? Ask colleagues, take a workshop, spend time seeing who is pursuing what for their needs in fields similar to yours. Learn who your on-line and in-person consumers are, and adjust your marketing.

2) Keywords – develop words and phrases that help people find you in searches, the ones that describe who you are and what you are doing when you post. Stay consistent with the messaging presented in your mission, vision, and artist statements. There are many services out there that can help you develop the right pathways to your business, but it helps if you start with an initial list that resonates with you. If you find yourself talking to someone who only speaks of people as numbers, try someone else.

3) Be Consistent. Illustrators are told to “Draw Every Day”. Same goes for social media.

Even if your plan was to post three items today, and you only got to one, better than nothing at all. Top-Of-Mind is enhanced by posting something relevant every single day.

Stop for the weekend and then check your engagement stats on Monday and see if you agree with me.

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pirs, or love yellow. Just stay in-line with your mission via words and clean, clear pictures, and keep your hash-tags on-theme, too. Keep the dots connected to why you put it all out there in the first place.

Social media is an amazing, ever-present phenomenon. Remember when the craziest future thing was Dick Tracy’s two-way wrist radios? Now instant connectivity is everywhere. The networking circles you choose can be adequate for great periods of time, provided content is curated, consistent, on-theme, and on-target. Just do some research, pick one, and get going. Whatever social media channels you are committed to, pointedly reach out to your target audience with strategic content. Daily. The main point is one really must do something rather than nothing at all.

The reality is A: What you do is cool and interesting! It’s your passion, and sharing it may help make it another’s passion, too. B: Social media is a useful tool that, believe it or not, not everyone is using yet.

But it is here to stay and must be incorporated into any game plan. And C) #YouCanDoIt! Greg Vineyard is a marketingcommunications professional, and an artist and writer living in Asheville. ZaPOW Gallery carries his illustrations, prints and cards. www.gregvineyardillustration.com

FEATURE ARTIST

Painting by Mary Decker

Detail of painting by Mary Decker

Detail of painting by Mary Decker

Mary E. Decker — Love of woods inspires art

By Staff Reports

Mary E. Decker’s nature-themed art is inspired by her love of the mountains. She was born and raised in the Pocono Mountains of northeast Pennsylvania.

There she spent hours roaming the woods finding fascination in the animals, plants and, most especially, in the flowers. When she left the mountains to pursue her career, she surrounded herself with the beauty of nature by establishing lush flower beds at her home.

Since her move to WNC. She has been able to unite both her love of the mountains and her love of flowers in one locale.

WNC provides a wealth of subject matter for this nature-loving artist. The profusion of flowers everywhere is a never-ending source of inspiration. Most recently, Decker has been

Great Smoky Mountains — which will debut in Spring 2017— popping up just in time to join their counterparts in nature. The inspiration from the mountains continued as the seasons changed.

With the warmer temperatures came the summer flowers. Mary anticipates another series of watercolors will be forthcoming, one highlighting the “Wildflowers of the Summer in the Smokies”.

entranced by wildflowers. As a member of a hiking group, she takes weekly forays into the surrounding mountains. When spring arrived, so, too, did the wildflowers—in abundance.

Spring ephemerals are so named because of their otherwise short period of visibility. They emerge in the spring; put on a showy floral display; then die back until the next year. All this happens over the course of a few weeks. Due to the elevation changes in the mountains, spring ephemerals can be found over a longer period, early in the season in the lower elevations where it warms up sooner to late spring in the higher, cooler elevations. This provides Decker with a longer time frame in which to view and photograph the elusive wildflowers.

Decker’s recent hikes have inspired her latest series of paintings, Spring Ephemerals of the

IF YOU GO

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R i v e r A r t s D i s t r i c t Exploring the many layers of Gretchen Chadwick Many artists will say their work is about exploration. But when artist Gretchen Chadwick says it, she’s telling the truth on many levels.

Trained in the techniques of the old masters, the Asheville-based artist now explores the abstract for the truths it tells her about herself and the nature of life. Putting down layer on layer of paint and cold wax, Chadwick builds her paintings as she digs deeply into the creative process that makes them happen.

Chadwick always drew and painted. Once her children started school, she began to study more seriously. Pursuing her work was difficult. Her marriage and her family’s busy, often conflicting schedules inhibited her explorations, as did her need to be respected as a mother and

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community member.

“At the time, I was more concerned with maintaining order and doing things ‘right,’” she said.

She was able to find time, however, to study classical realism with renowned portrait painter Neilson Carlin at the Brandywine Atelier in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.

“I wanted to learn the best possible technique,” Chadwick said, “so I worked for years, painting figures and portraits from live models. I also painted elaborate still lifes.”

Gretchen Chadwick The work was satisfying “for a while,” she said, “but I became bored painting the surfaces of things, of painting ‘appearances.’ I wanted more depth of expression, so I began playing with symbolism in the paintings.”

And then, her marriage unexpectedly collapsed. Along

with it collapsed the perceived “rightness” of her life, the contrived realism that didn’t exist. At such a time, a person re-evaluates everything. Chadwick abandoned realism completely to study her inner world more deeply.

“I began to experiment with highly textured, abstract assemblages using found objects and polymer clay,” she said. She pieced them together as if she were trying to make sense of the rubble of her life. She likens the process to archaeology – she was digging down, looking beneath the surface of her life. Her art was a process of discovery.

Concurrently, she had begun an academic journey of self-discovery.

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‘Daisy Days,’ 12 x 16 in. watercolor with pen-and-ink

by Sandra Brugh Moore

‘Enchanted Forest’ (detail) 10 x 10 in. watercolor with pen-and-ink by Sandra Brugh Moore

‘Flow,’ (detail) 10 x 10 in. watercolor with pen-and-ink

by Sandra Brugh Moore

‘Patterns’ in nature, Moore’s latest show this September

By Staff Reports

Sandra Brugh Moore’s watercolor and ink “Patterns” will be featured at Trackside Studios September 1-31.

Moore is well-known in the Asheville area for over 25 years of beautiful depiction of light and shadow in traditional plein air landscapes. Her new work, “Patterns,” incorporates curvilinear lines in pen and ink into her watercolors, based on creative meditation. These free form ink designs adapt visual patterns from the natural world to create depth and emphasis in the watercolor base.

According to Moore, “Although my traditional watercolor landscapes form the base for many

of the paintings in my new work, the meditative aspects of line work with repetition produces a totally different vibration.”

Her mastery of the fluid watercolor medium adds brilliant color to the stylized penand-ink lines, creating a new art form for the long-time landscape painter.

“I let the initial watercolor wash guide the lines, and ultimately the subject reveals itself.

Patterns are everywhere,” says Moore. “I see and translate these patterns into designs using the philosophy of letting your mistakes become a part of the piece.” She adds “My interest is to explore both nature and emotions through these designs. I am always searching out patterns

and how to make them flow and emerge organically by letting the designs freely happen on the paper.”

In addition to “Patterns,” Moore’s work can also be seen at the Asheville Gallery of Art in downtown Asheville, and online at www. sandrabmoore.com.

Sandra Brugh Moore’s watercolor and ink “Patterns” Trackside Studios, 375 Depot Street in Asheville’s River Arts District September 1-31. Trackside Studios is open 7 days a week from 11- 5pm. The public is cordially invited to see this exhibit.

IF YOU GO

Unique Art at Carolina Mountain Artists Guild in Hendersonville Looking for a unique gift?

Visit the Carolina Mountain Artists Guild for items that are superbly handcrafted by talented local artists.

This beautifully displayed store, located in historic downtown Hendersonville, has been operating since 1998, and provides a vast array of merchandise from which to choose. All artists are members of this Guild and all assist in the operation of the store in some capacity. The artists work in the store and are more than happy to help you choose just the perfect item for your needs, wants and desires. They have gifts for all ages and all occasions and seasons.

Many of the artists demonstrate their talents while you shop and are happy to handcraft your special order if you don’t find what you desire.

Some of the treasures in the store are watercolors, oils and acrylic paintings, gorgeous baskets with oak bottoms, cobweb brooms and whisk brooms, precisely crafted greeting cards, cozy pillows, beautiful oak furniture, as well as doll and children furniture. If you need a scarf for yourself, or as a gift, check them out for the many knitted and crocheted scarves, as well as knitted baby gifts, boot cuffs and even the perfect sweater for your spoiled fur-kid.

There is a very popular pottery section that will serve many needs, incredible hand-carved whimsical houses from cottonwood bark, magnificent stained glass pieces, incredible photography of our local area, award-winning carved birds, as

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well as perfectly produced intarsia, hand-turned wooden pens, pencils and bowls.

There are several artists displaying jewelry, but each style is unique and different. Hand quilting has become “old-fashioned,” but is still exceptionally beautiful – see the wide variety of quilts, table runners, place mats, coasters, and more.

Need a birdhouse or a bird feeder? They have amazing ones. You can also shop for Christmas all year-long. You will need to stop in, as there is just too much to mention here.

While visiting beautiful downtown Hendersonville drop in and chat with some of their artists.

You will be amazed at their displays and all the store offers for your enjoyment. It’s a great place to shop locally.

IF YOU GO

Carolina Mountain Artists Guild 444 N. Main Street, Hendersonville (828) 696-0707 • Facebook.com/ CarolinaArtists

ART CLASSES

Learn to Paint or Draw

ART CLASSES ARROWHEAD GALLERY Hand and or Wheel Clay Classes Weds. 1-3pm, $115 members $125 non-members for 4 classes (need not be consecutive).

Fine Art with Lorelle 1st and 2nd Tuesdays of each month $35 members $45 non-members for two classes (need not be consecutive).

Free Sunday Painters Second Sunday of each month from 2-4pm.

Brushes N Brew Friday Sept. 16, 6-8pm and Thurs. Oct. 13, $35 members - $45 non-members/class.

Includes all supplies.

Kids Art Classes with Jake Moury.

1st Saturday of each month from 10noon, 4 classes $50 or $15/class.

Beginners Precious Metal Silver Clay with Cathy Green. Sign up early as sold out last workshop!

Sept. 10, 10-3pm. $90 members $100 non-members. Plus $38 supply fee. Includes enough silver clay to create 2 pair of earrings and a pendant.

All Classes held at Arrowhead Gallery and Studios, Arrowhead Gallery and Studios 78C Catawba Ave. Old Fort. For more information go to www.arrowheadart.org

310 ART AT RIVERVIEW STATION Marvelous Mondays with Lorelle and Nadine Beginner and Up! Open art studios Mondays with instructor to guide you - start and continue year round in our Monday classes, 9:3012:30pm and 1-4pm. Come the dates that work for you!

See 310art.com for schedule and sign up. Beginners welcomed!

Beginning Painting - Sept 10 Take the Fear out of Watercolor Sept 15 Encaustic Comprehensive - Sept 17 and 18 Silk Painting - Sept 27 Waxagrams (photography and encaustic) - Oct 1st and 2nd Amazing Scratchboard - Oct 8 Art Classes for adults at 310 ART, 191 Lyman Street, #310, Asheville, NC 28801 www.310art.com gallery@310art. com (828)776-2716 Adult classes, beginner and up, most materials provided. Register online or at the studio.

Virginia Pendergrass Artist INTRODUCTION TO OIL PAINTING One-day workshops September 9, October 14, November 4 Trackside Studios, 375 Depot Street in the River Arts District, Asheville. $110. Pre-registration required.

(828) 577-0264, or www.virginiapendergrass.com for further details.

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HENDERSONVILLE STUDIO TOUR

‘One More Summer’ 11x17 (detail) Pastel painting by Beverly Kies

Watercolor (detail) painting by Halle Lentini

Jewelry by The Two Silversmiths

Open Studio Tour of Henderson happens this September As summer slips into fall, it is a perfect time to visit artist studios during the annual Open Studio Tour of Henderson County, just 25 minutes south of Asheville.

Five art corridors will fan out from downtown Hendersonville forming the basis of this annual free self-guided tour featuring 36 studios and 62 artists working in a variety of mediums.

The tour gives visitors an opportunity to meet the artists and learn more about the process used to create their work. Demonstrations will be offered at some studios and artwork will be available for purchase. A preview of work by artists participating in the tour can be seen from 5-8pm, Thursday, September 15, as part of the Downtown Hendersonville Rhythm & Brews concert, a free event with live music, on Main Street between Caswell and Allen Streets, adjacent to the Visitors Center.

During the concert, artists from each studio will donate work for a raffle that will be held to benefit Backpacks for Kids.

Halle Lentini, a first time participant in the tour, will be at her home Studio #8 in the Downtown

and Kanuga corridor. Lentini enjoys exploring still-life, floral and landscape subjects, working with oil on canvas. Each painting has its own dynamic; whether through color juxtaposition, or texture, or composition.

The Gallery at Flat Rock, Studio #19 in the Flat Rock / Dana / Zirconia corridor, will host several artists including the Two Silversmiths, a husband-wife team, Jerry and Linda Hunter.

Both work primarily with Argentium sterling silver, incorporating gold, semi-precious stones, pearls and patina to produce earrings, pendants, bracelets and rings.

A variety of fine art can be found at Studio #26 in the Horseshoe / US 64 West corridor. There, three sisters; Dian Magie, Lorraine Cathey and Cathy Langdon offer wood fired pottery, fiber art, and textile/fiber art, respectfully. Terri Gibson, a guest artist at the studio will offer works of fused glass. Demonstrations in different art forms will be available.

Beverly Kies, an accomplished pastelist, will be at her home Studio #30 in the Laurel Park / 5th Avenue corridor. Some people associate pastels with muted colors, but in Kies’s paintings the

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colors explode off the paper. Her paintings are represented in a medley of work, with her most recent emphasis on the animal world.

Donna Martin, a stained glass artist for 25 years, will show her work at Studio #35 in the North Henderson / US 25 North corridor. Her background includes formal interior design and commercial art training which informs her original designs but the choice of glass, the richness of color, and textures are drawn from years of oil painting.

IF YOU GO

Open Studio Tour of Henderson County Self-guided, free tour of 36

studios throughout Henderson County.

Saturday and Sunday, September 17-18, from 10-5pm daily. Guide brochures with directions can be found at the Visitors Center, downtown Hendersonville, at various outlets throughout Henderson County A preview of work by artists participating in the tour can be seen from 5-8pm, Thursday, September 15. For more information visit www.OpenStudioTourHC.com.

ARTS STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMY The US Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that the arts and culture sector represents 3.25 percent of the nation’s GDP — a larger share of the economy than tourism and agriculture. The nonprofit arts industry alone generates $135 billion in economic activity annually (spending by organizations and their audiences) that supports 4.1 million jobs and generates $22.3 billion in government revenue. (Source US Bureau of Economic Analysis)

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DILLSBORO ART/CRAFT FAIR

Deba & Dave Vanderlaan’s ‘Evening Gold’

Illustrator Doreyl Ammons Cain

Flaming Colors usher in ColorFest at Dillsboror’s Art & Craft’s Fair Colors will certainly abound with the eighth annual ColorFest, Dillsboro’s Fine Arts & Crafts Fair held on October 1, 10-4pm in the historic town of Dillsboro.

Located just a few miles off of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the walk-about mountain town, now over 125 years old, is a perfect place to showcase authentic works of the hand. Dipping back into it’s history, Dillsboro flourished in the late 1800s as a railroad town, and is still on the route of the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad.

Featured in this year’s ColorFest are some of the best fine artists and fine crafters in WNC; plus many festival foods and great entertainment.

Artisans will be displaying authentic Cherokee

art, pottery, jewelry, photography, loom beading, hand made soaps, many kinds of needle work, Christmas ornaments, pine cone wreaths, candles, rustic furniture, chair caning, baskets and much more.

Most of the artisans will be demonstrating their work and striving for the prizes awarded for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place (plus honorable mentions), sponsored by Champion Credit Union in Canton, NC. “Here in Western North Carolina, our local fine artists and fine crafters are exceptional,” says Connie Hogan, director of the festival. “Add the autumn colors and exceptional food, and you can’t beat Dillsboro in October.”

Within Dillsboro’s mountain landscape, over 40 juried artisans will line Front Street for ColorFest.

By Amy Ammons The artists will be located only a short walk from the entertainment stage.

IF YOU GO

COLORFEST AT DILLSBORO’S FINE ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR October 1 • 10-4pm Dillsboro, NC. For more information go to www.visitdillsboro.org. The Dillsboro Merchants Association thanks the following sponsors: The Jackson County TDA, Southwestern Community College’s Nantahala School for the Arts, Kostas Restaurant, Susan’s Accounting, Stanberry Insurance, Charles Wolfe Insurance, Ward Plumbing & Heating, Allman Insurance, Town of Dillsboro, WNCC/WFSC Radio, and the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce.

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Asheville’s Longest Established Fine Art Gallery 31 Regional Artists

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Asheville Gallery of Art 's September Artist

‘The Maine Coast,’ (detail) by Everett Schmidt

Everett Schmidt’s ‘Studies in Color & Light’ Pastel artist creates expressive landscapes Asheville Gallery of Art’s September show “Studies in Color and Light” will feature the work of Everett Schmidt Everett Schmidt is best known as a pastel artist who creates expressive landscapes. His work reflects the natural beauty of his home in the Blue Ridge Mountains, as well as scenes from his world travels.

Studies for the show include North Carolina, New York City, where he grew up, Hawaii, Spain, Scotland, Italy and the coast of Maine.

Schmidt’s first choice of medium was acrylics, which changed to pastels for ease of use when traveling and painting in plein air. He often uses watercolors to undercoat pastel paintings.

Schmidt says he has evolved from representative to a more expressionistic style, which is reflected in his use of color and

composition.

“I strive to bring to the viewer the sense of emotion I feel when depicting a scene. I formerly used bold colors to capture emotion, but now my paintings may contain more neutral colors highlighted with splashes of vibrant color.”

He states many artists have influenced his work, including Paul Cezanne, Marsden Hartley, Mark Leach and John Tookey.

Schmidt studied under master pastelists Albert Handell, Doug Dawson, Maggie Price and Jack Pardue.

Today he is a member of the Appalachian Pastel Society and the Transylvania Art Guild, where he was the “Artist of the Year” in 2012.

His paintings are currently on display at the Asheville Gallery of Art and the Sunrise Cafe in Brevard.

“Studies in Color and Light” runs from through September 30.

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The public is cordially invited to a reception on Friday, September 2, 5-8pm. Schmidt’s work and that of the other 30 gallery members will be on display and for sale through the month during regular hours.

Monday-Saturday, 11-6pm, Sunday 1-4pm.

The gallery is located at 82 Patton Avenue in Asheville, across from Pritchard Park.

IF YOU GO

FEATURE ARTIST October—Ruth Ilg

Her expressive and bold use of colors is seen in her abstracts as well as in her still lifes and landscapes.

Asheville Gallery of Art Great Quotes on Art for September “The artist’s world is limitless.

It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.”

— Paul Strand “Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees.”

— Marcel Proust “A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.”

— Alexander Pope “Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.”

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More of what Makes Asheville Special: Dining • Shopping • Galleries • Music

D ow n tow n A s h ev i l l e

‘In Some Blue’ Elinor Bowman (detail)

‘Body, Mind, Spirit’ (detail) by Elinor Bowman

‘Savvy’ (detail) by Elinor Bowman

September Artist: The Magnificent work of Elinor Bowman

Elinor Bowman moved to Asheville in 2002 and took up the study and practice of art. After a career in business she found a passion in art. Her favorite subjects have been people, though she also enjoys painting still lifes and landscapes. Experimenting with different mediums—ink, watercolor and oil— has interested her. Most of her figurative work has been done of live models. You can see her paintings on her website, www.elinorbowman.com, at the Asheville Gallery of Art, and in the Wedge in the River District. (See pages 11 and 17 for more information).

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Downtown Asheville — Dining • Shopping • Galleries • Music AmiciMusic presents ‘Cello Charm’ this month AmiciMusic, the Asheville area’s award-winning

CELLO CHARM” can be heard in four different venues:

dedicated to intimate,

Friday, September 9 at 7:30pm. — House Concert at home of Daniel Angerstein and Jerry Schulz at 1998 Randy Dr. in Hendersonville. This venue has panoramic views and a 9 foot concert grand piano from 1892.

Great food and drinks are also served in a truly intimate atmosphere. Seating is limited and advance purchase required. $35/person includes food and drink. Buy seats with any major credit card at www.amicimusic.org/ upcoming_show.aspx

chamber music organization informal concerts, will

present a program of great music for cello and piano on

September 9 11.

the weekend of through the

The featured guest artist is cellist Eric Kutz who will collaborate with pianist Featured guest artist, cellist, and Artistic Director Daniel Eric Kutz Weiser on passionate music

by Mendelssohn, Barber, Balakirev, and Cassado.

Kutz has captivated audiences across both North America and Europe. His diverse collaborations cut across musical styles ranging from Yo-Yo Ma to jazz great Ornette Coleman. Kutz is a founding member of the Murasaki Duo, a cello and piano ensemble whose latest release, Duo Virtuoso, was the winner of the 2016 Violoncello Foundation’s “Listeners’ Choice Award.”

Kutz is on the faculty of University of Maryland School of Music and is active as a teacher, a chamber musician, an orchestral musician, and a concerto soloist. As an orchestral musician, Kutz summers in Chicago as a member of the Grant Park Orchestra’s cello section. He has also appeared with the New York Philharmonic and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Kutz has premiered over two dozen works, and has been broadcast live on PBS television’s Live from Lincoln Center.

He holds degrees from the Juilliard School and Rice University.”

Sunday, September 10 at 3pm — White Horse Black Mountain at 105 Montreat Rd in Black Mountain. A very relaxed and informal atmosphere with cabaret-style tables and drinks available. Concert is $20 at the door or $15 in advance. www.whitehorseblackmountain.com to purchase seats or call White Horse at (828) 669-0816 Saturday, September 10, 6:30pm — Isis Restaurant and Music Hall at 743 Haywood St. in West Asheville. A very intimate space upstairs at Isis. Fabulous food and drinks are available. Concert alone is $20. Reservations strongly recommended at www.isisasheville.com or call (828) 575-2737 Sunday, September 11, 2pm — All Soul’s Cathedral in Biltmore Village. A beautiful, historical venue with warm acoustics centrally located in Asheville. Concert is $20 at door or $15 for Church members or free for children.

Buy discounted seats in advance www.amicimusic.org/ upcoming_show.aspx or call Dan at (802)369-0856

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Drinks&Dining Guide It’s easy to impress me. I don’t need a fancy party to be happy. Just good friends, good food, and good laughs. I’m happy.

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— Maria Sharapova

Drinks&Dining Guide Harmon’s Den Bistro set to open at HART Theatre Sept 1 It’s been a long time coming but HART’s new second main stage, the Daniel and Belle Fangmeyer Theater is finally up and running and an anxiously awaited part of the expansion, Harmon’s Den Bistro, is planning to open as well.

The bistro will offer dining beginning at 5:30pm prior to all HART evening performances and at 12:15pm for matinées. It will also be open

for brunch on Wednesdays and Saturdays when the HART parking lot hosts the Haywood County Farmer’s Market.

Chef Christy Bishop gave HART patrons a sample of what’s to come last winter when she created the Center Stage Café on the theater’s main stage.

The Café was a major hit with patrons attending HART’s winter Studio theater season. Harmon’s Den will feature a more divers menu including small plates, a wine list, area beers on tap and

a post-show menu for those wanting to hang out with the cast and discuss the productions.

The addition of the bistro at HART makes the theater a destination for a full evening of dining and entertainment that is unique to WNC.

For reservations or more information about HART and Harmon’s Den call the theater at 828 456 6322 or go on-line to www.harttheatre.org.

IF YOU GO

Celebrate Oktoberfest with your own brew Oktoberfest is coming!

With Autumn comes one of our favorite, and somewhat diverse, styles of beer- Oktoberfest.

This style of beer is actually a lager, requiring more time and advanced fermentation temperature control. If you lack either of these things, try making an Altbier! Altbiers are German ales with gold to copper color, a pleasant warm maltiness, with a restrained but balanced hop presence and aromatic hop nose, finished off with clean neutral lager-like yeast profile; in other words, it’s essentially the German ale version of Oktoberfest and a delightful Autumn crowd pleaser. Get your ingredients today so that when it comes time to don the lederhosen, you’ll have the proper ale for your stein!

RECIPES: Altbier - Extract w/grain (5 gallon), 3.3lb Briess Pilsen LME, 3lb Briess Amber DME, 1lb Steeping Grains - .4 Crystal 150, .5 Aromatic, .1 Pale Chocolate 1oz Perle hops and 1oz Tettnang hops, White Labs WLP 029 German Ale/Kolsch yeast Directions: (1)Place 2 gallons of water in boil kettle and heat water to 160F. Add grain bag and steep for 45 minutes. Remove bag and place in colander. Slowly pour another gallon of 170F through the bag to rinse out

trapped sugars. (2)Bring the grain tea to a boil, turn down heat to simmer, then add malt extracts. Return to a boil. (3)Once boiling, add Perle hops.

After boiling another 60 minutes, add Tettnang hops, and then turn off heat immediately. Chill using an ice bath. (4)Add chilled wort to sanitized fermenter and top off with cold water to the 5 gallon mark. Add yeast and ferment 2 weeks at around 60-68F. Bottle or keg when finished.

Altbier - All-grain (5 gallon) 6lb German Pilsen , 5lb German Munich, 1oz Perle hops and 1oz Tettnang hops, White Labs WLP029 German Ale/Kolsch yeast Directions: (1) Mash grains at 150F with 3.75 gallons R.O. water treated with ½ tsp calcium chloride and ¼ tsp gyspum for 75 minutes. Vorlauf/ recirculate while heating 5 gallons of sparge water, also treated with calcium chloride, to 175F. (2) Sparge until a pre-boil volume of 7 gallons is reached. Bring wort to a boil. (3) Once wort comes to a boil, wait 30 minutes and then add Perle hops. Continue to boil for an hour and then add Tettnang hops as you turn the heat off. (4) Chill to 60-65F and transfer to sanitized fermenter. Pitch yeast and ferment two weeks at around 6068F. Bottle or keg when finished. Altbier benefits from some cold lagering time.

For more info contact Asheville Brewers Supply at 712-B Merrimon Ave. Asheville. (828) 358-3536. www.AshevilleBrewers.com

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CONCERT SERIES

Bach’s Lunch first Tuesday each month A new downtown concert series entitled “Bach’s Lunch” occurs on the first Tuesday of every month at 12:05pm in the iconic domed sanctuary of First Baptist Church.

Sponsored by the Academy for the Arts (AFTA), these free concerts feature the sounds of the 42-rank Reuter pipe organ and are offered by organist, Tate Addis.

The 30-minute concerts are followed by a box lunch, available for $5, which include a varying menu of sandwiches, salads, dessert and beverage.

The noonday time and inclusion of lunch hopefully allows those on lunch break to enjoy this one-of-a-kind experience within the Asheville music scene. Addis moved to Asheville in 2015 to become a part of the teaching faculty at AFTA and Organist at First Baptist Church. Prior to moving to NC. Tate served for two years as Wilson Family Sacred Music Scholar at The Tate Addis Brick Presbyterian Church in the City of New York. Active as a recitalist, recent performances have been at New York City’s Cathedral of Saint John the Divine and Saint Thomas Church (Fifth Avenue); the Rie Bloomfield Organ Series at Wichita State University; and St. Paul’s, Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia.

Tate holds the Master of Music degree from the Yale University School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music. “Bach’s Lunch” brings to Asheville a new exploration of the rich body of solo organ literature which has served as the foundation of western music throughout history. It not only includes the definitive music of J.S. Bach, but also features music from other great composers as well as exciting new compositions which take full advantage of the wide expression range of the pipe organ, the “grandfather of all instruments.”

First Baptist Church of Asheville 5 Oak St. Asheville. (828) 252-4781 www.fbca.net (Located on Charlotte Street immediately off of I-240.)

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PHILOSOPHY WITH BILL WALZ

ZEN POETRY An old silent pond... A frog jumps into the pond. Splash! Silence again. – Basho (17th c.)

Like every artistic device of Zen, poetry is a finger pointing to here-and-now. It serves to reclaim our wandering minds centered on our egoistic importance and challenges, to startle us into the immediacy of life in the present moment.

Likewise, it is meant to awaken our intuitive knowing that here-and-now is not only personal and immediate – the range of our senses – it is also transcendent. Here-and-now is eternal, pointing us to the reality that boundaries in time and space are fictional creations of the human mind. We are always both at an intersection of time and space that is the limit of our senses along with the linear computing processor that is the cognitive mind, and we are a center of consciousness in an infinite universe — a circle that has no circumference.

While intuiting infinite time and space is a very advanced meditation, the connectedness of earthly and human experience across time and space only requires a suspension of our immediate ego-centeredness. When we open awareness — some might call it imagination – to realize experiences in the immediate are also universally human, we transcend ourselves.

This is a most important dimension to visit with some frequency, to open our compassion and to diminish our small egocentric perspective. It could be said that enlightenment is living in this simultaneity.

In Basho’s poem, written four centuries ago in a land on the other side of the planet, what is not familiar? What is not available to us in our immediate here and now? It opens us to a universal human experience and feeling. It also points us to the larger Universal (cosmological and spiritual) experience, as it resonates for us the eternal silence punctuated by sound returning to silence that is like the bell of the meditation hall. Sound, like all form, is transitory.

It initiates, has duration, and disappears. This, in Buddhism is the meaning of emptiness. All form in all the Universe is empty of permanence. And so, as the ancient teaching instructs, “Form is emptiness and emptiness is form.” Basho’s poem points us to what is - always. It points us to the eternal and infinite silence that is the Universe of potential beneath all sound. This simultaneity of form and emptiness is the great awakening that liberates humans from the prison of form-only mentality that is the scaffolding upon which egoidentity is built. We are, in awakened truth, both form and emptiness, our lives are both limited and infinite. “Splash.”

While Basho’s poem is completely immediate, a moment experienced by a human attending to a natural occurrence, it also points us to a deeper contextual insight into life. Likewise, Zen poetry can begin with a deeper abstract lesson and point us to an immediate example that is experience-able through our senses. “Form is emptiness and emptiness is form.”

Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the

By Bill Walz

water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken. Although its light is wide and great, The moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide. The whole moon and the entire sky Are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

— Dogen (13th c.)

Without pretense, you too can be a Zen poet. Just take an everyday moment and look deeply into it to see beyond the immediate and what you are accustomed to, beyond and deeper than just you, and time, and place, and people, and nature, just hurrying past, life slipping away.

See into it the eternal, the sacred.

See Form as emptiness and emptiness as form. You too can be a Zen poet.

Sitting on a bench, shaded by trees.

Air currents circle the world making this breeze. Sun and blue sky, clouds, grass around. Beneath my feet the earth is worn from sitters past.

I breathe Dogen’s breath — carrying a bird’s song.

The Universe opens; we are not alone and small.

All time, space and sentient life is here-and-now.

Splash!

Eight centuries ago, in that far-off land of Japan, Dogen too captured the Universal in an immediate experience written into poetry. Once again, he speaks to us from a cultural time so foreign we have little we can superficially find in common, yet, when we bring mindfulness, the moon is the moon, the sky is the sky, the dewdrop on a leaf of grass is the dewdrop on a leaf of grass, everywhere and throughout time.

A human directing awareness into this moment and finding awakened truth knows no time or place. In a typically Zen fashion, as if answering the esoteric question of a puzzled seeker asking “What is Enlightenment?” Dogen points to an everyday occurrence that most pay little if any attention to, and if they do it is unlikely that they see the Universe, where micro and macro Bill Walz has taught meditation and dimensions reflect each other. Here again, mindfulness in university and public form and emptiness, form having its particular forums and is a private-practice qualities and duration of existence, yet the meditation teacher and guide for essence of all form is found in every instance individuals in mindfulness, personal of form, universally. Moon and water, sky and dewdrop intersect reflectively, cosmic and earthly growth and consciousness. Information on classes, talks, personal growth and healing dimensions; water in any quantity holds its universally reflective capacity. The great sea, the instruction, or phone consultations at lowly puddle, the almost unnoticed dew-drop, all (828)258-3241, e-mail at healing@billwalz.com reflect the same vastness. So too, we intersect, Learn more, see past columns, video and audio earthly and limited, yet reflecting the cosmos programs at www.billwalz.com in the mystery that is awareness, whether one dewdrop’s worth of humanity or all of sentient life, it matters not. There is only one eternity within which the many pass. Emptiness is form and form is emptiness. This is enlightenment in any place and time. We need not be only passive observers and intellectual tourists into these truths. If we are, the point of this poetry is missed. It is meant to awaken us, to resonate like “splash.” The one Universe is you and me every bit as much as Basho and Dogen, as “splash,” as “the moon reflected on the water.”

Zen calls us to participate and notice, to stop time and space as dualistic prisons, and open us to time and space as doorways to infinity. All mystics from all cultures knew this. I could just as well have shared poetry from Islam’s Rumi (13th c.)

When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about. Or Christianity’s Mechtild of Magdeburg (13th c.)

The day of my spiritual awakening was the day I saw–and knew I saw–all things in God, and God in all things.

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ALBUM MUSIC REVIEWS

Spinning Discs

David Mallett offers up a disc worthy of 'Celebration' There’s quite a variety of artists and genres this time around. No way to fit it all into print so check out

Rapidrivermagazine.com for more online reviews and news.

David Mallett ‘Celebration’ North Road Records Now in his fourth decade as a touring musician David Mallett is a throwback in all the right ways, a wandering troubadour who’d be equally at home playing The Ryman Theater as he would your back porch.

His strength is his story songs, sweet homilies tinged with a bit of regret and unrequited love, best exemplified in “Ring For You” and the lovely “Girl With The Golden Hair.”

Like most great folk musicians Mallett gives even the most lighthearted tune a sense of urgency while balancing the heartache of “Last Farmer’s Ball” with a dollop of whimsy.

His sonorous tone — think Gordon Lightfoot — ideally matches the material, making this album, as well as Mallett’s lengthy career, indeed worthy of Celebration. **** ‘Jim McCarty & Friends Volumes I & II [Live From Callahan’s] (2011 / 2016)’ Frequently (and understandably) confused with the co-founder of The

Yardbirds with whom he shares a name; this James McCarty is a Detroit born blues guitarist whose credentials are equally impressive. McCarty first performed with Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels, later with the Buddy Miles Express (as well as a stint in Cactus) and more recently with his own band dubbed The Mystery Train.

As a session man he recorded with Jimi Hendrix, Bob Seger, and a slew of others In short, he’s the real deal. So too is this compilation of tracks recorded over a five-year span, a sampling of the authenticity and electricity that McCarty brings to the stage.

“69 Freedom Special” his best known song, has never sounded better but when he tears into “Homesick For My Baby” and “Fannie Mae” it’s sheer Blues heaven.

Guest artists include Coco Montoya, Johnny Bassett and the renowned Joe Louis Walker.

McCarty is the guitarist Joe Bonamassa most frequently cites as “the living legend I most admire.”

If that isn’t a recommendation I don’t know what is. ****1/2 Case/Lang/Viers ‘Best Kept Secret’ Anti-Records The annals of music are strewn

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with stories of collaborative projects gone astray; sessions that sounded great in theory but never fulfill the sum of their parts.

For every Crosby, Stills and Nash, there’s a Souther, Hillman and Furay. Creative souls are by nature egotistic and if not kept in check those egos inevitably collide and while none of the principals here (K. D. Lang, Neko Case, and Laura Veirs) are “superstars” the potential for disaster remains. The three, with Case assuming the extra duties of project manager and producer, seem bound and determined to avoid that minefield.

Lang, the most prominent of the trio (but the one whose commercial fortunes have most declined) seems comfortable taking a back seat, singing lead on only a handful of songs.

The mid tempo “1000 Miles Away” is the ideal vehicle for her croon while her cohorts tackle the more adventures moments.

Case comes across as the real winner here; her unruffled indie rock introspections best fit the production and her voice, equal parts naturalistic and theatrical, swarm over the title track and provide strong backing whenever the others take the forefront.

It is disappointing the three don’t truly intermingle with each other’s material. It’s pretty easy to see whose song is whose and for the most part genuine harmonies are kept to a minimum, but as these ‘Disc’ continued on pg. 30

MUSIC INTERVIEW WITH JAMES CASSARA

Gravity defying musical exploits of Liz Longley

By James Cassara

I first stumbled across the musical offerings of Liz Longley in a somewhat roundabout way.

Her 2015 self-titled release on Sugar Hill Records was among a growing pile of releases sitting atop my desk awaiting review. As is often the case, deciding which ones to play and in what order is a somewhat arbitrary task. I recall looking for something “different” (from what I am not sure) and being attracted, on a purely aesthetic level, to the black and white photo that adorned the cover; besides, Sugar Hill is one of those labels I can usually count on for a first rate listen.

Two or three tracks in, I was captivated. A quick bit of background checking revealed it to be her fourth release, dating back to 2007, but her first for a major label. The album opened my ears and eyes to a songwriter who was willing to defy expectations, take more than a few chances, and defend the notion of song crafting as art.

In an industry where women are too often expected to construct songs around repetitive beats and dance floor pyrotechnics, Longley’s best efforts hearkened back to the more introspective songs of a Joni Mitchell coupled with an instinctive knack for melody and catchy hooks rivaling those of Christine McVie. On the surface her latest album Weightless, due out this month on Sugar Hill, seems cut of much the same cloth, but the songs are more nuanced, revealing wounds of the heart that would resonate with anyone who has had their soul punctured, the sort of songs that make you want to call up a good friend and assure them everything will be all right. It is a deeply personal and confessional album, at times almost painfully so, but it is also an album of hope, resilience, and determination.

Longley grew up in Chester County Pennsylvania, and her music reflects that, straddling a bit of Appalachian influenced folk with soul. At an early age she took up piano and singing, and recalls a turning point when, at age nine, she performed an original song to her enthusiastic school mates. In her teen years she began gigging in local clubs and festivals, entering (and winning) a few competitions, and eventually recording a demo album.

of my queries.

Rapid River Magazine: Since I am working from an advance copy of the album, minus musician credits and liner notes, can you fill our readers in about the recording process? When and where, and who were some of the other artists involved?

Liz Longley: The record was made at Bill Reynold’s studio, Fleetwood Shack, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Liz Longley — Photo by Alyssa Torrech We spent three months on the record, starting in late January.

When her song “Naked Trees” reached the Typically I make a record in a number one spot on GarageBand.com Longley few weeks’ so I really enjoyed the extra time to began attracting the attention of a few A & experiment with the songs and truly be creative.

R folks, all the while gathering a strong local We were lucky to have some truly talented following. musicians play on these songs. Instead of having Upon graduation, Longley won a scholarship the same band for the whole record, Bill spiced to Berklee College of Music in Boston where she it up by calling on different musicians depending studied voice. on the songs’ vibe.

She continued writing and recording Somewhere in the Middle while at Berklee.

RRM: ‘Weightless’ seems an appropriate During that time she also took first place in the album title as the songs not only address Rocky Mountain Folk Fest Songwriter Showcase, the ache of a relationship ending, but there’s and was co-winner of the Mountain Stage New a certain rootless, almost ethereal nature Song Contest. to the music. Just as I thought a song such While concentrating on original material her as “What’s The Matter” was settling into a cover of Van Morrison’s “Moondance” which certain space it shifted on me. Did you enter was picked up by Sirius XM programming into this uncertain where the songs might executives for regular rotation, ironically gave take you? her the greatest exposure. She soon found herself opening shows for the likes of Shawn LL: I was completely open to where the songs Colvin, Paula Cole, Nanci Griffith, and Amos Lee might take us. I had demoed a few of them prior and began accepting writing assignments for to meeting Bill and had a rough idea where they television and cinema, placing songs on the ABC could go. Bill is an incredible producer, always series NY Med. open to trying something new on a song and Her original song “This Is Not the End” was seeing what might happen. His approach allowed showcased in the grand finale of Army Wives us to take chances and land on ideas we may (TV series 2007-13). In 2011 Longley moved not have otherwise. The strange thing about to Nashville where she began a Kickstarter “What’s The Matter” was that I wrote it weeks campaign to help finance her efforts. In 2014 into the record-making process, just in time to she signed with Sugar Hill, affording her the put it on the record. opportunity to work with noted producer Gus Berry.

RRM: Are you comfortable saying this is a For Weightless she recruited Bill Reynolds, “breaking up” album? In a very literal sense I best known as a member of Band of Horses, and hear it that way, but I also understand that my no stranger to long time followers of the WNC interpretation can be vastly dissimilar from music scene. In anticipation of her upcoming the creators, or even another person hearing performance at The Altamont Theatre downtown Longley graciously took the time to answer a few ‘Longley’ continued on pg. 31 Vol. 20, No. 1 — RAPID RIVER’S ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — September 2016 25

POETRY/OPINION ‘Place’ as home with reflection PLACE I will arise and go now, for always night and day I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore; While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray, I hear it in the deep heart’s core.

— Yeats This is what I am talking about, the deep heart’s core. Or, Place.

Many of us in WNC are immigrants. I grew up in Richmond, Virginia, my husband, in the upper Midwest. Where is home? What does it mean to find your place?

Since I ask myself these questions daily, I decided to check with some of my most admired writers for answers.

In 2011, the magazine, Garden and Gun, ran a seven page article on Wendell Berry written by Erik Reese titled, “Wendell Berry’s Wild Spirit.”

After a career studying and teaching in New York, Berry decided to return to Henry County, KY. His Yankee friends declared it, “literary suicide.”

Berry knew better. He wrote, “I began to see, however dimly, that one of my ambitions, perhaps my governing ambition, was to belong fully to this place, to belong as the thrushes and the herons and the muskrats belonged, to be altogether

By Carol Bjorlie — “The Poet behind the cello”

at home here....”

This reminds me like Yeats final verse of “Lake Isle of Inn is free.” ( I began this column with that verse.)

From Savannah, we have Beatrice Ravenel’s poem, “The Yemasee Lands,” also the title of this book of poems.

belt; And the night wind sings overhead Like arrows on deadly sendings, In the Yemassee Lands.

is to give courage. A poem is not a puzzle that the dutiful reader is obliged to solve. It is meant to poke you, get you to buck up, pay attention, rise and shine, look alive, get the picture, pull up your socks, wake up and die right....

“Poetry is the miracle of incantation in rendering the gravity and grace and beauty of the ordinary world and thereby lending courage to strangers.

This is a necessary thing....

Poetry is church....Poetry is free speech. Poets are the angels and shepherds of the sleeping world.”

This month T. S. Eliot gets the final word. From Verse V of “Little Gidding,” a verse of paradoxes and thresholds written in 1942 from Four Quartets he writes:

What we call the beginning is often the end And to make an end, is to make a beginning.

The end is where we start from.

Next is prose from a Good Guy, Garrison Keillor. He lays it out for us, a punch in the gut to get to the page and WRITE!

And the end of all our exploration Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.

From Good Poems, The Intro by Garrison.

“Poetry is a necessity as simple as the need to be touched and similarly a need that is hard to enunciate. The meaning of poetry

Welcome home! Carol

VII Stars in the coppery afterglow of the sundown Hang like strings of teeth on the savage breast of a warrior; Water-willows trail in the shadowy depths of Savannah, Draggle like scalps from the war-

“Poetry is a necessity as simple as the need to be touched and similarly a need that is hard to enunciate. The meaning of poetry is to give courage. A poem is not a puzzle that the dutiful reader is obliged to solve.”

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Asheville author learns military culture Asheville author Elizabeth Heaney knew she would have a learning curve when she accepted a job as a civilian counselor to combat veterans. But she didn’t know how steep it would be.

“Like so many Americans, I wasn’t familiar with the military world. I didn’t have any family members in the armed services—I had never even had a substantive conversation with someone in the military,” says Heaney.

Her upcoming nonfiction book, The Honor Was Mine, tells the extraordinary stories she heard while working in the first program offering confidential counseling to service members who were getting ready to deploy or returning from combat. The book starts with

September reading events for the kiddos Friday, September 2, 6-7pm. Sneak Peek Pizza Party for teens. $10 for pizza and a chance to take home, review, and keep advance copies of books that will be published in the comings months.

Friday, September 9, 6-7pm Sneak Peek Pizza Party Saturday, September 10, 9-12pm. Coding for Kids Workshop for ages 8-13, using the Secret Coders graphic novel

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the poignant, sometimes comical encounters she had learning a military culture as foreign as the wilds of Borneo.

It follows her development into a counselor who knows how to seize on any subtle hint that a soldier may be struggling and trying to ask for help.

The Honor Was Mine offers the reader a unique, compassionate window into the world of veterans and their families.

“I had to let the combat veterans teach me who they were in the most basic ways: how did they spend their days? How was it to be away from loved ones for so long? What motivates you?” says Heaney.

In order to help them with their concerns, she listened to every aspect of their stories – the grief

of losing combat brothers, the loneliness of holidays far from home, their struggles to adjust to civilian life when they had been so very changed by war.

“I didn’t understand the level of sacrifice and dedication their lives call for. Learning their stories changed my heart,” she adds.

“I realized that one of the best ways I could support them would be to share their stories and the essence of their experiences with others who, like me, might find combat veterans and their struggles bewildering and unknown.”

Elizabeth Heaney will speak and sign copies of her book The Honor Was Mine on September 8, 7pm at Malaprop’s Bookstore.

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Banned Books Week Sunday, September 25 at 3 pm ACLU BANNED BOOKS READING The ACLU has historically championed free speech and academic freedom.

The issue of book-banning crops up regularly all over the country, and this year the WNC chapter of the ACLU of NC will bring attention to it by hosting an afternoon at Malaprop’s, where area writers, artists, musicians and booksellers will read passages from banned books both notable and lesserknown.

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Atlanta artist Makeda Lewis joins us for this unique event, when Authors for Action series meets the adult coloring book.

Makeda’s powerful new release Avie’s Dreams: An Afro-Feminist Coloring Book is part coloring book and part surrealist poem about protagonist Avie’s self-discovery and embrace of her identity as a young black girl. Filled with striking illustrations, it touches on themes of “feminism, death and rebirth, Afrocentrism, gender issues and power dynamics” (BET.com).

Blavity.com writer Trina Young notes that Makeda is “someone you should pay attention to.”

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Friends of the Library Concert Series begins this September The Haywood County Arts Council and Friends of the Library Continue Concerts in September The Friends of the Library will continue a partnership with the Haywood County Arts Council to sponsor weekend afternoon performances during the month of September.

The Friends of the Library Concert Series continues with jazz pianist Michael Jefry Stevens playing the Waynesville branch on Saturday, September 10.

Larry Davis will play at the Canton branch on Sunday, September 18. Both performances begin at 3pm and are free and open to the public.

Over the past 40 years Pianist/Composer Michael Jefry Stevens has been associated with some of the most important figures in modern jazz. Michael Jefry Stevens has composed over 320 works for various ensembles, including big band, string quartet, music for voice, music for solo instruments and various small group compositions. In 2009 Stevens was named a “Steinway” Performing Artist (the first ever for

the City of Memphis).

He currently resides in Black Mountain. Visit www.michaeljefrystevens.com to learn more.

Enjoy his performance at the Waynesville branch of the Haywood County Public Library on September 10.

On September 18, welcome Larry G. Davis, who hails from Ridges Mountain in Randoff County, NC. He is a former studio musician of Nashville and a solo guitarist performing in classical, jazz and other genres. Davis will be performing at the Canton Public Library, August 17 at 3pm in the meeting room. Davis has great talent ranking him with some of the world’s finest guitar players according to Rod Davis (radio and TV personality) — “He’s got real magic on stage!”

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‘Chadwick’ continued on pg. 25 degree in Transpersonal Psychology with a specialization in creativity. The course of study aided her art as well, giving her new tools to dive further into her creativity, to look within and intuit underlying processes.

A few years ago, Chadwick moved to Asheville, finding a creative, free-spirited, progressive community surrounded by inspiring mountains. A ballet dancer when she was young, she started dancing again.

Like her limbs, her work began to flow again, easily, naturally. Her fascination for the organic form deepened, as did her interest in sensuality and the processes of nature. Her work became progressively more joyful and spontaneous.

As her life built upon her inner work and its outer expressions, Chadwick discovered cold wax, learning how to use it in a series of workshops taught by Asheville artist Cindy Walton.

“The medium was perfectly suited to my current interests,” Chadwick said. Vibrant colors emerged in many textured layers.

More engaged with life than ever, Chadwick’s explorations produced work startling for its directness, its vividness.

Travel is an important part of Chadwick’s life and provides much of the inspiration for her new work. In recent years, she has

driven across the US several times. She has explored the mountains and jungles of Peru, the beaches of Thailand and the interior of Iceland. The colors, textures and moods of these adventures have found expression in many of her recent paintings.

Though grateful for a firm grounding in classical technique, Chadwick said “Abstract painting is more challenging to me because of the dynamic tension between giving voice to what needs to be expressed and the discipline of making good, harmonious art. As an artist, you want to keep your hand on the rudder so that you don’t create chaos. But you don’t want to be so much in control that you squeeze the life out of the art.”

Chadwick, a resident artist at 310 ART in Riverview Station, appreciates gallery owner Fleta Monaghan for giving the artists she represents the freedom to explore and experiment from their personal inspirations.

“The vibrant, eclectic group of talented, happy artists at 310 inspire me daily,” Chadwick said.

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MUSIC sort of efforts go Best Kept Secret hits a solid, if somewhat under inspired, formula. It’s certainly going to please those fans who already follow the individual singers, but there’s not much here that will grab the uninitiated.

It’s a worthy compromise of three genuine talents, but I cannot help but think it could have been so much more. *** John “Papa” Gros River’s On Fire’ A disciple of the late, great Allen Toussiant (as is any New Orleans musician worth their salt) “Papa” Gros delivers a solid collection of Crescent City flavored fun, a bit light on the funk (the scarcity of horns is immediately noticeable) but with the strongest

moments outweighing the minuses.

The title track swirls under the magic of Gros’s keyboards, while the get up and go of “Why’d Ya Do It?” is the type of gumbo driven soul the album could use more.

I’m less overwhelmed

by Papa’s quieter moments (the maudlin “Two Little Angels” is better suited to bedtime) but overall River’s On Fire introduced me to a talent of which I was unfamiliar, which is never a bad thing.

Neither is the presence of Susan Cowsill and Vicki Peterson, two of my favorite singers whose voices are not heard nearly enough and whose inclusion here warrants an extra half star. ***1/2

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Tolleson is a particularly inventive percussionist, while the twin bass playing of Jack Wolf and Shannon Hoover (how often do you even see two bassists in one band?) and saxophone/flutes of Gary Schwantes fill out a fine mix.

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Hip-Hop not withstanding I find the rap vocals more intrusive than obliging, but I readily admit that’s a matter of subjective taste rather than judgment.

There’s no denying the skill of those involved in its making, including guest vocalist Sidney Barnes on “Dark Star” the discs strongest track and a direction I’d love to see the band follow.

It’s equally obvious this was a labor of love: As a recording it sounds great, and while it may not be something I’d naturally gravitate towards (don’t shoot me, I also don’t much care for contemporary jam bands and Bluegrass!) those looking for something different would do well to sample a few tracks.

Based on what I’ve heard here if Hip Bones play local I plan to check them out and see what else these talents might offer. ***1/2

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‘Longley’ continued from pg. 25 the songs from a differing perspective.

Without being too intrusive I cannot help but wonder how autobiographical the songs are.

LL: While I don’t consider this a “break-up” record (I have others that I would definitely consider to be), there are a few songs that fall under that category.

The title track, “Weightless”, is an autobiographical break up song and “Never Really Mine” is probably the saddest break up song I’ve ever written. You could interpret “You Haunt Me” that way, but I think of it more as losing someone in your life in general.

RR: Assuming the sequence of my advance copy is the final version, I find it fascinating.

Roughly speaking the first four songs seems to find the narrator in free fall. The next two are more grounded, with a sense of both acceptance and purpose. It ends on a much more proactive note, especially with “Only Love This Time Around.” I don’t want to read too much into it, but was there an internal structure that you were trying to convey?

LL: Wow, that’s a great point. That wasn’t intentional but I love that you heard it that way.

RRM: To my knowledge this was your first time working with Bill Reynolds. His credentials are both impressive and far reaching, having produced, recorded, and contributed to a lot of records. Can you talk about the collaborative nature of ‘Weightless?’

LL: I hit the jackpot getting to work with Bill Reynolds. My admiration for him just grew more and more throughout the recording process. His approach was something I’d never witnessed before.... Almost like he let the songs lead the way. He’d try any idea and any direction with a complete open mind. There was no ego in his work, whatsoever. He’d sit back and listen to a new instrument part several times before

deciding if it felt true to the song, to the lyrics, to the groove. He also allowed me to take part in the recording process like never before. I played more electric guitar on this record than I ever imagined! I am hoping this is not the last time we make an album together.

RRM: Okay, let’s shift gears a bit to the show in Asheville. Have you played here before? The Altamont has some incredible acoustics.

LL: Asheville is one of my favorite cities. I love the food, the people and the overall vibe. I’ve never been to The Altamont so I’m really looking forward to playing there.

RR: Will you be solo or with another performer or two? This is a very intimate venue, so it’s a safe bet that most of those in attendance are already fans of yours. How much audience interaction do you expect?

Is that usually a component of a Liz Longley show?

LL: The Weightless Tour kicks off in NC. My awesome band will be with me, as well as one of my favorite artists, Brian Dunne, who will be kicking off each show. I love interacting with my audiences... You can bet I’ll be telling stories and having a great time.

RRM: Thanks for taking the time to respond to my queries. Is there anything else you’d like to add?

LL: That covers it! Thank you for your thoughtful questions!

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Artist Mark Harrison’s unique use of form and color

By Staff Reports

Mark Harrison

takes his unique ideas on an artistic

path of form and color.

Each of us has a need to be a part of the creative process. With some, it is the hands on experience of producing unique items or images, with others it’s sharing in those creations through observation and personal opinion.

Mark Harrison takes his unique ideas on an artistic path of form and color. Having a background of experience in graphic design and commercial production of printed materials gave Mark an understanding of basic color and composition.

During that time he began to develop a more specialized interest in producing and marketing original watercolors of natural images of the southern Blue Ridge Mountains. Festivals reaching from Charlotte to Dillsboro, NC to Greenville SC provided opportunities for five years of developing and promoting his work.

As he continued to learn about this medium and create new watercolors he began displaying work in galleries and retail stores throughout the Blue Ridge’s southern region. Living in Asheville, his interests are focused on improving the style and impact in his watercolors as well as producing more professional quality work. Mark invites you

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Mark Harrison — “Grove Park Inn,” watercolor on paper

to take your own creative journey with just a short drive up the Swannanoa Valley to the Red House Gallery on Saturday where he occupies Studio 14.

September 10, 1-4 pm, Harrison offers a free watercolor demonstration and a chance for visitors to make a color wash.

Working on a large board with watercolor paper, stretched and prepared, visitors will be able to see how he actually creates a finished watercolor. There will also be an opportunity for visitors to create a watercolor wash. He will have ‘Color’ continued on pg. 34

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BLACK MOUNTAIN / SHOP HAPPENINGS ‘Color’ continued from pg. 33

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“I watched in awe as this man turned sheet metal into body adornment in what seemed to be a very short amount of time,” says Reed.

Throughout his adolescence and early adulthood, Reed was drawn

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After graduating, Reed became friends with a well-known diamond collector who became his mentor.

“His love for diamonds was infectious, and he showed me the artistry and miniature sculptures that appear in rough stones,” says Reed.

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