Little Journeys

The Allure of Historic Tryon

    Forty-five miles south of Asheville, literally straddling the border between North and South Carolina, is the quaint, historic village of Tryon. Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the original trading settlement…

“The grass is always greener . . . . “

Editor's note: this article has been republished. Original date of publication: June 24, 2018.    Not long before his death in 1804, Thomas Jefferson, esteemed former ambassador, governor, secretary of state, and president of the United…

Lesson Learned on the Wheel and the AAPA Preview Night: My Pottery Appreciation Month

by Kate Nixon     My "Devilish Dwarven" pots In an attempt to understand art pottery from its most basic level, I jumped at the chance to enroll in a studio pottery course at the Asheville-Buncombe Technical college during the month…

Rookwood Pottery

  After spending three hours inside the archives of the Cincinnati Art Museum, tracking the footprints of Asheville’s Eleanor Vance, who in the 1890s learned the craft and the art of woodcarving from the city’s Benn Pitman and William…

Dueling Divas

  Traveling from North Carolina to Illinois recently gave me the opportunity to spend a couple of hours in the Cincinnati Art Museum, where I immediately headed to the permanent display of Rookwood Pottery. During the latter years of…

Taking a Day Trip

Editor's note: This article has been republished. Original date of publication: February 28th, 2018.   I moved to Asheville back in 1988, long before it had become famous for its funky shops, artisan galleries, vibrant downtown, panoramic…

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