Support Lamplight

Support Lamplight
Our work relies on donor support: your donations helps us operate affordable artist studios, develop a new arts-forward event space, and continue offering inclusive programming and residencies. Every contribution helps create a space where artists and the Asheville community can thrive together!

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East West Asheville Summer Art Walk
Friday, July 10th

Mark your calendars: the East-West Asheville Art Walk is back! This is an iterative neighborhood event organized by Lamplight AVL that welcomes art, music, performance, and community into the streets of East-West Asheville. At the summer walk 16 neighborhood businesses will host free arts-centered events, inviting the public to stroll between locations and experience the creative energy of the district.

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Current Resident: Keagan Wheat
June 11th-June 30th

Our current artist in residence, Keagan Wheat, will work on a full-length poetry collection and engage the community in writing poetry and crafting chaplets. Aliah Lavonne Jahan-Tigh and he will host a creative writing workshop and bookmaking workshop for the Asheville community.

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Upcoming Resident: Zoie Reamer
July 2nd-July 16th

During her time at the residency, Zoie will be working on oil paintings with corresponding projections, hand dyed soft sculpture, painted lamp pendants, as well as interactive sound installation.

Zoie will bookend her residency with an opening and closing event featuring music live music in an immersive environment

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Community Driven
nonprofit for the arts

Lamplight AVL hosts residency programs that provide artists of all genres with space, time, and resources, so they can create innovative work to share with our community.
DOSed Releases to Benefit Lamplight
DOSed is donating their entire back catalog of tapes to support Lamplight AVL + all future DOSed sales will directly benefit our programs. This means every purchase from DOSed helps us provide time, space, and support for artists creating powerful new work here in Asheville.

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We Love It Here
Benefit Compilation from Drop of Sun

“We Love It Here” is a collection of songs by friends of Drop of Sun Studios, with all proceeds will going directly to our Recover, Remain, and Thrive Program, which was created in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

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Program Three
Recover, Remain, Thrive

Since the day after Hurricane Helene, Lamplight has been working to support artists in our region impacted by the storm.

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