Come enjoy some free experimental film, refreshments, and zines on August 17th at 7 pm. Cecilia will be showing a collection of poetry based film and zines with a short artist talk at the beginning of the night.

Come draw a book with Ben! Ben Berry will be in residence weekends during July; he's sharing the space with Meg Winnecour, who will be hosting open studios Mondays-Fridays for the month. You can learn more about Meg's events here. Ben’s…

Please join us on May 23 from 6-9 pm as our current artist in residence, Will Iselnogle, shares his illustration installation with our community!

Image credit Jesse Mead. @BlackRivrComics TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT Join us at the residency as Candlewood Collective presents DOLORES, a one-act drama about two sisters drawn together by domestic violence. Sandra and Dolores push and pull against…

Please join us on March 8th and 9th!  Lyle de Vitry invites the community to attend an exhibition of his work and creative exploration at Studio 821. During his time in residence, he will develop lyrics for unfinished songs. The drafted lyrics…

Listen in! Click HERE to listen to the full show on the archives from December 16, or scroll down to "Playlists" for a scrollable version of the show! Swannatopia, our current artists in residence, have partnered with 103.3 Asheville fm this…

Join us at 821 Haywood Rd, as Tara Foley and Alex Theodoropulos, the husband and wife team known as Spyrodon, share a musical, fabric, and visuals performance! These two have come down from New York to create a new round of work as our artists-in-residence,…

Join us at 821 Haywood Road as artist-in-residence Katt Naz hosts open studio hours all week to share her latest works! And as we celebrate the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month, Arepas Venezolanas made by the artist’s mom Araceli (@aras_latinfood)…

Join us at 821 Haywood Road on September 2, from 1 til 8 pm, for a Zine Release and Art Show! Our friends at Swanatopia, who brought us The Bug Mall last winter, are back!  In conjunction with Black Mountain College Museum, Swannatopia's Madalyn…

Join us at 821 Haywood Road at 4 pm on July 29th, for a writing salon with Rachel Hanson, our artist in residence for July of 2023! Writing Salon with Rachel Hanson: The Stories We Want to Tell and How to Begin For some writers, starting…

Join us at The Residency at 821 on May 7 at 3 pm for Andrew Weathers' performance and installation! Over the course of his residency with us, Andrew has walked from our location at 821 Haywood Road to the banks of the French Broad River every…

Join us at the Residency at 821, at 821 Haywood Road, on February 4 from 9 am to 5 pm, as Aparna Sud shares the beautiful pieces she has created during her stay as artist-in-residence. Aparna has been exploring style and technique during her…

Brett Naucke's new work, "Room Without Time", was a living installation for multichannel audio and visual elements built over the month of November 2022 at The Residency at 821. Public viewings were held on November 30th, December 1st, and 2nd.…

Come by 821 Haywood Road for a workshop to learn more about Make Noise's O-Coast with synthecist Bana Haffar! Two time slots. Advanced sign-up required. Over the month of September, our friends at Make Noise Music are presenting a series…

Lamplight AVL has teamed up with a fiscal sponsor! While we work to complete our nonprofit status, we feel so lucky to have partnered with Weathervane Music, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance independent…