We are honored to host this event at Lamplight, we hope to see you!
“While the administration demonizes trans people, we choose to celebrate our strength, beauty, and resilience. With the Sanctity of Transness, we aim to celebrate our wholeness, all we have to offer the world, and our inherent sanctity as part of the cosmos.”
Gallery Hours:
Wednesday 4/1 from 3pm – 7pm
Closing Reception:
Thurs. 4/2 from 5:30-8:30 pm
BOUND: AN IMMERSIVE FLORAL ART INSTALLATION & AN EVENING EXPERIENCE OF THE SENSES
from Current Resident Allyson Seifert
BOUND IS A POP UP ART EXHIBITION, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, SATURDAY MARCH 28 FROM 7PM UNTIL LATE. BOUND WILL IMMERSE YOU INTO NEW SENSES. TASTE, TOUCH, SMELL, LISTEN. FEATURED ARTIST AND OWNER OF LOCAL CAFE AND FLORAL DESIGN STUDIO, ALLYSON SEIFERT, TAKES YOU INTO A NEW PLACE EXPLORING THE DICHOTOMY OF INDUSTRIAL METALS AND FABRICS BOUND TO FLORALS AND FOLIAGE.
BITES BY CHARIS GODDARD
WINE BY ETHAN RISINGER
MUSIC SET BY DJ BLOOD CHAMBER
PAY WHAT YOU WISH $15 – $30 SUGGESTED DONATION
Our current resident Emma Ensley will be hosting a reading on Thursday, 3/19, where she and eight other readers will share work related to Dante’s 9 circles of hell 🔥 Come out at 7pm and hear what Emma has been working on + much more 😊 Emma will read from her novel in progress, and other readers will pull from a variety of sources and genres. We hope to see you!
A new First Friday Art Walk will bring art, music, performance, and community into the streets of East-West Asheville on Friday, April 3 from 5 to 8 p.m. Twelve neighborhood businesses will host free arts-centered events, inviting the public to stroll between locations and experience the creative energy of the district.
The event is organized by Lamplight AVL and also marks the first time the organization opens the doors to its new creative home at 2 Westwood Place. Participating businesses include Lamplight AVL, Harvest Records, Ayurprana, Haunt, Nice Time Glass, Cellarist, Cooperative Coffee Roasters, Make Noise, Subject Matter Studio, Woodland Tattoo, Palm and Pine, and Story Parlor.
Throughout the evening, visitors can move between participating locations and encounter a range of creative programming. Harvest Records will host an art show featuring work by Thom Nguyen, while Ayurprana will present a live soundscape by Bryce Franich with accompanying visuals by Aida Courtenay-Smith. At Nice Time Glass, guests are invited to a live hot glass demonstration as owners Kathryn and Haley create a large vessel inspired by the colors of their newest neighbors at Lamplight.
Several stops along the walk will blend visual art with live music. Cellarist will feature music from Daniel Shearin of River Whyless alongside artwork by Matt Fischer and abstract paintings by Jordan Garmon. Cooperative Coffee Roasters will host an art opening featuring Liz Brindley and Simone Jaramillo, introducing Brindley’s series “Joy Buoys,” with music from Matthew McDaniel in the café’s secret garden and special evening drink offerings.
Visitors to Subject Matter Studio can browse the shop’s latest work, including limited edition art prints and concert posters. Story Parlor will offer a glimpse into its listening room programming with music, poetry, and performance throughout the evening. Guests can enjoy a drink from the bar and browse the Story Bound Bookshop, which focuses on creativity, storytelling, and the narrative arts.
At Lamplight AVL’s new space at 2 Westwood Place, visitors are invited to explore the new artist studios for the first time. Erin Brethauer and Tim Hussin of This Land Films will project a collection of their short films and share current photography work in their studio, while studio mate Alison Antaramian will exhibit and offer her sculptural work for sale. Jess Godden will host a hands-on zine-making station in her studio. Zoie Reamer will present a series of miniature drawings alongside several works in progress. Multi-disciplinary artist Sophie Hull welcomes guests to explore her print shop/studio, Iron Rhino Press, to view archives, charcuterie bites, and participate in live screen printing! Bring your own garments or pick from a selection of blanks. In Martha Skinner’s studio, “Musical Table” invites participants into a collaborative activity that combines movement, sound, and visual interaction and encourages playful creative exchange. Meghan Korol will have cyanotype prints and jewelry on display in her metalsmithing studio, as well as a weaving in progress!
The evening will also include a site-specific sound installation in the yard by Zach Cooper and Tony Rolando, and a ribbon cutting to mark Lamplight’s first public event at 2 Westwood. Jade and B Aster will be opening their new art and vintage shop, Aster House, with a selection of clothing, decor, and polaroid photography for sale. As the evening winds down, Jade Aster will set up a telescope in the yard for visitors to take a look at Jupiter, weather permitting.
The First Friday Art Walk is free and open to the public. Visitors are encouraged to arrive anytime between 5 and 8 p.m. and stroll between the participating locations throughout the evening.
Join us at our new home at 2 Westwood Place for a fundraiser and album release show of “Duets” by J Seger.
We’ll be hosting this show in our raw future event space at 2 Westwood, just before construction begins. We’re currently fundraising to support both our ongoing work and our exciting expansion at 2 Westwood. All proceeds from this event will support these efforts.
The album “Duets” is a 3-song collaboration between J Seger + Larkin Farrar, Alison Antaramian, Emily Easterly. The show will see the group presenting the 3 songs from the album, as well as songs from the vocalist’s back catalog.
The album “Duets” is a 3-song collaboration between J Seger + Larkin Farrar, Alison Antaramian, Emily Easterly.
From J:
“I wanted to do something different vocally, so I asked Larkin, Alison, and Emily if they would listen to some demo sketches, and if inspired, to work out some vocal arrangements – I only loosely had the idea to use other vocalists and maybe explore something softer and well-crafted. There are no actual duets, it’s really just a theme of working together (hence the quotations). They each wrote beautiful melodies, we worked out the structure of the songs a bit, and then that evolved into them composing lyrics as well. I wanted to keep the production very simple and minimal, Alex Farrar at Drop of Sun helped realize that, and brought in a few friends for tracking – Jack Victor (drums), Dave Hartley (bass), Clay White (horns), Mike Johnson (pedal steel). Given the approach, everyone was very instrumental in pushing the songs to where they ended up. Everything just kinda worked and we were careful to hold a core vibe throughout the whole thing.”
Join us on 1/17 for a record release show with Brett Naucke for his new record Ground Fault Matinee.
This was released in November and immediately sold out so they ran a second pressing 🫠. This is the first / last time Brett will be playing this material in Asheville.
Also Playing:
Shane Justice Mccord
and Ashley Paul
Two acts, 7pm start time, $5, drinks
Hope to see you Saturday!
Flyer art by @wall_isenogle
Save the Date for:
Artist Statement:My work explores the psychological and emotional terrain of Black womanhood—an experience that is often mythologized, feared, and misunderstood. Through painting, textiles, ceramics, and performance, I construct hybrid mythologies where innocence and unease coexist. Drawing from Nigerian folklore, body horror, and the language of cartoons, I create figures that feel both playful and unsettling. Their stitched and layered surfaces become metaphors for visibility, vulnerability, and reclamation. I am interested in how joy and pain can inhabit the same image, how tenderness can emerge from dissonance. At its core, my practice is about autonomy and multiplicity. I seek to create spaces where the Black female body exists beyond the spectacle—where it can rest, transform, and simply exist.
Artists Meg Mulhearn and David Lynch have envisioned a project where they bring the coast to the mountains. Many things today are experienced through a screen or grid, whether by social media or video, and they will use the idea of a grid or frame as a component in their work at Lamplight.
“Our recent experiments with printing, painting, projection, and sound have inspired an imagined realm with both terrestrial and oceanic elements. As the mountains speak of materialism, solidity, and proximity to the heavens themselves, the ocean and wetlands evoke a different type of depth and the power of oceanic circulation which regulates life on earth. Our hope is that the experience will facilitate deep reflection.”
Join us this Weekend:
Open House: Ephemera House
with Meg Mulhearn & David Lynch
Saturday, Nov 15th
7-10 PM
artist statement:
All creations are ephemeral and reflect the natural life cycle of bloom, decay, transformation, and absorption into new works of art. We are interdisciplinary artists and musicians, and our collection across forms, called Ephemera House, is a very human and joyously un-optimized attempt to acknowledge the past, present, and future of our creative lives in a series of moments.
At long last Croctober Fest is here! Rescheduled from last October, this event will feature a playful series of silly Croc-inspired art + music from Corpse Dust and Busted Chops.
Each piece celebrates the iconic shoe with humor and charm, guaranteed to spark laughter and smiles. Lighthearted, quirky, and a little absurd—this collection is all about joy, fun, and creative Croc appreciation. We hope to see you on Friday!
Saturday, September 20th, 1-4pm
Join us for an afternoon viewing of photographs taken by Jade Aster throughout the course of their residency!
Our current artist-in-residence, Experimental instant film photographer, Jade Aster, blends art and astronomy under the moniker, The Moon Talkers. Throughout their residency, Jade has been using instant film cameras (Polaroid and Instax) and a telescope to capture lunar and solar details on small pieces of instant film. As the moon cycled through its lunar month, they photographed each phase to show the changes in crater visibility and dark plains of the surface. Now, nearing the end of the residency, they will piece together the individual photographs side by side to create a larger mosaic of the lunar month.
We hope to see you this weekend!