Open Studio! Lindsey Mercer | Multiple Dates in October, 7-9 pm

Come and experience the Divine Coziness! Winter approaches, the nights are getting longer, and Lindsay Mercer is preparing for their annual hibernation. Inside the studio is a cave sewn from old blankets and oiled paper. Come rest and take in the quiet.
Visitors are welcome to enter and touch the work during open studio time.
Open Studio Hours:
Saturday October 14th 7-9 pm
Sunday October 15th 7-9 pm
Tuesday October 17th 7-9 m
Wednesday October 18th 7-9 pm
Friday October 20th 7-9 pm
Saturday October 21st 7-9 pm

Radio Interview! Lindsay Mercer | October 11 1-2pm 103.3 Asheville fm

Our current resident, Lindsay Mercer, is hard at work building their new show in the residency. They will be talking to Jess Speer of our beloved local radio station, 103.3 Asheville fm, about her work, on October 11 from 1 til 2 pm. Listen in to hear more about their upcoming show!

Lindsay Mercer sews, prints, and builds small quiet homes. Fabric safekept by friends and reclaimed from dumpsters and mud puddles becomes the walls and windowsills that frame delicate broken glass and greased paper windows. Glass is broken, but mended as well as needle and thread can manage. Paper is toughened by drenching it in grease until the opaque becomes a murky translucent glow. They build homes of empathy, both fragile and resilient.

Dedicated to the art of oral histories and home building, Lindsay is in the continual process of learning what it means to be a country queer in the world today.

 

Open Studio: Self Discovery, Katt Naz | September 25-29, 1-6pm

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) will be sold throughout the week, first come first served! 

This show is about the journey of figuring out how to embody our truest form. Life tests us through good and horrible experiences that show us the truth about who we are and what we want. Being a human is one hell of a ride and when you embrace your truest self, that’s when the magic begins.

Society will continue to mold us into copies of each other but the question is, do you want to be like everyone else? Or do you want to be who you were meant to be and kick it up a notch? Life is much more fun when you make your own rules.

The show contains have a mixture of mediums: acrylic and mixed media paintings, wire sculptures, merch (and maybe a projection).

Installation Reception: Self Discovery, Katt Naz | September 23, 6:30-9:30pm

Join us at the opening reception as artist Katt Naz returns to share her latest works! Opening Reception will be Saturday September 23, 6:30-9:30; additional viewings 9/22-9/29 1pm-6pm. And as we celebrate the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month, Arepas Venezolanas made by the artist’s mom Araceli (@aras_latinfood) will be sold throughout the week, first come first served! 

This show is about the journey of figuring out how to embody our truest form. Life tests us through good and horrible experiences that show us the truth about who we are and what we want. Being a human is one hell of a ride and when you embrace your truest self, that’s when the magic begins. 

Society will continue to mold us into copies of each other but the question is, do you want to be like everyone else? Or do you want to be who you were meant to be and kick it up a notch? Life is much more fun when you make your own rules.

The show contains have a mixture of mediums: acrylic and mixed media paintings, wire sculptures, merch (and maybe a projection). 

Party, Book Release, Photo Show: Brett Naucke – Born Last Summer Summer | September 8 5-9; September 9 & 10 11-6

Opening Party: September 8, 5-9pm

Exhibit Hours: September 9 and 10, 11am-6pm

 

Join us at 821 Haywood Road as Brett Naucke releases Born Last Summer, a photography book and exhibit.  This is Naucke’s first published collection of photography, spanning 20 years of exploring the dichotomy of the hopeful and dreary sentiments of the summer season.

Show: Zine Release and Art Show | September 2, 2023 1-8 pm

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 Wofford is currently running a series of Saturday markets inspired by Bazaar Sabado, an avant garde market in Mexico that was run by Black Mountain College Museum Alum, Cynthia Sargent. This event will be in conjunction with the exhibition Black Mountain College and Mexico, on display at BMCM until September 9. Come check out this awesome show!

Installation Viewing: Chris Hamilton, Radio Infrequencies | Aug 11, 12, 16, 17, 25, 26 7-11 pm

Swing by to check out Chris Hamilton’s Installation, Radio Infrequencies, at open studio hours, 821 Haywood Road!

Radio Infrequencies – Unfurling
Radio Infrequencies will be presented as an interactive sound work. Primary materials will consist of 100+ tabletop radios, 4 short-range radio broadcasting units, and ~60 outlet timers. Visitors will be able to engage with the radios and other sonic elements.
The radios will be used in sculptural and distributed forms to explore multi-channel audio presentation of noise, public radio broadcast content, and curated audio content broadcast on short-range radio transmitters. Modes of exploration will include rhythm and syncopation, drone, spatial shapes, and spatial motion through use of outlet timers. The installation will be modified over the course of the residency to explore a variety of sculptural and conceptual ideas.

Performance: Chris Hamilton, Radio Infrequencies | August 7, 2023

Monday, August 7, time tbd.

Radio Infrequencies – Unfurling
Radio Infrequencies will be presented as an interactive sound work. Primary materials will consist of 100+ tabletop radios, 4 short-range radio broadcasting units, and ~60 outlet timers. Visitors will be able to engage with the radios and other sonic elements.
The radios will be used in sculptural and distributed forms to explore multi-channel audio presentation of noise, public radio broadcast content, and curated audio content broadcast on short-range radio transmitters. Modes of exploration will include rhythm and syncopation, drone, spatial shapes, and spatial motion through use of outlet timers. The installation will be modified over the course of the residency to explore a variety of sculptural and conceptual ideas.
Photo Credits: Peter Speer

Salon: The Stories We Want to Tell and How to Begin | July 29, 2023 at 4pm

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 with the ending is the only way to begin, for others it varies with the different stories they wish to tell and the genre in which they hope to tell it, and some writers struggle with getting that first line on the page no matter the form or genre. This is a generative workshop, complete with creative writing prompts, aimed at helping writers take their ideas and get them down on the page.
Saturday July 22nd, 4:00 p.m.
821 Haywood Road
What to bring: notebook, pen or pencil, and a story idea!
Photo credits: Peter Speer

Performance: The Big Beautiful Crankie Project | March 5, 2023

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We are a troupe of artists working on a storytelling project that we want to share with you. We will be creating a series of “crankies,” which are boxes that hold a scroll of drawings or paintings that move across the “screen” to help tell our story. The production will include visual art, original stories, song, dance, poetry, and music. Save the date for the weekend of March 4 to come and experience our show!