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Join 2 of our Lamplight Studios Artists for a screening of their film on September 22 at Asheville's Fine Arts Theater! STRAY EMBERS is an intimate, vérité portrait of resilience, community, and climate crisis in rural Northern California. In the wake of the 2018 Camp Fire- the deadliest wildfire in California history- Brad Weldon, a […]
Our September artist in residence Elizabeth Ivey will work in the studio throughout her September residency, inviting the community to witness her creative process in real time. Visitors can drop by to see work in progress, ask questions, and experience the studio as a living workspace. No performance or instruction-just authentic creative work on view. […]
October 1-6, 11am-7pm, Walk by and watch us wait! The front window of the residency space will become the stage and inside artists will be “waiting.” During her time at Lamplight, Susan Alta Martin will, over two weeks, transform Lamplight into a stage for a durational performance that uses the idea of a waiting room […]
The East-West Asheville Art Walk returns on Friday, October 2nd, from 5 to 8 p.m. This free community event brings art, music, performance, and creative exchange into neighborhood businesses, inviting the public to stroll between locations and experience the district’s vibrant artistic community. Organized by Lamplight AVL, the Art Walk is an ongoing seasonal initiative […]
October 3, 5PM-8pm, “The Funeral,” Featuring Performances and a Parade The evening will kick off with a toy theater performance by Stacey Davidson. That will be followed by a eulogy led by Anna Helgeson where people will have a chance to mourn what they feel has been lost during this unprecedented time of attack on […]
October 6-9, 11am-7pm, “Transformation,” walk by and watch us transform the waiting room The space will again become a sort of stage and people can come by and watch as Tom Ashcraft and Susan will lead the transformation of the space from a waiting room to an art installation. Area artists will also be […]
October 10th, 5-8pm, “Transform, Not Fix,” For the second intermission, the public is invited to an opening reception for the art exhibition “Transform, Not Fix.” Based on the idea that the system is too broken to fix, we need to make something new out of what we have. During her time at Lamplight, Susan […]
October 11th-13th, 11am-7pm “Transform, Not Fix,” A workshop where you can bring your broken objects to the space and the artists will help you transform them! During her time at Lamplight, Susan Alta Martin will, over two weeks, transform Lamplight into a stage for a durational performance that uses the idea of a waiting […]