News & Events
Koplos and Metcalf to Speak on History of Studio Craft
September 18, 2012
Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf, authors of "Makers: A History of American Studio Craft" (University of North Carolina Press, 2010), will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9 in the UNC Asheville Reuter Center, home of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. A book-signing will follow.
Asheville Writers to Read, Honor, 88-Year-Old Memoirist
September 10, 2012
Seven well-known Asheville authors will perform a reading of the work of 88-year-old Virginia Redfield, whose first book, the memoir "Night Bloom," was published in April with the help of Asheville's literary community.
Writers at Home Fall Series Begins with Poets Iglesias, Matthews and Soniat
August 30, 2012
The 2012 Writers at Home fall series, sponsored by UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program (GSWP), begins with readings by distinguished poets Holly Iglesias, Sebastian Matthews and Katherine Soniat. The readings take place at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, at Malaprop's Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., downtown Asheville. Writers at Home events are free and open to the public.
UNC Asheville’s Second Annual Well-A-Bration Features Three Days of Health Activities; Keynote Talk by Dan Savage
August 23, 2012
UNC Asheville's second annual Well-A-Bration, September 13-15, will feature music, a sports expo, healthy cooking and exercise workshops, and a keynote talk by author, activist and sex-advice columnist Dan Savage.
UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program Announces Fall Workshops
August 14, 2012
UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program (GSWP) has announced its fall lineup of workshops for local writers in poetry and prose. Classes will be held in Asheville, Black Mountain, Burnsville and Hendersonville.
Renowned Sculptural Ceramicist Magdalene Odundo to Speak in Asheville
August 10, 2012
Magdalene Odundo, the renowned Kenyan-born sculptural ceramist and professor, will speak about her work at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, at the Asheville Art Museum. Her talk is presented in partnership with UNC Asheville's Center for Craft, Creativity & Design (CCCD), which has sponsored Odundo's visit as artist-in-residence in Western North Carolina.
New Exhibit to Feature Works by UNC Asheville Studio Art Faculty
August 9, 2012
Works by 10 UNC Asheville Art Department faculty members will be featured in a wide-ranging exhibition Aug. 24-Sept. 14 at UNC Asheville's S. Tucker Cooke Gallery. The show kicks off the gallery's 2012-2013 season. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, in the gallery.
ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 4: Looking Forward at Buckminster Fuller's Legacy
August 6, 2012
The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (BMCM+AC) in partnership with UNC Asheville, the UNC Asheville Howerton Distinguished Professor in the Humanities and the Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI) is pleased to announce ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 4 to be held September 28-30, 2012, a weekend gathering of scholars, practitioners and artists coming to Asheville to discuss, present and experience topics and workshops related to the forward-thinking ideas of Buckminster Fuller. The three-day conference will focus on Fuller's "comprehensive anticipatory design science" as a means for fostering prosperous, livable communities through creative, interdisciplinary thinking. The program for the weekend will include an array of presentations, panels and free experiential workshops connected to the vast web of ideas, initiatives and practices that Fuller championed during his life - and that others have taken on since his death.
Photography Exhibit by Jon Michael Riley to Open at UNC Asheville’s Blowers Gallery
July 24, 2012
"Horizons – Past and Present," an exhibition of photographs by Jon Michael Riley, will open Friday, Aug. 10, at Blowers Gallery in UNC Asheville's Ramsey Library. A meet-the-artist reception will be held from 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, in the gallery. The exhibit and reception are both free and open to the public.
Gabriel Shaffer to Exhibit at UNC Asheville’s Highsmith Gallery
July 23, 2012
UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union Gallery presents a new exhibition, "Invisible Ink: Works on Paper by Gabriel Shaffer," opening Friday, Aug. 10. A reception featuring a short talk by the artist and refreshments will be held in the gallery from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23. The reception and exhibition are both free and open to the public.
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