Amanda Yoder
For me, crafting home furnishings is both a practice of embodied living – expressing myself in a way that unifies the physical and spiritual – and a study of people now and before. We have so much in common with our collective ancestors, as much as we may protest our differences with them. Perhaps everyday […]
Mollie Harrington-Weaver
I’ve been doing art from the time I could sit at a little desk. At age three I would wake in the morning and do my “drawings”. My life took many turns away from art including medical school to be a pediatrician which I have practiced part-time while raising three daughters. I’m also the guardian […]
Melissa Ezelle
Bio: Melissa Ezelle is a fiber artist and printmaker living in Asheville, North Carolina. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Fine Art with a concentration in printmaking and is a current student of Haywood Community College’s Professional Crafts program, with a concentration in Fiber. Melissa has received grants and awards from the Maryland […]
Wesley Ethyn Bowers
Wesley Ethyn Bowers was born to be an artist. Coming from a family of creatives, they have always gravitated to the arts since their early years. They have traversed the artistic spectrum, from painting and drawing to jewellery, fashion and music. They draw from patterns in nature and abstract, modern art styles. Coral reefs are […]
Jamie Sparks
Jamie Sparks is a metals and textile artist living in Asheville, NC. She is an AAS candidate in the Professional Crafts Jewelry Program at Haywood Community College. She is a member of Haywood Professional Craft Studios. Jamie is an instructor in multiple mediums at The John C Campbell Folk School, Olive’s Porch and Local Cloth and […]
Janice Alexander
My husband and I, along with our three dogs and a parrot, moved to Clyde last summer from the Wilmington area, where we had lived for over 30 years. It was a great decision—we love it here. I grew up in the Charlotte area and have always made things since I was a young child. […]
Kelly Owens
I have lived all over the world due to my father’s military service career. I was born in San Fransisco, raised in Florida, and spent many happy summers in Montana immersed in the grandeur of nature. Before recently relocating to Waynesville, to be closer to my children, I called Key West home for the past […]
Aliyah Chastain
My name is Aliyah Chastain. I live on a farm in Western North Carolina. I am a mostly self-taught artist and work in charcoal, graphite, colored pencil, and PanPastel. Art is my passion and I have been honing my skills since the age of 11. Graphite is the medium I started in and is still […]
Linda Gilchrist
I am a fairly new artist, having begun working in watercolor after retiring from a 37-year healthcare career in 2022. Painting was something I always wanted to do but was delayed during all those years raising and supporting myself and child as a single parent. I am self-taught, primarily through YouTube tutorials, online classes, and […]
Maria Davis
My feelings and emotions guide my choice of subject, color, and form. My works are often not planned out; they are created in the moment. While inspired by the beauty and serendipity of nature, I have adopted an abstract expressionist style. I paint what I feel, rather than what I see. My favorite medium is […]
Kenneth Czarnomski
My artistic endeavors started in 1967, in Michigan, as I was pursuing my education in architecture. I continued my fine arts studies while experimenting with whatever art supplies were available. Since then, I have had the opportunity to hike all over the world, returning to these mountains that I love in 2002 when I moved […]
Greg Vaeth
My background stems from not only being an illustration major at Syracuse University but also living and working in the graphic world of T-shirts for over 30 years. My work tends to be influenced by the “straightforwardness” of the art and graphics I have been exposed to in my profession over the years, often limited […]
