Calendar of Events

Upcoming events and things to do in Asheville, NC. Below is a list of events for festivals, concerts, art exhibitions, group meetups and more.

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Friday, March 27, 2020
Virtual Museum Tours
Mar 27 all-day
Google Arts & Culture

https://artsandculture.google.com/project/streetviews

 

Virtual tour

Explore panoramic views of famous sites in 360˚ Street View tours.

Read more
Categories: Art & Craft
Natural Impressions: Prints from the Asheville Printmakers CANCELLED
Mar 27 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
The North Carolina Arboretum

On display daily January 18 – April 19, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the upstairs gallery of the Education Center, the Asheville Printmakers’ newest exhibit, Natural Impressions, will feature a variety of two- and three-dimensional print pieces utilizing numerous printmaking processes. Works will inspire visitors to think about the beauty and fragility of plants and the natural world through various perspectives and printmaking techniques. All pieces are available for purchase and a portion of the sales will benefit The North Carolina Arboretum Society.

Founded in 2013, the Asheville Printmakers is an energetic group of artists dedicated to expressing ideas and imagery through the medium of print. The group encompasses a wide range of processes and content, including traditional methods, such as lithography, woodcut and screen printing, and contemporary photographic printing processes, such as carbon printing, platinum-palladium and photopolymer etching. 

Parking Fees

  • Members: Free
  • Personal Vehicles: $14
  • Motorhomes / Vehicles (21’ or larger): $50
  • Buses: $100

There are no other admission charges required for visitors to access the Arboretum’s grounds and facilities during the day beyond the standard parking fees listed above.

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Categories: Art & Craft Benefit Community
Shapeshifters Closing Reception
Mar 27 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Center for Craft

Join us from 6-8 pm on Friday, March 27th for a Closing Reception of Shapeshifters: Select Works by Joshua Adams and Jiha Moon. This event is free and open to all. Remarks at 6:45 pm. Light refreshments will be served. This is an accessible event.

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Categories: Art & Craft
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Asheville Area Arts Council Arts Impact Surveys
Mar 28 all-day
Asheville Area Arts Council On-line

Asheville Area Arts Relief Fund Survey
We are looking into starting an arts relief fund, but donations are hard to come by right now. Please complete this very short survey to help us determine how we can work together to support our local arts community during this pandemic.
Take the Survey

Americans for the Arts Economic Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the Arts and Cultural Sector Survey
This survey is designed to collect information about the financial and human impacts that the spread of the coronavirus has had on arts and cultural organizations. The survey also collects basic information about the participating organizations so that the data can be parsed by specific geographic regions, artistic disciplines, and budget categories.
Take the Survey

Read more
Categories: Art & Craft Community
Asheville Art Museum Collections On-line
Mar 28 all-day
Asheville Art Museum On-line

Collection

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Categories: Art & Craft
Asheville Art Museum From Home
Mar 28 all-day
Asheville Art Museum On line

Until we reopen to Members and visitors, we invite you to check out the different ways you can interact with us online!

• Explore the Collection and exhibitions virtually on our website.
• Get to know our staff and volunteers, take deeper dives into artwork with our Works of the Week and more on the Museum blog.
• Relive the grand reopening parties, check out artist interviews, and learn about the history of Pack Square on our YouTube channel.
• Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

We’ve created a Museum From Home page on our website that we’ll update with virtual tours, children’s activities, and more.
Read more
Categories: Art & Craft Community
Create Your Own Sculpture with Asheville Art Museum
Mar 28 all-day
online w/ Asheville Art Museum
After Authur Bradburn, Robot Lamp, circa 1985, mixed media sculpture electrical parts , 2001.14.33
MUSEUM FROM HOME

Create Your Own Sculpture

This artist used found objects to create this sculpture.

ACTIVITY

Look around your house for things you might use to create your own sculpture: a cardboard box, paper towel tubes, tea tin, caps off of juice or milk cartons. Then use glue, duct tape, or string to put a sculpture together and share it with us!

Take a picture, email it to [email protected] and you might see it posted on this page! You can also share it with us on social media, tagging @ashevilleartmuseum. Don’t forget to give your artwork a name. You don’t have to, but it’s fun. Happy sculpting!

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Categories: Art & Craft Community Family Fun
MUSEUM FROM HOME Color Our Collection
Mar 28 all-day
Online w/ Asheville Art Museum

Coloring is great way to combat stress and anxiety. Download and print these free coloring sheets and note cards featuring works from Collection artist Lorna Blaine Halper. During this time of social distancing, we can’t think of a better way to show someone you care than sending them a card via snail mail. Use our coloring template or craft your own!

Read more
Categories: Art & Craft Community Family Fun
National Museum of Natural History – Virtual Tours
Mar 28 all-day
National Museum of Natural History On-line
NMNH Rotunda

The Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History virtual tours allow visitors to take self-guided, room-by-room tours of select exhibits and areas within the museum from their desktop or mobile device. Visitors can also access select collections and research areas at our satellite support and research stations as well as past exhibits no longer on display.

Virtual Tour Tips

  • To navigate between adjoining rooms in the tours, click on the blue arrow links on the floor or use the navigation map in the upper right of the presentation screen.
  • Look for the camera icon which gives you a close-up view of a particular object or exhibit panel.
  • Try zooming in as some of the images are stitched together from individual pictures in order to create very high resolution giga-pixel images.

Available Tours

Hall of Fossils - Deep Time, Giant Sloth
Permanent Exhibits
Jellyfish from the deep ocean
Current Exhibits
Cave painting
Past Exhibits
NMNH Rotunda
Museum Support Center & Research Stations
The Burghers of Calais in the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden
A Few Other Smithsonian Tours
Please note: This tour and these presentations have been tested and should work on all common devices, browsers, and operating systems (using a desktop computer with Windows, Mac, Linux or a mobile device such as an iPhone, iPad, or Android). Functionality and appearance may vary as it will adjust automatically to accommodate the most visitors. Please let us know what you think of the tour and how the experience can be improved. Send your feedback to the NMNH Webmaster.

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Categories: Art & Craft Community Education Family Fun
Online Survey Asheville Art Museum
Mar 28 all-day
Asheville Art Museum
Survey  JUST Click the type that you want. 
What type of content would you like to see most from us?
 DIY activities for kids
 DIY activities for adults
 Interactive programs/webinars
 Deeper dives into the artwork
Read more
Categories: Art & Craft
The Journal of Black Mountain College Studies On-line Access and Submissions
Mar 28 all-day
Black Mountain College Studies On-line

A peer-reviewed open-access digital publication of the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (BMCM+AC). The Journal seeks to host diverse works by writers and artists of varied backgrounds. We welcome academic articles, essays, reviews, poetry, images and forms of artistic expression.

The latest issue of the Journal of Black Mountain College Studies is now online! Volume 10: Chance I Dance is an exploration of dance and performance at Black Mountain College featuring artists and interpreters of work both past and contemporary. The issue is replete with fascinating videos and photographs, as well as articles and poetry.

We welcome you to submit proposals and submissions for upcoming issues. At the moment, submissions we have already received are leading us to focus the next issue on pedagogies and practices of writing at BMC, and we can accept more contributions related to that theme.

Poetry, images, reviews, academic articles, essays, memoirs, archival material, and media are most welcome. We strongly suggest sending us an abstract or a proposal before you proceed to develop a finished submission. The only criteria are submissions of substance and integrity, and an evident connection with the history and heritage of Black Mountain College in all its diverse educational and artistic practices. Email us at [email protected]

Tom Frank
Julie J. Thomson
Co-Editors

Read more
Categories: Art & Craft Community Education
Virtual Museum Tours
Mar 28 all-day
Google Arts & Culture

https://artsandculture.google.com/project/streetviews

 

Virtual tour

Explore panoramic views of famous sites in 360˚ Street View tours.

Read more
Categories: Art & Craft
Natural Impressions: Prints from the Asheville Printmakers CANCELLED
Mar 28 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
The North Carolina Arboretum

On display daily January 18 – April 19, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the upstairs gallery of the Education Center, the Asheville Printmakers’ newest exhibit, Natural Impressions, will feature a variety of two- and three-dimensional print pieces utilizing numerous printmaking processes. Works will inspire visitors to think about the beauty and fragility of plants and the natural world through various perspectives and printmaking techniques. All pieces are available for purchase and a portion of the sales will benefit The North Carolina Arboretum Society.

Founded in 2013, the Asheville Printmakers is an energetic group of artists dedicated to expressing ideas and imagery through the medium of print. The group encompasses a wide range of processes and content, including traditional methods, such as lithography, woodcut and screen printing, and contemporary photographic printing processes, such as carbon printing, platinum-palladium and photopolymer etching. 

Parking Fees

  • Members: Free
  • Personal Vehicles: $14
  • Motorhomes / Vehicles (21’ or larger): $50
  • Buses: $100

There are no other admission charges required for visitors to access the Arboretum’s grounds and facilities during the day beyond the standard parking fees listed above.

Read more
Categories: Art & Craft Benefit Community
RESCHEDULED 4th Nasty Woman and Bad Hombre Art Exhibition Benefit
Mar 28 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Hi-Wire Brewing Company

 

Hello Asheville,

We have been monitoring the situation regarding the recent cases of coronavirus in our state. Out of an abundance of caution and taking our cue from the World Health Organization, we have decided to RESCHEDULE the Nasty Woman and Bad Hombre Art Show that was to take place on March 28, 2020 at The Event Space for Hi-Wire Brewing. 

Your health and safety are our top priority, and at this time, given the information we have, we have made the decision to postpone our event. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Katlynn Millette directly.

  • To Artists – We could not do this without you! We are continuing to accept art, and you can read more here.
  • To VIP Insiders – Please stay tuned for a rescheduled date. We plan to hold this portion of our event once we have rescheduled.
  • To Community Partners – Ya rock! We are so thankful for your support and look forward to continued collaboration.

Please stay tuned! We will update you all as soon as we have additional information about our rescheduled date. In the meantime, please take care of yourself and your families. You can read more about protecting yourself here.

 

 

Hey Asheville,

It’s time to get Nasty, again! 

Save the Date for the 4th Nasty Woman and Bad Hombre Art Exhibition benefiting Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Health Centers and Education Programs.

Last year’s event was PACKED, so we’ve moved the show to a new location to accommodate the demand. 

March 28th
VIP Insider preview starts at 5 pm
Open to the public from 6 pm – 9 pm

Hi-Wire is making a special brew to commemorate the event, and donating a portion of the proceeds back to Planned Parenthood! There will be local vendors selling feminist-inspired art, and we have an exciting text to give challenge gift for the evening!

  • New to 2020! For $35, become a VIP Insider and come early to enjoy a complimentary champagne and kombucha reception. Enjoy an EXCLUSIVE preview of the art being sold, browse the market vendors, and bid on silent auction pieces. Reserve your space here!
  • General Admission is FREE to the public and doors open at 6 pm. Enjoy complimentary nibbles! Art Show pieces will range from $1-$200 and silent auction bidding will start at $250
  • Know a local artist you would like to see at the event? Artist Submissions are still being accepted! For our general art show, we request all pieces priced at $200 and less. This year will also include a silent auction for art that could go for more than $200. To submit a piece, click here or forward this email to your favorite artists!
  • Learn more about the event and how you can get involved

  • Nasty Women Art Show is a group art exhibition to demonstrate solidarity among artists who identify with being Nasty Women in the face of threats to roll back women’s rights, civil rights, and reproductive rights.

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Categories: Art & Craft Benefit
ART Party Asheville Art Museum POSTPONED Ticket holders email [email protected] with questions.
Mar 28 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Asheville Art Museum

The Asheville Art Museum will hold a dynamic new “fun” raising, fundraiser event. ART Party 2020 will feature live music, dancing, event-specific installations, and performance art in partnership with UNC Asheville students, faculty, and local, contemporary artists. Guests will also enjoy light food and drink, a silent auction, and raffle.
Cost (includes one drink ticket): $60 Members, $65 non-members.

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Categories: Art & Craft Fundraisers
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Asheville Area Arts Council Arts Impact Surveys
Mar 29 all-day
Asheville Area Arts Council On-line

Asheville Area Arts Relief Fund Survey
We are looking into starting an arts relief fund, but donations are hard to come by right now. Please complete this very short survey to help us determine how we can work together to support our local arts community during this pandemic.
Take the Survey

Americans for the Arts Economic Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the Arts and Cultural Sector Survey
This survey is designed to collect information about the financial and human impacts that the spread of the coronavirus has had on arts and cultural organizations. The survey also collects basic information about the participating organizations so that the data can be parsed by specific geographic regions, artistic disciplines, and budget categories.
Take the Survey

Read more
Categories: Art & Craft Community
Asheville Art Museum Collections On-line
Mar 29 all-day
Asheville Art Museum On-line

Collection

Read more
Categories: Art & Craft
Asheville Art Museum From Home
Mar 29 all-day
Asheville Art Museum On line

Until we reopen to Members and visitors, we invite you to check out the different ways you can interact with us online!

• Explore the Collection and exhibitions virtually on our website.
• Get to know our staff and volunteers, take deeper dives into artwork with our Works of the Week and more on the Museum blog.
• Relive the grand reopening parties, check out artist interviews, and learn about the history of Pack Square on our YouTube channel.
• Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

We’ve created a Museum From Home page on our website that we’ll update with virtual tours, children’s activities, and more.
Read more
Categories: Art & Craft Community
Create Your Own Sculpture with Asheville Art Museum
Mar 29 all-day
online w/ Asheville Art Museum
After Authur Bradburn, Robot Lamp, circa 1985, mixed media sculpture electrical parts , 2001.14.33
MUSEUM FROM HOME

Create Your Own Sculpture

This artist used found objects to create this sculpture.

ACTIVITY

Look around your house for things you might use to create your own sculpture: a cardboard box, paper towel tubes, tea tin, caps off of juice or milk cartons. Then use glue, duct tape, or string to put a sculpture together and share it with us!

Take a picture, email it to [email protected] and you might see it posted on this page! You can also share it with us on social media, tagging @ashevilleartmuseum. Don’t forget to give your artwork a name. You don’t have to, but it’s fun. Happy sculpting!

Read more
Categories: Art & Craft Community Family Fun
MUSEUM FROM HOME Color Our Collection
Mar 29 all-day
Online w/ Asheville Art Museum

Coloring is great way to combat stress and anxiety. Download and print these free coloring sheets and note cards featuring works from Collection artist Lorna Blaine Halper. During this time of social distancing, we can’t think of a better way to show someone you care than sending them a card via snail mail. Use our coloring template or craft your own!

Read more
Categories: Art & Craft Community Family Fun
National Museum of Natural History – Virtual Tours
Mar 29 all-day
National Museum of Natural History On-line
NMNH Rotunda

The Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History virtual tours allow visitors to take self-guided, room-by-room tours of select exhibits and areas within the museum from their desktop or mobile device. Visitors can also access select collections and research areas at our satellite support and research stations as well as past exhibits no longer on display.

Virtual Tour Tips

  • To navigate between adjoining rooms in the tours, click on the blue arrow links on the floor or use the navigation map in the upper right of the presentation screen.
  • Look for the camera icon which gives you a close-up view of a particular object or exhibit panel.
  • Try zooming in as some of the images are stitched together from individual pictures in order to create very high resolution giga-pixel images.

Available Tours

Hall of Fossils - Deep Time, Giant Sloth
Permanent Exhibits
Jellyfish from the deep ocean
Current Exhibits
Cave painting
Past Exhibits
NMNH Rotunda
Museum Support Center & Research Stations
The Burghers of Calais in the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden
A Few Other Smithsonian Tours
Please note: This tour and these presentations have been tested and should work on all common devices, browsers, and operating systems (using a desktop computer with Windows, Mac, Linux or a mobile device such as an iPhone, iPad, or Android). Functionality and appearance may vary as it will adjust automatically to accommodate the most visitors. Please let us know what you think of the tour and how the experience can be improved. Send your feedback to the NMNH Webmaster.

Read more
Categories: Art & Craft Community Education Family Fun
Online Survey Asheville Art Museum
Mar 29 all-day
Asheville Art Museum
Survey  JUST Click the type that you want. 
What type of content would you like to see most from us?
 DIY activities for kids
 DIY activities for adults
 Interactive programs/webinars
 Deeper dives into the artwork
Read more
Categories: Art & Craft
The Journal of Black Mountain College Studies On-line Access and Submissions
Mar 29 all-day
Black Mountain College Studies On-line

A peer-reviewed open-access digital publication of the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (BMCM+AC). The Journal seeks to host diverse works by writers and artists of varied backgrounds. We welcome academic articles, essays, reviews, poetry, images and forms of artistic expression.

The latest issue of the Journal of Black Mountain College Studies is now online! Volume 10: Chance I Dance is an exploration of dance and performance at Black Mountain College featuring artists and interpreters of work both past and contemporary. The issue is replete with fascinating videos and photographs, as well as articles and poetry.

We welcome you to submit proposals and submissions for upcoming issues. At the moment, submissions we have already received are leading us to focus the next issue on pedagogies and practices of writing at BMC, and we can accept more contributions related to that theme.

Poetry, images, reviews, academic articles, essays, memoirs, archival material, and media are most welcome. We strongly suggest sending us an abstract or a proposal before you proceed to develop a finished submission. The only criteria are submissions of substance and integrity, and an evident connection with the history and heritage of Black Mountain College in all its diverse educational and artistic practices. Email us at [email protected]

Tom Frank
Julie J. Thomson
Co-Editors

Read more
Categories: Art & Craft Community Education
Virtual Museum Tours
Mar 29 all-day
Google Arts & Culture

https://artsandculture.google.com/project/streetviews

 

Virtual tour

Explore panoramic views of famous sites in 360˚ Street View tours.

Read more
Categories: Art & Craft
Natural Impressions: Prints from the Asheville Printmakers CANCELLED
Mar 29 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
The North Carolina Arboretum

On display daily January 18 – April 19, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the upstairs gallery of the Education Center, the Asheville Printmakers’ newest exhibit, Natural Impressions, will feature a variety of two- and three-dimensional print pieces utilizing numerous printmaking processes. Works will inspire visitors to think about the beauty and fragility of plants and the natural world through various perspectives and printmaking techniques. All pieces are available for purchase and a portion of the sales will benefit The North Carolina Arboretum Society.

Founded in 2013, the Asheville Printmakers is an energetic group of artists dedicated to expressing ideas and imagery through the medium of print. The group encompasses a wide range of processes and content, including traditional methods, such as lithography, woodcut and screen printing, and contemporary photographic printing processes, such as carbon printing, platinum-palladium and photopolymer etching. 

Parking Fees

  • Members: Free
  • Personal Vehicles: $14
  • Motorhomes / Vehicles (21’ or larger): $50
  • Buses: $100

There are no other admission charges required for visitors to access the Arboretum’s grounds and facilities during the day beyond the standard parking fees listed above.

Read more
Categories: Art & Craft Benefit Community
LEAF Global Arts: Easel Rider LIVE!
Mar 29 @ 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
LEAF Global Arts Facebook

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Join us for an Easel Rider craft on Facebook Live with our Community Engagement Director, Marsha Almodovar. These fun crafts will utilize supplies you can easily find in your own home. Tune in each Thursday at 3pm EST as we go live to provide step by step instruction, and enjoy a moment of creativity and connection in your day!

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Categories: Art & Craft Community Family Fun
Monday, March 30, 2020
“The Cruel Truth” exhibit Cancelled
Mar 30 all-day
Revolve Gallery

“The Cruel Truth” is a solo exhibit of new paintings by George Terry McDonald. Opening Party March 6, 7 to 10 pm. He is a bard for our age, presenting populist legends in surreal and ironic narratives. From Tom Dooley to Michael Bennett, JFK to 45, he chronicles the death, and stubborn life of American mythologies. Blending the content of outsider art with the technique of a master draftsman, expressionist brushwork, and photorealist detail, he extolls the underdog and turns americana inside out.

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Categories: Art & Craft
Asheville Area Arts Council Arts Impact Surveys
Mar 30 all-day
Asheville Area Arts Council On-line

Asheville Area Arts Relief Fund Survey
We are looking into starting an arts relief fund, but donations are hard to come by right now. Please complete this very short survey to help us determine how we can work together to support our local arts community during this pandemic.
Take the Survey

Americans for the Arts Economic Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the Arts and Cultural Sector Survey
This survey is designed to collect information about the financial and human impacts that the spread of the coronavirus has had on arts and cultural organizations. The survey also collects basic information about the participating organizations so that the data can be parsed by specific geographic regions, artistic disciplines, and budget categories.
Take the Survey

Read more
Categories: Art & Craft Community
Brass Monkey Photography Free Online Classes
Mar 30 all-day
Brass Monkey Photography Online

Hi everyone! I hope that you are staying safe (and sane) in this unprecedented time? I’d like to offer a FREE online class, (absolutely no catch) on getting the most out of your camera.

Do you have a digital camera that you only use in Automatic mode and would like to get more out of it? Have you ever wondered what the different settings are and how they could help you when taking portraits or landscape photographs?

I’d like to set up a few beginner sessions to go over the basics. I will create 60-90 minute segments (via video link) and will look at:

– Aperture
– ISO
– Shutter Speed
– How different lenses impact your photo
– And many more topics

They’ll be in bite size chunks that are more manageable and give you an opportunity to review your notes prior to the next class. The class will be interactive at points too – it’s not just me talking to you via a pre-recorded message. Let’s have some fun together and have you using your camera more this spring/summer!

Respond below and let me know. Please RSVP within 24 hours of the start of each class.

Thanks!

Natasha

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Categories: Art & Craft Community
Create Your Own Sculpture with Asheville Art Museum
Mar 30 all-day
online w/ Asheville Art Museum
After Authur Bradburn, Robot Lamp, circa 1985, mixed media sculpture electrical parts , 2001.14.33
MUSEUM FROM HOME

Create Your Own Sculpture

This artist used found objects to create this sculpture.

ACTIVITY

Look around your house for things you might use to create your own sculpture: a cardboard box, paper towel tubes, tea tin, caps off of juice or milk cartons. Then use glue, duct tape, or string to put a sculpture together and share it with us!

Take a picture, email it to [email protected] and you might see it posted on this page! You can also share it with us on social media, tagging @ashevilleartmuseum. Don’t forget to give your artwork a name. You don’t have to, but it’s fun. Happy sculpting!

Read more
Categories: Art & Craft Community Family Fun