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The ARTSVILLE podcast celebrate contemporary American Arts & Crafts from Asheville NC and beyond. The Artsville podcast has it all: Painting, Pottery, Weaving, Woodworking, Welding, Glass Blowing and more. Discover world class artisans, artists, craftsman and makers.

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Meet Candace Reilly - Exploring NC’s Storied Contemporary Glass Movement

Meet Candace Reilly - Exploring NC’s Storied Contemporary Glass Movement

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March 2024 Roundup: *New* Virtual Gallery Launches, Five Featured Artists, New Podcast Drops, and MORE

March is coming in like a lion, roaring through Artsville with a new virtual gallery, artist awards, community art, and more!

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January Roundup: Artful Insights - Auctions and Storytelling with Lauren Brunk, Art in Hotels in a *new* Travelogue, Cynthia Llanes Exhibit, and MORE

Discover the latest in the arts scene with Artsville! From Kenn Kotara's marketing insights to VGA Spring 2024 applications and podcast Episode 26's auction stories. Experience the vibrant watercolor landscapes of Cynthia Llanes at the Ferguson Family YMCA. Engage in a world of creativity!

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December Artsville Podcast: Where Art and Community Meet in WNC with Vicki Essig and Andy Palmer

Artsville's December Podcast explores how art and community come together in Bakersville, NC with Andy Palmer of InTandem Gallery and Vicki Essig of Mica Gallery.

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Asheville - A Destination for All: Edgy, Artsy, and Inviting with Marla Tambellini

Discover the magic of Asheville with its vibrant arts scene and beyond on the Artsville Podcast! Join us as host Louise Glickman speaks with Marla Tambellini, Senior VP of Marketing at Explore Asheville as she retires after almost 30 years as a masterful spokesperson and marketer, especially for the arts.

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October 2023 Roundup: NEW Virtual Gallery Launches, Travelogue Goes West, Hilloween, and MORE!

October 2023 Roundup: NEW Virtual Gallery Launches, Travelogue Goes West, Hilloween, and MORE!

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Hilloween: A Mechanism for Unity with Gina Phillips

Learn about 'Hilloween', an event that amplifies Mitchell County, North Carolina's strong arts heritage and unifies the community.

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Building Artist Brands: An Artsville Partnership Story with Scott "Sourdough" Power & Louise Glickman [Ep 22]

Scott “Sourdough” Power's unique vision for building artist brands is moving the needle in the art world. Tune in to learn about his multimedia art projects and future aspirations!

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Preserving A Picturesque America, Travelogue: Florence, BLISS Invite, Krafthouse, and New Podcast: June 2023 Newsletter

This month’s newsletter travels across America and to Florence, Italy to explore how art history and the natural world remain relevant in today’s modern art scene.

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The Story of Curating Jim McDowell’s Red Tails Face Jug with Nasher’s Chief Curator Marshall N. Price Ph.D. [Ep21]

Jim McDowell, his "Red Tails" Face Jug, and Marshall Price

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Sherry Masters: Bridging the Gap Between Artists and Art Enthusiasts [Ep20]

Today, you’ll learn more about the art tours that Sherry Masters organizes with Art Connections and why she believes it’s important to humanize the arts.

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Where Creativity Comes From with Bee Sieburg and Molly Courcelle [Ep19]

Today we're introducing two of the remarkable painters taking part in the inaugural Biltmore Lake Imaginative Studio Stroll, Bee Sieburg and Molly Courcelle.

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BLISS: Biltmore Lake’s Imaginative Studio Stroll with Elaine Scherer and Louise Glickman [Ep18]

Louise Glickman and Elaine Scherer talk about the first-ever Biltmore Lake Imaginative Studio Stroll (BLISS), where 25 artists will show and sell their art.

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Rest as Resistance with Mary Farmer [Ep17]

Mary Farmer is an Asheville-based encaustic painter, who paints portals into a transcendent state of being. Referring to her paintings as soft landings, her work helps you decompress.

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Fiber Activism with Judi Jetson [Ep16]

Today's guest, fiber activist Judi Jetson, helps drive the recognition and economic development of textile-based local Western North Carolina artists.

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“Don’t Touch the Art!” with Merrily Orsini [Ep15]

In today’s episode, Merrily shares the story of the artwork that brought her and her husband together, some of her favorite glass artists, how the glass art industry has changed during this century, and how she hopes to change the world for the better through her Art2025 project.

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Kate Pett: Helping Asheville Artists Thrive [Ep14]

Rapid growth has benefits and downfalls. Kate Pett, Thrive Asheville's executive director, explains how her organization helps her community confront the latter.

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Jim McDowell: The Need to Look Back in Order to Move Forward [Ep 13]

Today, we welcome ceramic artist, Jim McDowell, to the Artsville Podcast! Jim, known to many as the Black Potter, is a ceramicist based in Weaverville, North Carolina, who specializes in stoneware face jugs, a type of vessel that bears the likeness of the human face. Through his work, he honors t...

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Looking at the World Differently with Kenn Kotara [Ep12]

Today’s guest on the Artsville Podcast is the one and only Kenn Kotara, a contemporary mixed-media abstract artist based in Asheville, North Carolina. Kenn’s practice has been shaped by his lifelong fascination with architecture, philosophy, and literature, and he masterfully expresses himsel...

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Robert Nicholas: Artistic Visionary [Ep11]

Creating spaces for art to thrive is becoming more and more important as the world goes digital. Marquee is one such space in Asheville that was borne of the vision of lighting designer, antique dealer, entrepreneur, and real estate developer, Robert Nicholas. In this episode, we find out all abo...

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Finding Your Calling with Viola Spells [Ep10]

Most artists know their calling from a young age and enter into the creative world in early adulthood with little to no savings. “Finding your calling” was difficult for one of the legends of the art world, Viola Spells.

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The Beauty of Surprise with Rhona Polonsky [Ep9]

Today’s guest lived and worked in many exotic parts of the world before finding her way to Artsville, where she is currently very happily residing and exhibiting her work. Whether in India, Indonesia, or Ghana, Rhona Polonsky has always sought out beauty and surprise, and therefore she has alwa...

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Tails of Whimsy with Daryl Slaton [Ep8]

In this episode of Artsville, we welcome one of the driving forces behind this Asheville-based project, the inspiring and wonderful Daryl Slaton and his tails of whimsy!

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Spreading Ukrainian Culture (and Good Wishes) with Andrea Kulish [Ep7]

Today, we are joined by Andrea Kulish, a first-generation Ukrainian-American artist, and designer. In this episode, you’ll see Ukraine through her eyes and her eggs; her pysanky eggs that is! Andrea shares her mission to spread Ukrainian culture (and good wishes) through her pysanky, and we als...

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The Village Potters: Dedicated to Clay in The River Arts District with Sarah Wells Rolland [Ep6]

As a bustling artist enclave found on the banks of the French Broad River, Asheville’s River Arts District (RAD) pulses with an artistic energy born of diverse media and collaboration. Located in the RAD, The Village Potters Clay Center is a vibrant creative community dedicated to the explorati...