CALL FOR ARTISTS: City of Asheville Cultural Arts Division Announces Proposal Deadline: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. Asheville, NC – The City of Asheville Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Arts Department invites all area artists to submit artwork for SmART Space – the City’s first artist-in-residency program. The juried competition, which will award a $1,500 [...]
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Artists Activate Empty Storefronts with SmART Space Artist-in-Residence Program
Posted in Arts & Thoughts Artistic, Community Development, tagged Arts, Asheville, City of Asheville, Community Development, storefronts with art on September 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Artists: AAAC’s City of 1,000 Easels Project
Posted in Arts & Thoughts Artistic, Community Development, tagged 000 Easels, AAAC, Asheville, Call to Artists, City of 1 on September 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From Asheville Area Arts Council: City of 1000 Easels is a self-guided walking tour of visual artists at work in outdoor locations in downtown Asheville. Visual artists working in any media are invited to set up a miniature outdoor studio to create work live in front of an audience of passers-by. Where: Downtown Asheville When: Sunday, October [...]
Pollinator: Sow True Seed
Posted in Community Development, Pollinators: Neighbors to Know, tagged ASAP, Asheville, gardening, giving back, Haw Creek Elementary School, Sow True Seed Company on September 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes pollinators actually, literally…pollinate, in the gardening sense of the word! Sow True Seed is Asheville’s open-pollinated/non-hybrid vegetable, herb and flower seed company specializing in heirloom, certified organic, and traditional Southern Appalachia varieties. Sow True Seed promotes community sustainability by helping to preserve our shared botanical heritage and seed a new era of sustainable culture [...]
Regional Artist Project Grant: Workshop 8/18, 6 p.m. at AAAC
Posted in Arts & Thoughts Artistic, Education & Knowledge Sharing, tagged AAAC, Asheville, grants for artists, RAPG, Regional Artist Project Grant, WNC, workshop on August 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Asheville Area Arts Council is proud to partner with the Avery County Arts Council, Madison County Arts Council and Toe River Arts Council for theRegional Artist Project Grant, supported by a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, an organization funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. More Information and Application. The Regional Artist Project [...]
Flying Nun Spotted in Asheville!
Posted in Arts & Thoughts Artistic, Community Development, Pollinate Collaborations Project, tagged Asheville, La Zoom Tours, Navitat Canopy Adventures, NC, tours of Asheville, Zip & Zoom Tour, zip lining Asheville on May 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Two of Western North Carolina’s most unique businesses have wrapped into one amazing package experience: La Zoom Tours and NAVITAT Canopy Adventures offer visitors and locals a comedic bus tour of Asheville and zip line canopy tour for just $99! Call 828.225.6932 for reservations.
NEW Art Tours of Asheville on LaZoom Bus: Starting Saturday!
Posted in Arts & Thoughts Artistic, Community Development, Education & Knowledge Sharing, Pollinate Collaborations Project, tagged Art Tours, Asheville, Gabriel Schaffer, LaZoom Art Tours of Asheville, River Arts District on May 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
LaZoom Asheville Art Tour is a first-of-its-kind art tour of Asheville, beginning Saturday, May 21, and running every Saturday at 11:00 a.m. from the French Broad Food Co-Op. The entertaining, non-comedic tours explore the neighborhoods and studios of numerous working artists, including Downtown, the River Arts District and West Asheville, while learning about the Asheville [...]
2 Great Festivals, 1 Awesome Weekend
Posted in Arts & Thoughts Artistic, Community Development, tagged Asheville, Big Love Fest, Buy Local, French Broad River Festival, music on April 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
LaZoom Private Tours
Posted in Arts & Thoughts Artistic, Community Development, Education & Knowledge Sharing, tagged Asheville, blushin roulettes, bus tours, LaZoom Tours of Asheville, NC, private party rentals on April 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Did you know you could rent the LaZoom bus for the most awesome parties ever? Um, yes. You can. And, you can put a band on there. And, it’s really fun.
Sweet Weatherization Video: Eco-Nerds Unite! “Seal It Tight”
Posted in Community Development, Education & Knowledge Sharing, tagged Asheville, Collabpseable Studios, Green Opportunities, The Secret B Sides, Weatherization, WNC Green Building Council on February 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If my post last week, re: weatherizing your home wasn’t enough to get you to call, check out this awesome ditty by: Green Opportunities, WNC Green Building Council and Collapseable Studios. Juan Holiday from the The Secret B Sides lays it down with a parody on Taio Cruz’s “Dynamite.” Weatherize y’all. Be as cool as [...]
This is Community: ClaySpace Co-Op
Posted in Arts & Thoughts Artistic, Community Development, Education & Knowledge Sharing, Pollinators: Neighbors to Know, tagged Asheville, Ceramic, ClaySpace Co-Op, Josh Copus, River Arts District on January 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
