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Asheville Art Museum eNews - October 12, 2023
Arts and Entertainment
October 13, 2023
From: Asheville Art MuseumThe Party of Three Quarters of a Century—Throw Down in ’70s Fashion
Saturday, November 4 • 7–11pm
$50 for Members; $65 non-members
Celebrate three-quarters of a century of art and culture in style. Join us for a night of drinks, dancing, silent auction, and nostalgia as we commemorate 75 years of artistic excellence at the Asheville Art Museum. The party promises to be a blast from the past, so get ready to don your best ’70s attire and get your dancing shoes on! We’ve lined up an array of treats to make this night truly unforgettable.
External Projection Light Show
Highland Mediaworks
Revel in a dazzling light show projected onto our historic building by Highland Mediaworks. Highland Mediaworks utilizes cutting-edge services of 3D projection mapping with animations to create a stunning visual experience.
Live DJ
DJ Erik Mattox
Dress up in your favorite ’70s attire and enjoy a dance party featuring music by DJ Erik Maddox. DJ Erik Mattox has entertained audiences in Western North Carolina for more than 30 years, making each event iconic and unique. DJ Erik Mattox will be spinning all your favorite ’70s dance tunes, ensuring the dance floor stays electric all night long.
Silent Auction
Curated by Asheville Art Museum
For those looking to score some unique treasures, don’t miss our silent auction, featuring incredible items that will make you want to bid with enthusiasm. This special silent auction features more than 30 lots. You’ll want to be here to see these works in person!
Food Truck
Bun Intended
Satisfy your taste buds with delectable delights from Bun Intended, offering a mouthwatering fusion of flavors in the Museum Plaza. Bun Intended lives by three principles—everything cooked is homemade, with locally sourced ingredients, and a guaranteed excellent customer experience.
Find Your Serenity or Energize Your Autumn with New Rooftop Yoga Sessions
Four Saturday Sessions Now Available:
October 14, 21, 28, and November 4 • 9:30–10:30am
$15 for Members; $25 for non-members; 10% discount for all four sessions
In collaboration with West Asheville Yoga join us on the Museum’s Sculpture Terrace for a unique creative flow experience that combines the beauty of art with the power of mindful movement.
All-levels are welcome. Please bring your own mat. Loose-fitting clothing is recommended. In the event of inclement weather, the session will be held inside in the Windgate Foundation Atrium.
Bring Your Artwork to Life with Adult Studio: Watercolor in the Mountains
Four Saturday Sessions • 10am–noon
October 21, 28, November 4, and 11
$120; Members receive 10% discount; Two equity seats offered at $50 for BIPOC participants
Join this month’s Adult Studio and learn about the materials and techniques needed to be successful with watercolors. This class seeks to make working with watercolors attainable for people at all levels. Over the course of four weeks students will be guided through making landscape and abstract works of art. Students will be encouraged to create their own original works of art. The class includes a tour of select exhibitions to discuss creative concepts and to become inspired by the artworks on view.
Join Gallerist Jerald Melberg for an In Conversation about Romare Bearden
Thursday, October 19 • 5–6pm
Free for Members or included with general admission
Join Jerald Melberg, lender to our current exhibition Romare Bearden: Ways of Working, for this month’s In Conversation. Jerald Melberg has been involved in the visual arts for over 40 years. Before opening his gallery in 1983, Melberg served as curator at the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, North Carolina. Among the artists represented at the Jerald Melberg Gallery is Romare Bearden, the master American collagist of the twentieth century. Romare Bearden: Ways of Working is on view through January 22.
Calling All Our Mini Artists! Tot Time Returns for Children 0–5 Years Old
Two Thursday Sessions Now Available:
November 9 and December 14 • 11:30am–12:30pm
Free for Members or included with general admission
Take an express tour of our galleries, then go on an adventure with art, music, or storytelling in our interactive Art PLAYce. For children ages 0-5 years old and their families or caregivers.
Tours will meet in our Windgate Foundation Atrium and begin at 11:30am. Please arrive no later than 11:15am to allow enough time to check-in. Strollers are welcome, and we will have a limited number of strollers available on site. Light refreshments will be provided.
Visitors are invited to spend more time exploring our galleries or having lunch in the Perspective Café after Tot Time concludes at 12:30pm. Online registration for this event is recommended as it is an event with limited capacity.
Work of the Week: On View in Our Newest Exhibition—Counter/Balance
Basket #3 by Leon Niehues, 2004
On view in the Museum’s Debra McClinton Gallery • Level 2
While employed as a sawmill worker, Leon Niehues taught himself the art of basketry. His skills quickly took him beyond the functional and into the sculptural. Since the early 1980s, after he and his wife moved to Arkansas, he has been crafting his baskets from natural elements found on their property. Niehues consciously uses traditional materials and methods while weaving and sculpting contemporary forms. Through that approach he sees his work as being simultaneously familiar and new. In the case of this sculptural basket, he uses bright-blue linen thread and iron-dyed ribs of white oak to accent the verticality and asymmetry of the work.
Basket #3 by Niehues is currently featured in exhibition Counter/Balance: Gifts from John and Robyn Horn. This exhibition presents important examples of contemporary American craft, including woodworking, metalsmithing, fiber and pottery by renowned American artists Albert Paley, Hoss Haley, Toshiko Takaezu, Stoney Lamar, Mary Merkel-Hess, Dorothy Gill Barnes, Kay Sekimachi, Bob Stocksdale, and many others.