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KMA Celebrates a Diverse Visual Culture
“The KMA is a welcoming, visually engaging environment in which viewers can explore East Tennessee’s compelling visual arts legacy and its connections to global art currents,” says KMA Curator Stephen Wicks. Read more
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Built to Last
At 76, singer-songwriter/keyboardist Randall Bramblett has been a musical artist most of his life. In recent years, a new outlook on not only what he does for a living, but also what it means to be human amid a life immersed in creativity. Read more
The World of Paint & Sip
WNC Paint Events is part of a growing list of “paint-and-sip” companies, not only in the Smoky Mountain region but around the country. This artsy industry initiated sometime in the early 2000s. Read more
Aug 1, 2024
The Artist is Inn
If it’s morning at Hippensteal’s Mountain View Inn, there’s one thing guests can count on beyond the scrumptious, made-from-scratch, last-you-’til-supper breakfast. Read more
Aug 1, 2024
The Little Gallery That Could
Tria Turrou is living her best life. Not only does the talented ceramic artist get to sell her whimsy-inspired work at Toe River Crafts in rural Celo, North Carolina, she’s also the co-op gallery’s president. Read more
May 25, 2024
Labor of lust
When it comes to bluegrass banjo, you’d be hard-pressed to find as vivacious and voracious a picker-n-grinner than Kyle Tuttle. Read more
May 25, 2024
The Bolo Queen
When Mackenzie Palladino started Semplice Designs, she did so at the urging of friends. Palladino had been making jewelry for many of them for years, and they convinced her it was time to make it official by opening her own business. Read more
May 25, 2024
New Lost Ages
At the core of any great singer-songwriter lies this inherent trait of stage presence, one where an entire room, no matter the size, is pulled in by this lyrical tractor beam—all eyes, emotions and energies aimed in one direction at a single voice. Read more
Mar 25, 2024
Photo by Platt Architecture PA
Mountain Melodies
As James Christian Pfohl walked through an overgrown field in Brevard, North Carolina, briars tugged at his shirt sleeves and sweat dripped from his brow. It was 1943, and he was about to establish the Brevard Music Center. Read more
Mar 25, 2024
Good times around the bend
A potent blend of rock, bluegrass and folk, The String Cheese Incident remains an innovative, intriguing force of nature and melody within the American musical landscape. Read more
Jan 20, 2024
