True Blue Art Supply

The Artist’s Way 12 Week Course
For anyone who wants to live a more dynamic, creative, exciting and productive life.  Next course begins January 23rd 2012. It will meet Mondays from 5:30-7:30 for 12 weeks. For more information call Anna at 828-273-6617

The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition, Pat Passlof: Selections 1948-2011; focusing on the work of painter Pat Passlof, an accomplished Black Mountain College alumna, member of the New York School and under-recognized figure in the development of Abstract Expressionism. The exhibition will open at the museum in downtown Asheville on January 27, 2012 with a reception from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Court McCracken, of Hatchery Studios, will be the featured artist for Third Thursday ART @ The Junction. Please join her for complimentary wine and light fare @ 6:30pm, January 19, 2012.

Pipe’s Dreams is artwork created by John Pipes that is light- reactive. Images look different in white light, black light, colored light and no light. DeSoto Lounge, Feb 2 at 6:00pm

True Blue is proud to welcome Taylor Cort as our local artist of the month for October, 2011.  

Taylor is best-known as a tattoo artist, having originally apprenticed in Boone before making his way to Asheville.  His artist statement is short and sweet – “I like to paint skulls.”

Taylor will have several pieces available for purchase through the end of the month – oils, acrylics, colored pencil, and even small polymer clay figurines. Taylor’s horror-themed imagery makes an eerie backdrop for your October visits to True Blue.

Come by and see for yourself! Can’t make it by this month? – See more of Taylor’s artwork here.

Atelier Gallery presents drawings by William Asman. Opening reception on Saturday October 8.

City of 1,000 Easels is a large-scale immersive arts event canvassing all of downtown Asheville, and featuring a self-guided walking tour among countless working artists showcasing their creative process for the public to witness in real time. Sunday, October 16 in downtown Asheville: roughly 3-6 pm.

Signature Studio @ Gallery 86: 86 North Main Street, Waynesville. October 19-November 24, 2011. Artist Reception: Friday, November 4, 2011, 6-9pm, FREE and open to the public. Artists from The Enola Group’s Signature Studio.The Enola Group provides people with disabilities the opportunity to make life choices.

Art at UNC-A
UNC Asheville’s 2nd Annual Invitational Art Exhibition, featuring 18 artists invited to exhibit by the Art Department faculty, opens with a reception from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23 at the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery on the campus. The show will remain on display through October 25 and includes works in the six concentrations offered in the Art Department: ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture.

Exhibiting artists are: Bette Bates, Dusty Benedict, Betty Clark, Christopher Curtin, Dave Detrich, Dustin Farnsworth, Larkin Ford, Brian Glaze, Constance Humphries, Debra McClinton, Monty McCutchen, Mark Nystrom, Jo Pumphrey, Tom Shields, Courtney Starrett, Jean-Paul Tousignant, Denise C. Woodward-Detrich and Valerie Zimany.

310 Art Gallery presents Play with Perception, an interactive art show by Julie Robinson.  Riverview Station, 191 Lyman Street through October 6th. Opening reception Saturday, September 10, 5-7pm.

Asheville Art Museum presents Color Study in the Appleby Foundation Gallery. Through November 6th.

Atelier Gallery presents Workshopauchery, works by Martin A. B. Guenette. Opening reception Saturday,  September 10, 6-8 pm.

Art at UNC-A
Works by 11 UNC Asheville Art Department faculty members will be featured in a wide-ranging exhibition thru Sep 16 at UNC Asheville’s  S. Tucker Cooke Gallery.

Participating studio art faculty are Tamie Beldue, Virginia Derryberry, Robert Dunning, Mark Koven, Scott Lowrey, Brent Skidmore, Carrie Tomberlin, Eric Tomberlin, Robert Tynes, Matt West and Megan Wolfe. Works in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, mixed media, multi-media installation, and ceramics will be on view. Located on the first floor of Owen Hall, the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays.

New Work by Dustin Spagnola
Harvest Records, West Asheville
This show features a variety of mixed media works depicting influential punk rock musicians.
Opens July 1st.

LaZoom Tours presents Asheville Art Tour
Saturdays at 11 am
This new 2.5 hour tour takes you to the neighborhoods and studios of numerous working artists in Dowtown, The River Arts District, and West Asheville, through the lens of a local artist. Each tour includes a live musician, bottled water, and snack. Adults $35, ages 13-17 $15, kids 12 and under free. Ticket booth on corner of Haywood and Battery Park downtown.

New Gallery Seeks Artists
ZaPow, a new artist and writer promotions company and unique illustration, comic and pop art gallery and workspace, will be opening this Fall in downtown Asheville. The 3,000 square foot location at 21 Battery Park near the Grove Arcade will be the only one of its kind in the region.

ZaPow is currently accepting applications from National and Regional artists. The ideal artists will have an eye towards visual narrative, illustrative; pop aesthetic.

Art at UNC-A
Concealment and Expression: A Parodoxical Love Affair Within Carnevale, by Cate Johnson. Highsmith Gallery, Highsmith Union. Opening Reception at The Bywater; Thursday, May 5th, 6-8pm.

Bobo Gallery
22 North Lexington Avenue
Time Signatures: Recent Mixed Media Works by True Blue’s own Joshua Spiceland!
Open 7:30pm-2am nightly; Closing event May 27th 7:30 – 11.
Show also accessible through Green Light Cafe entrance.

Fine Arts League of the Carolinas
362 Depot Street (in the River Arts District)

Origin of Colors: Secrets of the Old Masters, and
Making it Last: Building a Painting From the Ground Up

Guest Artist George O’Hanlon, founder of Natural Pigments, presents these two lectures followed by question-and-answer sessions. Monday, May 2 from 9am-1pm. $30.

Asheville Art Museum
An Inside View:  Assorted 20th and 21st century artists explore the notion of interior environments.
Debuts March 18
Hours: Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm, Sun, 1-5pm
Admission: $8/$7 students and seniors/Free for under 4.  Free first Wednesdays of the month from 3-5pm.

Blue Spiral
138 Biltmore Ave, downtown Asheville.
New Times Three: work in a variety of media by eight artists new to the gallery.
Through March 26
Open Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm, and Sun, Noon-5pm

Fine Arts League of the Carolinas
362 Depot St. in the River Arts District
Open Figure Drawing Sessions
Four 5 minute poses and four 20 minute poses, $5
Tuesday and Thursday, 7-9 pm 

Art at UNCA
Stealing Stories: New drawings by Patricia Bellan-Gillen
S. Tucker Cooke Gallery
Through March 22

The Artery
Grand Opening – Friday January 21, 7pm
Featuring fine art by Kathryn Temple and Live Music
346 Depot St. in the River Arts District

Fine Arts League of the Carolinas
362 Depot St. in the River Arts District
Tuesday and Thursday, 7-9 pm
Open Figure Drawing Sessions
Four 5 minute poses and four 20 minute poses, $5.

Haen Gallery
52 Biltmore Ave.
Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm, Sat., 11am-6pm and Sun., Noon-5pm.
Through January 31
Wintertide – A rotating group exhibit of featured artists.

True Blue Art is proud to feature the work of Jeff Pittman as our December Local Artist of the Month. Born and raised in Greenville, North Carolina, Jeff curently resides in Fletcher.

Jeff  uses vibrant oil colors to capture interesting views and familiar places in downtown Asheville and the surrounding mountains.  Bold brush strokes give his paintings a feeling of texture and movement while luminous colors create a natural glow.

Pittman’s work has been widely exhibited in juried competitions and art galleries, and can be seen in private and corporate collections throughout North Carolina and beyond.

16 Patton
Showing through January 8
Paintings by select staff and students of The Fine Arts League of the Carolinas
Reflections, a solo exhibition by Lori Gene, will also be on display.

The Big Crafty
Sunday December 5, 12-6 pm, Pack Place
A lively celebration of handmade commerce, featuring local food, beer, toe-tapping tunes, and the fine wares of select indie artists and crafters.

Fine Arts League of the Carolinas
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7-9pm – Open figure drawing sessions. Four 5-minute and four 20-minute poses. $5.

Vadim Bora Gallery
30 1/2 Battery Park Ave.
Showing through December 17 – Selected works by Mountains Sculptors.
This annual exhibition features 16 professional sculptors in the WNC region.

Art at UNCA
Showing through Dec 17
Transformation through Displacement
Oil paintings, mixed-media and drawing by UNCA senior Emily O’Brien, Blowers Gallery, Ramsey Library