Peter Parpan started listening to his muse in 2011 when he quit his day job and started making art full time in Asheville. He moved into The Fanger art studio and says that he couldn’t bear to think of going back to school. “I wanted to stay in the studio,” Peter says. “I quit teaching … Read More
Marla Mirabal was born in California and went to Catholic school. When she was five she remembers a nun showing her a book of paintings by old masters. She says the paintings were “above my five-year-old head, but they stuck with me.” She’s been an artist almost ever since. Marla moved to Asheville in 2010. … Read More
Pride is a day to celebrate your partnership, your sexuality, your gender expression, and your right to live freely as you are. Asheville Pride 2012, held Oct. 6, was a culmination of bright shining smiles and bursts of color over Pack Square and the Roger McGuire Green. “Since that first year of anxiety and doubt, … Read More