BGuthrie Photos: NC -- Asheville -- Public Art

NC -- Asheville -- Public Art:

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. ASHART_210503_04.JPG: Shopping Daze This forged-metal representation of three well-heeled and hatted ladies with a small dog in tow commemorates an era when Haywood Street was the epicenter of fashionable shopping. During the 1970's "season of malls," much of downtown's commercial life left the city, only to return as one-of-a-kind, locally-owned shops, together comprising one of the most intriguing and energetic shopping districts in the Southeast. (Ironwork by sculptors Tekla and Dan Howachyn and UNCA professor Tucker Cooke.) The above from https://www.exploreasheville.com/urban-trail/shopping-daze/
2. ASHART_210503_12.JPG: Artwork by Tekla Dan Howachyn Black Mountain Iron Works
3. ASHART_210503_29.JPG: "To live is so startling... it leaves little time for anything else!" -- Emily Dickinson
4. ASHART_210503_37.JPG: Asheville Loves You Too
5. ASHART_210503_40.JPG: Grove's Vision After developing Sunset Mountain, Grovemont, and the Grove Park Inn, patent medicine magnate Edwin Wiley Grove turned his attention to downtown. He envisioned an ambitious city center with an ornate multistoried Grove Arcade Building, as its focal point. Grove died in 1927 before his dream was fully realized.
6. ASHART_210505_036.JPG: Thomas Wolfe Memorial Angel "-- Whereon the pillars of this earth are founded. Toward which the conscience of the world is tending -- a wind is rising and the rivers flow." -- Thomas Wolfe, You Can't Go Home Again Presented by The United Daughters of the Confederacy, Chapter 104
7. ASHART_210505_037.JPG: Helen Strickland Naomi, Chairman Ruth Kirkman Baylor, Secretary Catherine Starnes McLean, Treasurer
8. ASHART_210505_039.JPG: Dan Millspough, 1983
9. ASHART_210505_041.JPG: White Monument Works Asheville, NC
10. ASHART_210505_047.JPG: Black Lives always Matter
11. ASHART_210505_061.JPG: Deco Gecko 2008 By Harry McDaniel
12. ASHART_210505_074.JPG: Beatrice Coron Lexington Life Column 2018 Stainless Steel This work symbolizes the exciting renewal of Lexington Avenue and the surrounding neighborhood, which came close to being demolished in 1980 but is now home to a vibrant, eclectic community. The medallions symbolize individuals and independent businesses throughout the downtown area. Commissioned by the Asheville Downtown Association Foundation With generous support from the visionaries and business leaders who saved and continue to support Lexington Avenue
13. ASHART_210505_101.JPG: Ode to Buskers & Asheville Music Chukk Bruursema & Ash Knight from Asheville & Charlotte, North Carolina Inspired by the mountain town's vibrant street musicians and lively drum circles, artists Chukk Bruursema and Ash Knight sought to bright the unique rhythms of Asheville to life with their larger-than-life stainless steel sculpture. The large stainless steel djembe drum, sculpted by Chukk Bruursema, has West African roots and is traditionally played as part of an ensemble, invoking feelings of community and togetherness. Performing on the drum surface are Ash Knight's five musical buskers playing the spoons, washboard, jug, fiddle, and a string washtub while a dog observes the musical scene below.
14. ASHART_211009_043.JPG: Tag Us @PattonAvenuePet
15. ASHART_211009_057.JPG: Asheville Music Hall Muddy Waters Bootsy Collins Nina Simone Prince
16. ASHART_211009_072.JPG: Ode to Buskers & Asheville Music Chukk Bruursema & Ash Knight from Asheville & Charlotte, North Carolina Inspired by the mountain town's vibrant street musicians and lively drum circles, artists Chukk Bruursema and Ash Knight sought to bright the unique rhythms of Asheville to life with their larger-than-life stainless steel sculpture. The large stainless steel djembe drum, sculpted by Chukk Bruursema, has West African roots and is traditionally played as part of an ensemble, invoking feelings of community and togetherness. Performing on the drum surface are Ash Knight's five musical buskers playing the spoons, washboard, jug, fiddle, and a string washtub while a dog observes the musical scene below.
17. ASHART_211009_103.JPG: Scott Allred Jeremy Russell 2011
18. ASHART_211011_031.JPG: Hi-Wire Brewing
19. ASHART_211011_069.JPG: Elizabeth Blackwell MD
20. ASHART_211011_085.JPG: Joseph Miller 1999 Brasstown, NC
21. ASHART_211011_091.JPG: Ironwork Joseph Miller Bronze Portrait James Barnhill
22. ASHART_211011_123.JPG: 10,000 Buddhas
23. ASHART_211011_144.JPG: Be Free Artistry
24. ASHART_211011_173.JPG: Station #15 - Marketplace A basket of apples balanced over wagon wheels recalls a time when produce markets and livery stables lined Lexington Avenue, precursors to today's tailgate markets throughout the city. Double doors up and down Lexington ~ originally known as Water Street ~ flag buildings once used for stabling horses and gathering in produce. (Artist: Black Mountain sculptor Julia Burr.)
25. ASHART_211011_207.JPG: Station #16 - Legacy of Design The unbridled imagination of a boy on stilts captures the spirit of architect Richard Sharp Smith who left a lasting impact on the city's architecture. With his engineer partner, Albert Heath Carrier, he designed over 300 buildings, many of which are residential. Favorite motifs for these homes involved hipped gables and pebbledash exteriors. Stately B&B's in Montford and a crescent of houses in Biltmore Village witness his style. (Bronze sculpture by Dennis Smith.)
26. ASHART_211011_214.JPG: Sculpture by Dennis Smith
27. ASHART_211011_297.JPG: Station #20 - Curtain Calls Abstract metal sculptures wrangle to earth the myriad of emotions portrayed on stage in the long history of Asheville Community Theatre. The current playhouse, nestled among dozens of live theatre venues throughout the North Carolina mountains, stages classics, innovative new shows and, in its black box theater on the lower level, storytelling evenings and other live happenings. (Relief sculptures by artist Stan Blackstone.)
28. ASHART_211011_315.JPG: Asheville Community Theatre
29. ASHART_211011_340.JPG: Station #21 - On the Move A silvery, art-in-motion sculpture, detailed with Art Deco stampings, honors the evolution of transportation in Asheville, including the city's last remaining brick street ~ North Market. Bumpy rides on brick-covered avenues, cross-town trolley jumps and sleeper cars unloading at the Biltmore station characterized a city on the rise. Spin the wheel to the right and listen to the sounds of changing transportation across the last century. (Designer: Kenn Kotara. Fabricator: Continental Teves, Ed Anderson, plant manager)
30. ASHART_211011_367.JPG: Ristorante Vincenzo
31. ASHART_211011_376.JPG: Reiser - Rollin
32. ASHART_211011_394.JPG: Thomas Wolfe Memorial Angel "-- Whereon the pillars of this earth are founded. Toward which the conscience of the world is tending -- a wind is rising, and the rivers flow." -- Thomas Wolfe "You Can't Go Home Again" Presented by the United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter 104
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