Spa Day
Jul
12

Spa Day

Cripping Art: Ashley Bravin, Priya Ray, Sky Dai, and Frances Bukovsky

An art event for healthcare workers or people curious about the intersection of disability and medicine.

In person or virtual register https://bit.ly/CrippingArtJuly12

Sunday, reception, July 12, 5-7pm

Little Animals, 31 Carolina Lane, Asheville

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Cripping Art
Jul
5

Cripping Art

Priya Ray has curated this show of artists that regularly deal with a host of disabilities. The artwork reflects on these daily facts of life.

Artists: Ashley Bravin, Priya Ray, Sky Dai, Francis Bukovsky

July 5 - July 16

opening reception July 5, Sunday, 5-7pm 31 Carolina Lane. With a performance by the band Kreamy Electric Santa

Call or text to make appointment other than reception - Jeff 828-279-2235

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Film Screening - Tiny Movements
Jun
26

Film Screening - Tiny Movements

Film: Tiny Movements

A 25 minute documentary directed by NY based filmmaker Laura Sweeney. She tells the story of Jenn Green’s healing process of creating the Tiny Kitchen Dances project after suffering domestic abuse. The film has shown in multiple film festivals around the country. In addition there will be a seven person panel representing the arts, the legal profession, and mental health.

Doors 5:30pm/ Film 6:00pm/ panel TALK 6:45pm

Little Animals, 31 Carolina Lane

FREE

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Cyrus Glance, BIG work!
Jun
25

Cyrus Glance, BIG work!

Cyrus Glance is one of Asheville’s most prolific figurative painters. He has a new body of work on paper, some in pen & ink, and some in watercolor. These are BIG to scale pieces, sometimes larger than life (6 feet tall).

They are observed with meticulous and uncanny devotion to his live models. He alters perspective and scale to draw attention to details in the skin, the breasts, the wallpaper, the cats expressions etc.

Opening reception, Saturday, June 13, 2026. 5-7:30pm

Closing reception, Friday, June 19. 5-7:30pm

Exhibition June 13 - 25. 31 Carolina Lane, Little Animals Space.

Call ot text to see the work on times other than the receptions. Jeff -828-279-2235

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Mapping: bias & paradox
Jun
5

Mapping: bias & paradox

Mapping: bias & Paradox

May 23 - June 5, 2026

Closing reception Friday, Jun 5, 5-7:30pm

Little Animals, 31 Carolina Lane

call or text anytime for appointment to see the show, Kenn 828-776-1655

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Site Visits
May
15

Site Visits

Thom Schram who teaches at Western Carolina curated this show of other professors from various universities.

May 10 - May 15, 2026

closing reception: May 15, 5 - 7:30pm

Little Animals Space, 31 Carolina Lane, Asheville

Call or text to make an appointment to see work Jeff 828-279-2235

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Satirizing the Airbnb
May
7

Satirizing the Airbnb

The house rules, the hidden fees, the ratings, the guest book….This exhibition satirizes the Airbnb phenomenon and aesthetic that has become part of our culture.

Thursday, May 7, 5-9pm at Little Animals

31 Carolina Lane—One night only!

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Killick and friends
Apr
26

Killick and friends

Killick Hinds returns to Little Animals from Athens, Georgia to explore the outer reaches of the genres of sound.

He is joined by cellist Ashlee Booth and multi-instrumentalist Landon George.

Sunday, April 26, 6:30 doors/ 7:00 performance

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Flesh
Apr
24

Flesh

Betty Clark, Monika Teal, Edith Kuhnle, Virginia Derryberry

Opening reception: Friday, April, 24, 5-7:30pm

Closing reception: Saturday, May 2, 5-7:30pm

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Call and Response
Apr
11

Call and Response

Opening + Artist Talk, Saturday, April 11, 5 - 7:30pm

Closing reception - Friday, April 17, 5 - 7:30pm

Open House - Saturday, April 18, 11 - 5:00pm

Show runs April 11 -19

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Menagerie Talk with Dusty Benedict and C.A. Carlson
Mar
18

Menagerie Talk with Dusty Benedict and C.A. Carlson

Dusty Benedict taught in the art department at Warren Wilson for over three decades. Come enjoy work that spans from older figurative work to newer work responding to Hurricane Helene.His work is charcoal on paper.

Wednesday, March 18, 5:30 - 7:00 (Talk 6:00pm)

31 Carolina Lane, Asheville (alley by 5 Walnut Street.)

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Dusty Benedict: Never Seen Before
Mar
7

Dusty Benedict: Never Seen Before

Dusty Benedict was the former Chair of the arts department at Warren Wilson College. His new work features charcoal drawing inspired from the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. There will also be figurative work spanning several decades.

Opening reception - Mar. 7, Sat. 5:00 - 7:30pm

Closing reception, Mar. 18, Wed. 5:00 - 7:30pm

This Was Someone’s Home, 12 ½” x 30”, 2025 Charcoal & Acrylic on paper

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The Menagerie TALKS : Nick Raynold and Frank Lombardo
Mar
5

The Menagerie TALKS : Nick Raynold and Frank Lombardo

Talk between Nick Raynolds and Frank Lombardo

Nick- Trained in Vancouver and Halifax, Canada, Düsseldorf, Germany, and at the Water Street Atelier in NYC. Nick also worked for Jeff Koons for three years.

Frank- Maryland Institute College of Art, a mentorship with Odd Nerdrum in Norway, and a Fulbright to Iceland

Thursday, March 5, 5:30 - 7:00pm

31 Carolina Lane

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Nick Raynolds
Feb
28

Nick Raynolds

Nick Raynolds describes his work as though he’s a traveller retrieving artifacts from his imagination. There will be new work on canvas, drawings and some older large pieces.

Exhibition Feb. 28 - March 6 by appointment other than receptions, Jeff 828-279-2235

Opening: 5-7:30pm Sat. Feb 28

Closing: 5-7:30pm Fri. Mar. 6

Catabolic Landscape, Oil on Canvas, 42"x52", 2025

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MFA Thesis Show with Holly Hill and Lynne Hudson
Feb
27

MFA Thesis Show with Holly Hill and Lynne Hudson

Having worked in costume design for decades, Holly Hill is now applying herself to getting an MFA in fine art

Lynn Hudson has been showing throughout the country and abroad. She’s interested in a variety of media with a focus in paper-making. She too is getting her MFA at Western Carolina.

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Reading of Blood Census, a play by Wendy Belden
Feb
26

Reading of Blood Census, a play by Wendy Belden

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Blood Census synopsis: It’s now and also 1794. Two 21st century roommates in an American city, but also, Paris during the Reign of Terror. One is the voice for the History Channel; the other is active in the Revolution, making a count of casualties. Georges Danton, architect of the Reign of Terror who eventually broke from Robespierre, is posting on Instagram. That turns out to be a bad idea. So does working for the History Channel during a revolution.

Doors/5:00pm Reading/6:00pm Performance just over an hour.

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Late Season
Jan
17

Late Season

Both artists work in a variety of media, from installation to sculpture to 2D. Late Season focuses on both of their interests in housing-type structures. What is being housed, is there a context or not. Can we feel the temperature? The similar subject matter elicits investigation from the whole to its parts.

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Dec
14

A.I. gathering

Laura Mecca who has a background working with A.I. start up s in Boston has gathered artists and tech people to address the intersection of the two

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Making Space
Dec
6

Making Space

Mark Flowers taught in the University and boarding school setting for over forty years. He has a nurturing spirit that is conveyed in his work. The pieces are irregular in shape, mixed media and narrative. He’s chosen to pare down his collection of completed pieces through a raffle. As they say everything must go. Come be part of the fun and walk away with a good deal!

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Urban Landscape Conspiracy
Nov
22

Urban Landscape Conspiracy

Urban Landscape Conspiracy with paintings by Julyan Davis, and Christopher Peterson and foil work by Jeff KInzel

Reception and Artist talk Nov. 22

Show runs Nov. 15 - 25.

Call for appointment - Jeff 828-279-2235

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Film Screening: The Last Letter Writer
Nov
20

Film Screening: The Last Letter Writer

David Raymond presents a film he made along with Trong Nguyen in 2020. A “day” in the life of Vietnam’s last public letter writer is partly imagined and partly non-fiction. Time and age become irrelevant as we experience the losing battle of a traditional form of communication to technology.

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