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
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
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
sorianct@wfu.edu - Christina Soriano - Wake the Arts Center and Professor of dance
https://helpmateonline.org/ - Caitrin Doyle
LauraSweeney.com - Filmmaker, Laura Sweeney
https://mtnmedarts.com/ - Jonathan Polgar
https://www.pisgahlegal.org/ - Tracy Gruver
https://www.instagram.com/tinykitchendances/ - Dancer, Jenn Green
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
Walter Gurbo, Multi-dimensional Future & The Domestic Theatre
Walter Gurbo works across many genres including collage, cardboard assemblages, book arts, sculpture, drawing and painting
closing reception and chat, Friday, June 12, 5-7:30pm
Show runs June 6-12. Monday -Thursday meet the artist 12-6pm. Call for Text: Jeff 828-279-2235
Little Animals, 31 Carolina Lane, Asheville.
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
Joyce Blunk, a Celebration of Life and Work
In 2025 Joyce passed away at age 85, leaving behind a treasure trove of work spanning many decades. We hope to find a home for over 100 pieces!
Saturday, May 16. 5-7:30pm Opening Reception
Friday May 22. 5-7:30pm
Auction Site: https://www.32auctions.com/joyceblunk
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
Art in the Digital Age
Extended exhibition: Living in the age of technology
Talk (7pm) Saturday May 9. 6-9pm
RIOT Productions Collective
RIOT Art Collective of young artists and students have a one night only exhibition.
Friday, May 8. 6-9pm
Synth: 7:00pm
violin: 7:15pm
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!
TALK & Closing Reception FLESH 5 - 7:30pm (talk starts at 6pm)
The Closing Reception will include a talk with Virginia Derryberry, Monica Teal and Betty Clark. Edith Kuhnle will unfortunately not be here.
Saturday May 2, 5-7:30pm. TALK 6:00pm
31 Carolina Lane, Asheville.
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
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
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
Asheville Camera Club Exhibit
Asheville Camera Club Photo Exhibit
ONE NIGHT ONLY March 27 - 6-8pm
Also launch of magazine: Chromatic Aberration
31 Carolina Lane - Little Animals
COME TO THE TABLE OF THE EVER AFTER
Caroline and Christine are both modern dancers and have performed at Little Animals during the Photos from Helene exhibit.
There are two performances
Sat. March 21, 2pm - 3pm, doors 1:30 / performance 2pm
Sun. March 22, 1 - 2pm - doors 12:30 / performance 1pm
The Fringe Festival Calendar at Little Animals
https://tickets.ashevillefringe.org/events/?&venue=63
The Missing in Action Theater Company,
Fri. March 20, 5:00pm $16
Fri. March 20, 7:00pm $16
Trojan Horse Theater
Fri. March 20, 9:00pm. $16
Sat. March 21, 9:00pm. $16
Come to the Table of the Ever After, Dance Performance
Sat. March 21, 2:00pm. FREE
Sun. March 22, 1:00pm FREE
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.)
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
Nick Raynolds Closing Reception and TALK with Alex Morrissey
Alex Morrissey is a writer, illustrator, and designer whose work has appeared in DC Comics and has a podcast with illustrators: https://www.jalexmorrissey.com/podcast/podcast
He will have a talk with Nick about his zines and content of the work.
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
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
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.
Reading of Blood Census, a play by Wendy Belden
TICKETS -click on view events
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.
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.
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
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!
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
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.