art guide

LOCAL GALLERY GUIDE

This September is full of exciting openings and events, this might be our biggest guide yet. There is only a few weeks left to see Elizabeth Alexander show at the Tracey Morgan Gallery, as well as it being the first month of Points In Space: Performance at Black Mountain College at the Black Mountain College Museum.  

September also marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene. There are lots of events taking place in the RAD, such as RAD Resilience and downtown in Photos From Helene at Little Animals Gallery.  Kai Lendzion’s Where the Waters Fell, on Oak Street, offers a moving memorial to the lives and communities impacted by the storms. Have a look at our Events Worth A Roadtrip if you fancy getting out of town! An exhibition on the late Keith Haring opens at Columbia Museum of Art at the end of the month. 

september EVENTS

A colorful, abstract sculpture of a medieval beast, resembling a hybrid creature with features of a ram and a dog, displayed in an exhibition at the Asheville Art Museum.
Event poster for RAD Resilience at River Arts District on September 13, 10am to 5pm, featuring open studios, galleries, and artwork from over 350 artists.
Poster for an art gallery exhibition featuring Alex Bernstein and Julyan Davis, with a painting of a woman in an attic-like space interacting with large insect-like creatures.
Invitation to an art exhibit titled 'Tightrope' by Tracey Morgan Gallery, featuring a tribute to John Cage. The event is on September 5, 2025, at 7 PM, located at 22 London Road, with sponsorship from Tracey Morgan Gallery. The image shows a hanging collage of string and a small part of a piano.
An art installation featuring an inflatable purple, white, and yellow object resembling a sofa, placed on a backpack with a speaker attached, in an exhibition space.
Flyer for AVL Zine Fest featuring a colorful illustration of a grinning cat. Details include date, time, location, and artwork credit.
A flyer for an art exhibition called "Photos from Helene," featuring a photo of a woman in a wedding dress and a smaller photo of a couple, with a map showing the location in Asheville, North Carolina.
Poster for Janice Geller's art exhibit titled 'Inner Worlds' featuring an abstract painting with pink, black, red, and gold colors.
Poster for the Goomby Festival 2025 in Asheville, NC, showcasing various activities, performances, and featured artists, with a background illustration of a mountain and a group's photo at the bottom.
Flyer for an art exhibit titled 'Where the Waters Fell' by Kai Lendzion, taking place at 20 Oak Street in Asheville, North Carolina on August 1, 2025, from 5 PM to 9 PM. The flyer features black and white photographs, including a young man in shadow and a flooded river scene, with information about the event's activities and purpose.
An exhibition poster for Tracey Morgan Gallery features a photo of a woman holding a large flower arrangement in front of a patterned wallpaper, with text about Elizabeth Alexander's art exhibit from the book of time, held at 22 London Rd from August 16 to September 20, open 6-8 PM.
Exhibition flyer for 'Native America: In Translation' at Asheville Art Museum featuring a woman dressed in a garment made of numerous red roses.

EVENTS WORTH A ROADTRIP

A man in a white paint-stained t-shirt and painted pants standing in front of colorful pop art-style paintings of animals and abstract figures on a gallery wall.

August is the last month to see acclaimed photographer Annie Leibovitz’s work at the Mint Museum Uptown in Charlotte. If you find yourself in SC, stop by the Columbia Museum of Art for their thoughtful curation Let’s Have a Talk featuring works from multigenerational black artists working around abstraction. 

An abstract colorful painting with swirling patterns in red, blue, green, black, and white.

NORTH CAROLINA

Poster for an art exhibit at Mint Museum Uptown featuring Daremen J., titled 'The Longest Way Home.' The poster includes a dark photo of a person bent over in a room with blue walls, framed in a doorway.
Poster for an exhibit titled "Black Behind Bars" at the Harvey B. Gantt Museum, running from April 25 to September 21, 2025, featuring a black and white photo of a group of bikers, including a person wearing a Harley Davidson vest, on motorcycles.
Exhibition poster for Bechtler Museum's collection reframe: We Are Here, Beyond Vision, showing a dark gallery with video and sound installations, including large screens displaying close-ups of a person's face and a person sitting at a table.
Poster for Keith Haring art exhibition at Columbia Museum of Art, featuring a photo of an artist in front of colorful Keith Haring paintings, with details about the exhibit dates and location.

SOUTH CAROLINA

GEORGIA

Exhibition poster for 'Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900-1939' at Georgia Museum of Art, featuring a colorful vintage poster of a showgirl in orange feathers.