When you walk into the Asheville Art Museum’s atrium, you’re surrounded by an installation of powerful artworks encompassing elements that set the tone for your experience. Always intentional about their framing, the community-based educational institution collects, preserves, and interprets artworks of Southern Appalachia and the Southeast in the context of American art history, which makes their collections and interpretation both place- and person-centered.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT
This summer—much to the excitement of staff—the museum is hosting weekly in-person summer camp sessions for grades K–12. In North Carolina, where art education in school systems is underfunded, the summer camp provides opportunities for real, in-depth experimentation of ideas and hands-on learning. It also allows working artists the chance to teach classes and draw inspiration of their own from working closely with the students.