Cindy Chenard Website: www.lchenardart.com Cindy Chenard has art in her blood and doesn’t remember a moment when she wasn’t creating art. She comes from a creative, artistic family, and unsurprisingly went to NC State Design School for textile and visual art. Fiber arts including weaving have been a staple for…
David Collins Website: www.blueridgepaintings.com David Nelson Collins likes to live large. A recent arrival to Black Mountain (he has lived in the McCoy Cove area for just two years), he has already made a big mark on the arts scene here. Collins moved here from Florida where his career involved chemical…
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Libba Tracy My grandson asked me recently to name my favorite superhero. I thought about all the traditional ones that he likes: Batman, Iron Man, Superman, and the rest of the male heroes. Then I weighed my options of Wonder Woman and Supergirl. Too boring… Instead my favorite superhero is…
Barbara Frohmader Website: www.barbarafrohmaderart.com Barbara Frohmader was born and raised in Mexico, so color and verve are in her blood. When I reached her by phone to make an appointment to chat, she was in her car with her granddaughter. I offered to call her back when she was less busy,…
Martha Raines Website: www.svfalarts.org/martha_raines.html For years Martha Raines worked at the Kearfott manufacturing plant on US 70, but buried inside her was a technicolor world that waited until she retired to spring out of her. Martha is one of the lucky few who was born and raised in Black Mountain, and…
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Johnnie Stansfield Website : johnnie-stanfield.pixels.com Johnnie has been painting since she was a child in Charleston and in love with horses. When she wasn’t riding them, she was drawing them and painting pictures of them. Her family would escape the hot Charleston summers to Black Mountain, and when she had…
Visit Black Mountain on Saturday, October 31st for the 13th Annual Howl-O-Ween Pet Parade. The parade begins a 3:00 p.m. Registration for the costume contest is from 1:00-2:30 p.m. at the town square. There will be prizes for all winners and a cash prize for the grand prize winner.
Many people visit Black Mountain on a regular basis, others may pass through one time. You never know who you might see; “World Guy” Erik Brendl from Louisville, KY passed through Black Mountain this weekend pushing his globe and his mission to educate everyone about diabetes. He can be seen in this…
Be a part of “the Little Town that Rocks” Rocker Crawl and you could win a Black Mountain gift basket worth $200.
We will be posting pictures of each chair as soon as we can get them ready. Come and visit Black Mountain and rest in one of our rockers that has a hand painted painting. Find your favorite and bid on it in October.