Our State Magazine » Arts

For three years, a group of volunteers in Chowan County gathered each week in the parish hall of the historic St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Edenton to stitch symbols of faith into pillows of g...

https://www.ourstate.com/kneeler-girls-st-pauls-episcopal-church/

Inside the North Tower at Mission Hospital in Asheville, one of the state’s largest collections of locally commissioned art brings the healing power of color and light to those who need it most...

https://www.ourstate.com/gallery-of-hope/

At a visual arts school in Winston-Salem, calligraphy students learn more than just how to form letters — they discover the music of the handwritten word.

https://www.ourstate.com/the-rhythm-of-the-line/

A New Hanover County artist creates glass sea turtles in a kaleidoscope of colors and whimsical designs to help protect the vulnerable species.

https://www.ourstate.com/fragile-shells/

A visual artist in New Hanover County blends colorful tones into musical masterworks.

https://www.ourstate.com/the-jazz-painter/

In far-western North Carolina, generations of Brasstown Carvers have preserved Appalachian tradition by turning blocks of wood into keepsakes with character.

https://www.ourstate.com/brasstown-carvers/

A textile studio in Asheville rallies a community of farmers, artists, and weavers around the Blue Ridge “fibershed,” where local cloth is homegrown — from fleece to fabric.

https://www.ourstate.com/a-community-woven-through-local-fibers/

Georgia Bonesteel’s lifelong passion for teaching innovative quilting techniques and creating patchwork masterpieces influences her Hendersonville community and beyond.

https://www.ourstate.com/meet-the-queen-of-quilts/

Raleigh singer and fabric artist Caitlin Cary captures memories and stirs emotion with her voice — and with a needle and thread.

https://www.ourstate.com/caitlin-cary-artist/

On his family’s homestead in Clay County, an artist transforms molten glass into whimsical sculptures that hold dancing rainbows.

https://www.ourstate.com/blown-away-in-hayesville/