Portrait of Sullivan with owl wings that represent her “grandmother’s wisdom and the guardians, or space holders of life and death”. She came to Asheville in 1998 and embraces the community, culture, mountains and trees.
Portrait of Cactus with his spiral notebook containing, he says, the best of his brain on paper. He came to Asheville in 1996 and aspires to “form the world’s weirdest hip-hop band”.
Portrait of Ledbetter with a sign - Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release - representing “the foundation of electronic music”. He enjoys Asheville’s “progressive and creative environment”.
Portrait of Barton with a 1942 copy of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, significant, he says, because “we are on the cusp of losing the global fight of sustainability, just as things looked bad for the forces of freedom in March 1942”. He came to…
Portrait of Mackenzie with a reporter notebook, reflecting his profession. He was raised in the area and embraces the community, diversity and local beers.
Portrait of Treadway with a sword which for her evokes “other places”. She is a native of the area, and loves the cross-sections of the populace. “At the Food Co-op you might see the poet with his rose-colored glasses, the doctor looking for the…