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CONTENTS<br />
ON OUR COVER<br />
<strong>October</strong> <strong>2019</strong> • Volume 23, NO. 2 15 15<br />
ART AND MORE<br />
FEATURES<br />
COLUMNS /<br />
DEPARTMENTS<br />
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8<br />
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Detail of the painting “Copper Rose” by Gretchen Chadwick, Oil on Canvas 36x36<br />
Women artists of the<br />
<strong>River</strong> Arts District<br />
Living the Dream in WNC—<br />
Jewelry by Noël Yovovich<br />
19<br />
22<br />
Artist Patricia Sweet finds<br />
inspiration here in the mountains of<br />
WNC<br />
‘Women of Influence’ exhibit opens<br />
at The Village Potters Clay Center<br />
Cheryl Keefer offers new work at a<br />
“Elaine Stritch: A Broadway Baby”<br />
new studio<br />
at Calvary Episcopal Church in<br />
27 Fletcher<br />
Local business helps artists create<br />
‘Trackside artists focus on quality<br />
12<br />
and maintain their websites<br />
28<br />
and skill<br />
Odyssey Co-Op Gallery welcomes<br />
Trinity Episcopal Church offers a<br />
13<br />
potter Rosa Friedrichs<br />
29<br />
workshop on social change through<br />
music<br />
310 Art: Finding your creative voice<br />
Bill Walz: Back to the garden<br />
10<br />
21<br />
NC Appalachian Pastel Society<br />
Art Classes<br />
“Big Little Paintings” <strong>October</strong><br />
11<br />
24 3-30<br />
Asheville Gallery of Art: “In Books: Supernatural-thriller<br />
Vivid Color!” features the fascinating<br />
author, Mark Abel, talks about what<br />
14 work of Judy Rentner 25 it takes to be a writer<br />
Cover: The subtle inspiration of the Black Mountain: Swannanoa<br />
15 rose through masterful works<br />
Valley Museum Celebrates 10 Years<br />
26 of Hiking the Swannanoa Valley<br />
Downtown Asheville: North<br />
Rim<br />
Carolina Dance Festival comes to<br />
16 Asheville <strong>October</strong> 4 &5<br />
<strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>’s<br />
18<br />
30 Wild About Waynesville Comics<br />
20<br />
Health: Telling your story<br />
31<br />
Theater: Lions and tigers and<br />
bears, oh my! ‘The Wizard of Oz’<br />
comes to ACT this <strong>October</strong><br />
*Red # Influential Women Artists of WNC<br />
NEXT MONTH<br />
“Frills,” by Gretchen Chadwick,<br />
Oil on Canvas, 30x30<br />
rapidrivermagazine.com<br />
Online NOW<br />
22<br />
‘Women of Influence’ exhibit<br />
opens at The Village Potters<br />
Clay Center<br />
19<br />
Artist Patricia Sweet<br />
finds inspiration here in the<br />
mountains of WNC<br />
NOVEMBER <strong>2019</strong><br />
“ARTISTS IN THE RAD.”<br />
A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED<br />
FALL STUDIO STROLL<br />
COMES TO THE RAD.<br />
Publisher/Layout and Design/Editor: Dennis Ray<br />
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