FREE Community Day: The New Salon
2 South Pack Square
Asheville NC
The Asheville Art Museum invites you to visit for free on Saturday, April 6 between noon–5pm! Come celebrate our exhibition The New Salon: A Contemporary View with an afternoon of creativity and community engagement.
COMMUNITY DAY SCHEDULE:
12:00pm–5:00pm
• Free Museum Admission
• Chalk Walk … Can you recall your dreams? Inspired by Pop-Surrealism works on view in The New Salon: A Contemporary View, join us on the Museum’s Plaza and unleash your imagination with chalk! Whether it’s fantastical creatures, surreal landscapes, or whimsical narratives, you’re invited to share your unique dreams with us.
12:00pm–4:00pm
• Makerspace: Nail Salon … Led by talented local nail artist Rachael Ghazarian step into the world of nail art and design your own set of press-on nails. Inspired by Kim Ha’s photograph Ladies and Lowrider on view in The New Salon exhibition, this drop-in activity invites participants to transform their nails into painted canvases. All ages and abilities are welcome (children must be accompanied by an adult).
• Film: Auto-Morphosis … What if you could morph your car into a mobile work of art and drive it down the road for all to see? What would it look like? What would the world think of you? Join us for a screening of the delightful documentary Automorphosis. This film explores the minds and hearts of an inspiring collection of eccentrics, visionaries, and just plain folks who have transformed their autos into artworks. On a humorous and touching journey, we learn that an art car has the power to change us, to alter our view of our increasingly homogeneous world.
1:00pm–3:00pm
• Live Music: DJ Lil Meow Meow … Enjoy an afternoon of live music on the Museum’s Plaza featuring DJ Lil Meow Meow. DJ Lil Meow Meow is an Asheville- based DJ and music curator with an affinity for infectious dance cuts.
• Psychic Medium & Tarot Readings … Drawing inspiration from This Darkness by Daniel Martin Diaz on view in The New Salon , join us for Tarot readings with Krysta Beth Heidman. Krysta will offer a variety of ways to break your blocks and bring you one step closer to achieving your highest purpose.
1:00pm–1:30pm
• Express Tour: The New Salon … Discover new featured artworks and artists on view in The New Salon during this 30-minute Express Tour.
1:45pm–2:00pm
• Spotlight Talk: The New Salon … Learn more about an artist or two featured in The New Salon during these bite-sized conversations with our volunteer educators.
2:00pm–2:45pm
• Artist-Led Tour: Brian Mashburn … Join us for a tour of The New Salon: A Contemporary View with local artist Brian Mashburn to learn about his work and other works on view included in the exhibition. Brian’s work depicts urban and industrial landscapes close to the natural world.
3:00pm–3:30pm
• Express Tour: The New Salon … Discover new featured artworks and artists on view in The New Salon during this 30-minute Express Tour.
3:45pm–4:00pm
• Spotlight Talk: The New Salon … Learn more about an artist or two featured in The New Salon during these bite-sized conversations with our volunteer educators.