Asheville Made • Higby Writing by Lauren Stepp • Photography by Karen Strickland I’m pleased to be included in the April 2018 issue of Asheville Made; a bi-monthly magazine that features fifteen local makers. Asheville Made • Higby Growing up in the 1950s, Kristy Higby witnessed Brown v. Board of Education overturn Plessy v. Ferguson. […]
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New Work/Exhibit Higby
New Work/Exhibit Higby Person’s of Privilege One hope of people living life creating art is that your most recent work is your best work to-date. It’s a never-ending evolution of clarity. One body of work informs the next. I am in that place at age 66 and understand that everything I have created to date […]
Upcoming Art Exhibitions Fall 2017 from Ohio to five venues in the Southeast
Upcoming Art Exhibitions Fall 2017 from Ohio to five venues in the Southeast 2017 is proving to be the busiest Fall I have ever had. My work is involved in six exhibitions! I have gone from art-maker to logistics manager. The biggest show is at the Mansfield Art Center in Mansfield, Ohio […]
Family History Restored
Family History Restored One family scrapbook lovingly recorded by a dedicated family member and preserved by another. . The photographs always survive. . . It was a privilege to repair and preserve this beautiful album made in 1908. Much of the physical book was disintegrating but repairable. One particular challenge was the spine. It was […]
Acrylic Artist Magazine Article
Acrylic Artist Magazine Article Mark Flowers Artwork Spring 2017 issue. . A sincere thank you to the artist, Phil Garrett, for recommending my work to Acrylic Artist Magazine, the Managing Editor, Jennifer Smith, for extending the opportunity, and the writer, Zach Hatfield, for knowing which of my ramblings to leave out while making the rest […]
Photo Restoration
Photo Restoration • Mending the Past • Our relatively recent commitment to become full-time artists comes with the mindset to trust we will make interesting and relative work. That trust also assumes that new and challenging commissions will come our way. It certainly has with this project. Working on this new Photo Restoration project […]
On The Bright Side Photo Shoot Website Update
On The Bright Side Photo Shoot Website Update Beautiful day for a shoot! On The Bright Side photo shoot happened this month. Katie and Rachelle did a fabulous job! We can’t thank them enough for squeezing us into their busy summer. The only downside to their visit was that it was sans Neely! We now have […]
Premier Screening Art Exhibition TOB
Premier Screening Art Exhibition The Other Brother The Greenville, SC, Fine Arts Center will hold a screening and art exhibition for The Other Brother on Thursday, September 3, 2015. THE OTHER BROTHER: THE ART OF JESSE & TOM FLOWERS AT THE FINE ARTS CENTER The Fine Arts Center is pleased to start off their 2015/16-exhibition schedule […]
WordCamp 2015 Asheville NC
WordCamp 2015 Asheville NC This WordPress novice had a good look behind the curtain and under the hood of a WordPress website at WordCamp 2015 Asheville NC last week. Boomer gave those attending the pre-camp workshop a great primer. The Happiness Bar was a place you could go to with individual questions at any time. Great […]