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Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Artist create collection detailing Hurricane Helene, raising money for relief efforts
Asheville, N.C. (WSPA)- One artist from the Carolinas is using hurricane Helene as her muse and raising money for relief efforts in Asheville, N.C. Kira Bursky has been creating art since childhood and became focused on visual art around 2020. Bursky decided to start drawing to process her feelings during hurricane Helene. Her art went viral online and was met with an outpouring of support. Some of her pieces have been on display at the Asheville art museum as a part of the 'Asheville Strong: Celebrating Art and Community After Hurricane Helene' exhibition. More gallery stops are being scheduled now. In April she will have her art on display at a pop-up shop and gallery in the old historic Moog building. It's now home to artist studios called Resurrection Studios Collective. The building houses about 50 artists, many of which were displaced post-Helene. A great time to come her the art is the first Friday of each month in 2025. On Friday April 4, 2025 when there will be live music, mocktails and more than 40 artists will be on display including Bursky. View them here Bursky's art includes salvage wood frames made by a NC woodworker Drew Villiers using wood sourced from washed-away homes & barns post-Helene. Bursky pledged to donate 20% of all art print and art book sales to Hurricane Helene relief efforts. Earlier this year she was able to donate $3,000 to ArtsAVL and BeLoved Asheville. To view the full collection of art files click here Also shown on 7 News is art in the form of digital collage by Visual Artist Christa Capua and her examples of Southern futurism. You can view her collection here or on Instagram here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-03-2025
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- Yahoo
6 months after Hurricane Helene, Asheville gallery owners help artists recover
It has been six months since Hurricane Helene hit parts of North Carolina. A group of artists that had not only their artwork destroyed by the storm but also their supplies and gallery space, now have a new start. Painting is Alison Press' passion, as well as her second career. She quit her corporate I.T. job after the pandemic to pursue art full-time. 'It was just a leap of faith. And I saw, 'I've got it, I've got it in me to be able to create,'' she told WSOC-TV's Erika Jackson. Press was working out of the Asheville Print Studio until Helene flooded the building near the Swannanoa River. 'I don't think any of us expected it to be the kind of storm that it was,' Press said. 'Everybody was just in a bit of survival mode.' The roof at Asheville Print Studio caved in, destroying the art and supplies within. Press and other artists turned that devastation into drive. They're now working out of Resurrection Studios Collective in downtown Asheville. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] 'We do glass, we've got ceramics, we've got woodworkers and fine art painting,' Resurrection Studios Collective owner Heidi Adams said. 'We've got a leather maker.' Adams turned her family's former music studio into an artist workspace and gallery. 'I know the artists were really excited, and it felt really magical to bring the community back together,' Adams said. Coming in here is very inspiring. I have a beautiful view of downtown. I have a great new artist community that I'm working with,' Press said. Press said she earned a grant to pay for the next year of her rent. She said she's grateful for the second chance at her second career. 'We're looking forward. You know, every single one of us. Yes, we realize and we feel for our brethren that haven't even found a space yet. Encouraging people to keep going,' she said. RELATED STORIES: Dozens of people still call hurricane shelter home following Helene's wrath in Asheville Asheville's River Arts District is making art again weeks after Hurricane Helene 6 weeks after Hurricane Helene, Western North Carolina community slowly rebuild, reopen [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Asheville artists find new home after Helene
Not only is painting Alison Press' passion – it's also her second career. She quit her corporate IT job after the pandemic to pursue art full time. 'It was just a leap of faith. And I said, 'I've got it, I've got it in me to be able to create,'' Press told Channel 9′s Erika Jackson. She was working out of the Asheville Print Studio until Hurricane Helene flooded the building near the Swannanoa River. ALSO READ: Helene Recovery: Free instruments given to musicians at WNC college 'I don't think any of us expected it to be the kind of storm that it was. Everybody was just in a bit of survival mode,' Press said. Today, the Asheville Print Studio's roof is still caved in and supplies are scattered all over. 'I was just most sad for the all the art that was lost. When I saw the River Arts District – it's still devastating for me,' Press said. Now, she and other artists are turning that devastation into drive. They're working out of Resurrection Studios Collective in downtown Asheville. 'We do have glass, we've got ceramics, we've got woodworkers and fine art painting. We've got a leather maker,' Heidi Adams, co-owner of Resurrection Studios Collective said. Adams turned her family's former music studio into an artist workspace and gallery. 'I know the artists were really excited, and it felt really magical to bring the community back together,' Adams said. 'Coming in here is very inspiring. I have a beautiful view of downtown. I have a great new artist community that I'm working with,' Press said. Press told us she earned a grant to pay for the next year of rent. She sayid she's grateful for the second chance at her second career. 'We're looking forward. Every single one of us, we feel for our brethren that haven't even found a space yet – encouraging people to keep going,' Press said. WATCH BELOW: NC Governor signs Hurricane Helene relief bill into law
