ASHEVILLE, NC.- The Asheville Art Museum presents Make It New: Western North Carolina Artists Exhibition 2007, on view through Sunday, July 1, 2007. The Asheville Art Museum’s continued commitment to our region’s art and artists is on display in the juried exhibition Make It New: Western North Carolina Artists Exhibition 2007. The exhibition demonstrates the vitality and diversity of contemporary art in the region through the work of 25 artists. Responding to a call for entries, more than 260 artists from across Western North Carolina applied to this juried exhibition. Juror and Asheville Art Museum Curator of Exhibitions Ron Platt visited with 48 of the artists at their studios or the Museum before choosing the final roster of 25.

The following artists taking part in Make It New represent numerous Western North Carolina communities: Steve Brown, Asheville; Ralph Burns, Asheville; Betty Clark, Asheville; Virginia Derryberry, Asheville; Robin Dreyer, Burnsville; Lisa Jones, Asheville; Jeana Eve Klein, Boone; Hoss Haley, Asheville; Kristy Higby, Alexander; Kevin Hogan, Asheville; Anne Lemanski, Penland; Robert Levin, Burnsville; Kyoko Masutani, Asheville; Leslie Noell, Asheville; Jimmy O’Neal, Asheville; Sean Pace, Asheville; Roger Parramore, Asheville; Ilasahai Prouty, Penland; Sylvie Rosenthal, Penland; Alice Sebrell, Asheville; Tom Turner, Mars Hill; Jason Weatherspoon, Asheville and Kore Loy Wildrekinde-McWhirter, Burnsville. The exhibition will feature work in a wide range of media including printmaking and drawing, photography, painting, sculpture, film and video, pottery, glass and installation art.

The exhibition and catalogue for this project are made possible by generous support from the Asheville Merchants Fund of the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art. The exhibition is organized by the Asheville Art Museum and Curated by Ron Platt.