Asheville, NC—The Asheville Art Museum is pleased to invite you to come celebrate our Exhibition Rebel/Re-Belle Saturday, December 10 with an afternoon of creativity and community engagement! Enjoy free Museum admission from 1–5pm and visit with local community organizations Emote, Southern Equality Studios, MAADCo, and Youth Outright. 

Tour the Rebel/Re-Belle Exhibition and then get creative in Makerspace with teaching artist M Rathshack from 1–4pm and make a Rebel-inspired artwork in the Education Studio, North Wing, 3rd floor.

Artist demonstration and art making with Devyn Vasquez will take place in the Education Studio from 2–4pm. Vasquez is an artist with a multi-disciplined practice that is centered around jewelry, textiles, and woodworking. They completed the Core Fellowship at Penland School of Craft in February of 2020 and have most recently focused on a month-long metalsmithing residency at Baltimore Jewelry Center.

Visitors and community members are invited to donate any art supplies or materials in collaboration with Emote, which will distribute to artists and creatives in need to continue and assist with their practice.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10 COMMUNITY DAY SCHEDULE

1–5pm
Free Museum and Exhibitions Admission

1–2pm
Rebel/Re-Belle Panel Discussion in Multi-Purpose Space

1–4pm
Tabling with Emote. MAADCo, Youth Outright, and Southern Equality Studios in the Atrium

MakerSpace with M Rathshack upstairs in the Education Studio, North Wing, 3rd Floor

Art Materials Drive Organized in collaboration with Emote in the Atrium

DJ Playing in the Atrium

2–3pm:
Vocalist, Guitarist, and Keyboard Performance in the Atrium

2–4pm:
Artist Demonstration and Art Making with Devyn Vasquez in Education Studio, North Wing, 3rd Floor

4–5pm: 
Emote Drag Show in Atrium

Rebel/Re-Belle: Exploring Gender, Agency, and Identity is organized by the Asheville Art Museum. Generous support for this project is provided by the National Endowment of the Arts. | Image: Corn Wagon Thunder, Laundromat from the Wonder series, 2017, archival print on Epson Ultra Premium Presentation matte paper, 10 × 15 inches, Asheville Art Museum. Corn Wagon Thunder.

About the Asheville Art Museum? 

The Museum’s galleries, the Museum Store, Art PLAYce, and Perspective Café are open. The Frances Mulhall Achilles Art Research Library remains temporarily closed. The Museum welcomes visitors Wednesday through Monday from 11am to 6pm, with late-night Thursdays from 11am to 9pm. The Museum is closed on Tuesdays. General admission is always free for Museum Members, UNC Asheville students, active-duty military personnel with valid ID, and children under 6; $15 per adult; $13 per senior (65+); and $10 per student (child 6–17 or degree-seeking college students with valid ID). Admission tickets are available at ashevilleart.org/visit or the Museum. Visitors may become Members at the welcome desk during their visit or online at ashevilleart.org/membership.

Established by artists and incorporated in 1948, the Asheville Art Museum is committed to being a vital force in community and individual development and to providing lifelong opportunities for education and enrichment through the visual arts. The Museum’s mission is to engage, enlighten, and inspire individuals and enrich community through dynamic experiences in American art of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Museum is dedicated to advancing diversity, equity, access, and inclusion—now and in the future—and we welcome all visitors without discrimination. The Museum acknowledges that it is situated upon the ancient, southern Appalachian ancestral homeland of the Cherokee Tribe and that this region is still the home of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians today. The Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. Learn more by visiting ashevilleart.org