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From intern to Director of Revolve
Lex Turnbull was fresh out of college when the founding director of Revolve, Colby Caldwell, asked to meet. The conversation wasn’t entirely a surprise. Turnbull interned at Revolve and felt so strongly about the contemporary art center, they stayed on as a volunteer.
This Skin I’m In exhibition
Opening on Saturday, July 2, at Revolve Gallery, This Skin I’m In: A Visual Narrative of Self is a collection of images and narratives by artists in the LGBTQIA+ community.
AVL Zine Fest at Revolve
In digital era, zine publishers haven’t stopped expressing themselves by hand.
Gina Cornejo BPR interview
Storyteller Gina Cornejo strives to draw sweat, from herself and her audience. BPR interviewed them during their First Draft Residency at Revolve to get a closer look at that process.
Blackalachia at Revolve
For the month of April ‘22, Moses Sumney created a film installation as part of our First Draft Residency to invite the community to watch this feature length film, filmed in these Blue Ridge Mountains. If you couldn’t make it to the showings in April, fear not! You can now watch it from the comfort of your own home.
Derek Piotr Artist Talk
Zoom lecture for Revolve Asheville, NC, October 13, 2021. Topics covered include fieldwork in Western North Carolina, North and West Yorkshire, UK, and the compilation Last Wisps of the Old Ways.
Aug. - Sept. Zine Resident
Our August - September Zine Resident (Arely Guevara) created a zine titled, What’s Going On?, which is a sequel to a zine they made in 2020. Part of this residency involved Arely interviewing a traveller-on-a-budget, Calen Otto. Read the full interview with Calen Otto by clicking the link below!
Fieldwork Archive Zoom
This is an artist talk + presentation of the archive that Derek Piotr has been building since 2020, Fieldwork Archive. The archive was intended to focus on the "non-singer" who utilizes song + folkloric memory. It has since grown + now includes a variety of informants, including everyone from professional singers to ballad scholars.