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SPOTLIGHT think that’s carried me through more than anything else.” Glawson works with one of her faculty advisors, Jackson Martin, assistant professor of art, who has guided her work for the past two and a half years. “Shanna is both talented and am bitious,” Martin said. “Having a strong studio work ethic and the willingness to work hard to achieve goals is infinitely valuable.” Glawson said her work takes any where between three weeks and six months to complete depending on her level of involvement. She of ten starts many sculpture projects at once to get her ideas down and see what takes off and what falls flat. “Shanna has taken some extreme ly recognizable symbols, repro duced countless times by our cul ture,” Martin said. “With sculpture, Shanna is able to fully develop her ideas and engage her viewer in-the- round.” Glawson notes a meaning ful duality within the heart that in forms some of the ways she plays with combining the anatomical heart and the symbolic heart. “I have this cool part of my paper where I talk about the heart as a sexual organ,” Glawson said. “It’s both throbbing like a male but it’s also able to be wounded and be pen etrated like a woman. There’s this give and take.” Brittany Klutz, senior art student and painter from Charlotte, considers the role of love in her life. Klutz and her girlfriend Christine have been together for almost three years now. “For me personally right now — and it can’t be like this in every case — but it seems like my friends and family have somewhat abandoned me,” Klutz said. “So nat urally right now romantic love is the most important to me.” Love can be motivational due to its passion. It’s not all positive. Sometimes love creates hurt and anger, but it gives a person a lot of content to express. Klutz said. “Loving someone can be a super spiritual thing,” Klutz said. “Giving yourself to a person and being vulnerable can naturally be a spiritual thing.” Glawson intends to make viewers question their own feel ings when they view her pieces. She wants the juxtaposition between sa cred and profane to arouse her view ers’ curiosity, speaking to her own discoveries between the triumphant and pitiful within the heart. “Eros, Agape and Other Heart Conditions” will be available for viewing in the S. Tucker Cooke gal lery in Owen Hall beginning Oct. 27-Nov. 7. COFFEE the coveted trophy. Josh Gibbs and Andy Gibbon started the company in 2008 after several years of playing music together and brewing coffee as a hobby. “We were excited to par ticipate in last year’s first coffee expo,” Gibbon said. “Western North Carolina has a thriving coffee scene full of passionate people doing interesting things. But it is rare that we get a chance to all be in the same place at the same time, demonstrating why Asheville is an exciting place for coffee.” Gibbon said they try to bring a few unique coffees sourced just for the expo. This year, they found a few experi- mental-processed fair trade and organic microlots on a recent sourcing trip to Honduras. “We were thrilled to be awarded the “Best House Cup” last year. We have had the cup proudly on display at our cof fee bar. We would be thrilled, of course, to repeat this year,” Gibbon said. “We work hard to source and roast the finest fair trade and organic coffees we can find and love that people are en joying them.” ShareWell Coffee Co., another participant in the expo. was launched by Candice Fritz in 2016 with her husband, Zach, who has a long history in the cof fee business. They lived in Mich igan when they decided to start their own coffee company. “The first week we moved back to Hendersonville, we heard that there was going to be the first ever annual Asheville Coffee Expo,” Fritz said. “We decided we needed to giddy up and have our ducks in a row to be there. Even though we hadn’t even roasted or served our coffee to the public, we pulled it off. So last year, the first Asheville Cof fee Expo, was our true birthday as a company.” Fritz said the expo pro vides the community with a de mographic committed to coffee and supporting small and local businesses, making it a great ad dition to the area. She plans to participate in future expos be cause combining forces with oth er roasters and businesses helps feature the area and the amazing coffee it offers. “We are strictly roasters; we don’t have a cafe,” Fritz said. “So for us, this is a treat because we get to literally hand a cup of our coffee to someone and con nect. We get to share about the farmer behind each roast, our approach, what notes we get and what notes they get.” PRIDE CENTER munity, including houses of wor ship. Communities of Faith, current ly available on the center’s web site, puts together a list of different churches in the area accepting of the LGBTQ-i- community. The list in cludes various religions. White said plans to expand this service include launching the Blue Ridge Virtual LGBTQ-l- Center. The virtual center will include not only churches but other services, events, classes and support groups for the LGBTQ-i- community for free. Another part of expansion will include the Welcoming Communi ties Frogram, including businesses, schools and other communities open to the LGBTQ-I- community. White said the purpose of the pro gram will not only give people a chance to find places accepting of the community, but to shine light on the places that welcome everyone. She said she believes those who are hateful receive too much attention and those who are accepting should get recognition. “We’re not asking for special treatment, we just want to have the same rights as everyone else,” Wie ner said. “If you see something just point it out. If you're organizing a program look and listen to feedback. It makes all the difference.” CONFEDERACY while he was fixing his bandana. His suspicious grimace turned into a gentle, friendly smile when I asked him if he knew how to get to North Carolina. He asked me to grab a seat at the table where plates were stacked up after their meal, and pulled up his phone. In a very thick, southern accent he told me how I would make it home safely. Afterward, I asked him if he had been in North Carolina, and he told me stories of how he has trav eled through the South on his bike. We had a long conversation, until his wife reminded him to move on with their day and we separated. So what does the Confederacy mean? I am still not sure. My interac tion with the white couple proved my generalization wrong in this instance. Still, I do not, and doubt I would ever think the Confederacy could be a positive symbol of the South. My solo trip to Kentucky made me realize human interaction and conversation is important. I am not an expert on either the history of the South or the culture of the contemporary South, but I do think it is important to discuss the appearance of the Confederate symbols.
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