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Chavez
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my mind, then I’ll work from it as it comes
along,” Chavez said.
One distinguishable quality in several of
Chavez’s works is her use of charcoal as
well as washes.
“Especially with drawings, I did one
where I mixed washes and I did several
studies to see how they’d work with char
coal. So it’s like a drawing but it looks
like a painting,” Chavez said. “I think it
has different qualities than just a drawing.
It’s a lot different working with color; a lot
more challenging, but fun, and I liked the
end product.”
Gabe Karabell, a senior history major at
UNCA, said he is interested in attending
the exhibition, because he’s always loved
art. He said Chavez sounds like a woman
with a clear mission and personal cause.
“I don’t think that Chavez is just making
art for art’s sake. I hope that the work on
display will speak to her struggle and the
issues she outlines that will m^e the show
hard to ignore,” Karabell said.
One of Chavez’s favorite pieces she’s
done, called “Praying Mantis,” is another
piece of hers that uses wash and charcoal.
She says it’s her favorite because she
learned a lot going through the process of
making the piece.
“I prefer something that I can see the
object and keep drawing from it and doing
close-ups and it becoming more organic.
I can work without stressing and thinking
so much; I can just work and it happens. It
just feels natural to me,” she said.
When talking about art, Chavez said that
she uses it as an escape from the everyday
world.
“I think it’s like an outlet for me and I
can choose what I feel on paper. It doesn’t
have to look like the object or inspiration;
it becomes something in itself, even if it’s
just a person, a purse or a shoe.
“At the end, it’ll be a drawing and you
don’t have to know what it is, it just gives
you a certain feeling,” Chavez said.
An opening reception for Chavez’s work
will be held tomorrow from 6 to 8 p.m. in
the gallery. At 7 p.m., Chavez will be there
to talk about her experiences and work.
“I’ve learned through experience that
you don’t have to like it to be art, and
there’s very wide range to do different
types of art.
“It’s mostly a personal feeling of what
you do and how you present it, and that’s
what makes it a good piece and composi
tion. If you believe in what you’re doing,
than it’ll work out,” Chavez said.
Ramsey Library’s Blowers Gallery is
open during regular library hours.
Indigo Girls
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songs in their acoustic incarnations is just
a completely different experience than
listening to them with the band. I think
it’s nice for fans to be able to hear both.”
The Indigo Girls worked on “Poseidon
and the Bitter Bug” with producer and
keyboardist Mitchell Froom, who record
ed on the album as well.
■ “He started working with us on the
record before “Poseidon,” and he really
shifted us,” Saliers said. “He’s a very
good musical arranger, and he brings the
best essence out of the songs. He never
over-produces, and he’s very choosy
about what notes to pick, and everything
has its place in the musical spectrum.”
The songs on “Poseidon,” according to
Saliers, have a sense of immediacy while
also being characteristically unfettered.
“The acoustic CD, that’s basically what
the songs sounded like after Amy and I
were done arranging them. Then, with
the band, the sound is more flushed out,”
Saliers said. “I think people like having
access to both versions.”
The pair began their own independent
label, IG Recordings, on which “Posei
don” was released.
According to Saliers, after the girls
were dropped from Hollywood Records,
they realized that their own relationships
Organicfest
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growing if you have the land and ask the
right people.
“You can ask someone a specific ques
tion and the response they’re going to
give you reflects all the mistakes they’ve
made,” he said.
Another farmer at the market, Tom
Elmore, owns Thatchmore Farms. It has
been organic since he started it in 1987.
“The national program came in six or
seven years ago,” he said. Before that,
the Carolina Farm Stewardship Associa
tion certified his farm as organic.
Now, Quality Certification Services, a
group out of Gainesville, Fla., certifies
his farm.
Elmore also participates at Organicfest.
“I’m usually there with the Organic
Growers booth,” he said.
Elmore is on the board of directors for
the Carolina Growers Association, a co
alition of area organic growers, he said.
They hold another farming event, the
True Nature Country Fair, every fall and
spring.
“This year it’s moving to UNCA in the
spring,” he said.
The fall event will happen Sept. 26 and
27, in Bamardsville, he said.
A volunteer at the food market, Caro
lyn Lowry, moved to Asheville three
“Our community
is full of amazing
and wonderful
things. One of them
is people pushing
the limits on grow
ing food organical
ly. It s an enormous
amount to have in
our community. ”
— Paul Littman
weeks ago. She worked at the Center
for Environmental Farming Systems, a
southeastern farming research institute
near North Carolina Agricultural and
Technical State, before moving here.
“It’s the only organization of its kind in
the southeast,” she said.
Lowry, 26, is a part-time student at
UNCA. She has experience with eating
organic on a budget.
“There are a number of community gar
dens in Asheville,” she said. “Asheville
is really friendly for those who want
the (organic) experience. There’s even a
community garden at UNCA.”
Lowry sold T-shirts Saturday morning
as a fundraiser for the tailgate market.
She said that the same sort of approach
is possible for college students who want
organic food but don’t have the money.
“Sometimes you can work on a farm
in exchange for food,” Lowry said, “and
coming here to buy fruit is really afford
able.”
Accessibility was the theme that united
Athos and Elmore, too. “We try to sup
port all the organic farmers,” Athos said.
“A lot of farmers don’t spray, but aren’t
certified organic.”
Elmore said that he mostly wants peo
ple to eat locally.
“I think it’s a free choice for the con
sumer, and I think it’s a free choice for
the farmer,” he said.
Athos said that she thinks that senti
ment is OK for people who cannot spend
much more on food.
“We can make a huge impact on the
health of our country every time we take
out our wallet,” she said.
with radio and concert promoters might
better serve them.
“We just realized that it was absolutely
the time to be independent,” she said of
the new label. “We feel very liberated
and very grateful for it. You know there
are a lot of bands out there now that la
bels can’t do for them what they could do
in a different era.”
Michelle Malone, out with her latest
CD, “Debris,” is scheduled as the open
ing act. Malone will be joining The In
digo Girls on stage for several songs in
the set, according to Saliers.
“People shouldn’t miss her. She’s got
a new record out that’s great,” Saliers
said. “We just really want to make sure
people don’t miss Michelle’s set cause
she’s killer.”
Tickets for the show at The Orange
Peel are $38 advance or $40 at the door.
An all ages show, doors open at 7 p.m.
and the show begins at 8 p.m.
“The basic approach to music is the
same as it ever was. We write our songs,
come together, we arrange them and then
we just get out there and play,” Saliers
said. “It’s super fun, and we have this
audience that has just held us up over the
years.”
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