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  • Cotton Mill Studios
    122 Riverside Dr, Studio D, Asheville, NC 28801
    —in the River Arts District.

    Normal Hours:
    Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm
    On occasion we might close early for classes or other events, call first to be sure we’re open.

    tel: 828.505.2958
    email: barbara@bzdesign.biz
    blog: bzdesigntextiles

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  • 2012 events

  • April

  • BZDesign Spring Studio Sale

    Saturday, April 14, noon – 4 pm
    Afternoon studio sale: 10% – 15% off select scarves, clothing & pillows!
    Also: dyeing demonstrations throughout the afternoon & refreshments.

  • June

  • Asheville River Arts District Studio Stroll

    Sat & Sun, June 9 & 10, 10 am – 6 pm
    Asheville’s River Arts District opens to the public for two days of festivities known as the STUDIO STROLL. This year more than 110 artists are participating! Visit us in the Cotton Mill Studios, 122 Riverside Drive, Studio D.

  • July

    The Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands

    July 19 – 22, Thursday – Saturday, 10 am – 6 pm, Sunday, 10 am – 5 pm
    Location: Asheville Civic Center, 87 Haywood Street in downtown Asheville, admission: $7.00

    See photos from the BZDesign booth.

  • October

  • The Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands

    Oct 18 – 21, Thursday – Saturday, 10 am – 6 pm, Sunday, 10 am – 5 pm
    Location: Asheville Civic Center, 87 Haywood Street in downtown Asheville, admission: $7.00

  • November

  • Asheville River Arts District Studio Stroll

    Sat & Sun, Nov. 10 & 11, 10 am – 6 pm
    Asheville’s River Arts District opens to the public for two days of festivities known as the STUDIO STROLL. This year more than 110 artists are participating! Visit us in the Cotton Mill Studios, 122 Riverside Drive, Studio D.

  • Past Events

  • September 2011

  • Common Threads: Innovative Textile Practices in India & Western North Carolina

  • Sept 9 – Jan 11, The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, Hendersonville, NC
    1181 Broyles Road, Hendersonville, NC 28791
    www.craftcreativitydesign.org

    Reception & Gallery Talk Wednesday, October 5, 5–7pm

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  • June 2011

  • Ma: The Space Between: Photos

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    Ma: The Space Between

    What is not there becomes, in its absence, as important to the meaning of the piece as what remains.

    June 3 – 30, 2011

    Asheville Area Arts Council, The Artery
    Asheville River Arts District
    346 Depot Street, Asheville, NC

    Opening: Friday, June 3, 5:30 – 8:30 pm

    Akira Satake: clay
    Barbara Zaretsky: textiles
    Brian Boggs: wood
    Barbara Fisher: paintings

    June 3 opening events:
    6:30 – music: Akira Satake
    7:00 – fashion show: BZDesign (click on link to see the show).

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  • June 2010

  • HandMade: The Western North Carolina Craft, Architecture & Design Expo

    Our team: The Room of Five Elements

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  • May 2009

  • Fiber Day

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  • Image, courtesy of the Highland Highlights, spring/summer 2009 newsletter.

  • March 2009

  • MA—The Space Between, a show of ceramics, textiles and furniture was held at the Asheville Area Arts Council, Front Gallery.

    Akira Satake • Barbara Zaretsky • Judith Duff • Brian Boggs

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  • friends

    Cloth Fiber Workshop
    is a textile arts learning center that offers a variety of classes and workshops for students of all experience levels. Located in Asheville, NC.

    Handmade in America
    Their mission is to celebrate the hand and the handmade, to nurture the creation of traditional and contemporary craft, to revere and protect our resources, and to preserve and enrich the spiritual, cultural and community life of our (Western North Carolina).

    The River Arts District, located along the French Broad River, just minutes from downtown Asheville, is a community of artists committed to creating art, supporting the artists in their neighborhood and producing successful art events such as the Studio Strolls.

  • Southern Highland Craft Guild in 1930 in Asheville the Guild maintains the Folk Art Center and sponsors the Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands.