Downtown Asheville Art District
Riverside Drive
Asheville, NC 28801
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 505-8341
Located within a half mile radius of historic downtown Asheville are more than 25 galleries, studio and museums. You can find a wide diversity of fine studio crafts, glass works, photography, folk art and contemporary painting, metalwork, textiles, jewelry and more by local, regional, national and international artists.
There are also three museums featuring the Southeast's only gallery focusing exclusively on illustration art, the city's largest artist gallery, contemporary glass sculpture from around the world, and traditional crafts by nationally-acclaimed artists, many of whom live in Western North Carolina.