Art galleries in Asheville
Galleries are best taken slowly. Asheville, North Carolina has 26 mapped right now. That's 26 galleries mapped around Asheville. The exhibition schedule matters more than the count: a small gallery with a great current show beats a big one between exhibitions. Opening nights are the cheat code — free entry, the artists in the room, and a crowd that actually wants to talk about the work.
This guide covers every art gallery we could verify in and around Asheville (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Kress Emporium and Horse and Hero, plus Pura Vida. If a gallery's missing from Asheville's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Asheville gallery lineup
26 in Asheville, plus 15 more around Asheville below:
Kress Emporium
Art gallery0.2 km from Asheville
Kress Emporium is Art gallery on 19 Patton Avenue. Kress Emporium also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
19 Patton Avenue
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 12:00-18:00
Phone: +1-828-281-2252
Horse and Hero
Art gallery0.2 km from Asheville
Horse and Hero is Art gallery.
Pura Vida
Art gallery0.3 km from Asheville
Pura Vida — Art gallery.
Blue Spiral
Art gallery0.3 km from Asheville
Blue Spiral — Art gallery, found on 38 Biltmore Avenue in Asheville. Also worth knowing about Blue Spiral: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-18:00; Su 11:00-17:00.
38 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, 28801
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-18:00; Su 11:00-17:00
Momentum Gallery
Art gallery0.4 km from Asheville
Momentum Gallery — Art gallery, found on 52 Broadway Street in Asheville.
52 Broadway Street, Asheville, 28801
The Haen Gallery
Art gallery0.4 km from Asheville
The Haen Gallery — Art gallery, found on 52 Biltmore Avenue in Asheville. Also worth knowing about The Haen Gallery: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-18:00; Su 12:00-17:00.
52 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, 28801
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-18:00; Su 12:00-17:00
American Folk
Art gallery0.4 km from Asheville
American Folk — Art gallery, found on 64 Biltmore Avenue in Asheville.
64 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, 28801
Odyssey Gallery
Art gallery1.4 km from Asheville
Odyssey Gallery — Art gallery, found on 238 Clingman Avenue in Asheville.
238 Clingman Avenue, Asheville, 28801
Colton Dion Gallery
Art gallery1.4 km from Asheville
Colton Dion Gallery — Art gallery.
North Carolina Glass Center
Art gallery1.4 km from Asheville
North Carolina Glass Center is Art gallery on 140 Roberts Street, Asheville.
140 Roberts Street, Asheville, 28801
North Carolina Glass Center
Art gallery1.4 km from Asheville
North Carolina Glass Center is Art gallery.
Cotton Mill Studios
Art gallery1.5 km from Asheville
Cotton Mill Studios — Art gallery, found on 122 Riverside Drive in Asheville.
122 Riverside Drive, Asheville, 28801
Andy Herod Gallery
Art gallery1.5 km from Asheville
Andy Herod Gallery is Art gallery on 122 Riverside Drive, Asheville. Andy Herod Gallery also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
122 Riverside Drive, Asheville, 28801
Phone: +1-828-450-2684
RiverSide studios
Art gallery1.5 km from Asheville
RiverSide studios is Art gallery on 174 West Haywood Street, Asheville.
174 West Haywood Street, Asheville, 28801
RIverside Studios
Art gallery1.5 km from Asheville
RIverside Studios — Art gallery, found on 147 West Haywood Street in Asheville.
147 West Haywood Street, Asheville, 28801
CURVE studios & garden
Art gallery1.5 km from Asheville
CURVE studios & garden — Art gallery, found on 3 Riverside Drive;River Arts Place in Asheville. Also worth knowing about CURVE studios & garden: it has a website with more detail.
3 Riverside Drive;River Arts Place, Asheville, 28801
Pink Dog
Art gallery1.7 km from Asheville
Pink Dog — Art gallery, found on 346 Depot Street in Asheville.
346 Depot Street, Asheville, 28801
Small Batch Glass
Art gallery1.8 km from Asheville
Small Batch Glass is Art gallery on 46 Craven Street, Asheville.
46 Craven Street, Asheville, 28806
Art Garden AVL
Art gallery2.2 km from Asheville
Art Garden AVL is Art gallery.
Marquee
Art gallery2.3 km from Asheville
Marquee — Art gallery, found on 36 Foundy Street in Asheville.
36 Foundy Street, Asheville, 28801
Level 42 Gallery & Studio
Art gallery2.4 km from Asheville
Level 42 Gallery & Studio — Art gallery, found on 47 Foundy Street in Asheville.
47 Foundy Street, Asheville, 28801
Level 42 Gallery & Studio
Art gallery2.4 km from Asheville
Level 42 Gallery & Studio — Art gallery, found on 47 Foundy Street in asheville.
47 Foundy Street, asheville, 28801
Grovewood Gallery
Art gallery3.2 km from Asheville
Grovewood Gallery is Art gallery.
Southern Highland Craft Guild
Art gallery4.9 km from Asheville
Southern Highland Craft Guild is Art gallery. Southern Highland Craft Guild also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00
Flood Gallery Fine Art Center
Art gallery5.2 km from Asheville
Flood Gallery Fine Art Center is Art gallery on 802 Fairview Road. Flood Gallery Fine Art Center also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
802 Fairview Road
Contemporaneo Gallery
Art gallery8.3 km from Asheville
Contemporaneo Gallery is Art gallery.
What the map tells us about art galleries in Asheville
4 of the 26 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
4 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
There's a cluster: 2 of them sit on 122 Riverside Drive, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
4 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Asheville gallery walk
Making a day of it in Asheville? Work this order: Kress Emporium on 19 Patton Avenue, Horse and Hero, Pura Vida, Blue Spiral on 38 Biltmore Avenue, Momentum Gallery on 52 Broadway Street, The Haen Gallery on 52 Biltmore Avenue, American Folk on 64 Biltmore Avenue, and Odyssey Gallery on 238 Clingman Avenue. That's the gallery walk in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 18 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Asheville
Gallery-going in Asheville? A few habits help:
- Buy the catalogue at Kress Emporium. Exhibition catalogues are the affordable art book. They sell out after the show closes.
- Note the curator's name at Horse and Hero. Good curators have taste you can follow. If you loved the show, look up what else they've put together.
- Look at the building too. Galleries often live in the most interesting architecture in town — converted warehouses, old banks, heritage houses.
- Go to opening nights. Free entry, the artists in the room, and a crowd that wants to talk about the work. The best gallery experience there is.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Asheville — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new art gallery in Asheville can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 26 that's closed, or a great art gallery we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
We don't review exhibitions — shows change too fast. What we list is the where: real galleries, verified by real mappers.
If you run one of the 26 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Worth the trip: more art galleries around Asheville
15 more within about 40 km of Asheville, nearest first:
Art Accents Framing and Gallery
Art gallery11.3 km from Asheville
Art Accents Framing and Gallery — Art gallery.
Artisans on Main
Art gallery11.4 km from Asheville
Artisans on Main is Art gallery.
Mangum Pottery Studio and Gallery
Art gallery11.4 km from Asheville
Mangum Pottery Studio and Gallery is Art gallery on 16 North Main Street, Weaverville. Mangum Pottery Studio and Gallery also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
16 North Main Street, Weaverville, 28787
Phone: +18286454929
Miya Gallery
Art gallery11.4 km from Asheville
Miya Gallery — Art gallery, found on 20 North Main Street in Weaverville. Also worth knowing about Miya Gallery: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
20 North Main Street, Weaverville, 28787
Phone: +18286589655
Crucible Glassworks
Art gallery13.5 km from Asheville
Crucible Glassworks is Art gallery on 60 Clarks Chapel Road, Weaverville. Crucible Glassworks also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
60 Clarks Chapel Road, Weaverville, 28787
Phone: +18286455660
Red House Studios and Gallery
Art gallery21.0 km from Asheville
Red House Studios and Gallery — Art gallery, found on 310 West State Street in Black Mountain. Also worth knowing about Red House Studios and Gallery: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
310 West State Street, Black Mountain, 28711
Phone: +1-828-669-0351
Cherry Street Gallery
Art gallery21.3 km from Asheville
Cherry Street Gallery — Art gallery on 137 Cherry Street. Also worth knowing about Cherry Street Gallery: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
137 Cherry Street
Phone: +1-828-357-5205
Beach Glass Design
Art gallery23.0 km from Asheville
Beach Glass Design — Art gallery, found on 2501 Old Mars Hill Highway in Weaverville.
2501 Old Mars Hill Highway, Weaverville
Madison County Arts Council
Art gallery25.3 km from Asheville
Madison County Arts Council — Art gallery, found on 90 South Main Street in Marshall.
90 South Main Street, Marshall, 28753
Lainard Bush Art Studio
Art gallery25.3 km from Asheville
Lainard Bush Art Studio is Art gallery on 62 South Main Street.
62 South Main Street
Flow
Art gallery25.4 km from Asheville
Flow is Art gallery on 14 South Main Street, Marshall.
14 South Main Street, Marshall, 28753
Marshall High Studios
Art gallery25.4 km from Asheville
Marshall High Studios is Art gallery on 115 Blannahassett Island, Marshall. Marshall High Studios also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
115 Blannahassett Island, Marshall, 28753
Tribes Of All Nations, Indigenous Art \ Globally Inspired
Art gallery25.5 km from Asheville
Tribes Of All Nations, Indigenous Art \ Globally Inspired — Art gallery, found on 104 Golden Creek Crossing in Black Mountain. Also worth knowing about Tribes Of All Nations, Indigenous Art \ Globally Inspired: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
104 Golden Creek Crossing, Black Mountain, 28711
Phone: +1 828-777-7574
Cold Mountain Art Collective
Art gallery26.8 km from Asheville
Cold Mountain Art Collective — Art gallery, found on 33 Adams Street in Canton.
33 Adams Street, Canton, 28716
Tree of Life Art Gallery & Studio
Art gallery27.9 km from Asheville
Tree of Life Art Gallery & Studio is Art gallery on 7265 US Highway 25-70.
7265 US Highway 25-70
Art gallery listings for Asheville: 26 in Asheville and 15 more nearby mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.