Arts

Jerry Fisk has made just about every type of knife imaginable. Now, along with passing down the skills that have made him a living legend, he’s determined to uncover the true story behind the South’s most famous blade

How one of most prolific American painters got his start in Charlottesville, Virginia

How a Mississippi photographer plans to resurrect the famed Mississippi folk art site

Tiny Southern towns host travel-worthy festivals and support growing arts communities

The author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe found her voice thanks to one little Birmingham theater

Hillary Waters Fayle ties together embroidery and nature in her Richmond studio

In his timely new novel, the eighty-five-year-old literary titan shares more of himself than ever before

This May marks 300 years since Mark Catesby chronicled the South

An interview with the New Orleans artist Ida Floreak, who finds creative inspiration on the ground beneath her feet

An Arkansas pottery studio returns bright historic pieces to tables

On March 4 and 5, bid on Frank S. Finney bird miniatures, an early swimming brant decoy, and Ogden M. Pleissner watercolors

How Bermuda, the hills of Tennessee, and a whole lot of pluck inspired one of the greatest children’s books of all time

Brandon Ballengée interprets the natural world in the lab, on canvas, and beyond

How the designer Frankie Welch found inspiration in her Georgia roots

This spring, check out the debut of the exhibition The Luxury of Clay: Porcelain Past and Present at the Hillwood estate in D.C.

Richmond, Virginia’s Flying Geese sews heart and history into each offering

In St. Petersburg, Florida, the Dalí Museum debuts Picasso and the Allure of the South

O. N. Pruitt’s rare photos of Jim Crow–era Mississippi feature in a new book

At one art-filled forest in Arkansas—and at locations across the South—holiday gatherings get cozy

The muralist shares his ideal day in the city he’s infused with art