About the Artist
About Fleta Monaghan
Fleta Monaghan is the Founder and Director of 310 ART Gallery. This venue was founded in 2006, and the school for fine arts is the oldest in the River Arts District. She has exhibited extensively and her work is in collections worldwide. In 2009 she expanded the space and created a gallery that now shows the work of 20 artists.
She grew up on the west coast of Florida, on the beautiful Gulf of Mexico. After traveling around the United States and living in San Francisco, Oregon and Virginia, she settled in Asheville, North Carolina in 1981.
"I have always been attracted to beautiful and historic places populated with interesting and artistically inclined people. After visiting Asheville briefly, I decided this was a perfect place to live and work. I love the thriving arts community, and enjoy working and teaching in a poetically timeworn 100 year old warehouse in the River Arts District of Asheville."
The oldest of seven children, she began painting in oils and pastels at an early age. Her earliest works still in existence are pastel copies of Bottecelli paintings, executed at age twelve.
"I have heard it said that an artist only has to look at the art work they created as a child to see the directions and themes that will resonate in their adult work. That is certainly true with me. I experimented with all kinds of materials as a kid - marbling paper with oil paint, making handmade paper, drawing and painting and creating costumes. I would read about some new technique or see some interesting art, and the next thing you knew I was trying it out. Naturally, most of my experimentation took place outside! In recent years I have been experimenting with oil and wax, oil pastels and painting with heated beeswax. These traditional materials involving beeswax are very old, and reinventing new ways to use materials has always been interesting to me.
I am always seeking an essence of thought and feeling when I combine imagery with materials. There is an unbroken thread that weaves through all my work, no matter what materials I use or which techniques I employ. The Gulf of Mexico strongly influenced my visual, spiritual and philosophical senses as have the Mountains here in North Carolina."
Monaghan holds a BFA with honors from UNCA with a Magna Cum Laude and Distinctions as a Research Scholar, Distinction as a University Scholar and Distinction in Art. She holds a M.A.Ed from WNC (4.0 GPA) specializing in teaching and curriculum design in art for adults. She is curriculum designer and advisor and the creator of the unique Studio program for adults at 310 ART. She is on the Adviory Committee for the Council on Aging's art program "The Geezer Gallery" and a Committee Member of the Women in the Arts Foundation located in NYC.
Podcast
Interview in Rapid River Magazine
My Article in Western North Carolina Woman Magazine
"Thriving Instead of Surviving", WNC Woman Magazine
Power of Pencil and Paper, WNC Woman Magazine
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Fleta Monaghan
AWARDS 2013 Selected Artist for Pecha Kucha Presentation of Abstract Artists, Green Hill Center, Greensboro, NC 1996 All Souls Centennial Art Exhibition - Award of Distinction, Juror: Jos Vandermeer 1994 Asheville Art League Juried Show, Broadway Arts Center, First Place Owens Gallery, Juried Show, Second Place, Juror: David Huntley 1993 Asheville Art League Juried Show, Honorable Mention, Juror: Al Stine Juried Show, Owens Gallery, First Place, Juror: Tarleton Blackwell 1992 Asheville Art League, Owens Gallery, Honorable Mention 2001 - 2003 Educational Grants, awarded all available semester grants, Western Carolina University for MaEd 1992 - 1994 Scholarships awarded by Art Department, UNCA, all semesters from 1992-1994 including the Sultan Award from the family of Donald Sultan 1994 Full Scholarship, Pastel Intensive with Alan Flatman, 1994
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2013 Surroundings, Updraft Gallery, Asheville, NC 2012 Memory, Nourish and Flourish, Asheville, NC 2010 Riding the Wind Horse, Invitation of Clingman Caf'e, Asheville, NC 2009 After the Solstice, Holy Ground, Asheville, NC 2008 Experimental Works, Boardroom Gallery, AAAC 2007 Featured Artist at Woolworth Walk Gallery New Work, North End Gallery, Asheville, NC 2005 Exploring Abstraction, Gold Hill, Asheville, NC 2004 Spring Featured Artist at Woolworth Walk Gallery, Asheville, NC 2003 Novella, Gold Hill, Asheville, NC 2000 Fleta on Frida, Pack Place, Asheville, NC 1995 New Work at the Green Door, Broadway Arts Center, Asheville, NC 1994 Body Metaphors, Owens Gallery, University of North Carolina at Asheville 1991 Windows on the Arts, Asheville Area Arts Council
2023 2009-present 2018 Food – Posada, RADA Group Invitational Show, Asheville, NC Storytelling – Grand Central Library, NYC Doing the Math: Artists Reframe Geometry, Riverside Public Library, NYC An Artful Life, Point of View - Artists Curate Artists, AAAC, Asheville, NC, Curator and exhibitor 2015 Ebb and Flow, AAAC Portraits: Interior and Exterior, The Arts Club of Washington DC, former home of President James Monroe Oasis, 310 ART 2014 Hot and Cold, 310 ART invitational, curated, exhibited, produced exhibition catalog People to People, Island to Island, Governor’s Island, NY River of Art 2, 310 ART, Women in the Arts Foundation exhibition in Asheville, NC 2013 Clothing Optional, NAWA Gallery, NYC Home and Habitat, Riverside Public Library, NYC Postcard Invitational, North Carolina Arts Councils Traveling Exhibit, In Arts Councils in NC in Thank You Volunteers, NAWA Gallery, NYC Contemporary Traditions, Gallery 86, Waynesville, NC 124th Annual Exhibition, Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery, NYC 2012 "Earth and Sky" group show, 310 ART, Asheville, NC, curator and exhibitor 2011 310 ART, Contemporary works from the River Arts District at Gallery 86, Waynesville, NC River of Art, From NYC to Asheville, 310 ART, Asheville, NC E(v)eolution, Riverside Public Library, NYC Open Small Works, NAWA Gallery, NYC September Show, ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, Callahan Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Riverview Station Showcase, Clingman Caf'e, Asheville, NC Atelier, Asheville, NC 2010 NAWA new members exhibition, NAWA Gallery, NYC National Association of Women Artists Annual Exhibition, International Art Club, New York, NY The Art House, Atlanta, GA, invited Artist for Gallery Grand Opening. Current exhibitor River District Artists Annual Exhibition, Hendersonville, NC Salon by the French Broad River, 310 ART, Asheville, NC WinterElements, 310 ART Gallery, Asheville, NC Woolworth Walk Gallery, Asheville, NC Sisters, 310 ART Gallery, Summer exhibition 2009 The Revolving Arts Gallery, Hendersonville, NC 310 ART Gallery, Asheville, NC River District Artists Invitational, Grove Arcade, Asheville, NC Tupelo Honey, Downtown Asheville, NC Woolworth Walk Gallery, Asheville, NC 2008 River District Artists at Riverside Gallery, Asheville, NC Blind Date, AAAC, Asheville, NC Spring Exhibition, River's Edge Studio, Asheville, NC 2007 3rd Annual AAAC National Juried Exhibition: Boundaries, Daniel Lai Juror Women in Vision, Gallery 86, Waynesville, NC 2006 10th Biennial Western N.C. Juried Art Exhibition, Tryon Fine Arts Center, NC, Drew Dean Juror 7th Annual "City of Four Seasons in Two Dimensions", Hendersonville, NC, Ann Vasilik Juror River District Artists Exhibition, Front Gallery, Asheville Arts Alliance, Asheville, NC River District Studio Strolls, Asheville, NC 2005 Altars of Alternate Religions, Sky People Gallery, Asheville, NC 2004 Altars of Alternate Religions, Sky People Gallery, Asheville, NC Day of the Dead Show, Sky People Gallery Asheville, NC 2003 A Class Act, Asheville Community Theater Spring Faculty Exhibit, AB Tech Community College Lost and Found, Gold Hill, Asheville, NC. Founding member artist of Found Artist Collective 2002 Lexington Avenue Arts Festival, Asheville, NC 2001 Urthona Gallery, Feminist Art Show, Asheville, NC 1996 After Degas, Kafka, Fleta, Lautrec, Broadway Arts Center, Asheville 1995 Women in the Arts, Blue Ridge Community College 1994 Asheville Art Museum Designer House October Show, Asheville Art Museum Roots, Seven Sisters Gallery, Black Mountain, NC Four Women, Heartwood Gallery, Saluda, NC
National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY Women in the Arts Foundation, New York, NY, advisory committee, 2015 River District Artists, Asheville, NC Black Mountain College Museum, Asheville, NC Juror/Educator Appalachian Pastel Society Members Exhibition, Fall 2011 Juror for Watagua Valley Art League Summer Show, Elizabethton, Tn, June 2012 and 2014 Juror for "The Battle of the Brushes" pleine aire competition, Old Fort, NC, Sept 2012 Founder and Education Director of 310 ART educational facility for adults (from 2006) Founder and Director 310 ART, a gallery of fine art (From 2009) Advising Committee for Council on Aging's arts program, "The Geezer Gallery" Curator, An Artful Life, 2016, Asheville Area Arts Council Juror for 50th Annual SVAL members exhibition, summer 2017 COLLABORATIONS, SETS, COSTUMES White Dog ProjectX International, Logo Design Mata Hari, Set Design and creation, Diana Wortham Theater, Asheville, NC, 2008 The Convent of the Devil, Set Design, Diana Wortham Theatre, Asheville, NC 2007, Merida Mexico, 2007 and Mexico City, June 2008 Fringe Festival, 2006, Performance Dance and Painting in Collaboration with Susan and Giles Collard A Stone, A Leaf, A Door, Costumes, Diana Wortham Theatre, Asheville, NC Looking For Frida, Costumes for ACDT ballet, Exhibition of Paintings, Pack Place, Asheville, NC After Degas, Kafka, Fleta, Lautrec, Composed and performed narration, Sets, Broadway Arts Center Laurel Legends, Costumes for ACDT, Diana Wortham Theatre and traveling performances The Legend of Chocolate, Set Design and Construction, Diana Wortham Theatre, Asheville, NC and traveling performances Pushing the Limits and The Mayan Twins, Sets and Costumes, Diana Wortham theatre and traveling performances. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS, CONTRIBUITING DESIGNS Monthly Editorial Contributor – Rapid River Magazine, 2016, 2017, 2018 to present Feature article in Asheville Citizen Times, March 31, 2013 Featured contributing writer for WNC Woman Magazine, Nov 2012 Feature article in Asheville Citizen Times, "Nurturing the Art Cycle", Mar 1, 2009 WNC Magazine, Featured Artist, July/Aug 2007 Asheville Citizen Times, Portfolio Featured Artist, Jan 14, 2007 Mtn. Xpress review, Dec 13-19 2006 Victoria Press, contributing artist 2003, 2005 Salamander Jan 2003 Cover Art Salamander, contributing editor at Large 2003 The Great T-shirt Book 1 & 2, Lark Books A Crafters Book of Santas, Lark Books Scrap Crafts Year Round, Lark Books Fury 1991 & 1992 PROFESSIONAL CREDITS IN THE ARTS *Founder and director of River's Edge Studio and 310 ART Gallery, located at Riverview Station, Asheville, NC. 2006 to present. Art instruction for adults, professional development coaching for artists, Contemporary Gallery of original art. Host opportunities for artist to teach and exhibit. *Art Instructor for French Broad River Academy, a private Middle School for boys, Asheville, NC, 2009-2010 *Instructor at Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College. Classes in Beginning, Intermediate and Studio Painting, Impressionist painting, Abstract Painting, Mixed Media and Found Object Art, 3-D techniques. *Youth Art with Imagine, a nonprofit organization for home schooled children ages 8-17. Curriculum design and instruction. Classes include Painting, Mixed Media, Printmaking, Research Detective, Altered Books, Sumi-e Painting and Cultural Studies. 2001 to present. *Workshops and Summer Programs: Asheville Art Museum Youth Art Program, Girls Happening at New Studio of Dance, Adult classes at Folk Art Center, Woolworth's Walk, Jewish Community Center, Girl Scouts USA, and private lessons to students
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