Line up announced for LEAF Global Arts Festival, Oct. 17-20, 2024
Join us at LEAF Global Arts Festival to connect to the world and each other through cultural exploration, live music, dance, performance arts, healing arts, workshops, nature, and more. Our year-long theme, World Changers, is a call to art and activism that can be seen, felt, and heard . The intergenerational, family-friendly gathering transforms lives, […]
#SparktheArtsNC Artist Spotlight: Dani Cox
Join us for an evening of music and community conversation with Dani Cox, LEAF’s Spark the Arts Artist in Residence for June.
#SPARKTHEARTSNC ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: AMANDA HOYTE
Join us for two events with Amanda Hoyte, LEAF’s Spark the Arts Artist in Residence for May.
#SPARKTHEARTSNC ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: TESO ELLIS
Join us for two events, May 22 and 28, with Teso Ellis, LEAF’s Spark the Arts Artist in Residence for May.
#SPARKTHEARTSNC ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: LEEDA LYRIC JONES
Join us on Friday, March 15, for a performance by Leeda Lyric Jones, LEAF’s Spark the Arts Artist in Residence for March. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. with a community conversation, followed directly by live music. Free event! The North Carolina Arts Council created Spark the Arts as an awareness campaign. It was designed to […]
Registration for LEAF Summer Camps
Looking for the best summer camps in Asheville and WNC? LEAF Schools & Streets invites your students to join us at LEAF Global Arts for summer camps, which run June 17-August 23 at 19 Eagle Street downtown. Registration is open! Most camps are for rising first-graders through rising sixth-graders, with the addition of the ‘Making […]
LEAF Global Arts Retreat Artists Announced for May
LEAF Global Arts announces the artists for LEAF Global Arts Retreat, held May 9-12 at historic Lake Eden. This year’s artists reflect our yearlong theme: World Changers — Year of the Artivist. (Artist + Activist = Artivist.) Join us for one of Asheville’s favorite festivals! LEAF Retreat is an intimate, family-friendly gathering of just 1,500 […]
LEAF Global Arts 2024 Theme Announced
This year, we celebrate the extraordinary global citizens who not only create art but also champion causes that resonate with the heartbeat of humanity.
#SparktheArtsNC Artist Spotlight: Ryan ‘RnB’ Barber
Ryan “RnB” Barber is LEAF’s Spark the Arts artist in residence for February 2024. He will perform on Friday, February 23, at 7 p.m. in LEAF Global Arts’ Sound Underground. Free event. The North Carolina Arts Council created Spark the Arts as an awareness campaign. It was designed to inspire public participation in the arts […]
#SparktheArtsNC Artist Spotlight: Mike Martinez
Mike Martinez lives in Asheville, N.C., and is known around the country as a songwriter, vocalist, rapper, activist, frontman, and member of the bands Beekeepers and Natural Born Leaders.