we are a co-op contemporary art space that revolves around our community, for our community.
INTRODUCING
REVOLVE CO-OP MEMBERS
Colby Caldwell (he/him), Founder + Coordinator
I find myself pulled between looking at Carolina Panther updates on Twitter and searching for obscure 80's Goth records on Discogs. It's a toss up. Sometimes, while walking, I imagine what nature must think of this century. When all else fails, I watch the opening scenes of Tarkovsky's Mirror.
REVOLVE started in the corner of my studio in 2015, with the hopes of connecting our community and creating a space where diverse voices generate ideas, issues, and dialogue. 10 years (!) later, the community continues to inform who we are, and what we do. We are grateful to be part of the creative fabric in Asheville. Let’s do this together.
more about Colby
Liz Williams (she/they), Photographer + Film Nights
Through means of photography, digital mixed media, and graphic design, Liz seeks to collaborate with her community and create uplifting artwork and conversation reflective of the LGBTQ identity and the nuances of it. In doing so, they hope to create work that is a catalyst for empowerment and positive change. During her spare time she enjoys singing, dancing, and laughing with her wife Amanda, along with napping with her two cats.
Liz holds down the photographic evidence that REVOLVE does in fact exist, host exhibitions and have various events. They can be seen lurking with their camera, and are easily noted in a space by the sound of their laugh! Liz is also responsible for our monthly film screenings.
Peter Speer (he/him), Revolve Sound Coordinator
“I moved to Asheville from Chicago in 2017 and have been floored by the art and music communities here since. With Revolve Sound I hope to create a space to celebrate the incredible scene of artists in town. I am a sound artist myself and became interested in sound by way of street photography. My work is rooted in the observational presence inherent in that practice and aims to examine the ways we perceive the world around us. My compositions tend to sound like crickets, rain storms and breezes, created with voltage.”
Peter handles to curating and booking of our Revolve Sound events that happen monthly, featuring local and local-ish musicians!
IG: @peter.speer
Liam Sawyer (he/they),
Resident Handyman
Liam is a multimedia artist living and working in Weaverville, NC. Liam enjoys learning new skills and has taken on projects ranging from building skateboard decks and making ceramic pots to building his own tiny house. Liam has a deep love for functional art and craft and enjoys experimenting with and combining different techniques and mediums. He appreciates the strong craft community that exists in WNC, and especially enjoys watching the current generation of folks living in Appalachia continuing pushing regional craft to new limits. Liam is always looking to learn new skills and looks forward to utilizing the REVOLVE project space to continue learning and developing work, while connecting with other creatives through hosting open studios and skillshares.
A. Eithne Hamilton (they/them), Performance
A. Eithne Hamilton is an experimental multimedia artist using improvisational and choreographed movement, film and sound to create work that aims to obliterate boundaries between art and life. Their performance project, Pipsissewa Movement Project, builds collaborations with other artists and has shown work at the Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, {RE}Happening, Black Mountain College Museum, the Bebe Theater, and around the US. They prefer an existence where art by and for everyone explodes out of every possible space and intervenes to generate a new reality.