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Hyperallgeric -Hurricane Helene tore a deadly path of devastation from Florida’s Big Bend region up through inland Georgia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee. In the mountains of western North Carolina, the city of Asheville was particularly hard hit by flooding from the French Broad River last Friday, September 27, obliterating the cherished River Arts District — a creative hub home to studios, galleries, community spaces, and other artist-run small businesses.
“Two-thirds of the district has been destroyed,” said Jeffrey Burroughs, president of the River Arts District Artists Association, in an interview with Hyperallergic. Hosting over 350 local artists and craftspeople, the RAD complex comprises 27 buildings that span just over a mile of the eastern riverside. The southernmost string of buildings along Foundy Street, including the enormous Marquee warehouse which was once a bustling marketplace for artisans and antique dealers, are “gone,” according to Burroughs, who has been surveying the damages onsite daily since Friday.
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