There are 18 short films on Kira Bursky's YouTube channel , and after each title are short descriptions such as: "psychologically creepy short film," "artistic teen depression short film" and "surreal and dreamy cult fantasy short film." "A common thread that's in a lot of my work is diving into the mind--mental health, depression, perspective, fantasies," Bursky said. "I have an obsession and a passion for diving deeper and deeper into the psyche and how we define and interact with reality."

Meagan Lucas came to writing just four years ago through her postpartum depression and the ready outlet of personal blogging. But when people actually began reading her writing, Lucas experienced a different kind of trauma. "When you write personal essays or creative nonfiction, it's very naked," Lucas said. "People end up knowing things about you personally that it was starting to make me uncomfortable. I wanted to try something different that would explore some of those same ideas, but

Meagan Lucas came to writing just four years ago through her postpartum depression and the ready outlet of personal blogging. But when people actually began reading her writing, Lucas experienced a different kind of trauma. "When you write personal essays or creative nonfiction, it's very naked," Lucas said. "People end up knowing things about you personally that it was starting to make me uncomfortable. I wanted to try something different that would explore some of those same ideas, but

Meagan Lucas came to writing just four years ago through her postpartum depression and the ready outlet of personal blogging. But when people actually began reading her writing, Lucas experienced a different kind of trauma. "When you write personal essays or creative nonfiction, it's very naked," Lucas said. "People end up knowing things about you personally that it was starting to make me uncomfortable. I wanted to try something different that would explore some of those same ideas, but

Meagan Lucas came to writing just four years ago through her postpartum depression and the ready outlet of personal blogging. But when people actually began reading her writing, Lucas experienced a different kind of trauma. "When you write personal essays or creative nonfiction, it's very naked," Lucas said. "People end up knowing things about you personally that it was starting to make me uncomfortable. I wanted to try something different that would explore some of those same ideas, but

Mission Health is a hospital, not a contemporary art center. But you wouldn't know that from browsing the public areas--and, if circumstances bring you there, to the patient and waiting rooms--of Mission's new North Tower . There, you'll find sculpture, etchings, woodcuts, photographs and one-of-a-kind paintings--some 659 artworks in all, from more than 150 Western North Carolina artists. All of it created on commission, and purchased, by Mission Health.

Mission Health is a hospital, not a contemporary art center. But you wouldn't know that from browsing the public areas--and, if circumstances bring you there, to the patient and waiting rooms--of Mission's new North Tower . There, you'll find sculpture, etchings, woodcuts, photographs and one-of-a-kind paintings--some 659 artworks in all, from more than 150 Western North Carolina artists. All of it created on commission, and purchased, by Mission Health.

Mission Health is a hospital, not a contemporary art center. But you wouldn't know that from browsing the public areas--and, if circumstances bring you there, to the patient and waiting rooms--of Mission's new North Tower . There, you'll find sculpture, etchings, woodcuts, photographs and one-of-a-kind paintings--some 659 artworks in all, from more than 150 Western North Carolina artists. All of it created on commission, and purchased, by Mission Health.

Mission Health is a hospital, not a contemporary art center. But you wouldn't know that from browsing the public areas--and, if circumstances bring you there, to the patient and waiting rooms--of Mission's new North Tower . There, you'll find sculpture, etchings, woodcuts, photographs and one-of-a-kind paintings--some 659 artworks in all, from more than 150 Western North Carolina artists. All of it created on commission, and purchased, by Mission Health.

Saturday's reopening of the Center for Craft felt far more like a festival than a ribbon-cutting. There were performances by the UNC-Asheville Afro Music and Dance Ensemble, a DJ, hands-on artmaking stations and performance-art installations. Hundreds of people streamed through the doors Saturday afternoon and, wherever they strolled along the Center's three floors, there were things to do, see, nibble on or experience.