Have you visited Ginger’s Revenge or French Broad Chocolate’s new factory + tasting room in the RAMP Studios (821 Riverside Dr.) and wondered what’s happening in the rest of the building?
Or maybe you’ve stopped by Daidala Ciders or the Asheville Guitar Bar in the Cotton Mill Studios (122 Riverside Dr.) or been to a show at the Phil Mechanic (109 Roberts St.) or the Refinery (207 Coxe Ave.).
If so, you’ve already experienced some of Asheville’s artist + makerspaces, even if you didn’t realize it. Go you. Technology + art are meeting more and more in Asheville’s studios, warehouses and workshops.
UNC Asheville’s STEAM Lab (which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts + Mathematics) works out of the RAMP Building, which is also home to Better Than Unicorns’ virtual reality studio, REVOLVE, DOT Editions fine art printing, and other more conventional…