Contact Tasha Glenn at [email protected] or (828) 253-3227 x117 to submit your maximum bid on this item. This will allow Museum staff to bid on your behalf once the live auction begins on Saturday, June 22, keeping you in the running until your maximum is exceeded.

Two nights at the Old Marshall Jail
Part art hotel, part museum exhibit, and part historic preservation, guests can enjoy modern amenities while traveling through time.

Two spa packages at the Spa at Capitola Mill
A beautiful spa in a rehabbed mill building on the French Broad River, each package for two includes a 90-minute Boiler House Sauna, a 45-minute Himalayan Salt Room session, and two De La Terra Skincare Be Mistified Herbal Must kits with Rescue Teas.

Dinner and studio tour
Enjoy dinner at the Star Diner, hosted by ceramic artist Rob Pulleyn, and a tour of Josh Copus's ceramic studio and other studios in the area, organized by Rob Pulleyn.

Little Worlds (2024) photography book by Rob Amberg.

Photograph by Rob Amberg

Rob Amberg
Born Washington, DC 1947
Latino farmworkers hanging tobacco, Upper Brush Creek, 1993 from the Little Worlds series, 1993 (printed 2024)
Archival pigment print
13 Ã- 19 inches

Rob Amberg is a North Carolina photographer, folklorist, and chronicler whose work focuses primarily on the social life and customs of the rural South, especially in the mountains of his home state of North Carolina. Amberg's masterful documentary photography is well-represented in the Asheville Art Museum's Collection, and several of his artworks are currently on view in the exhibition Shifting Perceptions. Amberg's photographs and texts have been exhibited and published nationally and internationally in journals, magazines, galleries, and museums. He is the recipient of fellowships and awards from numerous organizations, including: the National Endowment for the Humanities; the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation; the Center for Documentary Studies; and the National Endowment for the Arts.