
Look Homeward, Angel: Letterio Calapai’s Wood Engravings of the Asheville-Inspired Novel
Intricate wood engravings by Letterio Calapai dramatize scenes from Thomas Wolfe’s Asheville-inspired 1929 novel Look Homeward, Angel, presented as a folio of prints. Exhibition runs through Feb 22, 2026; gallery open Wed–Sun at 11am.
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Letterio Calapai's intricately carved wood engravings evoke animals and fantastic beasts drawn from a medieval bestiary and Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel, presenting literary and regional narratives in a focused museum gallery show.

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