The elevator doors to Steve Lott and Mickey Randolph’s floor parted to reveal a hallway filled with art. Paintings glowed gently in the museum-quality lighting.
Steve dug for his keys while explaining he found the work through a lifetime of collecting. He opened the door to the condominium he and his wife share, and a visitor walked into a gallery of outsider art and face-jug pottery.
Framing the pieces was the loft, a space with skylights, narrow-plank floors and industrial windows that frame the southern sky.
Steve and Mickey’s loft is one of eight on the Asheville Art Museum’s Downtown Urban Loft + Art Tour on Thursday. The tour leaves from the museum in 15-minute increments (last departure at 6:30 p.m.) and takes in Alchemy Fine Arts gallery. A reception at the contemporary furniture store Mobilia follows, with music by Eleanor Underhill and local food, beer and wine.
Steve and Mickey bought their loft three years ago as an urban retreat and alternative to their home in Cullowhee. “This is what you always think of when you think of a loft,” Steve said.
The entrance gives way immediately to the kitchen.
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