An exhibition of non-traditional fiber art by 10 Asheville-based artists will open Friday, March 3, at Ramsey Library on the UNC Asheville campus. The show, "Image to Image: Woman to Woman -- Inspired Textile Work," is the creation of L.I.N.T. (Ladies in New Textiles), a women's artist group formed in 1996. For the exhibition, each member of L.I.N.T. selected a woman artist as a source of inspiration for a new piece of textile art.

The exhibition, part of the Women's History Month Celebration at UNC Asheville, will run through March 31. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. March 3, in Blowers Gallery, Ramsey Library.

The exhibition includes the work of Heather Allen, author of "Weaving Contemporary Rag Rugs" and Penland School instructor, who just completed a year-long project for the Biltmore House; Norma Bradley, creator of "Earth quilts" across the Southeast, several of which were featured in Southern Living magazine; Paula Callaghan, who specializes in art quilts and just completed a commission by Asheville's Memorial Mission and St. Joseph's hospitals; Peggy DeBell, a mixed media and textile artist who also creates clothing; Diana Denardis, an innovative quilter involved in the Asheville Quilt Guild; Suzanne Gernandt, whose work is noted for its bold graphic and complex surface designs; Caroline Manheimer who crafts hand-dyed cloth into quilts of simple abstract shapes; Janice Maddox, who learned traditional quilt making in the North Carolina mountains and now creates contemporary quilts shown nationally; Bernie Rowell, whose painted canvas quilts can be seen at Blue Spiral Gallery and the Folk Art Center in Asheville; and Pat Samuels, whose richly embellished work has been featured in several Lark books. DeBell, Gernandt, Maddox, Manheimer and Rowell are all members of the prestigious Southern Highland Handicraft Guild.