Artist Barbara McComb Thomas opens her show “Essentially Silk” Friday, Aug. 16 at Millard & Co. in the Tryon Depot. The show will run through Sept. 30, with a reception set for Friday, Aug. 23 from 4-7 p.m.

The show encompasses both recent and older works using dyes and silk paints on silk, cotton and linen. Thomas is a member of the Arts Council of Henderson County and of Tryon Painters and Sculptors.

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