MUSES OPEN HOUSE
October 23, 2026 | Hammerhead Studio
The First Panel is Done!
I’ve been working on “The Muses” for the last year. Commissioned by the Maryland State Arts Council, the mosaic is almost fifty feet long. My design updates the iconography of the mythic Muses and is destined for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
I’ll be packing up the mosaic soon for shipping and then starting on the second panel. Before I do, I’d love to show it to you. I’m hosting an open house/studio party and you are invited. Come see the mosaic, have a glass of wine or cider, and enjoy small bites by Chef Ezra Hanson.
It’s been a crazy amount of work to get here; I hope that you will join me to celebrate this milestone.
Yours truly,
Marc Archambault
WHEN: Friday, October 23, 2026, 4 pm to 8 pm
WHERE: 1001 Riverside Drive, Asheville NC 28804
It’s an open house, stop by anytime.
Ezra Hanson
About The Chef
Ezra Hanson is a chef, baker, and hospitality professional who believes good food should do more than taste great. It should make people feel something, bring them together, and give them a reason to linger.
A graduate of A-B Tech’s Culinary Arts Program, Ezra earned Highest Honors and the Academic Excellence Award. He captained A-B Tech’s 2025 gold-medal-winning competitive cooking team, earned a silver medal for 2026 Student Chef of the Year, and completed his Baking and Pastry Certification in spring 2026.
Ezra currently manages Chai Pani, the James Beard Award-winning Asheville restaurant, where he puts his love of food and hospitality into practice. For him, cooking is as much about the experience as what lands on the plate: the energy of a room, the pleasure of a shared meal, and the little details that make dinner memorable. His curiosity about food began at home, where his mother encouraged his experiments in cooking and baking, giving him plenty of time in the kitchen and even a few online classes to fuel his growing interest.
Now Ezra is building his place in Western North Carolina’s wonderfully eclectic food community, with plans to create prix fixe pop-ups where he can experiment, play with ideas, and invite people to the table. When he’s not cooking, he enjoys word games, swimming, throwing frisbees, and spending time with his girlfriend, Bear, and her dog, Ophie.