The Hinesville Area Arts Council opened 2015 with a reception for local artist Ashley Kukula Cuevas last Thursday at the HAAC’s downtown gallery on Commerce Street. Cuevas – who teaches studio classes and leads numerous other artistic events for the arts council – said she has been doing art her entire life, and her latest exhibit is a showcase of “the last 15 years of artistic exploration and learning,” according to the description at the gallery’s entrance. Local art lovers had a lot to take in, as the gallery walls were nearly covered over with Cuevas' originals.