GREENSBORO/ELM STREET
Center City Park; 200 N. Elm St.: Enjoy live music from Decoration Ghost, Hammer No More the Fingersnand the Bronzed Chorus. Interact with Mischief Makers Handmade Market and fun activities for children. Free and open to the public.
Cultural Arts Center; 200 N. Davie St. Green Hill Center for NC Art: Meet the Artist @ the Shop Meet self-taught artist Cher Shaffer at 6:30 p.m. and view her vibrant works on paper. Shaffer started painting in her early 20s, using any surface she could find — masonite, old boards, stones. Many of her new works on view through October are done on cake boxes and repurposed paper. A select group of unframed works for collectors on a budget will be for sale. Shaffer is participating in Drawing Revisited (9/10/10-10/31/10) and has exhibited at the Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, the Portsmouth Museum in Virginia and Owensboro Museum of Art in Kentucky.
Community Draw — Make Your Mark: Join illustrator Jim Young from 6-8 p.m. in the Cultural Center atrium as he kicks off the Community Draw with 40-foot continuous line doodle which includes caricatures of well known community members and… you!
African American Atelier: Colorfully Bold: The Creative World of Synthia SAINT JAMES exhibit in the African American Atelier, 6-9 p.m. The Ugandan Orphan Children’s Choir will be performing in the Atrium, 6-8 p.m. The choir composed of five girls and five boys, orphans from Uganda, are singing and dancing their way through the United States bringing awareness and a message of hope to American audiences through the traditional rhythmic dances and songs of Africa.
Indie Market; S. Elm and MLK: The Indie Market is a place where local artists and crafts people come together for an open-air market of handmade and vintage items, with a little music thrown in for your shopping pleasure. Some of the local talent for the September market includes Dara Morgan, Amanda Vaughn- Redmon, Slow Turn Studio, Lotus Stone & Crystal Jewelry and Zen Cat Bakery.
International Civil Rights Center & Museum;134 S. Elm St.: The museum will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Ballet Folklorico Azteca. This amazing group of performers carries on the tradition of an ancient, beautiful and proud heritage.
Lyndon Street Artworks; 205 Lyndon St.: Celebrating Hispanic heritage with work from four Latin American artists: Monica Weber, a Mexican Mosaic artist and painter, Jose Rodriguez, a contemporary artist from Venezuela, Rafael Ruano, an artist and writer from Costa Rica, and Mariana Rodriguez- Pardy, Mexican potter and folk artist. Lyndon Street Artworks features more than 40 local artists’ working studios.
Mack and Mack; 220 S. Elm St.: Drop in to Mack and Mack’s showroom to hear the inscrutable musical meanderings of the F-Art Ensemble. These classically trained musicians use the superb acoustics at Mack and Mack to explore open improvisation. No one, including the musicians, knows what will happen until the notes are played. Refreshments.
Old Photo Specialists; 320-B S. Elm St.: Old
Photo Specialists will feature the artwork of
Vance Garvin, demonstrating his watercolor
and pencil techniques using a live model.
Examples of photo restoration will also be on
display.
Winter Light Art Gallery and Studios; 410
Blandwood Ave.: Browse working studios for
14 artists and galleries featuring a variety of
mediums including collage, water color, pastel,
oil and photography. The original art ranges
from contemporary to traditional from Jerry
Cartwright, Chase Ferguson, Vicki Johnson,
KathyˆBrusnighan, Judy Meyler, Carol Meetze-
Moates, Kathy Phillips, Steve Robinson, Carol
Sams, Allie Scott, Phyllis Sharpe, Jane Smith and
Jeanne Twilley.
Yew Tree Gallery; 604 S. Elm St.: Yew Tree
Gallery’s featured artist for SeptemberˆisˆJane
Andrews, a resident of Georgia.ˆJane
Andrewsˆpaints primarily with acrylics on canvas,
and is often inspired by forms in nature.
Janeˆsays of her work,ˆ“There is no better tranquilizer
for the soul than the sounds, smells,
textures, tastes and sights of nature. I hope to
remind viewers to take time to stop, look and
listen; to be stilled for a while; to imagine the
warm caress of sunshine upon their faces, the
crisp crackle of fallen leaves beneath their feet,
the sweet perfume of a gentle rain.” The gallery’s
theme show, The Dog Days of Summer will
continue through September. In addition,ˆworks
of all 15 Yew Tree artists will be on display.
WINSTON SALEM/TRADE STREET
5IVE & 40RTY: Presenting Give ‘em Shelter —
The exhibition to support Habitat Humanity’s
relief effort in Haiti. The exhibition will be held
through Sept. 4. An opening reception will be
held on Thursday from 5:40 until 7:40 p.m. Art
donated by local artists will be on display and
auctioned through a silent bid process to close
at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Local artists including
Tory Casey, Ron Propst, Rob and Beth Magnum,
Anastassiya Popova and Joy Ritenour among
many others, have donated art for the auction.
All proceeds to benefit Habitat for Humanity’s
Relief efforts in Haiti. A full weekend of music
events the Garage Thursday through Staurday
will feature artists who are giving their time
and talent to the relief effort. For more information
visit 97watts.com/client/giveemshelter/
music.html. This event is sponsored in part by
Blessings Project Foundation.
Woodland Moth Visual and Performing
Artists at Atelier Studios; 619 N. Trade
Street: Dedicated to music, visual artwork,
craftwork created or originating out of North
Carolina. Exhibition spaces for up 40 artists,
classes in dance and various forms of movement
plus themed First Friday Gallery Hops.
Featured artists include the Exhibiting Artists
of The LAAC, Marilyn Ingram, Nancy Smith,
Rick Jones, Norman Sturdy and our “HallWal”
artists. Some space still available. Contact
woodlandmoth@gmail..com for info.
Artworks Gallery: 564 Trade Street:
Artworks Gallery presents a two-person
exhibit of paintings entitled Elsewhere by
Chris Flory, and collages entitled Greeting
Cards from Planet Earth by Nancy Hayes. The
opening reception is Friday, coinciding with
the Gallery Hop. Chris Flory is showing small
acrylic on panel paintings most of which
were inspired by a recent three-month trip to
Paris. A few are representational, others are
more abstract, dealing with the artist’s feelings
about and impressions of Paris. Nancy
Hayes is showing collages that are a tapestry
of images as an homage to the surviving
beasts of the natural world, revealing a sense
of their peril and frailty. These works continues
a line of artistic exploration of the animal
kingdom and its interface with the modern
world. The compositions frequently present
caricatures played out through ironic use of
proportion and contrasting elements. Ms.
Hayes states: “With a trace of urgency in my
work, reflecting the current collective sense
of global environmental change, my fear is
hopefully matched with a sense of humor
and joy derived from my underlying world
view”.
The Other Half; 560 N Trade Street:
Featuring Get the Point, acrylic and exotic
wood darts by Bland Wade and Kaleidoscopes
by Kathleen Hunt and Bland Wade. New
works in the gallery from Diane Demers-
Smith, Sharon Bass, Clyde Gobble and Ron
Propst.
Earthbound Arts; 610 N Trade Street: Gifts
from nature, fine handcrafted soaps, clay,
glass and metal.
Christine Rucker Photography; 629 N.
Trade Street: Wedding photography, family
documentaries and photojournalism. Gallery
open every First Friday.
