Novation: 7 Emerging Artists, an exhibit of work by Renee Lindsey, Cori Smith, Kara Chambers, Shannon Johnson, Catherine Nuzum, Yenthlyn Harmon and Wren Wilson, wraps Friday at the Mary Davis Holt Gallery in the Salem College Fine Arts Center. Associated Artists of Winston-Salem holds its Spring for Art Gala on Friday from 6 to 9 p.

With the uneasy marriage of art and politics in mind, the first order of business for Greensboro residents should be to attend the advisory committee and economic impact committee meetings of the Greensboro Performing Arts Center process at the Center for Creative Leadership on Thursday from 8 a.

Elsewhere Collaborative hosts a zine-making workshop at the Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro that explores the integration of image and text based on the example of artist Trenton Doyle Hancock. The workshop takes place on Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m.

Art is never more exciting than when it’s out in the streets and woven into the fabric of the community. Exhibit 1 this week for art as a function of urban design is the Miamibased street art collective Primary Flight’s arrival in Greensboro on Wednesday to create a mural for the Spring Garden underpass section of the Downtown Greenway.

Three Greensboro College seniors, Meghan Rich, Jenny Neal and Stephanie Newman, exhibit their paintings in the Anne Rudd Galyon and Irene Cullis galleries in the Cowan Humanities Buildings on the campus of Greensboro College on Wednesday. Rich and Neal will hold a reception on Friday from 6 to 8 p.

Inspired by artists Chiharu Shiota and Sebastien Preschoux, Reynolds High School teacher Amy Cruz and her students turned the school’s courtyard into a “stringed art space” over 25 hours in five days.

Art can function beyond decorating highend real estate. It can be about intellectual stimulation, as evidenced by three discussions this week. And it can be about film and spoken word. Most but not all events are free, so it makes sense to call ahead before you go.

Khalisa Williams hosts a weekly female spoken word/performing arts empowerment group every Monday at 5:30 p.m. at Tate Street Coffee in Greensboro On March 21, UNCG associate history professor Lisa Tolbert gives the “Art for Lunch Gallery Talk” at the Weatherspoon at noon.

The weather’s nice, mostly, with occasional freak cold spells and tornados, making it prime season to hit the galleries in Winston-Salem and Greensboro. The sweet thing about this prospect is that most events are free, so economic impoverishment doesn’t have to prevent you from experiencing joy and cultural enrichment.

Don’t tell me there’s nothing to do in the Triad. On any given day, you can go to exhibits of new work by local artists or period pieces at roughly a half dozen galleries in Greensboro and Winston-Salem. Exhibits change up every two months, so you can be confident there’s something you haven’t seen before.

Comics ain’t a boy’s club anymore, and where better to make the point than Bennett College, one of two historically black colleges for women in the nation? Comic artists Ming Doyle (Fantastic Four #600), Janet Lee (Return of the Dapper Men) and...

ture. The school is also asking for volunteers to assist Dougherty in the gathering of building materials and the actual construction of the sapling sculpture. If you’re interested in taking advantage of this rare opportunity to help cre- ate a larger than life piece of art, contact Terry Hammond at 336.

This week’s Found Objects leads off with a film at UNCG’s Weatherspoon Art Museum: Play Again,.

April Anders, Emily Caldwell, Chris Cuthrell, Josh Lawrence, Adam Lefevre, Kenneth McMahan, Marjorie Waser,.

The New Year’s edition of Found Objects kicks off with a number of winter showcases and holiday art shows celebrating their final days. ArtQuest.

Homage to Abstraction: Artists of the Enrichment Center Respond to Modern Masters,.

Only 11 more shopping days until Christmas! If you’re still looking for that perfect gift, look no further than the Piedmont Triad’s fantastic art galleries for last-minute shopping ideas.

This week’s installment of Found Objects begins on a festive note as Artworks Gallery.

The holiday season has officially arrived along with a myriad of opportunities for art lovers in the Piedmont Triad. Reynolda House Museum of American Art.

Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County.