Author Emily Herring Wilson gives a presentation entitled “Which Way to the City of the Arts?” at Hanesbrands Theatre at 11:15 a.m. Penelope Niven presents “60Plus Creativity: Why, Why, How” at 1:30 p.m. Then, at 2:30 p.m., publisher Mike Simpson and storytellers Lew Garnett and Tony Lindsay talk about what publishers want.

Matthew Hayes (video), Harriet Hoover (sculpture/drawing), Branch Richter (painting), Amy Stibich (sculpture/drawing) and Clark Williamson (sculpture) — all graduating artists in UNCG’s MFA program give a talk in the Falk and Tannenbaum galleries at Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro on Thursday from noon to 1 p.

Lots of big doings in the arts as the weekend kicks off with First Friday gallery hops in Winston-Salem and Greensboro, as usual.In the Twin City, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem hosts an opening

Artist Jan Detter of Third Eye Studio leads a salon discussion about the evolution of textiles as art and the life of a professional working artist at the New Winston Museum on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. I haven’t given adequate exposure to the New Winston Museum in this space in the past so it’s only fair that I mention that it’s located at 713 S.

Lilly Wei, Peter Plagens and Miles Manning participate in a panel discussion at Green Hill Center for NC Arts in Greensboro about a project that connects North Carolina artists with New York art professionals. The event takes place on April 22 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.

Local painters and illustrators, along with students from Hope Academy, exhibit their work at the Spring Garden Arts Festival at Spring Garden Community Church on Saturday from noon to 10 p.m. The church is located on the corner of Aycock and Florida streets.

Visiting artist Nick Szuberla of Appalshop, an arts organization in eastern Kentucky, talks about his work and his understanding of how storytelling catalyzes social change at Elsewhere in Greensboro on Friday from 8 to 10 p.m. On Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.

Kicking off our week in the arts, the Elsewhere arts collaborative in Greensboro reopens on Wednesday with a tea and tour from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Visitors can explore the newly transformed StoryBank and Living Library space and hear about the 2013 season..

It’s the last week of winter, but it already feels like spring with the front door of our office propped open to allow the warm air to waft in after a morning shower. That should lower one significant barrier to getting out and experiencing art in some way.

Olio, a nonprofit dedicated to fostering appreciation and enjoyment of the arts, is close to launching at West End Mill Works on the north end of downtown Winston-Salem, according to a tip received by YES! Weekly..

The Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro invites families with children to an evening of programming inspired by the drawings and sculptures of Diana Al-Hadid, including a performance by Chad Eby and students in the UNCG Jazz program on Thursday from 5 to 8 p.

UNCG jazz studies majors, led by professor Chad Eby, perform compositions inspired by the works of artist Diana Al-Hadid at Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro on Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. Al-Hadid’s exhibit remains on display at the Weatherspoon through May 5.

Poets Will Alexander and Nathaniel Mackey will read from their books in the Mendelbaum Reading Room of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem on Friday from 2:30 to 4 p.m. The two will also read a Byrum Center Auditorium at Wake Forest University at 7 p.

The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, or SECCA, in Winston-Salem invites teachers and other educators to Brooke Haywood’s one-woman show, which addresses issues of equity in schools, on Thursday at 6 p.m..

A quick note on galleries at colleges and universities: Their websites aren’t always easy to find and then often their calendars are out of date. So a press release in my e-mail inbox is much appreciated. Thanks to Marcus Keely at Hanes Gallery for keeping me in the loop.

A new exhibit of Falk Visiting Artist Yoshua Okón’s work opens at the Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro on Saturday. Okón, who divides his time between Mexico City and Los Angeles, “creates staged and improvised situations that challenge notions of reality and truth,” according to an exhibit note on the museum’s website.

The holiday social calendar is winding down in the art scene. For those who aren’t traveling, it’s a great time to get to cook, host friends and eat good food with your family. I’m personally planning to get acquainted with some cherished books as Christmas approaches and maybe settle in for a couple Netflix movies with my wife.

This is as good a time as any to note that locally produced paintings, sculpture, pottery and other handmade items make great gifts. The list of galleries would take up this entire column, but suffice it to say you can hit Trade Street in Winston-Salem or South Elm Street between McGee and Lee streets and find what you’re looking for.

The Green Hill Center for NC Art in Greensboro holds its Collector’s Choice holiday fundraiser, which kicks off the Winter Show, on Saturday from 7 to 11 p.m. Visit greenhillcenter. org or call 336.333.7460 for more information. The Winter Show opens to the public on Dec.

If you’re like me, Thanksgiving week has snuck up on you. Plowing through my e-mail inbox on Monday night, I learned this means that arts-related events are mighty thin. Everyone’s staying put this week, but come early December the galleries will start hopping as the Christmas shopping season gets underway.