Artworks Gallery Members Celebrate 30 years of Artworks Gallery by talking about making art: When and Why?

Our mission means everything to us, and we have the history to prove it.

Artworks Gallery was founded in 1984 to give Winston-Salem area artists a place to show and sell their work. The goal was to give artists the freedom to create in an open and supportive environment. The first show took place at Salem College in April of 1984. The gallery’s first permanent location was 217 W. Sixth St. now home to Steele Group Architects. When it opened it was one of the only galleries or businesses in the Trade Street area that has since grown into the city’s Arts District.

**Founding members hang first exhibit** Pictured from left: Lea Lackey-Zackman and Tenley Shewmake, with Alix Hitchcock hammering a nail and Jean Parrish hanging artwork for the first Artworks Gallery exhibit in background. April 1984

**Bringing art into the community since 1984:** Press clipping of a 1984 interview with some of the founding members of Winston-Salem’s Artworks Collective on the occasion of their first exhibit as a group.

The Artwork’s founders are: Lea Lackey-Zachmann, Tenley Shewmake, Ed Shewmake, Mitzi Shewmake, Alix Hitchcock, Roberta Tefft, Bill Mangum, Ida Shen, Miska Petersham, Doris Petersham, Martha Dunigan, Patrick Clancy, MacDonald Bane, Jim Lankton, Jean Parris, Torey Casey, Billy McClain, Beth Sutherland, Linda Bell, Laurie Burger, Irmagard Mczey

Our mission and how we work | Visit | Exhibits | Contact | Newsletter