Wendell Myers presents Autumn Visions Virtual Show

Autumn Visions Virtual Show is an online-only show of recent paintings by Artworks artist Wendell Myers. A collection of recent paintings having to do with Autumn. You can see all of the paintings in detail at wendellmyers.com or on his Facebook artist’s page.

Watch the Autumn Visions exhibit video on youtube

The video includes a short introductory video with the artist and includes many of the exhibit’s paintings, as well as beautiful music by Myers’s wife, Pam, “Field of Poppies,” from “Three Scenes from Poland.” You can see all of the images on Myers facebook artists’ page, or on wendellmyers.com.

September 15, 2020September 17, 2020

Owens Daniels – Artists make bus stops brighter in Winston-Salem

Artworks member Owens Daniels is featured among 12 Winston-Salem artists in a “citywide art gallery by making art for bus stops from south on Peters Creek to north on University parkways, and from west on Country Club Road to east on Waughtown Street.”

The Artistic Bus Shelter Program was organized by the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Public Art Commission to improve the experience of riding the bus for people who use the Winston-Salem Transit Authority.

Find a map and more information at the Winston-Salem Journal article about this project.

“Intended as an experiment in socially distanced engagement, this installation was collaboratively designed by patrons and passersby of Bus Stop No. 47615. Community Design Studio (CDS) provided a blank canvas with an invitation for anyone to make their mark. …”

In a statement, the Community Design Studio folks explained what they are working on: “Spring and summer of 2020 have challenged us to explore new ways to engage our diverse community in placemaking. Our installation is as much about the process of creating public art as it is about the resulting artwork for the bus shelter.
Read more about this project: Artists make bus stops brighter in Winston-Salem; Winston-Salem Journal, LYNN FELDER, Aug 24, 2020

See an online gallery here at the Winston-Salem Journal site

September 8, 2020September 17, 2020

Artwork’s Jessica Tefft is One of Six 2020-2021 ArtPop Winners

Jessica Tefft, featured in this season of ArtPop!

Arts Council Names Six 2020-2021 ArtPop Winners

“Street Gallery” billboard art soon to be displayed in 12-county region

Winston-Salem, NC (July 13, 2020) –The Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County has announced the winners in its 2020-2021 ArtPop Street Gallery competition. ArtPop fosters collaborations between arts organizations, such as The Arts Council, and the private sector to promote the work of local artists on available media space, such as billboards. The traveling public enjoys engaging public art, and ArtPop artists receive visibility that affirms their considerable talent and often boosts their careers.

More than 60 artists submitted entries for this year’s competition. There are six winners — five adult artists and one high-school senior artist who will be attending college for visual arts studies in the fall. Read more on the arts council website. See more of Jessica’s artwork on Instagram.

May 9, 2020September 17, 2020

A WS Street Gallery Stroll

Artworks Owens Daniels on display, front and center.

Take a safe stroll/drive down 4th st. #dtws to see several #artworksgalleryws artists on display in @aperturecinema ‘s street gallery 💝 These works of art were created as a part of a community art initiative curated by @seccacontempart to help fill the empty outdoor movie poster frames outside @aperturecinema during the COVID-19 Stay Home order. 🌼

ArtworksGalleryWS artist Woodie Anderson shares the love in her poster design around the theme of hope.

May 9, 2020

April 1984: Artworks Collective’s first exhibit

Pictured from left: Founding members 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.* A larger scan of this article is available here.

January 6, 2020May 9, 2020

2020 Artworks Gallery Exhibition Calendar

Subject to change, please check exhibition listings for the most recent information on 2020 exhibits.

January
Mitzi and Ed Shewmake

February
Betti Pettinati Longinotti
Don Green

March
Barbara Rizza Mellin
Owens Daniels

NOTE: Durning March 2020, our exhibition calendar was interrupted due to COVID-19. Artworks Gallery will be closed to visitors until further notice to help with social distancing and to aid in curtailing the spread of coronavirus, following the lead of NC Governor Roy Cooper. We will post updates as necessary. Thank you for your ongoing support of the downtown Winston-Salem Arts community. Please stay safe and take care of one another.

January 6, 2020August 2, 2020

Ed and Mitzi Shewmake

Exhibit and Silent Auction – In Honor of Ed and Mitzi Shewmake, Longtime Educators and Artists of Winston-Salem

January 8 – February 1, 2020

Reception and Final Bidding/Auction: February 1, 1:30 – 4:00 pm
Bidding ending at 3:00 pm

Ed and Mitzi Shewmake in Washing DC, date unknown.

Artworks Gallery is proud to present a retrospective exhibition of two of its founding members, Mitzi and Ed Shewmake. Sculpture, printmaking and paintings will be on exhibit through the month of January with works offered through silent auction culminating in a final bidding and closing on Saturday, February 1, from 1:30 – 4 pm.

January 5, 2020May 9, 2020

Artworks Gallery 20th Anniversary

Celebrating 20 Years of Art and Engagement

Jump in our time machine and enjoy this album of photos from 2005, when Artworks Gallery celebrated 20 years as a collective in Winston-Salem. Find the whole album of Artworks 20th Anniversary reception photos on flickr.