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Crane Project in the News!

We’ve had some great press about our current 1000 Cranes COVID-19 Public Art project. Check out these two great articles:

Artworks Gallery and Forsyth County Department of Public Health collaborate on the Thousand Cranes Project Winston-Salem Journal, Oct 27, 2021, Fran Daniel

In a project aimed at bringing hope during these difficult times, Artworks Gallery and the Forsyth County Department of Public Health have teamed up to display 1,000 origami cranes to honor healthcare workers and people affected by COVID-19.

Members of Artworks Gallery in Winston-Salem folded the paper cranes that are now hanging in the public entrance of the health department at 799 Highland Ave. in Winston-Salem. The public art project is called the Thousand Cranes Project.

A statement on the wall near the origami cranes says, “The origami crane represents healing, hope, joy and prosperity. Legend says that if a person folds 1,000 cranes, they get a wish. Therefore, folding the cranes represent our wishes for hope, health and well-being to all healthcare workers and those people who have been affected by COVID.”

Lakecia Owens, coordinator of health services for the Forsyth County Department of Public Health, approached Jessica Tefft, president of Artworks Gallery, on behalf of the health department this past spring to find out if Artworks artists would come together to assemble a paper-based art project.

Owens said the goal was to honor front-line workers and their families, as well as people in the community who had COVID-19, lost their lives to COVID-19 or had a relative who was affected by COVID-19.

Tefft said Owens told her that the health department had COVID-19 fact sheets in different languages that could be used for the project. Read more.

Artworks Gallery honors healthcare workers and loved ones lost to Covid with 1000 cranes
ABC 45 News, Friday October 22nd 2021, Cassie Schirm

More than 500 people in Forsyth County have lost their battle to Covid 19 leaving many families heartbroken. Now a local art group has teamed up with the Forsyth County Health Department hoping to honor the lost loved ones and healthcare workers fighting to keep people alive.

Jessica Tefft, president of Artworks Gallery says it’s those people who deserve to be remembered in a beautiful way.

“I really do believe in the power of art,” said Tefft.

That’s why you’ll see 1000 origami cranes hanging in the Forsyth County Health Department. The origami may be small but artists say they carry a big meaning, the meaning of hope.

Each crane was created with meaning and made with love. Read more

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PRESS: Owens Daniels’ exhibition a highlight of local Juneteenth celebrations

Artworks member Owens Daniels exhibit featured in the Winston-Salem Journal Sunday June 27 with a review by Tom Patterson: Long time coming: A highlight of local Juneteenth celebrations, Owens Daniels’ exhibition remains on view at the Milton Rhodes Center

Studio portraiture, street photography, content-charged texts and digital technology make for a potent combination in the work of Owens Daniels.

Daniels has been producing powerful, text-augmented photographic pieces for several years. Recently he has compiled a strong body of work documenting local street protests. Prolific and persistent, he has exhibited his work in a number of local shows.

His art emphasizes African American culture and identity, so it’s fitting that it was highlighted in this month’s local celebration of Juneteenth, marking the anniversary of slavery’s end in the United States in 1965.

Daniels’ exhibition “When the Revolution Comes” opened in mid-June at Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts. It brings together selected pieces from at least four bodies of work, including several images he has shown locally within the past two years. These range from proud portraits of ordinary people to more journalistic shots of protesters and police on the streets.

Those insensitive or hostile to the “Black Lives Matter” movement and so-called “critical race theory” aren’t likely to give the show much of a chance. But I suspect most viewers will sympathize with the artist’s socio-political point of view. In addition to its thematic aspect, Daniels’ work also carries a purely visual charge. The combination is crucial to what is evidently his primary aim — stimulating thoughts that extend beyond the image.

Tom Patterson, Winston-Salem Journal, June 27, 2121

Read the full article here and see more of Owens work here.

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Press: Artist Seth Moskowitz finds that “wow” pattern

Read an interview with July’s featured artist Seth Moskowitz by Fran Daniel in the Winston Salem Journal: Once Winston-Salem artist finds that “wow” pattern, the digital manipulations really begin

Artist Seth Moskowitz, who lives in Winston-Salem, takes a lot of pictures but doesn’t consider himself a photographer.

“The pictures that I do take, I wind up playing with and using in artworks that I produce and are made from multiple pictures that very rarely look like photography,” Moskowitz said.

Through July 31, Artworks Gallery on North Trade Street in the Downtown Winston-Salem Arts District will present Moskowitz’s “NEWds — New Interpretations of the Female Form” exhibit along with Karen Moran Kopf’s “Memories Downtown” exhibit.

In their shows, Moskowitz’s artwork focuses on nudes to create pieces that use many of the same compositional elements in different ways in different pieces. Kopf’s exhibit depicts people and locations the artist either observed or events in which she participated.

“I’ve always been fascinated by the beauty of organic forms and how the interplay of shapes, and the mosaic of hue, tone and texture, affect the emotions evoked by my interpretations of the human body and the natural world,” Moskowitz said.

Fran Daniel, Winston Salem Journal Sunday June 27th 2021

Read the full article here, read more about Seth’s current exhibit here, and shop Artworks Gallery online in our shop

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Post-election: Critical reflections on the Trump era dominate three-artist show at Artworks Gallery

The Sunday, Nov 21, 2020 Edition of the Winston-Salem Journal has a review of our November exhibits by art critic Tom Patterson. Read the full article here. You can also read a PDF version of this review here. Thanks to Tom for this insightful review. A few quotes from the article below.

Jessica Tefft’s Work: Politically Charged

“Tefft’s work encompasses a variety of mediums, and much of it relates directly to the Mueller Report and Donald Trump’s presidential administration, which chose the passages to be redacted. Like many contemporary artists, Tefft is not a fan of the outgoing president, as is clear from her work on view here.”

– Tom Patterson, Special Correspondent, Winston-Salem Journal, Nov 21, 2020

My Button is Bigger – Jessica Tefft

Woodie Anderson’s Work: Printed Charms

“Anderson’s festively colored prints on cloth and paper are charms against inertia and hopelessness — icons of strength, endurance, and abiding energy. The thematic gist of her stylized imagery is reflected in the titles of individual pieces — “Eyes,” “Fire,” “Mindful,” “Comfort.” Inspiration is the name of the game.”

– Tom Patterson, Special Correspondent, Winston-Salem Journal, Nov 21, 2020

Woodie Anderson, Protection, Serigraph on cotton

Lea Lackey-Zachmann’s Work: Nature Nurture

“…Lea Lackey-Zachmann employs a darker and more subdued, earth-based palette in her five-part series of mixed-media monoprints. She’s a resolute nature abstractionist, whose work typically has a neo-pagan undercurrent. … Leaving aside the titles, on their own as evocative markings on paper, these pieces extend Lackey-Zachmann’s ongoing project of visualizing natural forces. It’s a theme both limitless and imaginatively challenging.”

– Tom Patterson, Special Correspondent, Winston-Salem Journal, Nov 21, 2020

When We Fire Dance – Lea Lackey-Zachmann

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