Artworks Gallery supports LEAD Girls of NC

We are thrilled to be supporting LEAD Girls of North Carolina as they host their 5th Anniversary Soiree on Sunday, March 28.

A special thank you to one of LEAD Girls supporter and Executive Director Kim Varnadoe for leading the collection process. Thanks to Kim, many Artworks artists have donated works to the silent auction for this event. All details can be found at: www.leadgirls.org/2021-soiree/. Together we are changing girls’ lives! Follow on instagram at @leadgirlsofnc and view the silent auction starting 3/15/2021 here.

The full LEAD Girls Press Release:

LEAD Girls of NC Inaugural LEADher Circle and 5th Anniversary Soiree featuring Original Art from Artworks Gallery Artists at Silent Auction

Winston-Salem, NC (March 9, 2021) — LEAD Girls of North Carolina will host their 5th Anniversary Soiree on Sunday, March 28 in a virtual celebration and awards ceremony honoring the hundreds of participants, supporters, and partners of LEAD Girls over the past five years. Four LEAD girls will be recognized for their accomplishments at 5:30 p.m. All details can be found at: www.leadgirls.org/2021-soiree/.

At 7:30 p.m., the Kimpton Cardinal Hotel will honor LEAD Girls with a pink and teal lighting of their building on Main Street to represent and celebrate the organization. The sponsors for the Soiree are: The Chronicle, Truliant Federal Credit Union, M Creative, Maynard & Harris Attorneys at Law, PPL, Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, and CC Baller Creations, LLC.

In conjunction with the soiree, LEAD Girls has launched the LEADher Circle. This Circle – which is based on the belief that every girl deserves the chance to thrive – was created in partnership with three local leaders and friends of LEAD Girls: Natalie Broyhill, Mary Jamis, and Dr. Paula Wilkins. With a donation before April 1st, supporters can join the inaugural LEADher Circle.

To further support LEAD Girls, a silent auction fundraiser will run from March 15th until March 28th at 6:30 p.m. when the auction winners will be announced. The fundraising goal for this event – to sustain its programs such as Community LEAD, LEAD Academy, the Summer Fashion Entrepreneurship Camp, and three pilot programs that began this spring – is $50,000.

“We are grateful for our village who are committed to girls thriving,” said Joy Nelson Thomas, Founder and Executive Director of LEAD Girls. “We are now halfway toward our fundraising goal. We still need additional support to help us reach our goal and allow more girls to have access to LEAD.”

While this year’s soiree will look different from years past, the virtual celebration will bring together supporters of the organization as well as girls and their families as they celebrate their perseverance and dedication during 2020.

Thanks to a special partnership with Artworks Gallery, the online silent auction will feature a dozen original pieces of artwork donated by the following artists: Wiley Akers, Woodie Anderson, Bonnie Baily-Arden, Owen O. Daniels, Lea Lackey-Zachmann, Diane Nations, Beverly Noyes, Betti Pettinati-Longinotti, Barbara Rizza Mellin, Kimberly Varnadoe, and Mona Wu. A glass fused bowl, linocut, watercolors, letterpress using the cyanotype method, and graphite are some of the mediums used with masterful detail and excellence.

In addition to original artwork featured in the Silent Auction, packages will include Family Day Trips, Date Nights, Hotel Getaways, Parents’ Nights Out, a Car Care Kit, Relaxation Fun, Baby Presents Bundle, Mystery Boxes, and more.

Donations for the silent auction were donated by the following businesses and nonprofits: a/perture, AutoZone, Black Mountain Chocolate, Bookmarks, Brick Oven, Brookstown Inn, Camino Bakery, Canteen Still Life, Cyclebar, Dash Baseball, Duck Donuts, Fiddlin’ Fish, Finnigan’s, Fleet Feet, Flourish Fitness, Greensboro Science Center, Gwen of all Trades, Hampton Inn, Harris Teeter, Hip Chics, Home Depot, Innovative Photography, Kaleideum, Kendra Scott Jewelry, Kimpton Hotel, Living Aura Living Art, Lowes Foods, Marriott, Mast General Store, McCalls, Mellow Mushroom, Mixxer, Denise Moore, Oriental Trading Company, The Porch, Pure Barre, Rack Room Shoes, Raffaldini Vineyards, Reynolda House, River Birch, RiverRun International Film Festival, Rockin’ Jump, Salem Gymnastics, SHARP Cuterie Boards, Sheetz, The Sherwood, Starbucks, Sunny Shoes, Sunshine Beverages, Tanglewood, Trader Joe’s, Tweetsie Railroad, Urbn Grl, Village Tavern, Winston-Salem State University, Wise Man Brewing, and Younique.

About LEAD Girls of NC

Learning Everyday Accomplishing Dreams (LEAD) Girls of NC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to helping every girl thrive because every girl can. Founded in 2015, LEAD Girls works to create a world in which young girls become well-equipped, active leaders. LEAD programs focus specifically on the social, emotional and leadership development of at-risk middle-school girls in Winston-Salem. Since its inception, LEAD’s school-time and summer programs have served more than 500 girls, providing them with critical resources and skills that foster empowerment and confidence. For more information on the 5th Anniversary Soiree or to make a donation to join the LEADher Circle, please visit www.leadgirls.org/2021-soiree/

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021

Mannequin Musings at TAG features Owens Daniels

THEATRE ART GALLERIES (TAG) of High Point NC is now showing “MANNEQUIN MUSINGS” in their main gallery. Open TUESDAY-FRIDAY from 12-5 PM. Masks are required. From TAG’s newsletter:

Mannequin Musings
Following last year’s exceptionally well-received exhibit of Paul Tazewell’s award-winning costumes (Hamilton, The Wiz), we were left with an inventory of 15 mannequins seeking new homes. The solution? We put out a Call to Artists to have them reimagined to reflect on 2020, look ahead to 2021, or just to find new life at the whim of the artist. The result is an exhibition featuring the work of 15 North Carolina artists finding new means of expressing turbulent times in original and creative ways. We will feature each of these highly personal creations in a series of emails and eventually in an online virtual exhibit. This is the fourth email in the series.

Mannequin Musings will be available for in-person viewing during regular gallery hours, Tuesday-Friday, noon til 5, through the spring. We will follow all CDC protocols and masks are required. Find more info at tagart.org

**Untitled** by Owens Daniels now featured in the **Mannequin Musings** exhibit

Artworks member Owens Daniels talks about his piece:

My photographic career started at the U.S Army Photographic School of Cartography, learning the basics of photography and photo printing. In addition to this formal training, I worked for several years as a freelance photographer and extended my photographic career by fine-turning the art of visual storytelling and developing a distinctive, decisive and intimate photojournalistic signature style which has led to various opportunities that include: Artist in Residences, Public Art Installations, Grants and varied other commissions.
I use the visual arts to express my interpretation of the world, and photography to open unexplored spaces between the subject and viewer exposing them both to a world of opportunities and experiences. This objective can best be obtained with a focus on our commonalities which keeps us in the moment, and stops us from fretting about the future or regretting the past.
2019 Duke Energy Grant and Z Smith Reynolds Lead Artist for the Presence Absence Project awardee Owens Daniels is a visual artist/photographer, educator and the face behind ODP Art+Design bold, creative and innovative artwork that builds bridges, promotes cultural exchanges, and artistic endeavors between organizations, institutions and the diverse communities they serve.
Owens Daniels – Artist Statement

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021

Artworkers Elsewhere: Jan 2021

Owens Daniels is featured in this short video talking about his role as a Creative Catalyst. Find Triangle Blvd on Vimeo to see more on this subject:

Owens Daniels :: Kenan :: Creative Catalyst from Triangle Blvd on Vimeo.

Barbara Rizza Mellin’s collage and dry point etching “Memories” is featured in Memoir Magazine this month. Visit memoirmag.com to read “Bereavement” by Lauren Teller.

Featured Artwork: “Memories” collage and dry point etching by Barbara Mellin

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020

Winston-Salem debuts Artistic Bus Shelter Program

Participating artist and Artworks member Owens Daniels talks about the project in this WXII Channel 12 interview: Winston-Salem debuts Artistic Bus Shelter Program

One of the artists, Owens Daniels, created a piece focusing on the theme of mass public transit with a subway feel. He used to exclusively ride city buses and says giving them an artistic makeover can give riders a refreshed sense of dignity and comfort.

**WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. —**If you use public transportation in Winston-Salem or drive pass bus shelters through your day, chances are something new may catch your eye. The City of Winston-Salem is currently installing 12 new pieces of art meant to spruce up local bus shelters. Read more…

“I’m very proud to use my talents and skills to promote the artistry of my city,” Daniels said. “I want their takeaway to be a better experience. I want their takeaway to be a more convenient experience.”

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020

Barbara Rizza Mellin featured in High Shelf magazine

Artworks artist Barbara Rizza Mellin is featured in High Shelf, Issue XX11 (magazine of literature and art). Rizza Mellin’s Freewheelin’ series is shown in an eleven-page spread in the literary magazine this month (pages 11-21).

**highshelfpress High Shelf Issue XXII:** Cover Art by Louis Fiorucci, images by: Dale Shank, Valyntina Grenier, Barbara Mellin, Greg Turlock, and Marieken Cochius Read some stunning poetry and a little satire when you check out more by these artists at: www.highshelfpress.com/issuexxii

Barbara Rizza Mellin *Freewheelin’* series is shown in an eleven-page spread in the literary magazine this month (pages 11-21).

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020

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. 🌼