Located at 200 Willard St. Wilmingtonc NC, 28412, USA
theArtWorks™ houses a 7K square foot gallery, artists studios, coffee shop, wifi, and more. The gallery gives artists a place to work their work, the community an event venue. Studios include workspace, individual galleries and shop. Meeting and classrooms are also available. And of course, the coffee shop and wifi enhances space for conversations, meetings, and social interaction.
Saturday September 14, the #art #studios always the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month, 10am-3pm @ the ArtWorks™, 200 Willard Street, Wilmington, NC. Near Greenfield Lake! Saturday #artists on site opening their private art studios to the public to view them create and sell their art. The #artists offer: #Fine Art, #Jewelry, #Pottery, #Sculptures, #Candles and Susan Savia's Happy Little Singers.
Wilmington #artist Paul Hill is a metal sculptor who works in steel, stainless steel, bronze and copper. Well-known for his sculpture Southern Hospitality, an artistic rendering of the Venus flytrap, Paul has exhibited his works throughout North Carolina. He has also been commissioned to create works by Screen Gems Movie Studios, MTU/Detroit Diesel, and Southern Jet, Inc. Commissions are welcome. http://www.absolutearts.com/metalforms/
Cary sculptor Phil Hathcock was born and raised in North Carolina where his appreciation for nature began at an early age. His love of rocks and boulders and a curiosity of how rock formations evolve from geological and natural events led to a career of working with stone. His work has been exhibited widely including universities, galleries and numerous public and private arenas. Some of Phil’s sculptures are on permanent display at Duke University, UNC-Chapel Hill and the cities of Cary and Pinehurst, NC, Charlottesville, VA and North Charleston, SC. http://www.philhathcock.com/
the ArtWorks™ believes in supporting and promoting not only our own artists, but the local #art community and the Wilmington Community at large. We want to share that the Arts Council of Wilmington and New Hanover County has launched the Pedestrian Art public sculpture program again. They have installed six public art works by Wilmington sculptor #PaulHill and Cary sculptor #PhilHathcock in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina.
The pieces are located in Bijou Park, 305 Chestnut Street, 6th & Castle streets, 407 Water St., New Hanover Community Health Center, and the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce. Each sculpture is available for purchase from the artist after their 6 month stay in the city. Naturally we would love for the city or a corporate sponsor to purchase them and make them truly public art for our community and visitors to enjoy forever.
Quote from Rhonda Bellamy, executive director of the Arts Council of Wilmington. "PedArt has always served as an economic, cultural, and visual stimulus in our community,” We look forward to growing a creative culture which enhances the public space using a wide range of artistic styles, themes, and media. In addition to introducing our citizens to the diversity of contemporary public art and artists, we are creating additional points of interest for tourists.”
COME SEE US:
the ArtWorks™ studios will be open the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of EACH month, 10am-3pm @ the ArtWorks™, 200 Willard Street, Wilmington, North Carolina
TODAY WE are FEATURING: Mary Welch Austin, Amy Graham, Erika Lawrence, Janet Sessoms, Shirley Reber, Elena Wright, And the Happy Little Singers
The ArtWorks™ is an art village providing art studios, gallery space, and an event venue-- fostering a creative environment for artists, educational opportunities, and enhancement of the Wilmington community. Once part of the original Block Shirt factory, the ArtWorks™ on Willard Street, is central to the developing district between South Front Street and Third Street, now known as the Cape Fear Historic Byway.
Saturday August 10, the art studios will be open the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month, 10am-3pm @ the ArtWorks™, 200 Willard Street, Wilmington, North Carolina. Near Greenfield Lake! This Saturday there will be a few artists on site opening their private art studios to the public to view them create and sell their art. The artists offer: Fine Art, Jewelry, Pottery, Sculptures, Candles and much more. Please come by to see what's happening at the ArtWorks™
Can you identify this antique car? Contact Us!
The Knowles are a retired couple
but you wouldn't know it from their very active life. Jim had bought
the original Block Shirt Factory building in 1998, to house his collection of antique cars--all 260 of
them! But he doesn't really stop at just antique cars. Jim's an avid collector of antiques or just great bargains. He's the kind of guy when he gets an idea, he gets that idea
going. So when he decided to turn his warehouse into an art village,
Betsy whose heart was set on traveling more, gave her blessings, but
put her foot down on how it was to be financed: "Not unless it was financially feasible and not from our personal
money!" she said. So Jim sells his fabulous antique cars to support
the making of an artist village. Now, that is love what you're doing!
