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Field Trip: ART CRUSH

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Field Trip: ART CRUSH

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
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Experience ART CRUSH and the Arts District with co-founder Toni Tronu

Meet at Visual Index, a gallery curated by Arts District co-founder Toni Tronu, for an inside look at ART CRUSH. Learn more about the District then set out to wander nearby galleries and studios at your own pace. Discover new artists, explore creative spaces, and enjoy the lively atmosphere that makes ART CRUSH special.

The Arts District works to connect with and amplify diverse voices and visions, bringing them together at the heart of Winston-Salem through arts-centric events, local partnerships, and passionate community building. The Arts District’s recurring block party ART CRUSH is a place to discover emerging and established artists, admire creative studios and galleries, support local businesses, and experience the electric energy of the local music scene.

 

Field Trips

Field Trips are community art excursions to local, arts-based organizations and institutions for an inside look at spaces that are shaping the cultural landscape in the North Carolina triad. The monthly meet-ups are led by NCMA Winston-Salem staff and may include collaborative art-making, movement or sound explorations, guided tours, or creative prompts. Like the field trips of our childhoods, they combine fun and learning, all while showcasing unique, local entities that are rooted in the arts.

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ART/LIT: Erasure As Discovery (Blackout Poetry)

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ART/LIT: Erasure As Discovery (Blackout Poetry)

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
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ART/LIT is an art club for teens that explores connections between visual arts and language

Middle and high school students can learn to transform overlooked text into personal and expressive works of art. Inspired by Tom Phillip’s seminal work, A Humument, techniques such as erasure and collage will be used to discover unexpected poems. Leave with a finished blackout poetry piece and a new way of seeing language on the page. Participation is free; registration is required.

This ART/LIT session will be led by creative writing instructor Veronica Kavass, who currently teaches at UNCSA, previously taught at Watkins College of Art, and has written about art for publications including Burnaway and The Nashville Scene. Kavass’s writing is largely influenced by her experiences as a criminal defense investigator, teacher, oral history interviewer, and curator. She is currently writing about memory and language in the criminal justice system, inspired by her years working as a public defender investigator in New Orleans.

 

ART/LIT

Students ages 12-17 are invited to explore the intersection of visual arts and literature at ART/LIT, an art club for teens that meets monthly for hands-on workshops led by working artists at local library branches. Workshops are open to all skill levels and encourage curiosity, creativity, and connection through art. ART/LIT is presented in partnership with Forsyth County Public Library. All materials are provided. Registration is required.

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ART/LIT: Pocket-sized Stories

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ART/LIT: Pocket-sized Stories

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
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Art & Literacy is now ART/LIT, an art club for teens that explores connections between visual art and language

With guidance from illustrator and storyteller Jessica Robin Harkey, middle and high school students (ages 12-17) can use a variety of materials to create pocket-sized books—ideal for short comics, stories, or poems—and leave with their own handmade books and the skills to create more on their own.

Instructor Jessica Robin Harkey is an illustrator of children’s picture books and Artist Instructor at Sawtooth School for Visual Art. She is a firm believer in all things mythical, magical, and make-believe, from which she draws creative inspiration. Jessica fills each of her illustrations with as much whimsy, humor, and detail as possible so young readers can discover as many stories as they like. She hopes her work resonates with curious kids as well as kids at heart.

 

ART/LIT Teen Art Club

Students ages 12-17 are invited to explore the intersection of visual arts and literature at ART/LIT, an art club for teens that meets monthly for hands-on workshops led by working artists at local library branches. Workshops are open to all skill levels and encourage curiosity, creativity, and connection through art. ART/LIT is presented in partnership with Forsyth County Public Library. All materials are provided. Registration is required.

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Field Trip: Delta Arts Center

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Field Trip: Delta Arts Center

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
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Field Trips are community art excursions to explore the spaces shaping arts and culture in our region

Join us to deepen your understanding of a vital community institution and connect with the artistic heritage of Winston-Salem at Delta Arts Center. The evening will begin with a brief introduction to Delta’s history by Program Director, Timothy Jeffers, followed by a gallery talk by curator Zaire McPhearson about Delta’s impact on the local cultural landscape.

DELTA ARTS CENTER was established in 1972 to celebrate and amplify the contributions of African Americans to the arts and humanities and enrich the lives of neighborhood and area residents. The Center works to increase awareness and knowledge of the contributions of African-Americans, build pride in these contributions, encourage individual creativity, and provide quality cultural and educational programming for the entire community.

FIELD TRIPS are a series of community art excursions to local, arts-based organizations and institutions for an inside look at spaces that are shaping the cultural landscape in the North Carolina triad. The monthly meet-ups are led by NCMA Winston-Salem’s Manager of Audience Engagement and may include collaborative artmaking, movement or sound explorations, guided tours, or creative prompts. Like the field trips of our childhoods, they combine fun and learning, all while showcasing unique, local entities that are rooted in the arts.

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Field Trip: Culture WS

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Field Trip: Culture WS

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
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Field Trips are community art excursions to explore the spaces shaping arts and culture in our region

Meet at Culture WS to learn more about the studio and gallery space dedicated to the advancement of arts and culture in Winston-Salem. This Field Trip coincides with Culture WS’s Collage Night, one of their most popular events. Attendees can participate in artist demonstrations and explore the studios of local photographers, painters, tattoo artists, and musicians. Experience a vibrant space rooted in creativity and engage directly with the artists who bring it to life.

CULTURE is located in a 14,000 sq. ft. former corporate office that now functions as an eclectic, welcoming space with 35 artist studios, expansive gallery walls, and gathering areas that invite connection and inspiration. Located on the 9th floor of Liberty Plaza in downtown Winston Salem, the space is dedicated to local creatives and hosts community events regularly.

FIELD TRIPS are a series of community art excursions to local, arts-based organizations and institutions for an inside look at spaces that are shaping the cultural landscape in the North Carolina triad. The monthly meet-ups are led by NCMA Winston-Salem’s Manager of Audience Engagement and may include collaborative artmaking, movement or sound explorations, guided tours, or creative prompts. Like the field trips of our childhoods, they combine fun and learning, all while showcasing unique, local entities that are rooted in the arts.

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Art & Literacy: Peel Back the Image

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Art & Literacy: Peel Back the Image

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
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Explore connections between visual art and language at our new Art & Literacy workshop series for teens.

Middle and high school students (ages 12-17) are invited to explore the connection between image and language with photographer Amy Badgett through the experimental process of Polaroid emulsion lifts. Learn to transfer and reshape photographs onto new surfaces, and as images shift and transform, reflect on how meaning evolves through visual and written storytelling. Responses will be captured through poetry and short writing exercises that layer text and image.

Designed for teens and open to all experience levels, this workshop encourages creative risk-taking and personal expression. Participants will leave with finished artworks, original written compositions, and a deeper understanding of how images and words can be reimagined.

About Amy Badgett

Photographer Amy Badgett explores the hands-on nature of film photography and alternative photographic printmaking processes with portraits of artists, families, and others, using film as a way to stay present. In 2020, she released her first photobook, Soft Rivering. Her current work, beyond portraiture, is created in her home studio, where she explores multiple-emulsion cyanotypes and experiments in her darkroom. Outside of her artistic practice, Amy enjoys sewing, gardening, traveling, and spending time with her daughter.

About Art & Literacy

Presented in partnership with the Forsyth County Public Library, Art & Literacy is an artist-led program that brings hands-on artmaking to library branches in the Winston-Salem area. Each month, attendees can explore the intersection of visual art and literature through artist-led experiences in contemporary book art practice.

Art & Literacy celebrates the deep and lasting relationship between art and literature — books are not only vessels for stories and information, but also artistic objects shaped by material, structure, and design. Sessions are open to a variety of ages and skill levels and encourage curiosity, creativity, and connection through the art of the book. No prior experience is required.

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