Our Galleries
For more information about the exhibits in our galleries at the Arts Center, contact us at (252) 527-2517. Admission is free and open to the public.
Through March 1, 2025 — Winter Arts Market — This annual event is a collaborative exhibition for sale of more than 50+ artists and artisans, the majority of whom are local or regional in their practice. Featured works include jewelry, pottery, glass, paintings, photography, textiles, baskets, and much, much more!
Through February 28, 2025 — smARTkinston, ART105, and Skinner Senior Center — Artwork created by local artists will be on display and for sale.
Through February 28, 2025 — On display are several selected items from the collection of African artifacts owned by the Kinston-Lenoir County African American Heritage Commission. A free to the public reception will be scheduled at a date to be announced and will be hosted by the AKA sorority.
Now Showing — Mike Sagaser: “Flight School Installation” — Mike is a mixed media, ceramic, mosaic, and digital artist. This loaned installation features molded and painted planes suspending in formation and as an artist’s simulation of aerial maneuvers.
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“This piece originated as a challenge to create 100 identical copies of the same object to form a stand-alone installation. Each jet is made from stoneware, hand pressed into a plaster cast, bisque-fired, then glaze-fired with an irregular black surface and a single golden “eye.” The boundary between human made machine and living thing is blurred by the skin-like texture of each jet’s glaze."
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“The jet-swarm dives in and out of the rafters like schooling fish effortlessly swimming over our heads immersed in the thin compressible fluid of the air, chasing an unseen goal and responding to unseen forces. From mechanism to body, we feel the flow of power and vulnerability and wonder at their destination and motivation.”
Through January — Shelia Stroud — Shelia will be exhibiting and selling a grouping of mini paintings at Queen St. Deli. Excellent price points, each will make a wonderful Valentine’s Day keepsake gift for that special someone in your life. Sales are placed through the Arts Center by bringing the painting “exhibit tag” to the Center or calling (252) 527-2517 to speak with staff from the Arts Center. Transactions are not completed through the Queen St. Deli. Additional works are also available for sale at the Arts Center.