Waterworks Visual Arts Center

This winter SunTrust Bank is pleased to present Waterworks Visual Arts Center’s Strength in Unity, a group of exhibitions celebrating the bonds that bring artist and community together.  As the final show of Waterworks’ 50^th year, it is fitting that these artists and groups represent the spirit of togetherness that makes a vibrant art community more than the sum of its parts.  Although they all embody different perspectives and approaches, each exhibition evokes the importance of the relationships between artists, patrons, museums, galleries, writers, teachers and students, and the community that they form. 

An art museum undergoes many changes during the space of 50 years, but the need for a mutually beneficial relationship to the community that it serves is a factor that remains constant.  Rowan County’s very special appreciation and support of the arts is a point of pride for many of its citizens, and the Waterworks benefits from that support to the same degree that our exhibitions strive to enrich the community’s experience of the arts.