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Waterworks Visual Arts Center will be closed on Labor Day, Monday, September 6.
We will reopen on Tuesday, September 7.

 
Exhibitions
Site Seeing by Lin Barnhardt   

Reminders of History
by Marina Konovalona-Bare

Selections from the collection of the Historic Salisbury Foundation

A Vintage View of Today's South

by R. Wayne Wrights



On Exhibit
September 4 - November 20, 2010


BB&T presents:
HISTORY MAKES ART
on exhibit September 4-November 20, 2010
Opening reception Friday, September 10, 2010 6-8pm


Four exhibitions open at Waterworks Visual Arts Center on September 4, 2010, highlighting and honoring the rich historical heritage of Rowan County.  History Makes Art presented by Branch Banking and Trust Company (BB&T) demonstrates the community’s long-standing reverence for art and its continuing wealth of talent and creativity.
Author Dr. Wayne Dyer says, “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” Going through our day, we notice the function of an object. That’s a house, a car, or a bureau.  By taking items out of context, changing its size, removing the color, or narrowing our view, History Makes Art enables us to look past function and see the art inherent in the design of everyday items.  As we begin to truly see, the lines, curves, texture, scale, light and shadows of each piece reveal themselves.  Artifacts, images from the past, and paintings of items created in the past illustrate our instinctive appreciation of beauty and our  need to create and communicate through a visual medium.

 
Education
fall class schedule
B&W photography classes
new this fall
 
Outreach
outreach partnerships
outreach programs.
 
 
Special Events
Join us for the 6th Summer Reading Challenge on October 12, 2010 from 6-9 pm.
 
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Thank You to the Waterworks Advocates:                 
F&M Bank 
The Late Katharine W. Osborne 
James G. & The Late Christine P. Whitton
     



Waterworks Visual Arts Center
123 East Liberty Street
Salisbury, NC 28144
704.636.1882

Gallery Hours
Monday-Friday 10-5
Thursday until 7 pm
Saturday 11-3
There is no charge to tour our galleries

Providing diverse opportunities in the arts for all people through exhibitions, education, & outreach programs.