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 ourneed to create and communicate through a visual medium.
