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  • Adele J. McCarty Divine Creations
    Adele J. McCarty Divine Creations
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 828-308-2289, anointedcreations71@yahoo.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Freelance artist offering creative services for your home or business:  custom paintings, book illustrations, murals or faux finishes.

    Instagram: @adelejmc

  • Adrian Rice
    Adrian Rice
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , poetadrianrice@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Literary Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Adrian Rice, Other Facebook Sites: 'The Belfast Boys', and 'Adrian Rice Poetry Books from Press 53'

    Twitter: @thepoetryporch

    Adrian Rice has established himself as a poet on both sides of the Atlantic. Muck Island is housed in The Tate Gallery, and The Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The Mason’s Tongue was shortlisted for the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Literary Prize, and was nominated for the Irish Times Prize for Poetry. Hickory Station was nominated for the Roanoke-Chowan Award for Poetry, and a poem from Hickory Station, “Breath”, first published in the Asheville Poetry Review, was a Pushcart Prize nomination, and a (London) Guardian ‘Poem of the Week’. Rice also plays with The Belfast Boys, an Irish Traditional duo, whose album, Songs For Crying Out Loud, regularly airs across the Carolinas. He is a Lecturer in First Year Seminar at Appalachian State University, where he is also working on his doctoral dissertation, ‘Education in Poetry: Learning through Poems’. His latest book is The Strange Estate: New & Selected Poems 1986-2017 (Press 53).

  • Alex Reeves/Reevo Studio
    Alex Reeves/Reevo Studio
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 828-850-5000, Alex@reevostudio.com
    Disciplines: Painting

    Impressionistic Oil Painting and Watercolors of North Carolina landscapes and weatherscapes.

  • Alexandria McNeely, Soprano
    Alexandria McNeely, Soprano
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , alliemcneely@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Music
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Alexandria McNeely, Soprano

    Instagram: @alliecatsings

    Hawaii performing arts festival

  • Alison Willard
    Alison Willard
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , amaillard79@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Art By Alison Willard

    Instagram: @AMWillardArt

     

  • Allen Finley, Allen Finley Advertising
    Allen Finley, Allen Finley Advertising
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , allen@finleyadvertising.com
    Disciplines: Music
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Allen Finley, 20/20 Rock Band

    Instagram: @2020guy

    Over 230 Industry awards including CLIO, ADDY, BMA, Communicator, TELLY, PICA - Top 20 Agency in Charlotte Region; Chamber Of Commerce Business Of The Year

     

  • Altered Earth Ceramics
    Altered Earth Ceramics
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , clrodefeld@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Pottery Making
    Website:Visit this Artist's website
  • Amanda Dobbins, Dobbins Pottery Studio
    Amanda Dobbins, Dobbins Pottery Studio
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , amandaldobbins@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Pottery Making

    Facebook: Amanda Dobbins

    Instagram: @rosypotts

    As seen in Our State Magazine, 2016

  • Amanda Taylor, Oatka Glass Studio
    Amanda Taylor, Oatka Glass Studio
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , oatkaglass@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Glass Artist
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: @oatkaglassstudionc

    Instagram: @oatkaglassstudio

    Member of Southern Highland Craft Guild

  • Amy Blankenship
    Amy Blankenship
    Location: Newton, NC
    Contact: 828-469-6081, amyfushigiyugi@aol.com
    Disciplines: Literary Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Tektime Best-Selling Author

  • Amy Mchugh
    Amy Mchugh
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , abogenschild@yahoo.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art

    Facebook: Amy Mchugh

    Artist in Residence at Edgewood Cottage in Blowing Rock August 2014 Alumni Exhibit at Edgewood Cottage June 2015 Honorable Mention at High Country Water Media Exhibit 2015 First place at the 28th Annual Competition At Rock School Best of Show at “Intimate Expressions” competition at Lenoir Rhyne University First Place at the 29th Open Competition at Rock School Honorable Mention at the 30th Open Competition at Rock School First Place at 32nd Open Competition at Rock School

  • Andrew Richtmyer
    Andrew Richtmyer
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , richtmyerentertainment@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Instagram: @AndrewrDoesArt

     

  • Anita M. Sigmon
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 828-495-7081, jarsig@embarqmail.com
    Disciplines: Pottery Making

    Please find me on facebook...Paws for Reflection

  • Ann Webster, Artistry by Ann Webster
    Ann Webster, Artistry by Ann Webster
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , awebster0214@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Painting

    Facebook: Artistry by Ann Webster

    Instagram: Artistry by Ann Webster

     

  • Anne Fredley, Designs by Anne
    Anne Fredley, Designs by Anne
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 828-781-1777, annef@charter.net
    Disciplines: Jewelry Design
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    President- Foothills Painters, member of Uni4 Artists, exhibiting member (paintings & jewelry) at Full Circle Arts, Hickory, NC. Jewelry at Hickory Museum of Art Galleria Shop. 

    Additional website:  www.foothillspainters.com

  • Ashley Gaylord, Hickory Tree Pottery
    Ashley Gaylord, Hickory Tree Pottery
    Location: Hickory, North Carolina
    Contact: , hickorytreepottery@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Pottery Making
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Hickory Tree Pottery

    Instagram: @hickorytreepottery

  • Audrey Sherrill, JAG Studio
    Audrey Sherrill, JAG Studio
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , jagartist@yahoo.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website
  • Beth Oczkowski, ECHO Arts
    Beth Oczkowski, ECHO Arts
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 828-217-9539, imecho@charter.net
    Disciplines: Visual Art

    Facebook: ECHO Arts

  • Bill Morgan
    Bill Morgan
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , morgan@morganlaw.org
    Disciplines: Theater

    Metrolina Theatre Award, Kay Awards, Best Actor Lambuth University

  • Bob Sinclair, Bob Sinclair Music
    Bob Sinclair, Bob Sinclair Music
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 828-320-4131, bob.sinclair@atriaxgroup.com
    Disciplines: Music

    Bob Sinclair has been honored as a Merlefest Emerging Artist, WNCW radio 10 Ten Regional Artist, and has ongoing radio airplay in the US, Australia, UK, and the Czech Republic. He has performed at the Bluebird Cafe and Station Inn (Nashville, TN), Caves of Morrison (Morrison, CO), and United Center (Idaho Springs, CO). 

    Facebook: Bob Sinclair and The Big Deals

  • Brandon Pope, BPope Productions
    Brandon Pope, BPope Productions
    Location: Hickory, North Carolina
    Contact: 828-320-1925, brandon@bpopeproductions.com
    Disciplines: Videography
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Looking to get your advertising ideas moving in the right direction?

    Utilizing ground and sky technology, we have the edge in making your promotional product or service stand out from your competition while keeping within your budget. 

    Specializing in business films, wedding films and live event production.  Commercial drone operator. (FAA Part 107 Licensed)

    Instagram: @bpopeproductions

    Winner of the UNC-TV calendar contest for 2019, Leadership Catawba Class of 2022, Film credit for cinematography work on feature film titled: “Journey Home.”

    http://bpopeproductions.smugmug.com

     

  • Bud Caywood, The Caywood Studio
    Bud Caywood, The Caywood Studio
    Location: Taylorsville, NC
    Contact: 828-495-1057, caywoodstudio@charter.net
    Disciplines: Literary Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Bud Caywood lives and works in Alexander County, North Carolina, where he is a freelance furniture design consultant, artist and writer, and the founding editor of  Bloodshot Journal of Contemporary Culture.  His home and studio is located in a cove on Lake Hickory.

    Recipient of several furniture design awards including the Daphne Award by Hardwoods Association, Pinnacle Design Award by American Society of Furniture Designers. Recipient of art awards as judged by Juan Logan, Toni Carlton, Jim Kellough, Vandorn Hinnant and James H. Sanders. Poems have been published by Dead Mule School for Southern Literature, Wild Goose Poetry Review, Thundersandwich, Blogging Along Tobacco Road, Best of Poetry Hickory, Griffin Poetry and Pinesong by the North Carolina Poetry Society.

    Facebook: Bud Caywood

  • Carol Turner
    Carol Turner
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , paintingsbycarolturner@yahoo.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art

    Facebook: Carol Turner-Painter

    Instagram: @cthomturn_painter

    Best of Show Trade Alley Art 2021 Competition Several Honorable Mentions in area competitions (Full Circle Arts, Rock School Arts) WSNC Signature Member

  • Carrie Graves
    Carrie Graves
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , cjgraves@charter.net
    Disciplines: Visual Art

    Facebook: Carrie Reed Graves

    Work exhibited at Trade Alley Art Gallery

  • Cheyenne Elliot Fine Art
    Cheyenne Elliot Fine Art
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , cheyenneelliottart@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website
  • Christopher Parsons
    Christopher Parsons
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , parsonsch@hickoryschools.net
    Disciplines: Visual Art

    Facebook: https://facebook.com/chrisparsonsart/

    Instagram: @christopher_parsons_art

    Youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCULOuEj17URBPCYHDvqjgfw

    Chris' artwork has been on display in a variety of galleries in North Carolina including The Historic Gertrude Smith House in Mount Airy, Lenoir Rhyne University and Full Circle Arts in Hickory, The Hiddenite Center in Hiddenite, and The Rock School in Valdese. His work has been purchased for private collections throughout the United States and around the world. Chris has won awards in countless competitions.

  • Clay James
    Clay James
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , claymeister56@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Theater
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Additional Site: scenicevolutions.wixsite.com/scenicdesign

  • Dan Smith, Art by Dan Smith
    Dan Smith, Art by Dan Smith
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , LiseS828@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Literary Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Instagram & Facebook: Art by Dan Smith 

    Dan has been awarded local and state funding in North and South Carolina, and Virginia.

  • Dawn Dreibus
    Dawn Dreibus
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , moepar@frontier.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Dawn Dreibus

    Instagram: @dawnlydoo

    Work at Arrowhead Gallery in Old Fort & McDowell Arts Council (MACA) in Marion

  • Debra Zimmerman, Groovy Girl Art & Studio
    Debra Zimmerman, Groovy Girl Art & Studio
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , groovygirlart@yahoo.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art

    Facebook: GroovyGirlArtStudio

  • Denise Lehman
    Denise Lehman
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , tdlehman6@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Pottery Making

    Facebook: Denise Posegay Lehman

  • Derfla
    Derfla
    Location: Catawba County, NC
    Contact: 828-781-5707, art@derfla.tv
    Disciplines: Painting
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    I use uninhibited, energetic brush strokes and knife marks to create paintings with thick icing-like textures!  I have shown  in many venues in Catawba County including a solo show at the Hickory Museum of Art.  Visit my website to see my work, order a custom painting and view videos of "live" painting performances.  My work is currently on display at Backstreets Bar and Grill, Copperbean Coffee and Market on Main.

  • Dwayne Hash/12:23 dream factory
    Dwayne Hash/12:23 dream factory
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , dwaynehash1@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
  • Ellen Ball, Ellen Ball Studios
    Ellen Ball, Ellen Ball Studios
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 828-320-2005, ellen@ellenballstudios.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Two-time RAP Grant recipient from the United Arts Council of Catawba County.  Please view the artist's website for a current calendar of classes, festivals and shows.

    Ellen's work is available at select retailers in North Carolina. She has exhibited in many juried and non-juried events, is a three-time Regional Artist Grant recipient, and has participated in two Project Pool Grants with Catawba County Senior Nutrition Services.

    Facebook: Ellen Ball Studios

     

  • Fanjoy Labrenz Studios
    Fanjoy Labrenz Studios
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 828.324.8330, fanjoylabrenz1@mac.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    United Arts Council Innovative Artists Grant Recipients for multimedia installations.

    Fanjoy-Labrenz Exhibits/Grants:

    SEPTEMBER 2019 - JANUARY 2020. Hickory Museum of Art Group Exhibit Photography/Video with glass. Final artwork unveiled November 16, 2019.

    APRIL 2019. - United Arts Council of Catawba County - Innovative Artist Grant - Video projection for the Western Piedmont Symphony concert November 2, 2019.

    AUGUST - NOVEMBER 2016. Hickory Museum of Art Exhibit - Palimpsest -Stop Gun Violence - Video and large photographs printed on metal.

    MAY 2013 - North Carolina Museum of Art - Art of the Auction ALT Award Winner.

    APRIL - SEPTEMBER 2013 - Packard Place Group Exhibit Charlotte, N.C.

    JANUARY-APRIL 2013 - United Arts Council of Catawba County Exhibit - Large photo assemblages.

    NOVEMBER 2012- APRIL 2013 — Baboo Photo Gallery, New York, NY Group exhibit.

    APRIL 2011 - United Arts Council of Catawba County Innovative Artist Grant for public performance in empty warehouse with dance, poetry and

    Facebook: FanjoyLabrenz

    Instagram: @fanjoylabrenz

  • Francis Simeni
    Francis Simeni
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , fsimeni@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Instagram: @fsimeni

     

  • G. David Burnell
    G. David Burnell
    Location: Hickory, North Carolina
    Contact: 828-493-8602, prochoicepainters@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: The Triangle Group

    Chicago printmakers coalition, Cadillac Ft. Myers purchases, Artist Wanted Billboard show/Time Square 2012, Recent award in the Caldwell Arts Council Show.

    A Blue Ridge mountain artist now. I have owned and operated Norfolk Frame Masters Art / Pinewell Gallery for 16 years. I am proficient in fine wall plasters, design, and finishes. The last 20 years, I have lived in North Carolina. Enjoying my retirement now and painting for you. I love painting in detail and producing oil-glazed works. However, it's always fun to work on a large abstract. I've combined my glazing, palette knife, and brush techniques to produce these large works. Two years of art school. One year of anatomy/ science classes. I studied painting with animal painter James Meador. One year with the Chicago printmakers Coalition. I created two paintings for Cadillac Fort Myers, Florida in 2010. My art was selected for a billboard art show called Artist wanted in NYC in 2012. A featured artist on Ovation tv's cyber gallery (month). In 2016 I had art selected for the TV show Sunday Morning (art flash). Recent award in the Caldwell Art Council show. Mural work is primarily in private residences. Working in Winter Park and Orlando, Florida. A few works in North Carolina. I hope you enjoy my art and it makes you smile!

     

     

     

  • Gena Hawkins, Gena Art
    Gena Hawkins, Gena Art
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , genagena127@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Gena Art

    Instagram: @genagenaart

  • Genie Greenlaw, Gee! Threads
    Genie Greenlaw, Gee! Threads
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 828-238-2765, geethreads@charter.net
    Disciplines: Visual Art
  • Heidi Schoener
    Heidi Schoener
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , schoenerdesign@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art

    Instagram: @schoenerheidi

     

  • Jan Jackson
    Jan Jackson
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 828-302-6826, janujackson@hotmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
  • Jane Moyles/JK Moyles Pottery & Gallery
    Jane Moyles/JK Moyles Pottery & Gallery
    Location: Lenoir, NC
    Contact: 828-758-7696, JaneKMoyles@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Pottery Making

    This is a working studio with pottery classes.  Nineteen regional artists works in Gallery.  Hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday 11 AM - 6 PM.

  • Janey Miller
    Location: Hiddenite, NC
    Contact: 828-632-7767, amerryheart@bellsouth.net
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Artist's Awards and Recognition:  Hiddenite Center - Painting- People's Choice Award, Drawing - 1st Place

    Dixie Classic Fair 2010 - 3rd Place-  Painting

    Dixie Classic Fair 2011 - 3rd Place - Painting

  • Janice Harris, JHarris Art
    Janice Harris, JHarris Art
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , jbeharris888@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Alternate Site:  https://jbeharris888.wixsite.com/website-1

    Facebook: J. Harris Art

     

  • Jay Imura, Dead Exposure Studio
    Jay Imura, Dead Exposure Studio
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , jayimura@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Photography

    Facebook & Instagram: @deadexposure.studio

    Featured in Salt Block Exhibits, and Blue Bar Exhibit

  • Jeff Kiefer, Big Red Cube Studios
    Jeff Kiefer, Big Red Cube Studios
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , jeff@bigredcube.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Instagram: @bigredcube

  • Jennifer Cline, JCline Paintings
    Jennifer Cline, JCline Paintings
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , jclinepaintings@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art

    Facebook: JCline Paintings

    Instagram: @JClinePaintings

    Jennifer has won awards in several art exhibition/competitions, including those hosted by Full Circle Arts Gallery, Trade Alley Art Gallery, Rock School Arts Foundation, and Hiddenite Art Center. She also participates in local art festivals, including Art in the Park, Art at the Farm, Foothills Folk Art Festival.

  • Joan E. Gardner
    Joan E. Gardner
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , Joanegardner@charter.net
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Joan E. Gardner

    My extensive vita can be found at Joanegardnerartist.com. I won the first place in the Hickory First Union statewide exhibition twice. I also won second place in Annual All-Women Fine Arts Regional Exhibition, (five state) and have been accepted into the bi-annual UNCG Witherspoon Art on Paper Exhibition. A recent solo exhibition was at the YMI Cultural Center in Asheville. Recent group shows have been in Norfolk, VA, Las Laguna CA, and Springfield, IL.

  • John Coffey
    John Coffey
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , johnnyjava@earthlink.net
    Disciplines: Music
  • John Post, Hog Hill Pottery
    John Post, Hog Hill Pottery
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , hoghillpottery@bellsouth.net
    Disciplines: Pottery Making

    Facebook: HogHill

  • John Rambo, Hickory Community Theatre
    John Rambo, Hickory Community Theatre
    Location: Hickory, North Carolina
    Contact: , john@hickorytheatre.org
    Disciplines: Theater
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: HickoryTheatre

    Instagram: @hickorycommunitytheatre

    Twitter: @HickoryTheatre

    2009 Community Theatre of the Year - North Carolina Theatre Conference

  • Joyce Vukela-Mayer, Art by Vukela
    Joyce Vukela-Mayer, Art by Vukela
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , contact@artbyvukela.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: @ArtByVukela

    Instagram: @art_by_vukela

    Working on steel, I create abstract paintings that are a departure from the ordinary. My original “reactive paintings on steel” are fashioned by harnessing the physical processes of nature. The process starts with shaping and preparing sheet metal to form the “canvas”. The addition of various acids and paints result in oxidative reactions with the steel that produces patterns that are integral to the art. Although I had formal training many years ago, I am mostly self-taught, applying my Chemical Engineering background. My abstract paintings have sold both domestically and internationally and are in permanent public collections.

     

  • Judy Rider Fine Art
    Judy Rider Fine Art
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 828-495-7471, jrwaterpicts@yahoo.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    I have exhibited locally and nationally in various venues and have won many awards for my original water media paintings.

    Facebook: Judy Rider

    Instagram: jwrider1

  • Julie Stephan
    Julie Stephan
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , jraestephan@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Pottery Making
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook:  Julie Perkins Stephan
    Instagram:  Famously Julie
    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-stephan-2704433b/

  • Karen Parker, GhostWoman Studios
    Karen Parker, GhostWoman Studios
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , ghostwomanstudios@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: GhostWoman.Studios

    Instagram: @ghostwomanstudios

    Twitter: Master_Artist

    Show Vita: https://bit.ly/3yNreBw

  • Karin Koval
    Karin Koval
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , karin@kov.al
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Karin Koval

    Instagram: @kkwetpaintall_ways

  • Kathryn Regel
    Kathryn Regel
    Location: Hickory, North Carolina
    Contact: 972-489-5660, kregeltx@hotmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Kathryn creates mixed media works that combine art and ancestry.  These works along with drawings and paintings, are for sales and can be found on her website. Please contact her via email if you are interested in commissioning a work of art that celebrates your ancestors.

    Facebook: Kathryn Engels Regel

    Instagram: @kathrynregel

  • Kathy Buist
    Kathy Buist
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , katbu@hotmail.com
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Kathy Buist

    Instagram: @kathy_buist

     

  • Katie Pekman, KHP Studio Art
    Katie Pekman, KHP Studio Art
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , khpsudioart@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Instagram: @khpstudioart

  • Kendra Williford
    Kendra Williford
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , willifordkc@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Kendra Williford

    Instagram: @kenyj737

  • Kim Bost
    Kim Bost
    Location: Hickory, North Carolina
    Contact: , kmbost13@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Kimberly Bost Art

    Instagram: @kimberlybost_art

  • Kim Cook
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 8283585833, kdcook123@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website
  • Kim Ellington, Ellington Pottery
    Kim Ellington, Ellington Pottery
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , gke@ellingtonpottery.com
    Disciplines: Pottery Making
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Ellington Pottery

  • Kim Houston/KDH Designs
    Kim Houston/KDH Designs
    Location: Conover, North Carolina
    Contact: 828-310-2918, kdhdesigns726@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    I am a Mural Artist and a Graphic Designer.  I received a Bacelors degree in Graphic Design from Full Sail University.  I recently completed 2 murals in the Morganton and Newton areas and am in the process of designing others.

  • Kim J. Gant/Clefnotes Music Studio
    Kim J. Gant/Clefnotes Music Studio
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 828-302-9224, clefnote01@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Music
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Voice and piano lessons.

  • Lance Turner
    Lance Turner
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , lancid_crackers@yahoo.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Instagram: @laaaaance

    People's Choice at Rock School Competition, Worked at HMA as Curator.

  • Lesli Garvett, ArtByLesli
    Lesli Garvett, ArtByLesli
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , Lmgarvett@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Lesli Garvett

    Instagram: @ArtByLesli

    Newton Folk festivals, womens resource center

  • Lindsay Barrick, Minetta Lane Studio
    Lindsay Barrick, Minetta Lane Studio
    Location: , North Carolina
    Disciplines: Storytelling
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Lindsay Barrick

    Instagram: Minetta Lane Studio 

  • Lindsey Manning, Linzi/Zi
    Lindsey Manning, Linzi/Zi
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , lindseymanning123@gmail.con
    Disciplines: Visual Art

    Facebook: Lindsey Manning

    Instagram: @linzisartaccount

    I sell online (through Insta), my commissions are open, and I frequent farmers' markets.

  • Lisa Ray
    Lisa Ray
    Location: Taylorsville, North Carolina
    Contact: , mz_dori_fishy@yahoo.com
    Disciplines: Pottery Making

    Facebook: Lisa Ray

    Hiddenite Festival, end of September

  • Liz Yang, Liz Yang Art
    Liz Yang, Liz Yang Art
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , lizyangart@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Painting
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Liz Yang Art

    Instagram: @lizyangart

    Pinterest: https://pin.it/2YQFVKJ

    Tiktok: Liz Yang Art

    Trade Alley Art Gallery 2020 People’s Choice for the Juror Exhibition 2021 People’s Choice for the Juror Exhibition

  • Lon McSherley, Lonzart
    Lon McSherley, Lonzart
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , lmcsherley@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Lonzart

    Instagram: @lonzart

    Various “Art in the Park’ events

  • Margaret Price
    Location: Drexel, NC
    Disciplines: Pottery Making

    Contact Information:  306-C South Main Street, Drexel, NC  28619

  • Maria Campagna, Cotton and Wood Designs
    Maria Campagna, Cotton and Wood Designs
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , mvcampagna@yahoo.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Maria Velez Campagna

    Instagram: @mariavcampagna

    Featured in ArtPop 2022

  • Maria Register, Art by Maria Register
    Maria Register, Art by Maria Register
    Location: Hickory, North Carolina
    Contact: , mariaregister@hotmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Maria Austin Register

    Instagram: @mariaregisterart

     

  • Marietta Burke, Belle le Verre Stained Glass
    Marietta Burke, Belle le Verre Stained Glass
    Location: Newton, NC
    Contact: 828-461-6322, belleleverre@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Glass Artist
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    My studio is located in historic downtown Newton.  I offer ready-to-purchase stained glass art and even classes if you want to design your own glass creation!  Custom work is available, so please contact me with your ideas and let me create a masterpiece for you.  I do repair work for broken or damaged pieces also.

    Facebook: Belle le Verre Stained Glass

    Youtube: https://youtu.be/UVW2ghqtbQQ

    Our State Magazine Maker of the Month- December 2018, Featured Catawban - Catawba County, Pieces featured in Country Living Magazine and Southern Living Magazine.

  • Mark S. Kastner, The Creator's Little Apprentice
    Mark S. Kastner, The Creator's Little Apprentice
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , markdebkastner@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Sculpting

    Facebook: The Creator's Little Apprentice

    First place NC Senior Games Silver Arts-Sculpture, Third place NC Senior Games Silver Arts-Woodworking, People's Choice Award Rock School Open Arts Competition, Upcoming One Artist show at Rock School November-December 2022, several exhibitions with Foothills Visual Arts Guild, numerous festivals in the Unifour area.

  • Martha Burgin
    Martha Burgin
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , burginart@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
  • Melissa Crosson, Nomadic Artist
    Melissa Crosson, Nomadic Artist
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , melissacrosson2@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Painting
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Melissa Croson

    Instagram: @melissacrossonart

    ArtPop Street Gallery Class of 2022 Exhibit at Charlotte Art League this July

  • Melissa Gibson, Melissa Gibson Frame Gallo
    Melissa Gibson, Melissa Gibson Frame Gallo
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , melissagibsonphoto15@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Photography
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Melissa Gibson

    Instagram: @melissa67gibson

     

  • Meredith Janssen/MLJ Designs
    Meredith Janssen/MLJ Designs
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 828-303-3618, pemere@charter.net
    Disciplines: Jewelry Design
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    I specialize in oils and watercolor painting, handmade jewelry, pastels, pen and ink. Exhibits:  Art on the Avenue, Art in the Shop, Full Circle Arts/Taste Full Beans, Foothills Painters.  Additional exhibits at various locations throughout the year.  Additional contact number:  732-995-2975

  • Michael Reno Harrell
    Michael Reno Harrell
    Location: Morganton, NC
    Contact: 828-438-1927, mike@michealreno.com
    Disciplines: Literary Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Micahel Reno Harrell is an award winning songwriter, storyteller and published author.  His songs have been described as "Appalachian grit and wit", but his self pinned material resonates far behond his southern roots.  Because of his exceptional knack for description, fans have described his songs as "little movies".

  • Michaele Leatherman
    Michaele Leatherman
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , micshug@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Pottery Making

    Etsy store called " How Eye See It"

    Full Circle Competitions, participate in various local craft festivals and fairs

  • Mud Mamas Studio
    Mud Mamas Studio
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , mudmamas@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Pottery Making
    Website:Visit this Artist's website
  • Nan René Lacy – Life at Lacy
    Nan René Lacy – Life at Lacy
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: (828) 850-2220, lifeatlacy@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    I have exhibited at the Caldwell Arts Council during their county-wide exhibition for two years in a row and a special showing of Catawba Valley Community College Alumni in 2010. In addition, I have studied under the tutelage of Shelton Wilder (Watauga), Margaret Martini at Lenoir School of Visual Arts and John C. Campbell Folk School

  • Natalie Ramos, Trinilicious
    Natalie Ramos, Trinilicious
    Location: Troutman, North Carolina
    Contact: , beautifuldreamernrsjr@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Literary Art

    Facebook: Natalie Ramos

    Instagram: @trinilicious

    Small Business Variety Store Owner

  • Nikki Thornburg-Lanigan, Thornburg Bead Studio
    Nikki Thornburg-Lanigan, Thornburg Bead Studio
    Location: Newton, NC
    Contact: 828-461-7873, thornburgbeadstudio@charter.net
    Disciplines: Jewelry Design
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    I am an exhibitor at the Intergalactic Bead & Jewelry Shows (www.beadshows.com), and the Bead & Button Show (www.beadandbuttonshow.com).

    Facebook: Nikki Thornburg-Lanigan

    Instagram: @nikkithornburglanigan

  • Nina Hardison/Home Studio
    Nina Hardison/Home Studio
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 704-462-0188, ninabelle10@yahoo.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Exhibits:   Irving Art Assoc. Jaycee Park, Full Circle Arts, Foothills Painters Group, Rock School Foundation Gallery, Numerous Benefits and Auctions, The Art Gallery, New York.  Served as Board Member and President of IAA.  Served as Board Member of FCA

  • Pamela Chambers, PC Effects
    Pamela Chambers, PC Effects
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , pceffects83120@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art

    Facebook: PC Effects

    Instagram: @pceffects

     

  • Pat Flachbart, Pat's Place for Painting, Pottery and Paper
    Pat Flachbart, Pat's Place for Painting, Pottery and Paper
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 828-244-1889, rakupatti@earthlink.net
    Disciplines: Pottery Making
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Painting and Pottery Instructor - Catawba Valley Community College Continuing Education Department, 2013 Director -
    Uni 4 Artists   I am part of the following website:  foothillspainters.com

  • Peter Milne
    Location: Morganton, NC
    Contact: 828-584-0238, pmsdm@att.net
    Disciplines: Visual Art
  • Phil Hawn
    Phil Hawn
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 828-409-7036, philhawnnc@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    For more information go to www.phil-hawn-makes-art.com

  • Priscilla Wallace
    Priscilla Wallace
    Location: Connelly Springs, NC
    Contact: 828-437-8052, ppw8@bellsouth.net
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    1. One woman show at the Hickory Museum of Art, 2010

    2.  Winner of NC State ArtsCouncil grant, 2012

    3.  Collage chosen to represent Morganton Festival, 2014

  • Richard Sinclair, Art In The Shop
    Richard Sinclair, Art In The Shop
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , blsinclair1@bellsouth.net
    Disciplines: Sculpting
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Art In The Shop

  • Rick Cline
    Rick Cline
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , rickclinenc@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Music
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Rick Cline 

    Instagram: @RickCline17

    Ukama Award, Best Outdoor Event NC, Hickory Music Factory Tribute

  • Sara Jenne Echerd, Jenne Fine Arts
    Sara Jenne Echerd, Jenne Fine Arts
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , seza246@aol.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art

    Instagram: @jennefineartsl

  • Scott Owens
    Scott Owens
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , asowens1@yahoo.com
    Disciplines: Literary Art

    Facebook: Scott Owens

    Over 200 readings given; Awards from Academy of American Poets, Pushcart Prize, NC Poetry Society, NC Writers Network, Indie Lit Awards, Poetry Society of SC, Blumenthal Lit Awards, etc.

  • Sigrid Hice
    Sigrid Hice
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 828-294-1561, bookartist1450@yahoo.com
    Disciplines: Literary Art

    I have published prose and poetry, exhibited artist books in various galleries and libraries, and received education project grants and scholarships.  As a teaching artist I am a roster member of the Mountain Arts Program, the South Carolina Arts Commission’s Art in Education program, the Chatham County Arts Council, and the Arts & Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg.

  • Sims Country Cloggers, Jill Kirby
    Sims Country Cloggers, Jill Kirby
    Location: Granite Falls, NC
    Contact: 828-396-2052, simscountrycloggers@yahoo.com
    Disciplines: Dance
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Our cloggers compete and perform all across the US.  We also offer beginner-advanced clogging classes and other fitness classes at our studio.  Our cloggers pride themselves on promoting traditional clogging and learning contemporary clogging as well.

  • Stephen Brooks
    Stephen Brooks
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 828-514-0491, steve@zagco.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art

    SONGS IN THE FOREST

    The forests blanketing the North Carolina Highlands inspired this group of paintings.  Traces of the space, light, textures and sounds I experience when walking through a forest are integrated into the work.  If musicians and poets have “muses”, then the forest plays that role when I work.

    My paintings are not about making the subject look realistic. Painting is an expression of my visual ideas.  Just as a forest cycles through growth and decay, I build up and break down a painting until I am satisfied with it. The result is an image that defines a singular experience. For me, painting is where vision, thought and activity collide, imperfect, but candid in concept and execution.

    Facebook: Stephen Brooks

    Instagram: @stephen.brooks.7777

  • Stuart Davis
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 828-640-4576, stuartallendavis@yahoo.com
    Disciplines: Videography
  • Susan Grant
    Susan Grant
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , sgwatercolors@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
    Website:Visit this Artist's website
  • Teena Stewart, Serendipity Studio
    Teena Stewart, Serendipity Studio
    Location: Hickory, NC
    Contact: 707-980-0317, teenastewart412@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Jewelry Design
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Disciplines: glass, mixed media, acrylics, jewelry making
    A focus on contemporary art with animal and nature themes

    Member of Trade Alley Art

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SerendipityStudioOrg/

     

     

  • Teresa Bentley
    Teresa Bentley
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , Tereza.Bentley@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art

    2022 Raleigh North Carolina, North Carolina Museum of Art Coral Reef Travelling Exhibit, 2020 Hickory North Carolina, Hickory Museum of Art Raise Your Voice Art Exhibition, 2018 Banff, AB, Canada, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Participant, 2016 Toronto Canada, Visiting Artist, Royal Ontario Museum, 2016-Present Hickory North Carolina, Exhibiting Artist, Full Circle Gallery

  • Tevin Carr, XIEVEN & Sleepy Studios
    Tevin Carr, XIEVEN & Sleepy Studios
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , xi@sl33pystudios.com
    Disciplines: Music
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: Neighbor Hood Hermes

    Instagram: @_xizard

    President of Insomniacs, Inc

  • Theresa J. McDanel
    Theresa J. McDanel
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , artbytheresamcdanel@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Painting

    Facebook: Art By Theresa McDanel

    Instagram: Art By Theresa McDanel

  • Tigersmoon Design
    Tigersmoon Design
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , va.tigersmoon@gmail.com
    Website:Visit this Artist's website
  • Tonja Smith
    Tonja Smith
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , tonja.fineart@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Literary Art

    Facebook: Tonja Carswell Smith

    Instagram: @tonjas @thepaintedseries

    Art in the Hall June/July 2020 -Solo exhibit- City Hall Morganton NC

  • Victoria Morales
    Victoria Morales
    Location: Hickory, North Carolina
    Contact: , victoriamorales.nc@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art

    Instagram: @art_oil_stylevictoria

  • Voodoo Creative Graphic Design Co. /Christopher Jennings
    Voodoo Creative Graphic Design Co. /Christopher Jennings
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , cwjennings868@gmail.com
    Disciplines: Visual Art
  • Wink Gaines, Wink Gaines Photography
    Wink Gaines, Wink Gaines Photography
    Location: , North Carolina
    Contact: , wink@winkgaines.com
    Disciplines: Photography
    Website:Visit this Artist's website

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wink.gaines

    Instagram: @wink_gaines_photographer

    -National Wildlife Federation | Best Bird Image of the Year 2015 Great Horned Owl Sheltering -3 National Audubon Society Top 100 Awards -Nature's Best Photography Semi-Finalist 2019 Grant's Gazelle and Calf -Nature's Best Photography and Smithsonian Wilderness Forever Semi-Finalist 2014 Bull's Island Sunrise

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Mar 27
  • Exhibition: Charles White in the 21st Century: Relevant & Righteous
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