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Developing, promoting and nurturing all art as creative endeavors to our community.
Shelly Johnston, Executive Director p: 704-732-9044 e: artslincoln@bellsouth.net
Area artists and craftspeople are encouraged to offer classes through the Arts Council of Lincoln County. If you have an interest in teaching an Art Camp class at any of our locations or have an idea for an art and/or craft class for the Arts Council, please email us or call our office at the number listed above.
Gallery
Summer Art Camp
Art Classes
Teaching Opportunities
The Arts Council of Lincoln County hosts a number of different exhibitions, competitions and events throughout the year in the Cochrane and Carolina Mills Galleries, located inside the Lincoln Cultural Center at 403 East Main Street in Lincolnton, NC. We showcase the area's amateur, emerging and established artists who work in mediums ranging from clay, wood, fiber, metal and glass to mixed media, oil, watercolor and acrylic painting.
The Arts Council of Lincoln County is the sponsor of the Annual Summer Art Camp for children ages 8 through 16. These Art Camps are held in Lincolnton, Denver and West Lincoln the first full week in June after school is out. For more information about our Summer Art Camp program please email us or call our Director at the number listed above.
The Arts Council of Lincoln County offers both half and full day art and/or craft classes throughout the year. We are always interested in finding new and exciting instructors to teach them.
June-August
Light & Air, The Photography of Bayard Wooten
Light & Air, The Photography of Bayard Wooten June 7-August 27, 2010 Bayard Wootten was North Carolina’s most important photographers of the first half of the 20th Century. This exhibit showcases her work taken in the 1930's. Work is displayed at the Lincoln Cultural Center in Lincolnton. Sponsored by the Lincoln County Historical Association and Lincoln County Museum of History.August-September Catawba Valley Pottery Exhibition
August 31-September 24, 2010Reception: Friday September 3, 2010 ~ 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. This exhibition features a mixture of contemporary and traditional pottery from locally established potters, along with emerging potters. Work will be displayed at the Lincoln Cultural Center in Lincolnton. For submission information, click here. For other information, please email or call our office.October-November 2010 Paul C. Rhyne Art Competition
October 5-November 5, 2010Reception: October 15, 2010 ~ Time TBA Open to all area artists, this competition showcases a mixture of original works of art from all mediums. This is an annual regional exhibition, which was renamed in 2007 in honor and memory of Paul C. Rhyne, a life long resident of Lincolnton and supporter of the Arts Council. Work will be displayed at the Lincoln Cultural Center in Lincolnton. Sponsored by the Arts ouncil of Lincoln County and in part by a grant provided by the Grassroots Art Program of the North Carolina Arts Council. ForNovember-December “Realism to the Abstract: The Art of Two Sisters” Art Exhibition
November 16 through December 31, 2010 Reception: Date and time to be announced. This exhibition features the work of two sisters, Anne Michael and Elizabeth Michael. The exhibition of paintings, prints, photography, and sculpture includes subject matter ranging from the traditional to the avant garde, such as the 7-foot paper mache woman with three heads, three arms and six legs entitled, "A Woman with Issues". Work will be displayed at the Lincoln Cultural Center, Lincolnton, North Carolina. January 2011 Amateur Photography Competition
2011 Amateur Photography CompetitionDates to be announced. This competition is open to all amateur photographers with cash awards given in each category plus a Best of Show award. Sponsored by the Arts Council of Lincoln County.February 2011 Senior Showcase
2011 Senior ShowcaseDates to be announced. The Arts Council of Lincoln County and Lincoln County Senior Services will showcase local senior clay art. Sponsored by the Arts Council of Lincoln County.March/April Art Show for Students of A Place to Grow
Art Show for Students of A Place to GrowDates to be announced. The Arts Council of Lincoln County will showcase art works created by the students of A Place to Grow.April27th Annual Flo Robinson Literary Competition & Awards
27th Annual Flo Robinson Literary Competition & Awards Dates to be announced. The Flo Robinson Literary Competition provides cash awards for poetry and prose writers who are past or present Lincoln County residents. Sponsored by the Arts Council of Lincoln County and in part by a grant provided by the Grassroots Art Program of the North Carolina Arts Council. May Lincoln County School’s Art Competition & Awards
Lincoln County School’s Art Competition & AwardsDates to be announced. All Lincoln County students are eligible to participate in this annual competition. Sponsored by the Arts Council of Lincoln County and Lincoln County Schools.JuneSummer Art Camp
Summer Art CampDates to be announced. The Arts Council of Lincoln County holds an annual summer Art Camp for children ages 6 through 12. It is held in three Lincoln County locations including East, Central and West Lincoln and gives children an opportunity to explore different artistic mediums. As an additional benefit to the community, scholarships are available though the Paul C. Rhyne Scholarship Fund. Established in 2007 in the memory of Paul C. Rhyne, a founding member of the Arts Council of Lincoln County, this fund provides an annual art class and art camp scholarship to a deserving Lincoln County child. Please consider a donation today to the Paul C. Rhyne Scholarship Fund. Your generous donation will help those children who otherwise may not be exposed to the arts. Email or call our office for more information about donating to this special scholarship.Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday
Arts Council of Lincoln County
We are located in the Lincoln Cultural Center at 403 East Main Street
in Lincolnton, North Carolina.
Post Office Box 45 Lincolnton, North Carolina 28093
p: 704-732-9044 e: artslincoln@bellsouth.net
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