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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: artslincolnnc@gmail.com
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.
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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.
January
2012 Amateur Photography Competition
2012 Amateur Photography CompetitionJanuary 2, 2012 through January 22 2012Opening Reception: January 6, 2012 ~ 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. This competition is open to all amateur photographers 18-years and older. Categories are Plant Life/Landscapes, People, Animal life, Abstract/Special effects, Miscellaneous, and Black & White. Cash awards are given in each category with a Best of Show Award. Work will be exhibited at the Lincoln Cultural Center. Sponsored by Tindall’s Professional Photography and in part through the Grassroots ArtsJanuary-February Art Show for Students of A Place to Grow
January 30, 2012 through February 12 2012Opening Reception: TBA The Arts Council of Lincoln County will showcase art works created by the students of A Place to Grow. Work will be exhibited at the Lincoln Cultural Center. Sponsored by the Arts Council of Lincoln County.February-March 2012 Senior Showcase
February 20, 2012 through March 4, 2012Opening Reception: TBA The Arts Council of Lincoln County and Lincoln County Senior Services will showcase local senior clay art. Work will be exhibited at the Lincoln Cultural Center. Sponsored by the Arts Council of Lincoln County.March-April Folk Art by Kathy Rhyne
Folk Art by Kathy RhyneMarch 12, 2012 through April 29, 2012Opening Reception: TBAAprilFlo Robinson Literary Competition & Awards
Flo Robinson Literary Competition & Awards Awards Presentation: April 26, 2012 The Flo Robinson Literary Competition provides cash awards for poetry and prose writers who are past or present Lincoln County residents. Categories include: adult, high school, middle school and elementary school students. Sponsored by the Arts Council of Lincoln County, Lincoln County Schools and Trustees of the Flo Robinson Estate.May-June Lincoln County School’s Art Competition & Awards
Lincoln County School’s Art Competition & AwardsMay 7, 2012 through June 3, 2012Awards Presentation: May 20, 2012 All Lincoln County students are eligible to participate in this annual competition. Prizes are awarded for the following categories: K-2, 3rd-5th, middle school and high school. Work is exhibited at the Lincoln Cultural Center. Sponsored by the Arts Council of Lincoln County and Lincoln County Schools.JuneSummer Art Camp
Summer Art CampDates TBA 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.September Catawba Valley Pottery Exhibition
Catawba Valley Pottery ExhibitionSeptember 4, 2012 through September 23, 2012Opening Reception: September 7, 2012 This exhibition features a mixture of contemporary and traditional pottery from locally established and emerging potters. Work will be exhibited at the Lincoln Cultural Center.October 2012 Paul C. Rhyne Art Competition
2012 Paul C. Rhyne Art CompetitionOctober 1, 2012 through October 28, 2012Opening Reception: October 5, 2012 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.Novembe-December Local Artist Exhibition
October 1, 2012 through October 28, 2012Opening Reception: October 5, 2012 This art exhibition features local artists Brenda Beard-Bostian, G.H. Boyd. Lynn Dermott and C.M Kasassy. A mixture of original works of representing each artist will be showcased. Work will be displayed at the Lincoln Cultural Center. Sponsored by the Arts Council of Lincoln County.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: artslincolnnc@gmail.com
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