A traveling silent auction featuring an original oil painting of the Neuse River will make its way across Kinston during October, with proceeds supporting the redesign of the Buddy and Mary Mac Ritch All American City Park.
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Raney Rogers: Arts and Cultural Districts
Kinston is steadily becoming an Arts and Cultural District for tourists and locals as well. Don’t think so? Have some doubts? In my opinion not only is it happening, it will continue to happen and indeed become a “destination for the arts” kind of culture
Connie Hull Artist Talk: Ladies Who Lunch
Smart Gallery will present artist Connie Hull for its next Artist Talk on Thursday, October 27th at 6pm. The title of the talk will be "Ladies Who Lunch", A Portion of Cultural and Economic Disparities Served Within a Menu of Worldwide Hunger.
Rochelle Middle School collaborates on Kinston mural
Local artist Seraphim Smith is creating a mural that encompasses the waterBEST logo, the City of Kinston, and the children of the community. waterBEST reached out to Smith after seeing the Kinston Okra Mural on South Queen and Shine Street, and asked him to submit a drawing for a mural for the waterBEST Kinston building where they bottle their water.
Parrott art students nationally recognized
Local students Caroline Keenan and Holland Killinger recently learned their art work has been selected for a national virtual exhibition sponsored by the renowned Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida.
Two Contentnea-Savannah students winners in state climate art contest
Two students from Contentnea-Savannah K-8 school are state winners in a contest sponsored by the NC Climate Education Network designed to engage students with climate issues through poetry, art and photography. Molly White, a fifth grader, won first place in the elementary poetry category and Alexandra (Ally) Garcia-Mendez, an eighth grader, won first place in the middle school art category.
Arendell Parrott Academy dancers and artists win state awards
Congratulations to the following Arendell Parrott Academy dance and art students.
City of Kinston calls for artists to participate in Kinston mural program
The City of Kinston, with support from the Downtown Mural Program Selection Committee, is seeking qualifications from artists for the commission of outdoor public murals in downtown Kinston, NC.
smART Kinston hosts Holiday open house
Art has a special place in Kinston, several places in fact, and now smART Kinston artists have an additional home to exhibit their bold paintings, metal sculptures and hand crafted visuals inside the smART Gallery at 210 N. Queen Street.
Davis honored as Greene County Schools Principal of the Year for 2018-19
Pre-K Center Principal Yuvonka Davis has won the GCS Principal of the Year award twice in her career.
Restored building to host art show
The building at the corner of Blount and Mitchell Streets features a newly painted mural, and will host a Pop-Up Art Show on Saturday evening.
smART Kinston to host film screening April 9
‘I Snuck Off the Slave Ship’ will be shown on Tuesday.
ART 105 to unveil new public art sculpture
‘The Cat’ — commissioned in honor of the late Joel Smith — will be unveiled April 3 in downtown Kinston.
APA students win state Scholastic Art Showcase
A group of Arendell Parrott Academy’s art students, taught by Jana Miller, won the NCASA Scholastic Art Showcase on Saturday.