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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
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.
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.
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 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.
Congratulations to the following Arendell Parrott Academy dance and art students.
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.
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.
Pre-K Center Principal Yuvonka Davis has won the GCS Principal of the Year award twice in her career.
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.
‘The Cat’ — commissioned in honor of the late Joel Smith — will be unveiled April 3 in downtown Kinston.
A group of Arendell Parrott Academy’s art students, taught by Jana Miller, won the NCASA Scholastic Art Showcase on Saturday.
