Main Gallery: Juneteenth & Creative Workforce
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Craven Arts Council & Gallery is proud to present two exhibitions in the Main Gallery for the month of July: “Creative Workforce” and “Juneteenth.” These exhibitions were originally planned as separate exhibits, but due to the effects of COVID-19 on our state, have been consolidated into one exhibition. “Creative Workforce" features professors of local community colleges. “Juneteenth” showcases he talents of local African American artists in our area. Juneteenth, celebrated June 19th every year, commemorates the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in the state of Texas at the close of the Civil War. In honor of this historic celebration of freedom in the South, local African American artists will present works about the holiday, African American History, their experiences as African Americans, and what freedom means to them. Mediums range from acrylic to colored pencil to digital painting, with individual styles drawing on classical portraiture, animation, outsider art, and Afrocentric. Expanding upon a 2018 exhibition that featured faculty from eight community colleges in eastern North Carolina, Creative Workforce focuses on community college educators, their roles in teaching the next generation of artists, and their own personal contributions to the field. It will also highlight the remarkable success and talent these instructors are able to achieve with limited resources, and importance of expanding those resources. Mediums include painting, textiles, sculpture, wood, and installation works. Colleges include Craven Community College, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Fayetteville Technical Community College. This exhibition will be held in conjunction with the NC Community College AFA Association, which promotes the high quality of standards for Associates in Fine Arts Programs and ensures student success with their programs. |
Edna Stewart
Tom Grubbs
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Director's Gallery: Martha Jenkins
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Craven Arts Council & Gallery is proud to present the work of Martha Jenkins in the Director’s Gallery for the month of July, 2020. Jenkins was an arts instructor at New Bern High School for nineteen years who passed away in 2005. In her memory the Martha Jenkins Scholarship Fund was established, which has been used to provide tuition assistance to art students from NBHS and currently ensures students access to gallery opportunities at Community Artist Gallery.
This exhibition will showcase pieces from Martha Jenkins’ more than twenty year career as an artists, and includes watercolors, ceramics, and prints of her work. |
