Our Galleries
For more information about the exhibits in our galleries at the Arts Center, contact us at (252) 527-2517. Admission is free and open to the public.
Through April, 2025 — Arts Market — Shop this annual event which is a collaborative exhibition for sale of more than 50+ artists and artisans, the majority of whom are local or regional in their practice. Featured works include jewelry, pottery, glass, paintings, photography, textiles, baskets, and much, much more! annual event is a collaborative exhibition for sale of more than 50+ artists and artisans, the majority of whom are local or regional in their practice. Featured works include jewelry, pottery, glass, paintings, photography, textiles, baskets, and much, much more!
Through April, 2025 — Display Honoring Black History Month — The Arts Council, in cooperation with the City of Kinston, has on display a five-panel mural originally installed on the outdoor façade of the Lenoir County Office Building. An opening reception was hosted by the City of Kinston on March 20. This mural was created five years ago as part of a City-wide mural project and commissioned through a grant-supported project through the National Endowment for the Arts. The mural depicts the peaceful 1951 Adkin High School walkout by students. In addition to the mural is an exhibit of some selected African American artifacts donated to the Kinston-Lenoir County African American Heritage Commission. Also to celebrate Black History Month, selected artifacts from the Kinston-Lenoir County African American Heritage Commission are on display at the Neuse Regional Library, curated by the Arts Council. We encourage everyone to visit both the Arts Center and the library to view works from the collection.Arts Council, in cooperation with the City of Kinston, will have on display an eight-panel mural originally installed on the outdoor façade of the Lenoir County Office Building. This mural was created a few years ago as part of a City-wide mural project and commissioned through a grant-supported project through the North Carolina Arts Council, a State agency. The mural depicts the peaceful 1951 Adkin High School walkout by students. In addition to the mural is an exhibit of some selected African American artifacts donated to the Kinston-Lenoir County African American Heritage Commission.
Through April, 2025 — smARTkinston — Artwork created by local artists will be on display and for sale.
Through April, 2025 — On display is an AKA Sorority exhibit of memorabilia in celebration of their 70th anniversary. A public reception was hosted by the AKA sorority on Saturday, March 22. See the April issue of Kaleidoscope for pictures and reception details.
Through April, 2025 — St. Mary's Preschool — On display is artwork from the children of St. Mary’s Preschool. Receptions were held March 19 and March 20 for this wonderfully cheerful and fun display.
Now Showing — Mike Sagaser: “Flight School Installation” — Mike is a mixed media, ceramic, mosaic, and digital artist. This loaned installation features molded and painted planes suspending in formation and as an artist’s simulation of aerial maneuvers.
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“This piece originated as a challenge to create 100 identical copies of the same object to form a stand-alone installation. Each jet is made from stoneware, hand pressed into a plaster cast, bisque-fired, then glaze-fired with an irregular black surface and a single golden “eye.” The boundary between human made machine and living thing is blurred by the skin-like texture of each jet’s glaze."
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“The jet-swarm dives in and out of the rafters like schooling fish effortlessly swimming over our heads immersed in the thin compressible fluid of the air, chasing an unseen goal and responding to unseen forces. From mechanism to body, we feel the flow of power and vulnerability and wonder at their destination and motivation.”
Through April, 2025 — Shelia Stroud — Shelia will be exhibiting and selling a grouping of mini paintings at Queen St. Deli. All have excellent price points, each will make a wonderful keepsake gift for that special someone in your life. Sales are placed through the Arts Center by bringing the painting “exhibit tag” to the Center or calling (252) 527-2517 to speak with staff from the Arts Center. Transactions are not completed through the Queen St. Deli. Additional works are also for available for sale at the Arts Center. (Right: A Mess of Fish, acrylic by Shelia Stroud)
