Cheer's to Trade Street Tracker!

Winston-Salem's Arts District has been filled with life in 2012 and 2013 promises to bring even more opportunities to to connect. If you have yet to discover it, check out "Trade Street Tracker " for news of the Arthood beyond Gallery Hop and artist's events.

Here's to you, Deb W. and all you do to keep us in the loop!

http://www.tradestreettracker.com

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November Happenings in the Arts District!
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Trade Street Tracker: At the Electric Moustache

Trade Street Tracker: At the Electric Moustache:   The Electric Moustache is a gallery over at The Werehouse, located on the eastern side of downtown, alongside the ra...

OCTOBER-Gallery-Hop News

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Delurk Featured Artist Patrick Harris

Collaborative Connections

This month at Delurk for 4 more days you can see the collaborative work of PARAIL and Conspiring Carnies,

Here are a few links where you can find out more about the individual artists:

PARAIL

Mathew Curran

http://www.mathewcurran.com
http://www.curranstencil.blogspot.com
MATHEW CURRAN: FLANDERS GALLERY: RALEIGH, NC: Show information can be found here. Henry Moore is credited with saying, “There’s no retirement for an artist; it’s your way of liv...

Derek Toomes

http://derektoomes.com

http://derektoomes.com/parail/

http://www.rawartists.org/derektoomes

Conspiring Carnies

Molly Simpson

Delurk_MGS

Dane Walters

Delurk_DW

Jennifer O'Kelly

Delurk_JOK

http://okdsmuse.com

https://www.facebook.com/musescenic

Jerry Cooper

YouTube

Patrick O'Kelly

Web Design, Custom Icons 

International Post Dogmatist Society, founding member

Reflections on Cooperation

Verge

There is much to be said for cooperation. It is a mainstay in the Arts District. A neighborhood championed by folks who are fierce defenders of freedom, independent minded, and absolutely in need of each other.

I decided to share three works on this blog after a conversation at the most recent Gallery Hop where I had the chance to speak with a stranger about the results of an art-making frenzy. The snapshots were taken on the floor on the scene shop as the dust was still settling. 

Well, actually, Verge was created on the tailgate of my car on a bracing windy day. It was the golden hour and I had just delivered what I thought was a complete body of work to Liz May at Realizzation Records.  They have a great space and for the most part the show worked great, but something was missing. I made Verge to balance the overall composition of the work in a room, painted from life, completely in the zone. 

The other two were painted in response to comments I heard down the street. A young man was complaining that his supervisor just did not understand what it was like to be one of the "trench people." Of course, that supervisor had only 3 years previous been doing the very same job. and overhearing the complaint, was fairly amused. After a righteous burger together and most likely, a brew or two, they had found their common ground. The paths we take are often forged by others. Sometimes, the path is so worn, you cannot see beyond it. Well Worn Path and Enter Below are both musings on perspective and experience.

Enter Below and Well Worn Path

We all need places where we can find the "zone;" safe places to talk, rant, dance, paint, listen, be inspired to greatness. In the Arthood, we seem to know what we seldom say, we keep it going down here together. 

I'll try to start posting twice a month, about galleries and artists and other things going on around the Arts District; to share my perspective on the inevitable changes we are experiencing in on Trade and Liberty Streets and, hopefully, engage you in the conversation.

So tune in and Get out on the Town! There's a lot of people out here waiting to meet you and hear what you have to say about the path.

musing is free: "Coming Soon" is now showing at Delurk Gallery

musing is free: "Coming Soon" is now showing at Delurk Gallery: Coming Soon - on display now through Sept 1st @ Delurk This Month's Installation is set to evolve all month with participating artists ...

Forces of Nature

One of the nicest spaces to view art in Winston-Salem is Inter_Section Gallery at the northern end of Trade Street's 600 block.

This month Kate Magruder has brought a fresh eye to the Arts District area and this show is no exception; featuring three local women's artwork. Each with a distinct approach to art making.

Well worth the look.

http://www.intersectiongallery.com

Trade Street Tracker: And the Bands Play On....

Trade Street Tracker: And the Bands Play On....

Delurk [dih-lerk]-verb Gallery [ˈgalərē]-noun

hmmmmm time to shut up and paint.

Post Dogmatist Rule # ... I don't remember, but it really does not matter now, does it?

Urban Dictionary: delurk

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=delurk

Entering an online discussion after a time spent lurking, esp. if suddenly prompted to do so.

gallery  (ˈɡælərɪ)
— n  , pl -leries
1.	a room or building for exhibiting works of art

7.	an underground passage, as in a mine, the burrow of an animal, etc

12.	any group of spectators, as at a golf match