Tag: Visual Art

Cups for the Cure

Written by Brian Perry on August 1, 2022. No Comments on Cups for the Cure

Donate your artistically decorated bra for auction to raise funds to support the free mammogram program at Stanly Health Foundation. Bra submission will take place September 30th & October 1st – new bras only please! The bras will be put up for silent auction to the public and half of the funds raised will be donated to the Stanly Health Foundation to support their free mammogram program for women who are uninsured or unable to afford them. The information for this show will be posted on the Stanly Arts Guild website, www.stanlyartsguild.com, and will be available at the Stanly Arts...

14th Annual Ellen Cook Gaskin Memorial Nature At Its Best Art Competition & Show

Written by Brian Perry on July 8, 2022. No Comments on 14th Annual Ellen Cook Gaskin Memorial Nature At Its Best Art Competition & Show

The “Nature at its Best” exhibition and competition was created by the Gaskin brothers, Jeff, Chuck, David, Bob and Paul, to promote the visual arts in Stanly County and the Uwharrie region of North Carolina. They also sponsor the show each year, providing all prize money for the winners, as well as funding for the show reception. These wonderful sons of Ellen Cook Gaskin and Dr. John S. Gaskin Jr. of Albemarle have made this show an annual event as a memorial to their mother. Ellen Cook Gaskin had a deep appreciation for both art and nature and she shared that love and appreciation with her...

WSMS Student Art Show

Written by Brian Perry on April 29, 2021. No Comments on WSMS Student Art Show

The Locust Town Library will have WSMS student art on exhibit through June 2021. 6th grade students created art using symmetry. Their twelve framed works of art will be on display through June.