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Rock School presents a hands on approach

Rock School Arts will present an exposition entitled "The Art of Science," A Hands on approach, to the created world from Sunday until Nov. 21.

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Ways to have a ghostly good time in Burke County

Looking for a good scare or a fun place to take the big and little ghost and goblins?

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UNCSA film dean: Let's attract films

The dean of the School of Filmmaking at UNC School of the Arts wants to draw more filmmakers to make their movies in North Carolina.

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Blue Ridge Mountain regional arts festival, ColorFest, call for artists

Catch the Spirit of Appalachia, Inc.invites regional Blue Ridge Mountain artists to display and demonstrate their art form in the 1st annual event, ColorFest, Art of the Blue Ridge.

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Artist gives back by painting guitar for charity

Amanda Dunbar's life changed when she was 13 because of an after-school art class.

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Recession forcing museums to do more with less

The recession is hitting museums hard from coast to coast, forcing directors to boost admission fees, cut budgets and staff, and put ambitious projects on hold. But in a twist on the bleak economic...

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Valdese jewelry designer recognized

Lynn Whisenant recently earned her March Artist of the Month by Valdese Heritage Arts Center members.

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NCSD Irish dancers open art reception

A group of middle school students, from North Carolina School for the Deaf, performed Irish dancing during the NCSD annual art show reception on Thursday at CoMMA in Morganton.

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New art exhibit at Jailhouse Gallery

Kenneth Eugene Peters prepares his Morganton debut at the Jailhouse Gallery on Friday, May 8, during TGIF.

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Smithsonian gears up for movie-inspired visitors

What happens after dark in the halls of a museum? A few lucky kids will get to find out in the months ahead, thanks to some big promotions and travel deals drawing on the buzz of Hollywood's new museum...

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Rock School Arts holds reception for artists

Rock School Arts presents an exhibition of paintings by Western Piedmont Community College Visual Arts Department Head Mark Poteat, and an exhibition of work by Boone artist Pat Pilkington in Galleries...

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Jailhouse Gallery show opening

Burke Arts Council presents an exhibit featuring Barbara Wade and Cathy Futral opening at Jailhouse Gallery, 115 E. Meeting St., in Morganton on Friday.

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42nd season of 'From This Day Forward' opens

Continuing a long history of family tradition, Gennifer Hogan will direct the original play written by the late Fred Cranford in its 42nd season. "From This Day Forward," an original Old Colony Players...

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Wilson pays 'last' homage to ill Japanese dancer

During the 1960s, Suzushi Hanayagi ventured alone to New York, in an unusual act of courage for a Japanese woman of her generation, armed with training in traditional dance to forge a new form of...

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Dancers tell how Jackson's great moves moved them

Growing up in Crown Heights, Anthony Rue II wanted to be like Mike.

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Five-time Grammy award winner opens Elvis -- All Shook Up show

Former Blackwood Brothers Quartet bass singer Ken Turner has left his mark on both the music he loves and the people he has sung to in his 57 years of music ministry.

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Blowing Rock arts center temporarily closes

A performing arts center in the North Carolina mountains that's been open about three years is temporarily closing because of the economy.

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August art auction in Morganton

2009 Art For Kids Sake Silent Auction benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Burke County.

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Old Rock School comes alive with auditions for 'The Sound of Music'

With a large cast and stage support needed, the upcoming production of "The Sound of Music" at the Old Rock School has many opportunities for folks interested in theater.

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Rock School announces art contest winners

The Rock School Arts Foundation opened its 22nd Annual Open Art Competition on Saturday during the Waldensian Festival in Valdese.

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Valdese Weavers spins work into art exhibit

The Hickory Museum of Art's latest exhibition, Valdese Weavers Textile Design: Inspiration to Interpretation opens Saturday in the Coe Gallery. Valdese Weavers is primarily an upholstery weaving mill...

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Harrell debuts new performance

Michael Reno Harrell has put together a one-man play which basically spans his 60-plus year journey from being raised in a small East Tennessee hill town to his travels as a musician and storyteller...

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New artist exhibits winter scenes, Christmas ornaments

Anyone entering Valdese Heritage Arts Center at 146 Main St. W., will perhaps get relief from hot temperatures not only from the air conditioner but by a burst of snowy winter scenes on the right wall...

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Jailhouse holds local artists

A new exhibit is now showing at The Burke Arts Council Jailhouse Gallery, 115 Meeting St., Morganton.

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Downtown Morganton gets ready to buzz

The 28th Annual Historic Morganton Festival kicks off on Friday.

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NC Arts Council seeks new poet laureate

RALEIGHAre you a poet and you know it?

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Movie theater hosts opera event with 2 viewings

Marquee Cinemas and Emerging Pictures present at 7 p.m. today and at 1 p.m Sunday the feature film version of "La Bohème" starring Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón.

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'Art of Sisterhood' comes to Morganton

A new exhibit featuring three artisits exhibits at the Burke Arts Council Jailhouse Gallery this month.

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Rock School welcomes oil painting exhibit

Oil painters Jean Cauthen and Hannah Seng are exhibiting paintings at the Rock School during June and July.

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Local gallery receives national recognition

Kala Gallery in Morganton recently received national recognition for its role in supporting American-made art.

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