GREENSBORO/ S. ELM STREET

Ambleside Gallery - 528 S. Elm Street On exhibition this First Friday (and through January) are the oil paintings and pastels of Greensboro artist Leigh Rodenbough. Live piano music by musician/ composer Maurice Horne. Refreshments served.

Artmongerz Gallery - 610 S. Elm Street Enjoy the vibrant colors at Artmongerz on this First Friday! See fresh new art by Frank Russell, Kelly de Silva, Jerry Cartwright, Bessie Kreidler, Betty Trotter, Jacalyn Romano, Katherine Brown, Shay Zarcone and Madison Hatton, and introducing new addition to Artmongerz, Tricia Cooke. Enjoy a painting demonstration by Kelly de Silva. Warming refreshments served.

Center for Visual Artists - 200 N. Davie Street (Greensboro Cultural Center) The Sketchbook Collective features unframed sketches and sketchbooks by emerging artists, priced under $100.00. By making these sketches and sketchbooks visible, CVA offers viewers new insights on this undervalued aspect of the creative process.

Elements Gallery - 526 S. Elm Street Enjoy the artwork of Carol Meetze-Moates (Watercolors), Suzanne Rehbock (Clay) and Thomas Thornburg (Clay). Refreshments and live music o ered.

Green Hill Center for NC Art - 200 N. Davie Street (Greensboro Cultural Center) Music by Painters: Join Green Hill Center to celebrate exhibiting artists with multiple talents. Winter Show artist Mark Stephenson will perform a collection of show tunes followed by The Rabbit Collective, which includes two Winter Show artists, Keith Buckner and Lisa Woods. Light refreshments will be served. Music begins at 7pm.

Greensboro Cultural Center- 200 N. Davie Street The artwork of Erik and Charlotte Strom will be displayed in a month long exhibit in the Atrium of the Greensboro Cultural Center. Enjoy the opening reception from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. during this First Friday. The Stroms also have additional artwork hanging in the Boardroom of the Cultural Center that will be up for an extended amount of time.

International Civil Rights Center & Museum - 134 S. Elm Street Begin the New Year with the Piedmont Swing Dance Society. Experience the energy, enthusiasm and fun the dancers will bring as you learn the Jitterbug, Lindy Hop and the latest Shag dance moves. The best dressed couple in period attire will win a prize. Meet a friend and bring a friend!

Jules Antiques & Fine Art - 530 S. Elm Street Featuring an exclusive collection of French jewelry by Chanille. Collection includes earrings, brooches and hairpins that include dried ¡ owers. Warm cider and other refreshments served.

Mack and Mack – 220 S. Elm Street The ¢ ne tradition of First Friday tomfoolery at Mack and Mack continues as the F-Art Ensemble puts on a show of pure improvisation that will surely “wring” in the New Year in an unmistakable fashion. Join the crowd sure to gather for their unique musical stylings and complimentary beverages.

Mechelle’s Boutiques - 227 S. Elm Street View the artistry of Cindy Bower’s Art Purses using cigar boxes featuring reproductions of famous artist’s works.

WINSTON SALEM/TRADE STREET .

Downtown Arts District; Sixth Trade & Liberty Streets Downtown Art District- Where Art Lives! Streets are closed with parking available in surrounding parking lots. Artist Receptions, artist demonstrations, live music, dancing, entertainment and more!

Artworks Gallery - 564 North Trade Street Artworks Gallery presents Go Postal!, a group show with all the exhibiting members showing new work related to the broad theme of “Postal” or other communication in a variety of mediums and presentations.

Associated Artists of Winston-Salem Gallery - 301 West 4th Street AAWS will be open until 9 pm! Be sure to drop by on your way to the Gallery Hop! Nia Franklin will play piano.

Community Arts Cafe - 411 West 4th Street A trio from the Asheville area featuring the former Emma Gibbs Band member Will Straughn on steel guitar and vocals, Natalya Weinstein on ¢ ddle and vocals and John Cloyd Miller on guitar and vocals.

Liberty Arts Center - 521 & 526 North Liberty Street The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, in conjunction with the Liberty Arts Center, Artists on Liberty Building and apercugallery, is o ering a special pre-sale exhibition of art from the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Collection from 6:00. – 10:00 p.m., Friday night, January 6, during Gallery Hop in the Arts District. The art is for sale and o ers a preview of the forthcoming large sale of hundreds of items scheduled for sale February 10-12 at The Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts.

Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts - 251 North Spruce Street The Enrichment Center, Reynolda House and The Arts Council are pleased to exhibit Homage to Abstraction: Artists of the Enrichment Center Respond to Modern Masters.

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