Take a class
- Sawtooth School for Visual ArtWinston-Salem
- Center for Visual ArtistsGreensboro
- The Light FactoryCharlotte
Visual arts in North Carolina
See what North Carolina is making.
Galleries, open studios, art museums and murals, from the mountains to the coast. Find a show to see, a class to take, or a wall for your own work.
Browse by kind
Browse the wall
Eight ways into North Carolina’s visual arts. Each piece opens the galleries, studios and groups behind it.
All visual arts listings- No. 1GalleriesNonprofit, commercial and campus galleriesOutsiders Gallery, Durham
- No. 4SculptureStudios, sculpture walks and sculptors’ groupsTri-State Sculptors, Greensboro
- No. 2Studios & art districtsOpen studios, studio buildings and art walksAsheville Cotton Mill Studios
- No. 5PhotographyPhoto centers, darkrooms and camera clubsThe Light Factory, Charlotte
Coming up
Openings this month
Receptions, open studios, art walks and gallery talks. Galleries post their own dates once they claim a listing.
All visual arts eventsPlaces to see art
Galleries & art spaces
Museums with deep collections, small galleries run by artists, and art centers with classes upstairs. Pick the kind of visit you want.
Find a gallery near youArtists, collectives & guilds
Who’s making it
Artist-run spaces, photo centers and public-art groups, plus the leagues and guilds that hang a members’ show every season.
Find artists & groupsTowns strong in visual art
Art towns & districts
Ten places to spend a gallery day, from studio buildings in Asheville to museums on the Cape Fear. Each town page lists what’s on and where to go.
All towns- AshevilleStudio buildings in the River Arts District, the Asheville Art Museum and the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
- North WilkesboroWilkes Art Gallery
- HickoryHickory Museum of Art and Full Circle Arts
- CharlotteMint Museum of Art, McColl Center for Art & Innovation, The Light Factory and NoDa Art House
- Winston-SalemSawtooth School for Visual Art, Delta Arts Center and Associated Artists of Winston-Salem
- GreensboroGreen Hill Center for NC Art and the Center for Visual Artists
- DurhamOutsiders Gallery and the Durham Arts Council
- RaleighArtspace, Visual Arts Exchange, and Artsplosure since 1980
- GreenvilleGreenville Museum of Art and Emerge Gallery Art Center
- WilmingtonCameron Art Museum and the Hannah Block Historic USO Arts Center
For artists
The crit wall
Classes, studio space, residencies and groups that meet to look at each other’s work. Pinned up here, and kept current as listings are claimed.
All artist resourcesFind a studio
- Asheville Cotton Mill StudiosAsheville
- ArtspaceRaleigh
- NoDa Art HouseCharlotte
Residencies
- Renny’s Place, an artist residencyChapel Hill
- McColl Center for Art & InnovationCharlotte
Join a group
- Charlotte Art LeagueCharlotte
- Mooresville Artist GuildMooresville
- Tri-State Sculptors Education AssociationGreensboro
Calls for entry
Juried shows, open calls and public-art requests are pinned here as galleries and arts councils post them.
Browse open callsShow your work
Galleries, art centers and campus spaces that review artist proposals.
Find a venue to showNorth Carolina heritage
A college in the mountains
In 1933 a small, experimental college opened near the town of Black Mountain. For the next 24 years artists taught and studied there side by side, among them the painter Josef Albers and the weaver Anni Albers. The college closed in 1957. Its story is kept today in Asheville.
Black Mountain College
- 1933
- Opens near Black Mountain, Buncombe County
- 1957
- Closes after 24 years
- Today
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, Asheville
Dates are widely documented. The museum’s details are on its page in this directory.
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