A reception today, free and open to the public, will shed light on the newest exhibits to occupy space in the main level and upstairs galleries at the Community Council for the Arts.
The Hampton Gallery will feature works by Carolyn Rush. Her life journey has taken her through teaching, becoming a wife and mother, a commercial pilot, a dressage trainer and instructor, a manager of a computer sales and service business, a grandmother and a sailor.
When she sailed from the Great Lakes to North Carolina in 1999, she stayed and now lives in Arapahoe. She and her husband travel in their camper, which compliments her love for painting outdoors.
“There I work to capture that special something that makes the scene so inspiring,” said Rush. “I want you to enjoy it, too.”
The Permanent Collection Gallery will house the display “John Pitts: Watercolor.” Pitts is from Grifton.
The second-floor galleries will feature creations from the Art and Craft Summer Camp students, updated as each camp concludes. The Art and Craft Camp Reception will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 21, at which time this exhibit will come down.
The Blount Street Entrance Wall Gallery features paintings of the 20 participants in the 2013 Plein Air Paint Out along the Neuse riverfront, in downtown Kinston, in the Arts and Culture Neighborhood and around the rides and activities of the Festival on the Neuse. Paintings are for sale.
The paintings in these exhibitions will be on display through Sept. 21. For gallery hours or more information, call the arts center at 252-52-2517 or visit kinstoncca.com.
Gallery Opening and Reception
6 to 8 p.m. today
Community Council for the Arts
400 N. Queen St., Kinston
Free
Info: 252-527-2517 or kinstoncca.com
