Arts & Artisans

Downtown Arts District Of Winston-Salem

Browse through a backdrop of murals in the downtown Arts District of Winston-Salem and experience numerous working studios, galleries and shops. Come and explore for yourself the fiber, wood, metal, canvas and especially, the people of the arts district.

A few of the shops:

Urban Artware
207 West Sixth Street
An art gallery and retail store featuring an eclectic mixture of art and fine crafted items. One of a kind artwork for some of the Southeast's finest contemporary artists, as well as hand-crafted jewelry, furniture, ceramics, wood and glass items.

Artworks Gallery
560 North Trade Street
Established in 1984, it is an artist-run cooperative committed to exhibiting its members work in a creative and responsive environment.

Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery & Shop
601 North Trade Street
The gallery, operated by a non-profit organization founded in 1963 by artists and art-lovers, enjoys a national reputation for excellence. Its mission is to foster an appreciation of fine traditional and contemporary craft. It represents more than 340 of the finest contemporary craft artisans working in the Southeast U.S.

Fiber Company
600 North Trade Street, 336.725.5277
A collective of fiber artists and designers established in 1987. This working studio is complimented by a shop and gallery which offers the work of member artists as well as that of approximately 40 other craftsmen.

added: December 31, 2008

updated: December 24, 2010