Calling all artists in Watauga and adjoining counties!

Watauga Arts Council announces a call for entries for “Memory through, from, was, is, to, and, upon, created . . . Appalachia,” a juried exhibition developed to allow regional artists to compete and display work at the Jones House Community Center main gallery during October 2009. October is one of the most frequented times in this downtown Boone gallery, due to the numbers of visitors to the area during the fall leaf season.

The call for entries is open to all artists 18 years and older who reside in Watauga or adjoining counties. Entries must be original works and created within the past two years. Works may be created in any medium, but must be two-dimensional in orientation, and must not exceed 40 inches in any direction. Pieces must be framed or gallery wrap with hanging wires and ready to hang. Entry deadline is Tuesday, September 1, 2009.

Download an entry form and prospectus from (see below) or send a SASE to Watauga Arts Council  PO Box 366 D.T.S.  Boone, NC  28607.

Noyes Capehart will jury the exhibit. Noyes began exhibiting at the local, regional, and national level in 1958, and has participated in more than a hundred competitive exhibitions and a number of invitational shows. His work has been represented in exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, the Brooklyn Museum, the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C., the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Greenville Museum of Art, and the Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina. Since his retirement from Appalachian State University he has presented 23 studio workshops throughout the southeast. In addition to his active studio involvement, he has adjudicated several regional exhibitions. Since 1995 he has written four (unpublished) novels, a novella, and numerous short stories.

Entry Form in Word in PDF

Prospectus in PDF

Watauga Arts Council galleries are sponsored in part by Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff and Grassroots Funds of the North Carolina Arts Council. The WAC’s offices and galleries are located in downtown Boone at the Jones House Community & Cultural Center, owned by the town of Boone.