DEAR FRIENDS,

The time has come to say goodbye to Cherry Johnson, our Watauga County Arts Council Executive Director of 28 years. She officially retires on July 31. Cherry’s love of the arts, determination to share the arts with our community, and dedication to the Arts Council has been a beacon of light for us all. I am sure many of you have had the pleasure of getting to know Cherry personally over the years.

She loved chatting with all the members of the Arts Council and cherished those relationships. She loved the energy of the arts happening all around her in the Blue Ridge Arts Space. She will be greatly missed and we are sure she will miss each of you. We hoped to have a big send-off party for Cherry but with the threat of COVID-19 still clouding our lives, we are forced to do something a bit more creative. Please consider submitting a note of thanks, well wishes, or favorite memories to share with Cherry. If you have any photographs you wish to share we encourage you to attach them to this form. We hope to put together a book with the notes we receive and photographs from her tenure with the organization.

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We have also set up the “The Cherry Johnson Legacy Fund” in Cherry's honor. Cherry wants this organization to continue to grow and thrive. This fund will help support the organization's future endeavors to fulfill the mission that Cherry had of “Making The Arts A Presence In Our Community.” Please consider honoring Cherry’s years of service and dedication to this organization with a donation to this special fund.

​Thank you for the role each of you has played in making Cherry's time with the Arts
Council so special. We appreciate you and look forward to the future.
SINCERELY,

The Board of Directors
Watauga County Arts Council

  The Arts Council staff may be contacted by email at brartspace@gmail.com or by calling 828-964-8685.   We appreciate your patience and support during this time of uncertainty.  
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We need your help with procuring supplies to reopen.  Click HERE for more information. 

Our Executive Director is Retiring!  

Cherry Johnson has been the Executive Director for the Watauga County Arts Council for twenty-eight years and will be retiring on August 1, 2020.  A Search Committee has been working on finding a new director and announcement will be made soon.   

Creative Opportunities

ARTISTS

Meet Our Artists

Artist members of WCAC have many opportunities to showcase their art. In addition to exhibiting in our galleries, they provide demonstrations during our 2nd Saturday Celebration of the Arts, teach workshops and classes, provide unique items in our gift shop, and so much more. Click here to meet them.

Visit us!

We are the building on the corner of Shadowline and State Farm Roads with the little blue people on the porch. The Blue Ridge ArtSpace is proud to have four unique galleries, meeting spaces and classrooms, a gift shop, and our office space. Our hours are Wednesday-Saturday 11:30am-5:30pm. 
377 Shadowline Drive
​Boone, NC 28607
PHONE: 828-264-1789
wcac@watauga-arts.org
​brartspace@gmail.com