Artist Profile
We are working hard to provide opportunities for artists to show and sell their work. The best way to stay informed of opportunities to show and sell your work in the High Country and beyond is submit an artist profile.
We review your profile when seeking work for shows, exhibits, and events. We will contact you if we have specific opportunities that could benefit you as an artist. We often get emails and invitations for shows, competitions, fellowships, professional development and more.
Stay in the know. Join our community.
We review your profile when seeking work for shows, exhibits, and events. We will contact you if we have specific opportunities that could benefit you as an artist. We often get emails and invitations for shows, competitions, fellowships, professional development and more.
Stay in the know. Join our community.
Call For Instructors:
Spanish Speaking Art Classes: If you speak Spanish and love to teach art, we need you. We would love to open our doors to more minorities. Breaking down the language barrier can be a key step to making this happen.
Trauma-Sensitive Classes/art groups: We understand that Art can be a powerful tool for helping someone who had overcome traumatic experiences. If you have experience teaching classes with this special focus in mind, please reach out. |
We are looking for more Art Instructors for...
General Art Classes or Workshops: If you are interested in teaching classes or workshops of any kind, please look at your schedule, consider which format is best for you, and your target age demographic and fill out our form! Teen/Youth programming: We would love to form a youth art community group. This group would get to explore all the facets of the art world here in Watauga County and beyond. We might have them tackle a mural project as well. We are seeking people who would like to help provide art experiences to this age group. We could do workshops or artist talks, demonstrations, backstage invites to shows, etc. Special Needs Art Classes: We are currently considering offering some art classes for people with autism or other disabilities, it takes a special kind of teacher to be able to handle this type of class. If you have experience and a heart to serve people with autism or other exceptionalities, please reaching out. |
Call for Artists:
Youth Art Exhibition
Artwork will be installed in the back room of the King Street Art Collective. Front room will be the "Draw You In," Drawing Exhibition.
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Calling all youth in public, private, or home schools.....
We have been hearing reports of some incredibly talented youth artists and we are dying to see what you can do! Your work will be showcased in our gallery on King Street, in Downtown Boone. Youth Show:
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Drawing Exhibition
Important Dates + Info:
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Draw You In!: Juried Drawing Exhibition in any Medium
We showcase a lot of paintings so we are shaking things up a bit! We are seeking drawings in any medium from semi-professional and professional artists. (Pencil, pen, and ink, pastels, color pencil, charcoal, and digital drawings, etc.)
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Public Art Exhibition
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Be a part of our Public Art Installation!
The Watauga Arts Council wants to invite artists to participate in a Downtown Boone Public Arts Installation and Fundraiser. We are inviting artists to take a retired instrument and make it into a new form of art using your unique mediums and techniques! Instruments can be provided at first come first serve. Have an instrument to donate? Please call the Watauga Arts Council. The Watauga Arts Council is creating a public arts fund so we can begin to support public art initiatives within our community. We have been working with the town of Boone to spearhead this public art installation and silent auction. We will pay for your work! Completed Instrument Artwork due June 1st. |
Call for Musicians, Performers, and Artists to Demonstrate :
Help us show the world a creative Watauga. We want you to be seen and heard! We would love to offer opportunties to artists and musicians to self promote while also representing the creative community in Watauga.
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Seeking Musicians, Performers, and Artist Demonstrators
Seeking musicians or performers to play in public on our stage! Let us know if you have interest in playing in our gallery space during open hours, for first friday, or other special events. Performers could put out a tip jar or have a Venmo tip sign, may sell their CDs. Artists Demonstrators: Seeking Artists of all art forms who are willing to show what they do or how they do it. As part of an "Energize the Arts" campaign - we are seeking artists who would like paint or draw on site or demonstrate how they do their craft. In most cases, artist could bring a small body of work (not a full booth space) to sell on site. We are also gauging interest in Artist In Residence for June and August in our space downtown. Please fill out the form if you have interest in that. |
Call for Writers:
How many/How much for submissions:
-HCW members - 2 pieces for $10 -High school students - 2 pieces for FREE. -Non-members - 1 piece per $25 *A membership is $15, so your $25 could buy you a membership and many more submissions. highcountryheadwatersiv@gmail.com |
High School Writers, Need something to boost your college application?
Who can submit: HCW members, local high school students, or non-members either living in the high-country (Watauga, Ashe and Avery) or writing about the high country culture. How?... High Country Writers is now accepting submissions for High Country Headwaters IV – An anthology of high country writing by members, high school students and others. What you can submit of your writing: -Fiction/Non-fiction/Poetry - word limit 3,000 per work -Excerpts/Published work if you own the print rights. -Non-members must either live in the high country (Watauga, Ashe and Avery) or write about the high country culture. Deadline - June 30, 2021 Nov 1 – Book available |
Other Opportunties to Sell:
The Curio Machine:
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The Curio Machine is a new Boone-based company specializing in creative vending machines with a rotating collection of local creative goods. With grant support from WCAC, Curio is preparing to launch their first full-sized machine at our downtown King Street space and the submission process to be included is open! For any artists interested in vending their products through the new machines, you can submit your ideas and get the full details with the form at bit.ly/SubmitToCurio or by contacting thecuriomachine@gmail.com. The machine can accommodate items 1"-6" wide, but all artists are invited to also list larger works on the Curio online marketplace, up now at thecuriomachine.com.
This is an amazing opportunity for artists seeking to make passive income from their work and will be launching this month. Send your art in now to get in for the launch and feel free to share with your other artist friends! The overall goal is to collaborate and help more artists making a living doing the things they love up here in the High Country! |
Artist Grants
We are partnered with the North Carolina Arts Council to provide financial support to our local artists with the Regional Artist Support Grant. The funds for 2020/2021 have been awarded.
Please continue to check out this page to see future opportunities for Professional Development and Community Partnerships!