The sculptures were created through earth casting, a technique world-renown-artist Thomas Sayre used to create the iconic arches at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Sayre molded the facades from tobacco rows constructed on-site. The art project represents a connection between Kinston’s tobacco-based agricultural history and it’s art based future in the Arts and Cultural […]
Follow the Riverwalk or stroll down to Blount Street- the “Avenue of the Arts” and discover Kinston’s Arts and Cultural District. Here you will find brightly painted Victorian cottages, bungalows, and fine historic homes. The newly created SmART District is transforming abandoned historic buildings and homes into studios, lofts, and apartments where artists live, produce […]