Opening Reception this Friday, 5-7pm
All are invited to our free opening reception this Friday, January 31 from 5-7pm. Our gallery will kick off its 2025 season with a multi-media exhibition featuring work by our faculty on Friday, Jan 31. Featured gallery works include ceramics, painting, drawing, fiber art, metals, and sculpture by members of GAC’s professional faculty.
Become a GAC Business Sponsor
Interested in supporting the arts through a business sponsorship? Sponsorship funds are extremely impactful for our organization, helping us to provide expanded arts experiences to all throughout the year. Please consider a sponsorship, or let us know if there is a business we should contact.
There are various levels available; click HERE to see a list of benefits. Questions? Contact Maureen Belden or Lisa Ste. Marie.
The Shop at Guilford Art Center
Valentine’s Day is around the corner
We have lots of gift options for sweethearts of all ages.
These glass earrings are $19 and come in almost any animal you can imagine!
Perfect little gifts for Valentines’ Day, birthdays or just a little treat.
The Shop is open 7 days a week all year.
Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm, Sunday 12-4pm
Special evening shopping hours on Thursday, February 13 10am-7pm
GAC members receive 10% off all purchases.
Spring Registration
We’re looking ahead to spring already! Here are the dates for spring semester registration. We’ll have the catalog out at the end of the month so you can begin to plan for your classes. All registration will be online. Spring classes begin the week of March 24.
Sunday Feb 16, 8 pm: CERAMICS
Monday Feb 17, 8 pm: METALS & JEWELRY
Tuesday Feb 18, 8 pm: WEAVING
Wednesday Feb 19, 8 pm: ALL CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
GAC Seeking Summer Youth Instructors
GAC is seeking instructors for our summer youth program, which will run June 23 – August 22, 2025. Classes are offered for age groups 5-7 and 7-12, and run 3 hours/day 5/days per week, 9AM – 12PM or 1PM – 4PM. If interested, please send a resume and a letter of interest mentioning the types of classes you would like to teach to Ashley Seneco, Education Coordinator: aseneco@guilfordartcenter.org.
Register for February Adult Workshops
METALS & JEWELRY
Flush Setting Stones
Instructor: Joy Raskin
Feb 2,10am-4pm
Learn about setting small faceted stones (1.5mm-4mm) flush with metal for a seamless look. Basic metalsmithing or jewelry skills necessary.
BLACKSMITHING
Forging Skulls and Faces
Instructor: Mace Vitale
Feb 2-3, 10am-4pm
Students will make punches and chisels, and then create iron skulls and faces with their newly formed tools.
SPECIAL INTEREST
Experimental Collage
Instructor: Anne Benkovitz
Feb 8, 12-4pm
Construct paper or mixed-media collage artworks by creating, cutting and reassembling various colored and textured papers, photos, text, images and printed ephemera.
Winter Class & Workshop Registration
You can register now for all remaining classes and workshops for our Winter semester which runs through March. Many classes have begun but there are lots more opportunities for classes and workshops over the next 2 months.
