May-2025

Artworks Gallery Presents

Karen Moran Kopf and Steve Mizel

“People, Places and Other Curiosities”

Exhibition Dates: May 7 – June 1, 2025

Artist’s Reception: Sunday, May 18, 2-4 pm, Gallery Talk at 2:30 pm.

Open for Art Crush: Friday, May 18, 7 – 9 pm

Karen Moran Kopf uses gold, silver and copper leaf with complicated textures to depict the inspirations from her life. Simple plant forms are transformed from weeds into intricate tapestry-like paintings. Couples are wrapped in mesmerising robes of gold, silver and copper leaf in windswept coastal settings. Flamenco dancers and toreadors swirl around raging bulls and silver trumpets inspired by a jazz album.

Kopf uses leafing to create ethereal beings against a stunning light blue violet sky. In contrast there is a desolated scene after war with the only winner the sky, which remains a beautiful blue.

After studying painting in Austria, Karen Moran Kopf established a studio in Marbella, Spain on the Costa del Sol. There the bright Spanish sun and range of experiences and exhibitions influenced her professional artist career.

Upon returning to the U,S, Kopf painted in upstate New York, and was resident director of Guy Park State Historic Site. She later moved to Winston-Salem where she earned a Master’s degree from Salem College. She worked for twenty years as a teacher while she and her husband raised two sons. She currently exhibits at Artworks Gallery in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Steve Mizel’s art is a reflection of the varied paths along which his life has taken. Although his professional career was in biomedical research and education, he always carved out significant time for artistic endeavors that span from art-making to creating a modern dance on the immune system.

Mizel’s artworks touch on themes of time, memory, and emotion, striving to make sure that each work has two fundamental characteristics: spirit and movement. Each work tells an interesting story, but not the entire story. If the work is successful, it engages the viewer—who then completes the story or invents their own as they respond in an ongoing nonverbal conversation with the work.

When working on a painting, Mizel enjoys the process of moving paint across the canvas or paper, pushing it forward, drawing it back, selectively removing it, mixing it such that each color embraces its neighboring colors. If things go well, colors appear to float above foundational forms. At the end, hopefully, the work is alive. Everything is in motion. Everything becomes possible.

Representative works may be seen at Mizelart.com.

This exhibition is free and open to the public.

Artworks Gallery, Inc.

564 North Trade Street

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

Gallery phone: 336-723-5890

www.Artworks-Gallery.org

Gallery hours: Wednesday – Saturday 11-5; Sunday 1-4

For information about this press release, contact pr@artworks-gallery.org

June 3, 2025June 4, 2025

June 2025

Artworks Gallery Presents

Seth Moskowitz: “Poems and Pictures –

PhotoPoetic Explorations”

And

Cheryl Powell: “Bits & Pieces – Figurative Collage”

Exhibition Dates: June 4 – June 28, 2025

Open DADA Gallery Hop: Friday, June 6, 7 – 9 pm

Artist’s Reception: Sunday, June 8, 2 – 4 pm

Art Crush: Friday, June 20, 7 – 9 pm

Seth Moskowitz is a Winston-Salem artist who creates photographically based art that rarely resembles photography. He devotes himself full-time to what he calls “playing with pictures” since he retired in 2019 following a four-decade career in journalism and corporate public relations, both of which kept him constantly steeped in a world of words

A poet, guitarist and songwriter from his early teens through his mid-30s, a long creative-writing dry spell eventually led Seth to discover a long-hidden passion for visual art.

Armed with a compact digital camera and a laptop computer, in 2004, he began to combine and transform his photos into surprisingly interesting pieces of art. It proved to be the perfect escape from the constant cacophony of his workaday world – a way to enter a peaceful, magical place that is literally, beyond words. But old habits apparently do die hard.

Poems and Pictures – PhotoPoetic Explorations is Seth’s first exhibit that combines verbal and visual representations to present a “bi-lingual” expression of the sights that capture and stick in his mind’s eye. And quite oddly, for those familiar with his work, some of the images in this exhibit are “straight” photography, with little to no digital transformation.

They all have clipped wings But each of them sings That’s why they perch there and pray

Cheryl Powell received a BFA from the Carnegie Mellon University in Graphic Design and a MA from Syracuse University in Illustration. After a thirteen-year full time career as a graphic designer and illustrator, she transitioned to part time freelance work, making time for fine art.

Cheryl Powell has created a body of work for this exhibit that is rooted in her love of figurative art, found objects, and spontaneous creation. Inspired by everyday moments, she uses photos, sketches, and drawings as starting points for her collages. Her materials—gel prints, painted translucent paper, and drawings—are made without a set purpose. Fabric, magazine clippings, and photos are collected and held until the right piece calls for them. With acrylics and these elements, she intuitively explores value, texture, and color to complete each composition.

Cheryl Powell works in collage, gel printmaking, oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor and drawing. Her favorite subjects are figurative and architectural.

This exhibition is free and open to the public.

Gallery hours: Wednesday – Saturday 11-5; Sunday 1-4

For information about this press release, contact pr@artworks-gallery.org

January 28, 2025February 28, 2025

February 2025

JUST-U.S.

Not Just for U.S. But JUSTICE for ALL

Owens Daniels and Perviz Heyat

Exhibition Dates: February 2, – March 1, 2025

Reception and talk February 23rd 2-4 pm.

DADA Gallery Hop: Friday, 7, 7-9 pm

Throughout history artists have used their creative strength to draw attention to the divisive socio-political conditions of its community. Through a variety of two-and three- dimensional media, artists utilize their art to critique the power structures of culture, religion, and human rights. JUST-U.S. is a provocative exhibit by two artists that use visual arts and mixed media to examine this topic in different ways.

Owens Daniels uses photography and text to examine the lives of everyday people who choose to use their voices to create dialogue, build bridges, and promote cultural exchanges about these critical issues. Perviz Heyat works in the neo-expressionist style of painting to depict elements of social injustice and restriction of basic human rights and freedom, which leads to crime and imprisonment, affecting families in ways that create a vicious cycle of crime through future generations.

Owens Daniels’ photographic career started at the U.S Army Photographic School of Cartography, learning the basics of photography and photo printing. In addition to his formal training, he continues to work as a freelance photographer with a distinctive and intimate photojournalistic signature style in visual storytelling which has led to various opportunities that include Artist in Residences, Fellowship of American Art, Public Art Installations, and Grants and varied other commissions.

Perviz Heyat is a multimedia artist and a professional photographer, currently lives in Winston Salem, NC. Originally from Istanbul, Turkey, he received classical training from Professor A. Sumer of the Istanbul Academy of Art. He moved to the United States in 1982 and has exhibited his work in numerous locations in Virginia, Washington DC and New York. He moved to Winston-Salem in 2011 and started experimenting with new styles and discovering new techniques. He has been a member of Artworks Gallery for several years and exhibits regularly.

This exhibition is free and open to the public.

November 27, 2024February 2, 2025

Support local artists while giving back to the community—it’s the perfect opportunity to find a unique holiday gift or add a new piece to your collection!

Looking for a unique holiday gift or a fresh addition to your art collection? Artworks Gallery is thrilled to present our holiday show, featuring stunning creations by local artists.

We’re also proud to support Art SHAC, a nonprofit that provides affordable, gently used art supplies to the community. This holiday season, 10% of all holiday show sales will be donated to Art SHAC to promote sustainability and creativity.

Learn more about Art SHAC: https://www.theartshac.org/

Event Details:

Artworks Gallery – 564 N. Trade St.

Open Hours – Tues.–Fri., 11 am–5 pm & Sun., 1 pm–4 pm

Free Drop-In Crafting Sessions:

Holiday Card Making: Fri., Dec. 6, 11:30 am–1:30 pm

Vision Collage Boards: Sat., Jan. 4, 1 pm–3 pm

(Start 2025 with creativity!)

All supplies provided—just bring your imagination!

November 20, 2024January 28, 2025

November 2024

Artworks Gallery Presents:

Perviz Heyat: “The Industrial Revolution”

Exhibition Dates: October 27 – November 30, 2024

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 9 , 2 – 4 pm

Open for DADA First Friday

Gallery Hop: November 1, 7 – 9 pm

And Art Crush: Friday, November 15, 7- 9 pm

Perviz Heyat is a multimedia artist living in Winston Salem, North Carolina. He began his art training at the age of six and his formal training at the age of 14 in Istanbul, Turkey. He had his first solo show at the age of 17 in Istanbul.

Heyat approaches his art with belief in complete freedom of expression. He believes that every person has art within them and that we all use art every day. The choices we make in our lives reflect the artistic direction of our existence, with a delicate balance of the opposing forces of rules and freedom. This balance of opposing forces is a necessary part of being human.

Perviz has travelled across the United States working in big cities and on Native American reservations throughout the past 35 years. His experiences are the subject matter of his paintings, which address the social unrest, inequality, and alienation inherent in a modern society focused on economic and technological progress.

Perviz had several exhibitions in private galleries in Istanbul before he moved to the United States in 1982. He has exhibited his paintings in galleries in Wheeling, West Virginia. His paintings were also featured in the Sony Pictures Classics release, Whatever, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 1997. He had regular solo and group exhibits in Washington, DC at the Studio Gallery, and in Manhattan, New York, at the Phoenix Gallery between 2002- 2011.

Perviz moved to Winston Salem in 2011 and started experimenting with new styles and discovering new techniques. Evolving from a realistic style, he painted in “pop art” style for several years until he adopted the abstract expressionist style he employs in this exhibit.

His current show called the “The Industrial Revolution” represents the abstract expressionist force behind this revolution and is influenced by the American masters from the fifties and sixties.

The exhibits are free and open to the public.

October 1, 2024November 21, 2024

Artworks Celebrates 40 Years of Artistic Freedom

Artworks Gallery, the longest-running cooperative art gallery in Winston-Salem, is thrilled to announce its 40th-anniversary exhibition. In addition to its regular group show, all member artists will create unique, small, framed artworks available for purchase at a special anniversary price of $40 each. All proceeds from these sales will go directly toward supporting the gallery’s daily operations, ensuring that it continues to be a pillar of the local arts community for years to come.

An opening reception and party will be held on Sunday, October 6th, from 2–4 pm. All are welcome to join in the celebration, including a champagne toast at 2:30pm.

Exhibition Dates: Sunday, September 29th –Saturday, October 26th, 2024

DADA Gallery Hop: Friday, October 4th, 7 – 9 pm
Art Crush: Friday, October 18th , 7- 9 pm
Closing Party: Saturday, October 26th, 2-5pm

July 28, 2024November 21, 2024

August 2024

Artworks Gallery Presents a three-person exhibition:

Mary Beth Blackwell-Chapman, Alix Hitchcock and Lea Lackey-Zachmann

Exhibition Dates: July 28-August 31, 2024
Artist Reception & Gallery Talk:
Sunday, August 11, 2-4pm, talk begins at 2:30

Also open for:
Gallery Hop: Friday, August 2, 7-9 pm
Art Crush: Friday, August 16, 7-9 pm

Alix Hitchcock received her MA in painting from NYU, and her BFA in printmaking and painting from UNC Greensboro. She is a retired Instructor in Drawing at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC after 24 years. She was the Winston-Salem Artist of the Year in 1998, and is a founding board member of Artworks Gallery. Her current exhibit consists of one-of-a-kind prints with colored pencil additions exploring themes of nature.

Alix Hitchcock, “Spring Breeze”

Lea Lackey-Zachmann has lived in Winston-Salem for many years. Her love of nature, gardening and wild habitats makes living right across from the 70-acre Washington Park always an interesting place to live. She holds an MFA in painting and art history and a graduate teaching degree in art education from UNC Greensboro. She is retired from teaching at High Point University for 29 years, Salem College for 10 years and other regional schools in Virginia and South Carolina. She is a founding member of Artworks Gallery and has exhibited there each year since 1985. The subject matter of most of her work concerns the nature of consciousness. This new work shows a realism concerning the idea that the consciousness of a cell might retain the memory of having been once a part of a butterfly, a snake, or anything physical.

Lea Lackey-Zachmann, “Cellular Memory: Frog”

Mary Beth Blackwell-Chapman received a BA in English Literature from Goucher College and an MA from Northwestern University in Motion Picture. She has attended studio art classes at UNC Greensboro and several workshops at Penland, and Arrowmont. In addition to raising three children with her husband, she has worked as a Montessori teacher, a dance instructor, and a yoga teacher. Her current exhibition presents abstract landscapes painted on linen and silk with soy milk and natural pigments. They are evocative, subtle works that may give feelings of quiet and peace, of connection of the natural world.

Mary Beth Blackwell-Chapman, “Coastal Marsh”

This exhibit is free and open to the public.

October 1, 2023November 21, 2024

October, 2023

Betti Pettinatti-Longinotti:
“Celebrating Women Artists”

Exhibition Dates: October 4 – 29, 2023

Artist’s Reception and Gallery Talk:
Sunday, October 22 from 1:30 – 3:30 pm. Talk begins at 2:00.

Also open for:
Gallery Hop: Friday, October 6, 7-9 pm
Art Crush: Friday, October 20, 7-9 pm

“Celebrating Women Artists” presents 145 portraits, vitreous paintings on glass. This installation is a ‘Gestalt’ in that the sum of these women artists is greater than all their contributions combined. The installation of these portraits serves as an archive of women artists completed gradually over the last 12 years. It honors artists that are varied geographically and of local, regional, national, international, and historical reputation.

Betti Pettinati-Longinotti works in drawing, painting and glass. She received a BFA from the Maryland Institute, College of Art and her MA from the University of the Arts/ Philadelphia, in Art Education with a studio major in Glass; an MFA in Visual Arts through the Lesley University College of Art and Design.

Her work has been shown internationally. Betti is a juried member of Artworks Gallery, Piedmont Craftsmen, Studio Montclair Gallery and also holds membership in the American Glass Guild.