A special display event at the Arts Council of Carteret County Big Rock Gallery is now open for viewing. Come out to see the art work of James Barnes. The display is available from Oct 26 through Nov 14. A reception featuring the artist is Nov 14th at 4 pm. Meet the Artist: James Barnes James Barnes is a devoted father, grandfather, and a proud military veteran residing in New Bern, NC. With nearly three decades of artistic experience, his creative journey has transformed

The 2026 Membership Showcase got off to a rousing start at the reception on Saturday Sept 26th. The event was sponsored by Casey Elliott Attorney at Law by providing a sumptuous spread of delicacies and a nice assortment of libations including mimosas! Our own Stephen Grant embellished the groaning board with his fresh shrimp and smoked pork tenderloins. Our ACCC Board President, Melissa Kelley, provided a summary of the year's accomplishments and thanked the membership for

Artists paint some 3 x 3 mini canvases! The Arts Council of Carteret County will sell them in our Gallery during the holiday season and at the December Art Walk in Beaufort. All proceeds go to helping our school art teachers buy supplies for art projects. Pick up a bag of canvases at the Carolina Artist Gallery front desk. Please return canvases to the Arts Council at 1702 Arendell St, Morehead City by Saturday, November 7th.

September 12th at 1 p.m. Sandy Stewart Art presentation. Join us to hear about Sandy Stewart’s adventures in art! She was captivated by the shimmering magic of resin art and dove into experimentation, developing an openness to new techniques. Reception to follow at Spoondrift. Sponsored by the Friends of the Bogue Banks Library. Sandy Stewart Sandy Stewart is an abstract artist with a passion for exploring emotion, color, and movement through her work. Originally from Garlan

Our second to last show of the year is dedicated to all the people who support the Arts Council through their annual membership, and we want to include the art you make in our upcoming show. Do you paint? Make mixed media works? Craft sculpture? Work with fabric or paper mâché? Maybe you’re a wordsmith and have a poem we can display? A woodworker? Digital artist? Photographer? However you do art we want to showcase the unique ways our members create. While we do have some lim

Craving Art Students, artists who study with Heather Sink of Craving Art Studio in Beaufort, will host an exhibit for the month of September. Craving Art Studio students come from all walks of life and backgrounds, bringing with them a wonderful diversity of experiences and perspectives. While some had never painted before, others had dreamed of learning but never had the opportunity to study art seriously. Instructor Heather Sink says she’s incredibly proud of every student

The community is invited to an Evening of Art and Folk Music at St. Francis by the Sea St. Francis by the Sea is thrilled to announce a special evening of visual arts and live music open to the entire community on Friday, August 7, 2026. The event will begin at 5:30 PM in the church’s fellowship hall with an opening reception for a new Gallery showcase featuring original works by talented local artist Leslie Runnels. Leslie Runnels is an artist from New Orleans recently relo

Celebrate the Crystal Coast’s vibrant, creative spirit. Discover Beverly Woodhall’s breathtaking new collection, currently featured at the Arts Council of Carteret County. Beverly is a visual artist painting full time from her studio, Feather your Nest, located in Beaufort. She is inspired by the ocean and the gardens she keeps. Currently she is making her work in layers, creating textures to build upon. Colors and how they relate to each other is also important in her p

The Artist Support Grant was created to provide direct support to individual artists during and following the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative will fund professional and artistic development for emerging and established artists to enhance their skills and abilities to create work or to improve their business operations and capacity to bring their work to new audiences. ​Artists representing visual, craft, performing, traditional, and interdisciplinary art forms are encourage

Carolina Artist Gallery proudly presents the Bradford Prize, the highest honor awarded in each of its exhibitions. Established in memory of Tim Bradford, the prize recognizes artistic excellence while celebrating Bradford’s enduring impact on Carteret County’s creative community.

During the months of July and August the Open Studio and Art Jamz will be held in a new location. The Arts Council of Carteret County is grateful that Oak Grove Arts has opened their studio to our artists. Come join us for Open Studio and Art Jamz on the third Monday of the month of July and August at Oak Grove Arts at 108 Atlantic Beach Causeway.

Artist Heidi DiBella presentation June 20 at 1-2 p.m. Hear how Heidi’s passion for nature and animals, especially horses, flow into stunning paintings. Reception to follow at Spoondrift. Sponsored by the Friends of the Bogue Banks Public Library

We are calling on our artist friends to enter this exciting show featuring birds at the Carolina Artists Gallery. Birds have captured the attention of artists for hundreds of years. After all, they provide a myriad of colors and shapes, and they exist everywhere we live and everywhere we go. They even inhabit parts of the world where almost nobody goes except for the birds themselves! No matter what medium or style, or whether your focus is realism or interpretation, birds ar

The Arts Council of Carteret County is proud to celebrate the legacy of Tim Bradford through the continuation of his work to provide opportunities for talented artists to display their artwork. Our dedicated art educators will be showing off their dynamic creations in an exhibition at the Bradford Gallery. Please join us on Friday, June 12th, 2026 at 5:30 pm in the Bradford Gallery at St. Francis by the Sea, 920 Salter Path Road. During the opening reception you will be tr

The Arts Council of Carteret County (ACCC) offers scholarship opportunities of up to $1,000 per student to provide tuition assistance to students pursuing degrees in the arts at the college level (two- or four-year courses of study) or the North Carolina School of the Arts. These are one-time (non-renewable) scholarships. The ACCC is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Art Student Scholarship. This year we were able to increase the number of awards through a mi

Artist Beverly Woodhall Presentation May 9 1-2 p.m. Beverly is a mixed media painter working from her studio, where she creates primarily large paintings with many layers of texture, collage & paints creating depth and complexity. She is inspired by her surroundings, the marsh, her gardens and the Carolina sky. Her work can be found at Feather Your Nest in Beaufort. Reception to follow. Sponsored by the Friends of the Bogue Banks Public Library.

CALL FOR ARTISTS Life’s a Beach Show If you capture anything that is around or in the water, in any type of medium (oil, acrylic, photography, watercolor, 3D, etc.) then this is the show for you. Whether it is a scene at the beach, on the ocean, at the marsh, on the river, any type of boat, anything on or in the water, or any type of marine life, we are looking forward to your work being in our show. You can enter 2 pieces. Due to space concerns we have a size lim