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Exhibitions

Explore current, upcoming, and past exhibitions at Sawtooth School for Visual Art, where diverse shows celebrate the creativity of local, regional, and national artists across a wide range of mediums and perspectives.

  • Current Exhibition

    Beyond the Page

    Every picture book starts as something rougher than what lands on the shelf. Beyond the Page brings that early work into view, gathering original art, rough sketches, and prints from four North Carolina illustrators of children’s picture books: Cait Brennan, Ellen Heck, John Hutton, and regular Sawtooth instructor Jessica Robin Harkey. Their methods range from pen, ink,…

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    (Re)Useful Art Exhibition

    Sawtooth School for Visual Art and The Art SHAC have teamed up to exhibit original artworks by 50 regional creatives on the theme of creative reuse. The organizations launched an open call to artists, asking them to challenge the traditional notions of art-making and repurpose materials to craft a unique piece of art. And oh…

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  • Current Exhibition

    A Year in the Making 2026

    A Year in the Making Opening Reception: Thursday, September 3, 5–7 pm On View: September 4 – October 31, 2026 Sawtooth School for Visual Art, 251 N. Spruce St., Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC Join us for A Year in the Making, an exhibition celebrating the 2025–2026 Artists-in-Residence at Sawtooth School for…

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past exhibitions

  • Beecassos: A Year of Inspiration

    Join us for ‘Beecassos: A Year of Inspiration,’ a group exhibition featuring the award-winning Beecassos group, a Piedmont Triad-based fiber art initiative. Inspired by Pablo Picasso, a master of stylistic…

  • Making Space to Create

    Making Space to Create: Celebrating 80 Years of Sawtooth is an expansive anniversary exhibition throughout the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, running April 16 – June 20, 2026. Through…

  • Metal Clay Expressions + Elzena Anderson

    Join us for a celebratory reception on: Friday, August 22 from 6:30 – 7:30 PM Metal Clay Expressions, on view in Sawtooth’s Eleanor and Egbert Davis Gallery, showcases the diverse…

  • (Re)Useful Art Exhibition

    May 27 – August 2, 2025 in Sawtooth’s Redding Corridor Gallery Read more here.

  • Jessica Singerman: Cloud girl accidentally eats rainbow

    Jessica Singerman: Cloud girl accidentally eats rainbow Sawtooth School for Visual Art Davis Gallery April 21 – July 12, 2025 Opening Reception: April 17, 6 – 8pm Click here to…

  • Nicole Asselin: Unseen Threads

    Nicole Asselin: Unseen Threads Redding Corridor Gallery Sawtooth School for Visual Art February 15 – March 22, 2025 Artist talk on Saturday, March 1 from 2-4 pm. RSVP here. Unseen…

  • CLEASTER COTTON: After the Storm

    Cleaster Cotton: After the Storm on view at Sawtooth’s Redding Corridor Gallery January 11–February 8, 2025 Read more

  • Sacred Threads

    Sacred Threads: Weaving Stories from the North Carolina Black Repertory Company Sawtooth’s Davis Gallery July 29 – October 12, 2024 The North Carolina Black Repertory Company (NC Black Rep) reveals…

  • Here Come The Puppets!

    View the exhibition website, with full details and upcoming programming, at sawtooth.org/puppets From June 8th through July 20th, Sawtooth’s Davis Gallery transforms into a puppet gallery and maker space during…

  • Seating Assignment

    Sawtooth School for Visual Art and Salem College, both in Winston–Salem, NC, are proud to present Seating Assignment: Women in Contemporary Chairmaking and Craft Education, an exhibition featuring 15 contemporary…

  • Sawtooth Print Group

    Within the Davis Gallery, you will find works by regional artists eager to share their enthusiasm for printmaking in all of its many forms. The exhibition came together to promote…

  • Sawtooth Spotlight

    Join Sawtooth School for Visual Art for a year-end exhibition and celebration of fine art, craft, and community! This December, the spotlight shines on the creative works of Sawtooth’s students,…

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