The three galleries of the Jones House Community Center always have something interesting:

• The Senior Gallery features drawings and paintings by local senior citizens

• The Open Door Gallery exhibits work by area children and "emerging" artists

• The Mazie Jones Gallery displays a wide variety of monthly exhibitions

• Elsewhere in the building, work from the Watauga County Arts Council's Award-Winning Arts Placement Program is displayed.

The galleries are open from noon until 5:00 pm each Tuesday through Friday. Exhibits change monthly. All three galleries feature the work of local artists and are managed by the Watauga County Arts Council. Admission is always free.

2010 Gallery Schedule:

January –Gary Nemcosky
February –
March –Craig Franz (pastels)
April –Brenda Ellis (photography)
May – Sandy Adair & Susan Sharpe June – Kent Paulette
July – Mike Gaynor
August- High Country Water Media Society
September –Elliot Coatney
October –Joe Young November/December –Joe Miller

The Mazie Jones Gallery

The Mazie Jones Gallery was named in honor of Mazie Jones Levenson by the Watauga County Arts Council’s Board of Directors. The Jones House Community Center, owned by the Town of Boone, was the private home of the family of Boone’s first resident physician, Dr. J. Walter Jones, for over seventy years. His daughter, Mazie’s, foresight and love for the arts, culture, and history has ensured that the Jones House exists today as a community and cultural center meeting the ever-growing need for space for meetings, events, and cultural activities.

Exhibits in the gallery are presented by the Arts Council and seek to showcase the work of our fine local artists. Each month features a new exhibit and is launched by a gallery reception which is held on the first Friday of the month from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.

Applications to exhibit work in the Mazie Jones Gallery may be obtained from the WAC staff or on the web at www.watauga-arts.org and are scheduled three to twelve months in advance. Group applications are also accepted. Artists exhibiting in the Jones House galleries must live in Watauga County or an adjoining county for at least some portion of the year.

For further information, contact the Watauga County Arts Council.
 

The Open Door Gallery

The Open Door Gallery was established in 1993 by the Watauga County Arts Council’s Board of Directors and endowed with the mission of serving new and emerging artists, including student artists.

Considered a “teaching gallery,” the exhibits are typically hung by the artists themselves with the advice and occasional assistance of the WAC staff or Gallery Committee. Artists are also responsible for creating their own labels, artist statements, and other explanatory materials.

Exhibiting in the Open Door Gallery is an opportunity for the new or emerging artist to show and possibly sell their work. The size of the room makes the exhibit less daunting and more approachable for first-time exhibitors. Exhibits last for one month and a reception for all the exhibiting artists in the three Jones House galleries is held on the first Friday of the month from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.

Applications to exhibit work in the Open Door Gallery may be obtained from the WAC staff or on the web at www.watauga-arts.org and are scheduled three to twelve months in advance. Group applications are also accepted. Artists exhibiting in the Jones House galleries must live in Watauga County or an adjoining county for at least some portion of the year.

For further information, contact the Watauga County Arts Council.

The Senior Gallery

The Senior Gallery was established in the mid-80’s by the Watauga County Arts Council’s Board of Directors and endowed with the mission of serving senior adult artists. Managed in cooperation with the Lois E. Harrell Senior Center, the Arts Council charges no commission on the sale of work sold through this gallery. (Our usual gallery commission is 25%.)

Each warm-weather month, one of the regularly exhibiting senior artists is selected by the Senior Center as that month’s featured artist. The works of that artist are displayed in a grouping and the artist is honored at the Arts Council’s regular gallery reception which is held on the first Friday of the month from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.

Artists interested in exhibiting their work in the Senior Gallery should contact Sherry Harmon at the Lois E. Harrell Senior Center. Artists exhibiting in the Jones House galleries must live in Watauga County or an adjoining county for at least some portion of the year.

For further information on the galleries, contact the Watauga County Arts Council or check us out on the web at www.watauga-arts.org.


Artists interested in exhibiting their work are encouraged to email Teena Coone at teena@watauga-arts.org for an application or download one of the applications below.

Exhibition Application in Word   Exhibition Application in Acrobat Reader format

Gallery Exhibits Sponsors:

Past Galleries posted online:

Symmetry and Asymmetry: Collage Paintings

The Mazie Jones Gallery is proud to present the beautiful collage works of art by artist Shelly Hehenberger during May, 2005. Visit the online tour of these vivid and imaginative collages.