Creative Greensboro Annual Report 2023-2024

Dazzling Downtown For the third year, the Downtown Arts program raised awareness of 10 talented Greensboro-based visual artists and enhanced our center with original artwork. Each artist earned a $500 stipend and will have their work displayed on the electronic kiosks throughout the year. See all the works on the back page (left to right) of this report.

Bonaventure Ogbaugo “A Tale of Two Coasts” (graphite pencil) Joyce Williams “Bojangles” (oil on canvas) Evan Bennett “Untitled” (digital art)

Jessica Bloch-Schulman “Double Bind II” (ceramic) Nancy Seay “Senorita Sashay (watercolor) Dafne Sanchez Aguirre “Triscuit Munchies” (watercolor) Emily McCollum

Natalie Schorr “Exquisite Corpse 5” (mixed media collage) Emilio Marz “Power” (digital illustration)

“Riding the Wave” (acrylic on canvas) Ronda Szymanski “Peony” (paper collage on canvas)

Creative Greensboro also awarded a $3,000 commission to Joyce Williams. Her artwork, “Sweet Magnolia,” pays homage to the Historic Magnolia House. A 10-by-20-foot reproduction of the commissioned piece will be on display in City Hall for one year and the original painting will become part of the City’s permanent art collection.

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