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Physical Galleries and Commercial Settings That Serve as Galleries
This set of galleries and other commercial settings that serve as galleries are all physical settings that are regularly open. We did not include the hundreds of web galleries that are now common. This new web gallery medium means that the artist is less dependent on a physical setting and their “physical gallery” is more readily available electronically. The various artists that have web galleries can be reached through an internet search by name or through a service such as www.creativewilmington.com
- Acme Art Studios – Wilmington, NC
- Art at the Depot – Wallace, NC
- Art of the Craft - Wilmington, NC
- Arterior Motive Gallery - Wilmington, NC
- Artfuel Inc. -Wilmington, NC
- Artshak Galleries - Southport, NC
- Bay Lakes Gallery - Elizabethtown, NC
The Blue Heron Gallery - Sunset Beach, NC- Blue Moon Gift Shops -
Wilmington, NC. This is a large shop that has sub-divided into smaller areas for each artist. We have included a few of the webpages for the artists to give you a flavor of the partipants and show how they are connecting their electronic website to a physical gallery. The complete list of art shops is on the Blue Moon Gift Shop website.
- Art by J Pope, displayed in Blue Moon Gift Shops- Wilmington, NC
MJ Cooper Photography, displayed in Blue Moon Gift Shop- Wilmington, NC
Bottega Gallery — Wilmington, NC- Café Phoenix – Restaurant – Wilmington, NC. This restaurant is reflective of the increasingly blurred line between independent galleries and other commercial establishments that support the arts through using their space for rotating artwork.
- Cameron Art Museum Gift Shop - While this is a “shop”, it displays a wide variety of regional and local art and thus becomes a gallery.
Cape Fear Coppershop - Southport, NC
Charles Jones African Art - Wilmington, NC
Corporate Canvas — Wilmington, NC- Council for the Arts – Gallery Shop, Jacksonville, NC
- Creations by Justine - Wilmington, NC
- Directory of Galleries
- Doe Creek Art Gallery - Supply, NC
- Era Gallery - Wilmington, NC
Fidler’s Gallery and Framing - Wilmington, NC
Fat Cat Pottery - Wilmington, NC
Fountainside Gallery — Wilmington, NC
The Franklin Square Gallery - Southport, NC
Gallery at Racine - Wilmington, NC
The Golden Gallery - Wilmington, NC- Independent Art Company - Wabi Sabi Warehouse, Wilmington, NC
Jeffcoat Pottery - Calabash, NC- Mary’s Gone Wild - Holden Beach, NC
- Montega Gallery at WHQR - Wilmington, NC
New Elements Gallery — Wilmington, NC 
Paddlewheel Stained Glass - Wilmington, NC - Port City Pottery and Fine Crafts — Wilmington, NC
- RDG Designs and Glassblowing Center - Wilmington, NC
The Red Tulip Gallery - Wilmington, NC
Ricky Evans Gallery - Southport, NC
Silver Coast Winery - Slavin’s Gallery- Jacksonville, NC
- Spectrum Art and Jewelry - Wilmington, NC
- Spencer Pottery - Southport, NC
StataArt - Wilmington, NC
Sunset River Marketplace — Calabash, NC
Three Hounds Gallery — Wilmington, NC - Thurston Art Gallery - Sneads Ferry, NC
- Tidewater and Salt Marsh Galleries - Swansboro, NC
Topsail Art Gallery - Surf City, NC- Townhouse Art and Frame - Wilmington, NC
- UNCW Ann Flack Boseman Gallery, Wilmington, N
- UNCW Art and Art History Gallery, Cultural Arts Building - Wilmington, NC
Walls Gallery — Wilmington, NC
Wilmington Art Association Gallery - Wilmington, NC- Yaupon Tree Gallery
Festivals and Events that showcase visual arts
Many events that are multiple purposed include the visual arts through a show, sale, vendor presentation or competition.
- Art for the Masses - Wilmington, NC
- Arts by the Sea - Swansboro, NC
- Autumn with Topsail - is held the third weekend in October in the town of Topsail Beach, NC.
- The Azalea Festival - held in Wilmington, NC during the first weekend in April
- Celebrate Hampstead Festival is held on the 2nd Saturday in May.
- Hanna Block Community Arts Center – events throughout the year – Wilmington, NC
- Muscadine Harvest Festival – Kenansville, NC
- North Carolina Blueberry Festival - Held June of each year in Burgaw, NC
- North Carolina Fourth of July Festival - Southport, NC
- North Carolina Pecan Festival - Whiteville, NC
- North Carolina Shrimp Festival - Sneads Ferry, NC
- North Carolina Strawberry Festival - Chadbourn, NC
- North Carolina Watermelon Festival in Fair Bluff, NC
- North Carolina Watermelon Festival in Fair Bluff, NC
- Orange Street Fair - Held spring of each year in Wilmington, NC
- Poplar Grove Plantation – multiple events throughout the year – - Wilmington, NC
- Riverfest - Held each fall in Wilmington, NC
- Seafood Blues and Jazz Festival - Pleasure Island, NC
- The Spot Festival - sponsored by the Hampstead Fire Department and held at Topsail High School during the last weekend in September.
- Southern Coastal Bluegrass Festival – fall of each year – Kure Beach, NC
- Sun Fest - sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Topsail Island and held at the Soundside Park.
- Swansboro Mullet Festival – Swansboro, NC
Where do artists work? Can I visit their studio?
The vast majority of artists in the region work out of a private studio that is rented or part of their home. You should always contact the artist if you want to visit them. The internet is a logical starting point for contact as many now have virtual galleries and private websites. Also for the immediate Wilmington area, www.creativewilmington.com is a good starting point.
For students in general, their studio is the educational setting. See educational listings in this website or on the internet in general. Some teachers and professors use their school setting as a studio but most have a private space as well.
Some artists have a combination studio, educational center and/or commercial site. Examples include:
- Art of the Craft - Wilmington, NC
- Creations by Justine - Wilmington, NC
- Fat Cat Pottery - Wilmington, NC
- Mary’s Gone Wild - Holden Beach, NC
- Paddlewheel Stained Glass - Wilmington, NC
- Pancoe Education Center - Wilmington, NC
- RDG Designs and Glassblowing Center - Wilmington, NC
There are two cooperative/rental artists studio centers in Wilmington.
- Acme Art- Wilmington, NC
- Independent Art Company - Wilmington, NC
You can find a large set of studio images without attribution to the artists or to exact locations from the Wilmington Area here.
Museums
Many types of museums support the visual arts with art items in their collections, educational outreach in art workshops and/or provision of research materials on the visual arts.
- Atlantic Coast Line Depot Museum - Chadbourn, NC
- Bellamy Mansion—Museum of History and Design Arts - Wilmington, NC
- Bladenboro Museum - Bladenboro, NC
- Cameron Art Museum - Wilmington, NC
- Cape Fear Museum - Wilmington, NC
- Children’s Museum of Wilmington - Wilmington, NC
- Harmony Hall Plantation - White Oak, NC
- Latimer House - Wilmington, NC
- North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher
- North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport - Southport, NC
- North Carolina Museum of Forestry - Whiteville, NC
- Onslow County Museum - Richlands, NC
- Pender County Museum - Burgaw, NC
- Wilmington Railroad Museum - Wilmington, NC
- Wrightsville Beach Museum of History - Wrightsville Beach, NC
