AAWS Mission

For over 50 years, Associated Artists has been the source of Winston-Salem's most fertile talent. At Associated Artists we give art a place to be seen by giving it a space to be shown. Here in our downtown gallery through events, exhibits, and programs new artists learn from more mature artists, progressive ideas bump up against classical approaches, and all are given opportunities to present artwork and share experiences as equals.

Michelangelo was once asked,
"How do you create your beautiful sculptures?"
He responded,
"I do not create beauty, God creates beauty.
I merely chip away the surrounding marble
so as to reveal the beauty.
The beauty is already within.
It is already perfectly in place."

At Associated Artists, we don't see our purpose as being much different from Michelangelo's. Where he believed he was releasing beauty from within marble, we believe we are releasing talent from within our city's individuals. And, just as everyone shares in the beauty Michelangelo revealed, everyone in our community benefits from the artists, and the artwork, that Associated Artists helps cultivate.