Thursday, November 13, 2008

A Light in our Piazza - Tonight thru Saturday


Following on last month's Stevens Center performance of the Adam Guettel work about Winston-Salem folks on Italian holiday, tonight through Saturday night you can see the Millennium Center's piazza in a whole new light. Literally. Every thirty minutes, from 6:30-11:00pm.

As Ken Keuffel reported in the Winston-Salem Journal last Sunday, lighting students of Norman Coates at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts have teamed their design talents with lighting industry leader and masterclass teacher Paul Gregory to add a definite new spark to the public art scene in Winston. Underwritten by the founding owners of Lucifer Lighting in San Antonio, UNCSA supporters Gilbert and Suzanne Mathews, the show at 101 W. Fifth St. will have plenty of attention running concurrent with the annual Piedmont Craftsmen's Fair in town. It's just the kind of creative flash the town needs more of. Thanks to all involved in this project - perhaps something permanent is on the way soon?

Photo, from UNC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, shows how one of six different designs has been planned for the building - here by Michael Kohler and his team of Alex Bright and Kyle Grant.

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