The UnVacant Lot
On View
Located in heart of Thomasville’s downtown Creative District at 217 West Jackson Street, this space provides a unique opportunity to showcase public art year-round and serves to actively engage our neighbors through experiences which feature unexpected ideas. The UnVacant Lot is equipped with outdoor furniture, Wi-Fi, and shade sales and is accessible to everyone at no charge.
Up Next: It’s a Wild Life!
Exhibition on View
November 7, 2024 – February 17, 2025
It’s a WILD LIFE! celebrates the Festival’s 29th year (November 7 – 17, 2024) with 29 paper mâché squirrels by artist David Junker scattered throughout the community. These playful critters are scurrying about and gathering friends for all of the festivities ahead. We honor the squirrels’ role in shaping the plant composition of our forest and moving fungal spores to help newly planted longleaf pines gain important nutrients from the soil.
This immersive experience is designed as a reminder of the importance of the stable grassland ecosystem of the longleaf pine — home to a rich variety of plants and animals. It’s a WILD LIFE! continues at Thomasville Center for the Arts’ main location, as well.
Morning in the Red Hills
Joe Cowdrey
Installed 2020 + 2022 | Ongoing
Morning in the Tall Pines + Morning at the Fresh Spring
In Morning at the Fresh Spring, Joe Cowdrey draws inspiration from the iconic attributes of the Red Hills Region and portrays the fresh and clean water of our region. Cowdrey’s other project, Morning in the Tall Pines, uses similar inspiration from the surrounding forested areas setting the scene for a misty morning in the longleaf pine forest.
On Location
Katherine Sandoz
Installed 2021 | Ongoing
Field studies of the Red Hills region are documented in this installation of two vistas: one water and one field + forest. Creating a sense of one being at the bottom of a field, pond or swamp, this view depicts a high bluff, and a lower-lying lake with a constellation of water loving flora: pitcher plants, sagittaria, and water lilies.
Past Exhibitions
