Five older adults sat at the front of the conference room at Senior Services on Dec. 8, anxiously awaiting their turn to read the stories they have been working on during a six-week creative writing class. Through a Spark the Arts grant Senior Services received from the Arts Council of North Carolina, they were able to hire Nathan Ross Freeman, co-founder of Authoring Action, to teach the classes.
The Elberson Fine Arts Center Gallery at Salem Academy and College is currently featuring the exhibit “Finding Place,” an exhibition of multi-dimensional works by Ollie Singleton, curated by Kimberly Varnadoe. The exhibit runs through Dec. 16 and can be viewed Monday through Friday from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.