Entry Deadline is Feb 21 for Hiddenite Arts’ Youth Division Regional Artist Exhibit and Competition

Download and print materials for entering the exhibit and competition: Regional Artist Ltr 2019 (Read full guidelines for the exhibit and plan your entries!) Regional Artist Entry Forms (Four forms to a page. Please attach one completed form to each exhibit entry.) Loan Agreement (One completed, signed loan agreement should accompany your entries) The Youth […]

New in the Lucas Mansion Gallery: Pottery by Virginia Hurley, Exhibit Honoring the Life and Legacy of Allen Hines, and Photography Celebrating Black History Month

To begin the New Year, the Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center’s Lucas Mansion Gallery (316 Hiddenite Church Road) will feature new exhibits by potter and Alexander County resident, Virginia Hurley, historical collections honoring the Civil Rights era service of the late Allen Hines, and an exhibit of photography celebrating Black History Month. Celebrating Black History […]

Hiddenite Arts to Exhibit Rocky Face Photo Contest Winners January 2019

  Beginning in January 2019, the Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center will host an exhibit honoring winners of the Rocky Face Photo Contest. The winning photographs will be on display at the Center’s Lucas Mansion (316 Hiddenite Church Road in Alexander County). The exhibit is free and open to the public during the Center’s operating […]

Photography Exhibit at Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center to Honor Black History Month

  Beginning February 4th and continuing through February 28th, the Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center’s Lucas Mansion Gallery will feature an exhibit of photography that celebrates Black History Month. The exhibit will include black & white photography from 1900 through 1975. Through photography, the exhibit will honor the lives of African Americans in this region.  […]

Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center Featured on UNC TV’s North Carolina Weekend

The show highlights the Center’s appeal as a one-stop travel and tourism destination for art, culture, history, and regional heritage. Watch this great video and then plan your visit to the Center!

Love It, Like It Share It: We Have a New facebook Page!

If you love our arts programming, then we invite you to “Like” our brand new facebook page – Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center. “Like” us today and stay connected to our online arts community! Be the first to know about upcoming events, exhibits, programs, and news. View fun photos and videos from our events and […]

Hiddenite Center 
Enhances Brand Name 
as Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center

In an effort to offer a more descriptive understanding of their role in the arts community, The Hiddenite Center announced this week that the organization has enhanced its brand name and will be known as the Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center. Read More…

The Center, a non-profit organization located in Alexander County, has offered quality arts and heritage programming for the region since it’s founding by the late Eileen Lackey Sharpe in May of 1981.