Winston-Salem, NC—The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) is having a sidewalk sale of the entire inventory of items from the art center’s visitor’s shop. The sale will be held at SECCA, 750 Marguerite Drive, on Saturday, Sept. 13 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Sale items include jewelry, ceramics, speciality decor items, books, stationary, children’s games and much more. All items will be sold at greatly reduced prices. The sale will be held in the parking lot in front of SECCA.
Remodeling the store is one of the first steps in SECCA’s long-range plan to revitalize the arts center. Jan Campos, a quilt artist from Charlotte and the new SECCA merchandising manager, created the sale as a way to clear current inventory from the shop in preparation for a total upgrade and renovation of the store.
Campos’ goal for a new shop will be to increase sales by streamlining the items offered and to arrange them effectively and attractively. New items sold at the store will have a clear connection with the art center’s contemporary art mission.
“As SECCA’s new image unfolds,” Campos says, “the store will play a key role in promoting that signature with the public. I’m very excited about starting fresh with a clean canvas to promote the wonderful things happening at SECCA.”
Campos joined the SECCA staff in May 2008. Currently some of Campos’ contemporary art quilts are on display at SECCA in an exhibit called “Line Dance.” Working on a large scale, Campos combines spareness of bold, dynamic form with obsessive hand quilting. Campos shares the exhibit with Mark Hewitt, a potter of large embellished vessels.
SECCA’s sale will be held in conjunction with the opening of the new fall exhibition at the arts center.
SECCA is designed to involve audiences in the art of our time. SECCA is an operating entity of the North Carolina Museum of Art, an agency of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources. SECCA’s programs mirror the Department of Cultural Resources’ 2008 theme of “Telling Our Stories.” For hours of operation, please go to general@secca.org or call 336-725-1904. Admission is free.