{"id":2,"date":"2010-11-16T09:38:09","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T16:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2022-10-29T17:27:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T21:27:23","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/artworksaroundtown.org\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ARTWORKS\u00a0<em>around town Inc.<\/em>, located in historic Centre Market, is a nonprofit charitable and educational organization operating a Gallery and Art Center to benefit the artists and general public of the region.<\/p>\n<h2>For information email us at: \u00a0info@artworksaroundtown.org<\/h2>\n<p>ARTWORKS <em>around town<\/em><br \/>\n2200 Market Street, Wheeling WV 26003<br \/>\nPhone: 304-233-7540<br \/>\nHours: Mon &#8211; Thur &amp; Sat 10:00 &#8211; 5:30, Fri 10:00 &#8211; 6:00<br \/>\nGallery Hop first Friday of every month, 5:30 &#8211; 8:00<\/p>\n<p>a nonprofit charitable and educational organization, supporting, and sustaining artistic expression by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>showcasing the talent of area artists, schools and organizations<\/li>\n<li>providing educational opportunities for all ages<\/li>\n<li>promoting interaction among artists and the public<\/li>\n<li>hosting forums for exchange of ideas, information and artistic expression<\/li>\n<li>encouraging and promoting public interest in the support of fine arts<\/li>\n<li>managing a central facility for the public to experience art at its finest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tax deductible contributions from our supporters enables ARTWORKS <em>around town<\/em> to offer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>guest-artist lectures and workshops<\/li>\n<li>outreach programs for youth<\/li>\n<li>demonstrations and discussions open to the public<\/li>\n<li>special exhibits<\/li>\n<li>international exchanges among artists<\/li>\n<li>placement of original art in public and corporate spaces<\/li>\n<li>artist information exchange<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Gallery and Art Center is operated by a Board of Directors with assistance from Artist Associates and other volunteers from the local community and region. It depends for its financial support primarily on contributions, gifts, and grants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARTWORKS\u00a0around town Inc., located in historic Centre Market, is a nonprofit charitable and educational organization operating a Gallery and Art Center to benefit the artists and general public of the region. For information email us at: \u00a0info@artworksaroundtown.org ARTWORKS around town &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/artworksaroundtown.org\/?page_id=2\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/artworksaroundtown.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/artworksaroundtown.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/artworksaroundtown.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artworksaroundtown.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artworksaroundtown.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/artworksaroundtown.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1969,"href":"http:\/\/artworksaroundtown.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/1969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/artworksaroundtown.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}