Art & Soul Rowan invites all people to explore the transformative power of creativity and contemplation to cultivate wholeness, heal brokenness and foster spirit filled living.
Art & Poetry Workshops
Facilitator: Poet and Artist Nichole Pequeño
*Register early Spaces are limited
Poetry Group
A welcoming place to share your poetry and receive group critiques. All levels are welcome!
Every 1st Wednesday of each month, 6-8pm
March 5th, April 2nd, May 7th, June 4th, July 2nd, August 6th
Free -- No preregistration required
Artist and Writer Inspiration Journaling
How to start a new visual art series or your next writing project. In this workshop we will compile what you need to start your journal.
Saturday, March 8th 2pm-4pm
$50 *All Supplies included
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Poetic Printmaking
Learn how to make a lino reduction relief print. In this workshop you will make your own multi-color block print
Sunday, March 16, 11am-4pm
$75 All supplies and lunch included
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
In this workshop we will be combining instant photography and poetry. You will create your own documentary poem.
Saturday, April 12th, 11am-4pm
$60 supplies included
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**Scholarship applications are available, if interested email: andria@artandsoulrowan.com
Art & Soul Rowan 207 W Harrison St. Salisbury, NC
Supplies for the workshops sponsored by, Jerry's Artarama, Charlotte, NC
GOD I HOPE I GET IT:
AUDITIONING WORKSHOP
Register here:
https://www.redonedidart.com/acting/god-i-hope-i-get-it-auditioning-workshop
The release form for parents is available for review here:
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Ages 10 to 17 / 9AM to NOON
Ages 18+ / 1PM to 4PM
Location: Art & Soul Rowan / 207 W Harrison St / Salisbury, NC 28144
Cost: $50 ($60 for RESUME option)
Led by professional Director and Actor, Bradley Moore, this valuable and impactful workshop will cover all the information, skills, and tips to help build more confidence with your auditions for musicals and plays; this is the first step to landing all of your dream roles! This workshop will give you a peek behind the curtain of the casting process from a Director who has cast over 250 projects, from musicals to film to plays to readings to online productions. The workshop will cover: how to prepare, what to expect, how to select your audition material, and many tricks of the trade, including a Q&A session. This workshop will be immersive and active with readings and games to give you the tools you need most to succeed at every audition. Please dress comfortably. If you have a monologue that you would like to work on, please bring that with you - along with your resume and headshot, if available. Not required, but recommended. The workshop is $50 per person. Please add $10 if you would like a professional reworking of you resume - to be delivered after the workshop. There are only 12 slots available for each workshop so SIGN UP NOW! :) Please send any questions to Bradley Moore at ontheroadwith@me.com.
Activity Waiver Form THIS ACTIVITY WAIVER FORM dated the 15th day of March 2025 IN CONSIDERATION of being allowed to participate in the audition workshop, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, I _____________________ of parent or legal guardian of ___________________agree on behalf of __________________ (the participant, child’s full legal name) with Art & Soul Rowan, LLC of 207 W Harrison Street, Salisbury, NC 28144, USA, (the activity provider to the following: DETAILS OF THE ACTIVITY Scheduled for March 15, 2025, the participant will be participating in the following activity: Audition workshop provided by the Activity Provider. CONSIDERATION Being the lawful guardian of the Participant, and in consideration of the Participant being permitted to participate in the Activity, on behalf of the Participant the Legal Guardian releases and forever discharges the Activity Provider, its owners, directors, officers, employees, agents, assigns, legal representatives, and successors from all manner of actions, causes of action, debts, accounts, bonds, contracts, claims, and demands for or by reason of any injury to person or property, including injury resulting in the death of the Participant, which has been or may be sustained as a consequence of the Participant's participation in the Activity, and withstanding that such damage, loss or injury may have been caused solely or partly by the negligence of the Activity Provider. The Legal Guardian understands that the participant would not be permitted to participate in the Activity unless the Legal Guardian signed this waiver. CONCURRENT RELEASE The Legal Guardian acknowledges that this Waiver is given with the express intention of effecting the extinguishment of certain obligations owed to the Participant by the Activity Provider, and with the intention of binding the Participant’s heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, and assigns. FITNESS TO PARTICIPATE The legal guardian acknowledges to the Activity Provider that the Participant does not have any physical limitations, medical ailments or physical or mental disabilities that would limit or prevent the Participant from participating in the Activity. If required, the Participant will obtain a medical examination and clearance. FULL AND FINAL SETTLEMENT The Legal Guardian acknowledges and agrees with the Activity Provider that: (1) the Activity Provider has given the Legal Guardian sufficient time to carefully review this Waiver, (2) the Legal Guardian has been given the opportunity and has been encouraged to seek independent legal advice prior to signing the Waiver, (3) the Legal Guardian understands the risks and claims that the Participant is waiving to participate in the Activity, (4) the Legal Guardian is freely and voluntarily executing this Waiver, and (5) the Participant is forever prevented from suing or otherwise claiming against the Activity Provider for any property loss or personal injury that the Participant may sustain while participating in or preparing for the Activity. GOVERNING LAW This waiver will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina. EMERGENCY CONTACT Name:___________________________ Phone:___________________________ IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Legal Guardian has duly affixed their signature on this 15th day of March, 2025. ______________________________ ____________________________(Parent/Guardian)
Meet the Team
Dedication. Expertise. Passion
Our Artists in Residence:
Art & Soul's AIR program aims to host at least four local artists every year. Selected artists are provided program stipends, art studio spaces, and facility resources so they can spend their time focusing on their creative practice. During their residency they are encouraged to hosts classes, lead programs, and host a gallery exhibition or performance. We often create resident events where we invite the community to join as we celebrate their developing bodies of work.
Bradley Moore
BRADLEY MOORE has spent most of his life working professionally in the theatre, with an exciting decade sabbatical in the music business, just for good measure. A Maryland native, he received his undergrad in Theatre Performance from Winthrop University in South Carolina, where he also achieved his master’s in Arts Administration. Bradley spent 17 years as a Nashville resident and worked on the road as a Tour Manager and Production Coordinator for LeAnn Rimes, Jessica Simpson, India Arie, among others. His work with these artists allowed him to travel all over the world including Europe, Japan, & Africa. Getting back to his theatre roots, in 2009 he started Music City Theatre Company in Nashville. Bradley is the recipient of the Broadway World Award for Best Director of a Musical for the regional premiere of American Idiot (2016) & the First Night Award for Best Director of a Musical for the regional premiere of Mamma Mia! (2018). Other favorite directing credits include: Sister Act, the regional premiere of Freaky Friday: The Musical, the Tennessee premiere of Matilda, Peter & The Starcatcher, & August: Osage County. He has worked with many theatres up and down the East Coast including Studio Tenn, Expression City, Chaffin’s Barn, where he spent time as the Assistant Artistic Director, and Cumberland County Playhouse in East Tennessee. Bradley is also an actor, having performed in over 120 productions in his lifetime, and a playwright who is the author/co-author of several original musicals, including the Broadway World Award winning Casey Stampfield: The Musical and a recent new musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Recently, Bradley has directed Ragtime, [title of show], Legally Blonde, The Sound of Music, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, A Christmas Carol, Heathers, Kinky Boots, Bye Bye Birdie, Rent, and POTUS. He was recently nominated for five Metrolina Theatre Association Awards in Charlotte, NC for his work last season at Piedmont Players. Bradley just appeared as Lenny in Rumors at Lee Street Theatre.
Nichole Pequeño
Introducing Nichole Pequeño, one of our newest Artists in Residence for 2025! Nichole is coming on as a creative writing artist. She is also a visual artist. Look for upcoming creative writing classes with Nichole!
Other biographical information for Nichole:
Nichole Pequeño is an Indigenous Futurism artist originally from Chicago where she studied printmaking, wearable arts and design. Currently, she utilizes painting, printmaking, and photography into her artwork. Pequeño's art is influenced by her culture, historical nostalgia mixed with the present and future.
Shane Manier
Visual & Spoken Word Artist
Shane Manier is a Creative Coach, Visual Artist, Live Event Painter, Tedx and Key Note Speaker, Trauma Informed Care Instructor, Poetry Mentor and National Spoken Word Poet based in the Charlotte Metro Region of NC. She is the founder of The National Poetry Month Summit, and Guerilla Poets, a nonprofit art collective with branches in the US and UK.
She is currently the Visual Arts Teaching Instructor for The Harvey B. Gantt Center, Henderson High School, The Arts Empowerment Project, Playing for Others, as well as Center for Faith and the Arts Visual Artist in Residence and has served on board of CCAG Arts Collective of Cornelius North Carolina in 2017.
She is one of the few North Carolina live speed painters in the Charlotte Metro area and an Ultimate Painting Finalist for Regional Championship Live Speed Painting Competition. She has showcased two bodies of work through her residency at Center for Faith and the Arts, “Black Kings,” and “This is Salisbury.”
Alaina Cantrell
Creative Movement
Alaina specializes in creative movement and has started teaching Tai Chi classes here at Art & Soul Rowan. Through ASR she has been working with children on the autism spectrum teaching creative movement at Partners In Learning. She is a certified Tai Chi instructor through Functional Aging Institute and has a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. She is a recent graduate from Catawba College where she majored in Sociology and minored in Dance. She also performed with a professional Ballet Company, Carolina Ballet Theatre, for 5 years.
Kela Hunt
Visual Artist
Kela Hunt, is a visual artist from Cleveland, NC. who obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Western Carolina University. He is a visual arts instructor for Rowan County Schools and coaches track and field. He is a proud member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., and a member of Third Creek AME Zion Church. He is the owner and operator of Flexx Design Studio LLC. Where he serves as an active artist and art advocate. He believes that art is used to express oneself and allow their voice to be heard. That voice becomes a visual artform which aids in telling a story. What is your story? He enjoys the challenge of portrait work and has found pleasure in doing paint classes and ‘sip and paint’ parties. He also enjoys doing murals when time allows.
Caleb Hill
Musician
Caleb Hill is one of our newest Artists in Residence. Caleb is a local musician and songwriter. He also handcrafts a variety of instruments, and he teaches private music lessons. Caleb is also what he refers to as a "garbage artist" making art from found objects. Caleb leads our monthly drum circle on the last Friday of each month from 6-8pm. The drum circle is free and open to everyone, including children. The drums are provided, so just drop in.
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