Hickory, NC - Full Circle Arts (FCA) invites the Hickory area community to attend the gallery’s first event of 2025, the opening reception for the “Creating in 3-Dimensions” art competition and exhibition. The reception will honor the three-dimensional art competition winners and will be held from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Thursday, January 23 at the Full Circle Arts gallery. Awards will be announced and presented to the winning artists at the event.

The three-dimensional pieces in the show were executed in a variety of media and are free-standing, suspended or wall-hanging art works,” said Ellen Schwarzbek, FCA president. The submitted works were judged by Kathi Yarnall, an award-winning artist, sculptor and art instructor, who considered quality of image and effectiveness of presentation in selecting the winning entries from the submitted three-dimensional works. The winning works and other pieces entered in the competition will be on display in the gallery January 23 - March 1, 2025.

Refreshments will be provided by the members of Full Circle Arts. For more information about the event, go to Full Circle Arts’ website: www.fullcirclearts.org/events.

“Painting with Paper”, art made with quilled paper, by Beth Oczkowski, is also on display until March 1.