Sawtooth School offers resources for WNC artist [Video]

The Sawtooth School for Visual Art is holding a new program to help Western North Carolina artists impacted by Helene. The Sawtooth School is a nonprofit community art school that has been a mainstay of the local art scene for nearly 80 years. It is located in its iconic sawtooth-shaped building in downtown Winston-Salem. Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking hereLauren Davis, the school’s executive director, says she and the team at the Sawtooth School witnessed the devastation of Helene. “It was heartbreaking for our team to see the devastation and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene across the Southeast, but especially in Western North Carolina,” she said. “We heard so many stories of artists who lost everything from decades of work, really important equipment, their workspaces, even their homes.”She says that’s when the school decided to jump in and help artists.“We have these fantastic 16 well-lit, professionally …