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 Fine
artists demonstrate their commitment to the children of
The Crossnore School as they show their work in this
not-for-profit gallery.
The Crossnore School has been providing residential
child care for disadvantaged children since 1913. Today,
its mission is to provide a safe, stable, healing,
living and learning environment for children from
families in crisis. The Crossnore School serves over 300
abused, abandoned and neglected children from across the
state of North Carolina each year.
Fine art came to The Crossnore School in the summer of
2006, which brought renowned fresco artist Benjamin F.
Long and his team of apprentices to the Crossnore campus
to paint Suffer the Little Children on the back
wall of E. H. Sloop Chapel. As the fresco was completed
in early July, The Crossnore Gallery emerged, a result
of the artists’ allegiance to the school and its
mission.
A significant portion of the proceeds from the sale of
artwork in the gallery helps to support the Stepping
Stones Program, targeted at the needs of teens who have
been emancipated by their home county Departments of
Social Services but still want to continue their
education.
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questions or would like more information, please contact us
828-733-3144,
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