Upcoming + Ongoing events.
Awakening Exhibition
During awakening, [ PROXY ] invites visitors to encounter themselves within the works. The exhibition shines a light on both inner and outer worlds while engaging themes of the exoteric, epiphany, and enlightenment. In doing so, it reveals [ PROXY ]’s broader mission: to elevate dialogue and cultivate expansive cultural conversations. [ PROXY ] sets out as a new kind of third place; an artful space that fosters exploration, contemplation, and joy.
awakening is an ode to expansion, nurtured by the interplay of light and darkness. Bringing together artists who dream in tessellations of luminosity, texture, and geometry, the exhibition reveals compositions that seem to pulse beyond the surface of the prints. In bringing together the two artists, “Awakening” sets out to demonstrate how soulful discovery depends equally on the conscious and the subconscious.
awakening holds a mirror to the psyche; reflecting both the immediate image and the unseen residue of its memory. The act of looking becomes the subject as you, the viewer, complete the work.
Connor McManus synthesizes fleeting moments from around the world and weaves them into a kaleidoscopic symphony bursting at the seams. He repaints the world as if seen through a new looking glass; is there a greater truth than the emotive remembrance of the memory? Every iteration unlocks a new meaning.
Zaire Miles-Moultrie reanimates the traditions of etching, engraving, and printmaking within a digital framework, conjuring a mystical, dreamlike realm. Echoing the visual language of Enlightenment-era depictions of the “New World,” his figures and forms are imbued with contemporary talismans and motifs that both entice and unsettle, inviting the viewer to engage or resist.
awakeningaffirms a primal impulse: to transform sensory experience into a unique personal narrative. Through highly individualized reflection and reconstitution, the artists’ chromatic interplay offers subtle clues to their sources while forming a resonant visual duet. Ultimately,awakeningasks us to recognize the inner self as the only constant across a shifting field of impressions.
Look for programming throughout the exhibition including artist talks, gallery engagements, and more. The opening reception will be held on Friday, April 17th from 5-8pm.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Rise Above Your Algorithm
While the date and deets are TBD, look forward to joining us for an engaging gathering of curious minds to contemplate beyond the media we’re being fed by our individual algorithms and learn how others are thinking about current topics, inspirations and oddities. In a video format, we’ll take in a few snippets and provide a frame for discussion here in the gallery at PROXY. Keep an eye out for more information coming soon! And drop us a note if something sparks your interest - we’re always keen to keep it curiously creative!
Screening: The Competition Movie (Architecture Competition Documentary)
We are excited to announce that we will be screening “The Competition” at PROXY! The Competition is a thrilling documentary of the architectural competition for the National Museum of Andorra.
"For anyone with the slightest suspicion of the insidious, futile processes at work behind the glossy façades of the world's so-called 'starchitects', a new documentary by Spanish architect Angel Borrego Cubero makes for compulsive viewing" - THE GUARDIAN, OLIVER WAINWRIGHT
Following five “Star-chitects” and their teams through the development of entries for this invited international design competition, The Competition is a compelling and fascinating account of what goes on behind the scenes of world-renowned architecture offices. From the grueling hours of the interns and associates, to the hubris of those famous names that dominate the architectural hallowed halls, the documentary shows what it takes to design on the world’s biggest stages.
Join us for a screening of the film here at PROXY!
We will have a brief gathering with snacks and beverages for sale and an introduction during the half hour leading up to the screening which will begin promptly at 6:00pm.
Please consider donating to keep compelling programming at PROXY flowing to our creative community! A suggested donation of $15 per seat goes a long way towards helping us cover costs and remaining a thought-provoking arts organization in your Greensboro Community! Contributors will receive a drink ticket as a thank you! Click link below:
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Space is limited so please use the registration form below to reserve your seat!
Synopsis
A documentary movie constructed as an almost uncomfortable but intensely fascinating account of how some of the best architects in the world, design giants like Jean Nouvel or Frank Gehry, toil, struggle and strategize to beat the competition. While nearly as old as the profession itself, architectural competitions became a social, political and cultural phenomenon of the post-Guggenheim Bilbao museums and real estate bubbles of the recent past. Taking place at the dramatic moment in which the bubble became a crisis, this is the first competition to be documented in excruciatingly raw detail.
Jean Nouvel, Frank Gehry, Dominique Perrault, Zaha Hadid and Norman Foster are selected to participate in the design of the future National Museum of Art of Andorra, a first in the Pyrenees small country. Norman Foster drops out of the competition after a change in the rules that allow the documentary to happen. Three months of design work go into the making of the different proposals, while, behind doors, a power struggle between the different architects and the client has a profound impact on the level of transparency granted by each office to the resident documentary crew, and which has a definite influence in the material shown in the film.
The presentations to the jury happen in one intense day close to election time in Andorra, becoming a hot event in the tiny country, with media all around the international stars that may help shape its future. Of the four remaining architects three show up to make personal presentations, every one of which becomes a fascinating study in personality, strategy, character, showmanship… and a dramatic moment in which any detail becomes both important and irrelevant, the line between failure and success perfectly imperceptible. But does the jury have the last word?
The Competition is the first film documenting the tense developments that characterize architectural contests. On October 10th 2013, The Competition opened the Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam (AFFR), with an audience of more than 500 people. The participation at the AFFR was as the same time the World Première of this documentary and since then it's being shown all over the world. An Official Selection film for programs such as the Vancouver Intl. Film Festival – VIFF’15, the Intl. Film Festival of Contemporary Art from Naples – Artecinema’15, the Intl. Festival of Film on Art from Montréal – FIFA’15; the Intl. Documentary Film Festival – DocumentaMadrid’14, the Intl. Festival of Film on Art from Florence – Lo Schermo dell`Arte’14, The Competition has been also awarded the Architecture Dissemination Award at the XIII Spanish Biennale of Architecture and the First Prize at the COAM Awards ’14, an annually given award by the Architects Association of Madrid.
Opening Reception: Awakening
Join us for the Opening Reception of ‘Awakening’ in the gallery from 5-8pm! Can’t wait to see you there!
PROXY Future Voices: Selected Works Exhibition
Looking to elevate the next generation of sculpture artists as they transition from the academy to the broader discipline, ‘Future Voices’ showcases selected artists from UNC Greensboro’s art department in a dynamic exhibition at PROXY. Come see the next cultural catalysts as they present work in a unique setting. More details to come soon!
Artists' Critique Session
Creatives, Makers, Dreamers… PROXY is forming a critique group designed to provide opportunities to share and receive feedback on your work-in-progress among a group of artist peers. Have you been in the midst of some creative production that you’d like to get some additional perspectives on? The format will be lightly structured to ensure each participant receives quality input from the moderators and peer artists. We will have some libations for suggested donation to lubricate the conversation.
What to expect:
plan on 10 minutes to present and receive feedback,
bring a piece you feel comfortable sharing and looking for peer input on,
be prepared to engage with others’ work with a constructive approach.
This event is for registered attendees only. Please reach out to us with interest in sharing your work and feedback on others’ work. Fill out the form below to provide us with some information regarding the work you’d like to share so that we can ensure the space is prepared to display it during the critique session.
POHS a Question
Public Office Hours @ SCHEMATA | studio
Have an architecture question? Curious about a project you’ve been contemplating? Want to know what in the world that material is on your favorite building? Come say hi and bring your curiosity to SCHEMATA’s open question sessions @ PROXY Design Gallery. This weekly series is open to all, and we invite you to visit and engage with our team. Registered architect, Michael Clapp, will be fielding your most outlandish inquiries in this open format to help increase design awareness and open up the possibilities inherent in good design!
POHS a Question
Public Office Hours @ SCHEMATA | studio
Have an architecture question? Curious about a project you’ve been contemplating? Want to know what in the world that material is on your favorite building? Come say hi and bring your curiosity to SCHEMATA’s open question sessions @ PROXY Design Gallery. This weekly series is open to all, and we invite you to visit and engage with our team. Registered architect, Michael Clapp, will be fielding your most outlandish inquiries in this open format to help increase design awareness and open up the possibilities inherent in good design!
'Day One' Exhibition
PROXY will host its Grand Opening Celebration as we invite the community to join us for the opening of “Day One” an exhibition featuring fascinating works by Les Caison iii, Gabe Fonorow, and Paul Mok. These talented artists hail from both local and national art realms Winston-Salem, Kernersville, and New York, respectively. The work featured is an intense and awe-inspiring mix of technical and figurative compositions that bring to light the ever-obsessive ‘work of the artist’ as a quest for understanding, expression and catharsis. Come join us for our first contemporary art exhibition. We can’t wait to have you!
Day one exhibition
At "Day One," [PROXY] embraces how it came to be and where it is in development and in its life. "Day One" bares its bones and heart in equal parts. The show explores themes of self meditative approaches in artists creating their own haven and hints at how [PROXY]] itself vies to become a haven of its own. [PROXY] envisions being a new third place; to create an artful space that invites exploration, contemplation and joy.
"Day One" is an admission of novelty, of beginnings. Bringing together artists who create worlds initially for themselves and then to dream in and ultimately to create from, "Day One" sets out to find that expression establishes the self and that self is expression.
"Day One" is three distinct yet parallel worlds of three scintillating series. Gaze a moment too long and the works begin to buzz and claim a bodily presence of their own.
Gabe Fonorow gathers lines as one gathers one's thoughts. One at a time, one after another and at length.
Les Caison Ill processes in strokes, imparting a distinct mood. One iteration at a time, his fields of vision create a palpable atmosphere.
Paul Mok performs acts of dedication to the ritual and the worlds it builds. His practice fractals, blossoming new life into the inanimate.
"Day One" bears witness to the generative and transcendental power of repetition as a means to meditate. In exploring the essence of the repetition, artistic rituals behind the works reveal the nature & interests of their unique makers and practitioners. In laying bare the specificity of the artists' rituals, "Day One" nods to the psychological phenomenon coined by Carl Rogers: what's the most personal is the most universal.
[PROXY] hosted its Grand Opening Celebration on October 25, 2025 as we invited the community to join us for the opening of its “Day One” exhibition. The talented invited artists hail from both local and national art realms of Winston-Salem, Kernersville, and New York. The work featured is an intense and awe-inspiring mix of technical and figurative compositions that bring to light the ever-obsessive ‘work of the artist’ as a quest for understanding, expression and catharsis. Come see the work currently on display in the gallery, up through the end of February.
Artstock Studio Tour
Artstock Studio Tour [PROXY] as Gallery Host Site
Join us for the annual Artstock Studio Crawl where we’ll be hosting a number of Artstock Artists and featuring a live Classical Irish Guitar performance on Oct. 4 from 3:30pm to 5pm! We’ll have featured, artists’ work, PROXY-native artworks and a preview of work from one of the artists that will be featured at our Grand Opening on October 25, “Day One”! We look forward to seeing you there!
Event Details
With three artists and a musical performance on Saturday evening, you’ll find amazing examples of creative production from Greensboro-based artists!
Convenient parking options can be found at the locations shown below.
Convenient Parking Options
There is also a free gravel lot at the corner of W Gate City Blvd and S Elm Streets where you can hop on the Hopper Trolley for a free ride over to Hamburger Square! Check out the Hopper Route at the link below:
https://www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/transit/downtown-trolley
PROXY POP-UP
We’re so excited to share the amazing things we have in store for PROXY as folks hit the streets for FOLK FEST ‘25 in Downtown Greensboro! Our gallery and shop will be open as a sneak peak to the grand opening happening later in October. With plenty of bespoke items for sale, ranging from architectural lighting fixtures to signature writing instruments and art goodies, you’ll get a sense for the broad range of offerings that PROXY has envisioned for this unique space. Grab a gift for a friend (or yourself), and some bevvies for the concerts happening outside, and see Greensboro’s newest addition to the creative community!