About ARTivity On The Green
ARTivity On The Green is an extension of the Art District and connects it to Innovation Quarter. The park features central water misting towers, a bandstand, a mural wall, and rolling grassy hills. All of the elements, twoers, and bandstand are lit at night with ample coverage and fun colors.
ARTivity On The Green has six entrances marked by red lines. The lines meander on city sidewalks of Liberty St., Trade St., 6th St., and 7th St. and climb onto the sides of buildings. They culminate at thirteen red towers called the “Tower Cloud” in the center of the park. The towers are different heights to mimic the shape of the R.J. Reynolds building/Kimpton Hotel, and during warm months emit a water mist. The bandstand consists of seven steel ribbons that represent the notes of a musical octave. The park hosts multiple concerts and events throughout the year in downtown Winston-Salem. The mural wall features area artists and is repainted each Spring during a festival called “Concrete Canvas”.
ARTivity On The Green Amenities
- Water-misting towers
- A bandstand
- Mural Wall
- Rolling grassy hills
- Lighting on the bandstand and towers that shine at night
- Limited seating near bandstand
ARTivity On The Green Hours
Hours:
Monday: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Tuesday: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Thursday: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Saturday: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Sunday: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.
ARTivity On The Green Interesting Facts
- The towers mist every half hour, for three-minute intervals, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. They are turned on during the warm months and de-activated in freezing temperatures.
- The towers are positioned to align with a traditional design feature of Winston-Salem: on a straight line from the R.J. Reynolds Building through Wait Chapel on the campus of Wake Forest University and on to Pilot Mountain.
- The ribbons of the bandstand can be used as whisper dishes. If people sit on opposite seats of the same ribbon (facing the ribbon) they can converse even at a whisper.
- The Mural wall was built to provide a dynamic place to display art as well as to retain soil used to build the rolling hills.
- There are art designs on the sidewalks that can only be seen when it is wet.
