Quick Draw of WNC

$15,000 for Art Education Raised in 2023!

Welcome to Quick Draw of WNC, a non-profit community of artists and art lovers committed to promoting the arts by funding art education.

Since 2001, QD has funded $220K for local art education:

$139K in classroom supplies, $90K in scholarships for 79 HS seniors.

In 2023, we raised nearly $10K for art teacher supplies, and $5K for college scholarships for Haywood County High School students!

We believe that art has the power to inspire, educate, and connect people from all walks of life.

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what is QuickDraw? A Fun Benefit for Art in schools!

THE LIVE EVENT

QUICKDRAW ARTISTS... Just WOW.

STUDENTS NEED YOU!

Wait, Fine Art in an hour?

You bet! Join experienced plein air artists for an evening of art in the making. Watch the region's finest artists step up to the easel as they artfully create original works right before your eyes, in one hour!

Bid to win your favorite pieces at auction to support local art education. Take home a prize work that you can really talk about!

QuickDraw is your opportunity to score fine art, exquisite crafts, estate wines, golf at Balsam Preserve and more at a lively auction with dinner. Bid to win, and take home a prize you can really talk about.

Event Schedule

STUDENTS NEED YOU!

QUICKDRAW ARTISTS... Just WOW.

STUDENTS NEED YOU!

Art is power. It can influence perception, opinion and values. The artist who creates uses his paintbrush to focus on a moment in time... recording those things that touch the heart. —Ossie Davis, actor

QuickDraw engages your senses in a wow event. Proceeds help the art supplies budget for art in local public schools. QD provides upwards of 85% of Haywood County's school art supply budgets. The money's just not there for consumable supplies. Without your financial support, local art programs are limited and at risk for elimination.

Your contributions make a difference.

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QUICKDRAW ARTISTS... Just WOW.

Experience the magic of art coming to life, right before your eyes! Take a stroll, enjoy a refreshing sip, watch and marvel at creative, bold artists as they challenge the clock in a traditional quickdraw paint-out. Plus, meet talented process-intensive media artists while they create during the QD hour. Make friends in an immersive art experience!

Oils • Watercolor • Acrylic • Colored Pencil • Encaustic • Pastel • Jewelry • Clay • Metal Art • Collage • Wood • Glass

YOUR QD Artists

WANT TO HELP? Volunteer, Donate, Sponsor

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Help spread the word
Be a quickdraw artist
Sponsor an event component
Volunteer at event
Host a visiting artist
Donate items for teachers
Help plan the event
Brainstorm with us! (828) 734-5747

Donate to Art Teaching

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Fund the Need:

Help art teachers teach

Your generous gift of any amount will help teachers meet their goals to make creative, explorative art spaces for children as these funds help stock their classrooms with art supplies.

Donate here with our secure online form, or mail your check to QuickDraw of WNC to PO Box 947, Clyde NC 28721. Fed ID 56-2634976

Your donation is tax deductible.

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Sponsor an Event Artist

Sponsor a QuickDraw Artist

With your donation to Sponsor an Artist, you help QuickDraw cover event overhead for one artist to create at the event. You're partnering with artists to step up for student art education.

Supporting artists has a meaningful impact on our community by enriching our lives with art.

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Immerse Yourself in Art at QuickDraw 2024!

$15,000 for Art Education Raised in 2023!

what is QuickDraw? A Fun Benefit for Art in schools!

THE LIVE EVENT

QUICKDRAW ARTISTS... Just WOW.

STUDENTS NEED YOU!

STUDENTS NEED YOU!

QUICKDRAW ARTISTS... Just WOW.

STUDENTS NEED YOU!

QUICKDRAW ARTISTS... Just WOW.

QUICKDRAW ARTISTS... Just WOW.

QUICKDRAW ARTISTS... Just WOW.

WANT TO HELP? Volunteer, Donate, Sponsor

Volunteer

Sponsor an Event Artist

Donate to Art Teaching

Donate to Art Teaching

Sponsor an Event Artist

Donate to Art Teaching

Sponsor an Event Artist

Sponsor an Event Artist

Sponsor an Event Artist

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