The Winston-Salem Forsyth County School System, one of the largest organizations among The Arts Council’s donor base, began its official 2012 campaign for the arts on February 1.

The central office of WSFCS recently held an arts day featuring lunch for employees, a silent auction of artworks from Piedmont Craftsmen, Associated Artists, Sawtooth School for Visual Art and the Reynolds Tobacco Company Arts Collection; and performances by a trio from the Winston-Salem Symphony and the Hispanic Arts Initiative, all funded partners of The Arts Council. For photos of the event, please click below.

Teacher representatives from each elementary, middle and high school gathered Thursday, Jan. 19 in the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts to hear about the arts in education grants given annual by The Arts Council and other ways in which WSFCS benefits from a vibrant arts community. Leon Porter, 2012 chair of the campaign, spoke to the group.

The WSFCS campaign is the pacesetter campaign for The Arts Council each year. Last year, 1558 employees of the WSFCS raised more than $75,000 to benefit the arts in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County.