About

Starworks strives to engage the community with artwork and artists of the highest caliber. Starworks is a project of Central Park NC. In rural areas, residents often live in cultural deserts, and too often access to the arts is limited to a narrow range of artistic vision, vernacular imagery and craft styles. Through strategic partnerships with other artists, arts organizations and businesses, Starworks has been working to increase the diversity of artistic experiences available by bringing nationally and internationally known artists for demonstrations, classes, lectures and to make new works of art. Its programs are targeted to professional makers, with additional programming for young adults and children.

Where you can go horseback riding, hiking, hunting, canoeing, off-roading, and recreational panning for gold at Reed’s Gold Mine! Uwharrie National Forest is a federally designated national forest located primarily in Montgomery County, but also extending into Randolph and Davidson counties in south-central North Carolina. It is the smallest of the four National Forests in North Carolina, with a total area of 50,645 acres, and has a local ranger district office in Troy. There is one officially designated wilderness area within the forest, the 5,025-acre Birkhead Mountains Wilderness. The forest derives its name from the Uwharrie Mountains, the ancient mountains atop which most of the forest sits.

The North Carolina Zoo is located on 2,600 wooded acres centrally located in the heart of North Carolina, just south of Asheboro in Randolph County. With 500 acres developed, it is the world’s largest natural habitat zoo and one of two state-supported zoos. It houses 1,800 animals of more than 250 species, primarily representing Africa and North America. It’s open 363 days a year and receives more than 900,000 visitors annually!

Nestled in the countryside of North Carolina you will find the largest concentration of working potters in the United States. Enjoy your day on a self-guided driving tour down some of North Carolina’s scenic byways. Within a 20-mile radius there are over 50 pottery shops to visit. Set your own pace as you go from shop to shop; you’ll most likely be greeted by the potters themselves. Seagrove offers a range of pottery, from functional everyday use, contemporary, sculptural and folk art to historical forms from the past. Make plans to spend a day or two to discover Seagrove and experience the diversity of North Carolina pottery. Seagrove is open year round, and shops are open nearly every day of the week throughout the whole year.