Bowen Center for the Arts | North Georgia's Cultural Arts Center

Beryl Angelus

Beryl is the current 1st Vice President of the Georgia Watercolor Society, Member of the Pastel Society of America, originating member of the North Georgia Photography Club and of Painting Nuts. Over the years she engaged in stained glass production, gourd...

Dru Stowers

Dru Stowers is a local artist who has been a member of the Dawson County Arts Council since it was organized. Although Dru paints many subject matters, landscape is the favorite of the moment. Most of her paintings are started outside and finished in the studio. She...

Gregory Johnson

I am an artist whose work, for the past 50 years, has focused on figurative themes which have been cast in bronze and stainless steel. The current contemporary set of works is built upon the concepts of traditional works. With regard to the modern works, instead of...

About the Bowen Center for the Arts

The Bowen Center for the Arts is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization founded in 1995 and incorporated in 1996. The Bowen received from the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation the 2001 Preservation Award for Excellence in Rehabilitation for its restoration of the ‘Old Rock School,’ a 5,000 square foot building that for many years was part of the Dawson County School system, now known as the Ralph & Ludy Bowen Center for the Arts. These events mark the beginning of an ongoing program of events to enrich the cultural and artistic spirit of Dawson County. In October of 2000, the building became the permanent home of the Dawson County Arts Council and was subsequently named the Bowen Center for the Arts.

The mission of The Bowen Center for the Arts is to provide a canvas for creating, appreciating, and participating in the arts for people of Georgia and the Southeast who seek high-quality unique experiences through artist workshops, artist exhibitions, performing arts.