Editing Winston-Salem, North Carolina (section)

===Arts and music===
[[File:Looking Back Winston-Salem Mural.jpg|thumb|A mural located on the [[Winston-Salem Chronicle]] building that honors the history of [[black press]] in the United States]]

The city created the first [[arts council]] in the United States ([[Arts Council of Winston-Salem Forsyth County]]), founded in 1949, because of the local art schools and attractions. These include the [[University of North Carolina School of the Arts]], The Little Theatre of W-S, Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance, Spirit Gum Theatre Co., the Piedmont Opera Theater, the Winston-Salem Symphony, the [[Stevens Center]] for the Performing Arts, the Downtown Arts District, the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, the Hanesbrands Theater, Piedmont Craftsmen, and the Sawtooth School for Visual Arts.

The city's Arts District is centered around Sixth and Trade Streets, where there are many galleries, restaurants and workshops; nearby is also the ARTivity on the Green art park, established by Art for Art's Sake.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theafasgroup.com/history/|title=ARTivity History -|access-date=2019-07-23|language=en-US}}</ref> Winston-Salem is also home to the [[Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art]] (SECCA), and the [[Reynolda House Museum of American Art]] (the restored 1917 mansion built by the founder of the [[R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reynoldahouse.org/index.php |title=Reynolda House Museum of American Art |website=Reynoldahouse.org |access-date=2017-04-02}}</ref> and now affiliated with [[Wake Forest University]]). 
Winston-Salem is also the home of the [[Art-o-mat]] and houses nine of them throughout the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/11/08/out-cigarettes-art-o-mat-dispenses-diminutive-paintings-sculptures/93484888/|title=Out of cigarettes? Art-O-Mat dispenses diminutive paintings, sculptures|last=Roberts|first=Karen|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=USA Today|access-date=January 11, 2020}}</ref>

The city plays host to the [[National Black Theatre Festival]], the [[RiverRun International Film Festival]] and the Reynolda Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ncblackrep.org/about-us/|title=National Black Theatre Festival – Our History|website=ncblackrep.org|access-date=November 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://riverrunfilm.com/|title=Riverrun International Film Festival – Home|website=Riverrunfilm.com|access-date=November 7, 2021}}</ref>

[[Drive-In Studio]], a recording studio owned by [[Mitch Easter]], former guitarist for [[The dB's]] and [[Let's Active]], was in operation between 1980 and 1994. With the recording equipment set up in his parents' garage, Easter's studio became an important part of the early [[indie rock]] scene of North Carolina.<ref>{{Cite web |last=CLTure |date=2022-02-10 |title=Fidelitorium is a studio dreamed up and executed very much in the vision of its owner, Mitch Easter |url=https://clture.org/mitch-easter-fidelitorium/ |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=CLTure |language=en-US}}</ref> [[R.E.M.]] recorded its debut [[Extended play|EP]], [[Chronic Town]], at the Drive-In in 1981, while other artists who recorded there include [[Pylon (band)|Pylon]] ("Beep"),<ref>{{Citation |title=Pylon - Beep / Altitude |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2030169-Pylon-Beep-Altitude |access-date=2023-03-26 |language=en}}</ref> [[Suzanne Vega]] ("Gypsy"), [[Game Theory (band)|Game Theory]] (''[[The Big Shot Chronicles]]'') and [[The Connells]] ([[Boylan Heights (album)|''Boylan Heights'']]).

Baity's Backstreet Music Garden, a popular live-music venue, once stood on Baity Street, at its former intersection with 30th Street. Owned by Tim Mabe, the venue was established in 1982. It burned down in 1993. Artists who played there include the [[Ramones]], R.E.M., [[Guns N' Roses]] and [[Blue Öyster Cult]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bumgardner |first=Ed |date=2022-01-13 |title=They all played Baity's: Digging up the Music Garden |url=https://www.yesweekly.com/music/they-all-played-baitys-digging-up-the-music-garden/article_8a8fe88a-7488-11ec-9a5f-7756d74d9703.html |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=YES! Weekly |language=en}}</ref>

The city is also home to Carolina Music Ways, a grassroots arts organization focusing on the area's diverse, interconnected music traditions, including [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]], blues, jazz, gospel, old-time stringband, and Moravian music.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.carolinamusicways.org/about.html|title=About Carolina Music Ways|work=www.carolinamusicways.org|access-date=February 10, 2019}}</ref> Once a year the city is also the home of the Heavy Rebel Weekender music festival, featuring over 70 bands, primarily rockabilly, punk and honky tonk, over three days.