interval, “a space for arts,” presents the work of artists and a spectrum of programming in the cultural zone often overlooked by established institutions, furthering connection, overlap, and blending among art forms, artists, and approaches. interval seeks to dissolve the false separation of the serious and the accessible, cultivating the energies of committed, engaging, and exciting art for our audiences and community. 

It all started when…

interval was founded by Margaret Norfleet-Neff and Paul Bright to create a space in Winston-Salem that would curate and exhibit the work of typically underseen or “under-experienced” artists, and invite a broad-spectrum audience to join us in a place outside of – and in between – our habitual silos.

This vision comes to life at 1001 Marshall Street, the newest chapter in the Marshall Street project. Spanning 1,700 square feet, interval blends the polish of a white-cube gallery with the grit of a scrappy exhibition space—holding onto its historic character while creating room for fresh possibilities.

Art Space Winter Hours:
Wednesday - Friday, 12:00-4:00pm
Saturday - 9:30am-2:00pm

Holiday Hours
Closed December 21 - January 7, except by appointment

Regular hours resuming January 8
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Current Exhibit - Simultaneous Contrast
December 14 2025 - February 22, 2026

Simultaneous contrast is the visual phenomena in which the qualities of two individual colors are heightened when they are placed near one another. Their apparent intensity is increased, and the interaction of the two hues seems to create a third element or energy, perhaps felt as much as seen. Simultaneous Contrast – the exhibition and the optical effect – offer a direct approach to the works of these two color-driven artists. But the interactions between the works – like those of color itself – are complex and sometimes subtle, and the exhibition also invites the viewer to seek further connections within the artists’ complementary approaches, and evidence of that “third energy.”

Frank Campion’s paintings in this exhibition, from the dichotomies/minimal and intervals series’, are non-objective works where color supplies almost everything – form, much of the structure, and content – towards the optically-physiologically-emotionally linked range of responses color evokes in many of us. While it may seem contradictory, Campion’s paintings in this instance are hermetically concerned with color, even as that color affects us as viewers in myriad ways; we can feel we are witnessing a private conversation or relationship made visible. Allowing for the inherent dynamics of abutting, colliding, sometimes colluding hues and their visibly tactile application, Campion employs color in paintings that are ultimately equanimous.

 Quynh Vu’s representational paintings employ unusual perspectives and details, taking advantage of the wide viewing angles typical of many cell-phone images. Vu’s works emerge in part from our surfeit online image-culture, and share social media’s impulse to make public the personal and the domestic. There is a punkish vibe to the works, and a typical painting might pair an assertive, dominant green with a balance of blued-gray or flashes of crimson. In these often exaggerated or selective views, color is applied not with concern for conventional description, but expressively, resulting in moody, often noir-ish paintings. And like film stills, they could have been lifted from a paused movie narrative.


The artists of Sumultaneous Contrast:

Frank Campion is an artist with a long presence in the NC Triad. In the artist’s words: Before the mid-1980s, I lived the life of a successful starving artist in Boston. I had solo shows, a gallery, and group shows including the Institute of Contemporary Art and the Boston Museum of Fine Art. My work appeared in a number of permanent collections including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.  

But in the mid-1980s, I had what can only be described as a lover’s quarrel with the art world. I eventually put my art life in mothballs and took up a career in advertising. In 1989, I was recruited to longhaymes&carr in Winston-Salem. 

In 2013, I retired and took a run at making art again. 

Since 2014, I’ve shown my work in solo and group shows in Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Charlotte, New York City, Richmond, Wichita, and Washington, DC.    

These days, I paint for an audience of one.

Quynh Vuis a painter and sculptor based in Charlotte, NC. A first-generation Vietnamese American, she graduated from Wake Forest University in 2022 with a BA in Studio Art with Honors in Studio Art. She has exhibited in galleries, museums, and artist-run spaces domestically and internationally. Selected exhibitions include Softened Scars (Mint Museum, Charlotte NC, 2023), Eyes Wide Open (SE CLT - formerly the Elder Gallery - Charlotte, 2021), and the co-curated show Welcome to Earth (Ford Building, Camp North End, Charlotte, 2024). Vu has had residencies with the Berlin Art Institute (2021), and Goodyear Arts (2022). Her work is included in Wake Forest University’s John P. Anderson Student Art Collection. Currently, Vu is a member of the collective at Goodyear Arts and works as their Facilities Manager.

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