Rail Walk Studios & Gallery is located in the Arts District of Historic Downtown Salisbury, North Carolina, and is housed  in a former warehouse near the restored Salisbury railroad depot. The brainchild of artist Marietta Foster Smith, Rail Walk Studios & Gallery opened in September 2006. As of June  2008, there are seven artists leasing space:  Jimmy Lee Alston, Carol Dunkley, Sharon Forthofer, Norma Velásquez-Frink, Annette Ragone Hall, Patt Legg, and Marietta Foster Smith.

Each of the Rail Walk artists has a unique style and body of work. Visitors will find original paintings in watercolor, acrylic, oil, pastel, and other types of mediums, as well as sculpture and pottery, making Rail Walk a great place to purchase a wide variety of original art. Some of the artists also offer reasonably priced reproductions of their work. In addition to her artwork, Sharon Forthofer also offers a giclée-reproduction service to artists and photographers.

The Looking Glass Art Collective, a new arts organization founded this year, has leased space next door to Rail Walk Studios & Gallery and will be open in July 2008. As the historic brick buildings on N Lee St. are gradually transformed from warehouses into spaces for artists and complementary retail businesses, including restaurants, the Rail Walk arts district will continue to expand.

Rail Walk Gallery is open Tuesday—Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

We are also open by appointment.

Note: there are two side-by-side entrances to Rail Walk, one at 409 N. Lee St., and the other at 413 N. Lee St.  Free parking is available in two lots, which are on opposite corners of the intersection of E. Kerr and N. Lee streets.

Web site design and hosting courtesy of Annette R. Hall. Rail Walk logo design by Marietta F. Smith. All images on this site are © 2008 by Annette R. Hall, or Marietta F. Smith, or Norma V. Frink, or Jimmy Alston, or Patt Legg, or Sharon Forthofer, or Carol Dunkley. All rights reserved.

Look for the green doors!

Rail Walk artist Annette Hall created photo collages of the two firefighters who were killed in the March 7, 2008, Salisbury Millworks Fire. She is donating these images to anyone who wishes to display them online or print them. The only restriction is that they cannot be used for commercial purposes. High resolution .jpg files are available at these two links:

Link to Justin Monroe
 photo collage

Link to Victor Isler
photo collage

Note: for online use, these high resolution images will need to be downsized considerably and resaved as .jpg.

 If a written release is required in order to have prints made, contact Annette Hall.