Franklin Square Gallery
130 E West Street, Southport, NC 28461
910-457-5450
Open Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm
Closed Sunday
Hiroshi Sueyoshi
Celebration of Life
March 16, 2025
It is with a great deal of sadness to inform you that our dear friend, artist and teacher, Hiroshi Sueyoshi, passed away today, March 7 at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice in Wilmington after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. There will be celebration of life at Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington on March 16. Details will be forthcoming.
Franklin Square Gallery
Welcomes You!
Franklin Square Gallery
is a cooperative art gallery
made up of painters, sculptors and potters,
members of the Associated Artists of Southport (AAS),
a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization.
The Gallery is located in the historic district of coastal Southport, North Carolina, behind Franklin Square Park.
Open Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm
Closed Sunday
Franklin Square Gallery, the Associated Artists of Southport, has begun its year long effort for Empty Bowls on October 14, 2025!
Our Artists are busy creating one of a kind bowls to support the Empty Bowls mission to "eliminate hunger in our communities
ONE BOWL at a time".
What is Empty Bowls…
The "Empty Bowls Project" is an international grassroots effort to
raise both money and awareness in the fight to end hunger.
An empty bowl is a reminder of individuals who go hungry everyday. This simple gesture and act of kindness allows you to make a difference. A meal of donated soup and bread is served. Participants take home a hand crafted ceramic bowl as a reminder of those facing food insecurity in Brunswick County.
Your purchase of a sponsorship or ticket helps
fill a neighbors’ Empty Bowl.
All proceeds support Mathew’s Ministry, Brunswick Assistance and Southport, Oak Island Food Pantry. Silent auction and raffle on day of event.
For More Information, Buy Tickets, Be a Sponsor, Click Here!
Upcoming 2025 Events at the Gallery
and in the Southport Area!
SPRING SHOW: 2/17-3/15
Awards: 3/7 First Friday 5-7pm
Pick Up Art: 3/16 1-3pm
Click Here for Spring Art Show Information
HIGH SCHOOL ART SHOW: 3/17-4/12
The Brunswick County High School Art Show will be on display. This show features the artwork of talented art students from South, West and North Brunswick High Schools. It affords young artists the opportunity to exhibit their paintings, drawings, graphic designs, sculpture and other 3D artwork in a working art gallery. The show also provides the community with a chance to see the wonderful and varied visual art talent that our public school system encourages.
MEMBERS’ SHOW: 3/18-5/24
KIDS’ DAY in the Park: 4/12, 11-2 pm
One of the Gallery’s most popular events is Kids’ Day, which will take place this year on Saturday, April 12 from 11:00am - 2:00pm, in the lot directly behind and adjacent to the Gallery.
LECTURE SERIES begins on 5/21 from 3-5pm
with Kirah Van Sickle
05/21 Color, Kandinsky and Klee
06/04: American Masters: John Singer Sargent
06/18: The Body in Art: Humanness, Abstraction & Identity
07/09: The Macchiaioli: Italian Impressionism Makes its Mark
07/23: Art in the Digital Age
08/08: Art as a Mirror: Manet’s Bar at the Folies Bergere
MEMBERS’ SHOW: 5/26-6/19
SUMMER REGIONAL SHOW: 6/23-7/19
Entry Deadline: 6/6
Deliver Art: 6/20 (10-2pm)
Awards: 7/11 First Friday
Pick Up Art: 7/20 (1-3pm)
JULY 4TH RAFFLE: Ticket sales 5/19-7/4
MEMBERS SHOW: 7/21-8/16
QUILT SHOW: 8/25-9/20
WOODEN BOAT CONTEST: 9/6-9/28
Deliver Art for Judging: 4/17-22
Judging on 4/23
Awards Reception on First Friday, 9/5,
All Entries displayed as Featured Artists 9/5-9/28
FSG CLASS SHOW: 9/22-10/18
EMPTY BOWLS: 10/14 (11-2pm) Trinity UM Church
MARITIME SHOW: 10/27-11/15
Entry Deadline: 10/10
Deliver Art: 10/24 (10-2pm)
Pick Up Art: 11/16: (1-3pm)
Awards on First Friday 11/07
HOLIDAY GIFT SHOP: 11/1-12/20
Gallery Closes for season on 12/20 at end of the day.
