Scavenge. Capture. Discover.
Turn local outdoor art into a living map and social feed.
Local ARTbeat helps residents, visitors, and artists capture murals, sculptures, galleries, creative places, and art events across Eastern North Carolina, then explore what the community has found nearby.
How it works
Capture what you find. Explore what others found. Give artists a way to connect.
The app starts with the part people already love: discovering outdoor art in real places and seeing it flow into a community feed.
1. Capture
Take a photo of public art, murals, sculptures, creative storefronts, and local art moments while you are out exploring.
2. Explore
See captured art on the map, browse nearby discoveries, and follow the creative trail through each town.
3. Connect
Artists can claim captured works, add context, and connect their public art to an artist profile.
Built for the app experience
The website is the front porch. The app is where the art comes alive.
Use the app to capture local art, explore nearby discoveries, save places, and see new finds from the community feed.
Download the AppFor artists
Is your work already on Local ARTbeat?
If someone captured your mural, sculpture, installation, or public-facing artwork, you can ask to claim it. Claimed artwork can be connected to your artist profile so people know who made it and where to follow your work.
Start a ClaimClaims are reviewed before artwork attribution is updated.
Upcoming events
What’s coming up around Eastern NC.
Fresh picks from ENC Scene, including art openings, classes, local outings, and weekend ideas.
ENC Capture Tour
Upcoming tour stop: Farmville.
The ENC Capture Tour is mapping public art, galleries, creative spaces, local events, and stops worth discovering across Eastern North Carolina.
Farmville, NC
Sunday, July 19, 2026, 2-4 PM
Downtown Farmville, NC. Arts council activity, creative spaces, public art, and community arts connections.
Event detailsAlready captured on the tour
Local ARTbeat has already visited and documented creative stops in Kinston, Snow Hill, Pink Hill, La Grange, and Washington. Those early stops are proof that the map is real and growing.
For towns and arts groups
Help your town’s creative places get discovered.
Send Local ARTbeat your public art, galleries, classes, exhibits, art walks, calls for artists, grants, and creative place suggestions. Submissions are reviewed before publication.
Submit a Place or Event
Help Local ARTbeat grow across Eastern NC.
Every capture makes the local art map more useful. Download the app, follow the tour, claim your work, or send in a creative place we should document next.
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