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   Wilson Visitors Bureau Thursday July 02, 2009 Current Temperature: 77F (25C)

Whirligigs

The unique Windmill Farm is a remarkable collection of elaborate "whirligigs" produced by local outsider folk artist Vollis Simpson. The works incorporate complex movement and sound as a integral part of the more than 30 works designed and constructed on Simpson's property. Simpson's welded and painted constructions are large in scale and have been exhibited at The North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC, The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, The Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, MD, at the inner harbor, and are featured in downtown Raleigh, two blocks from the Exploris Museum. Simpson has been featured in several publications including Sign and Symbol, People, Newsweek, Time Magazine, and other popular books and publications.

DIRECTIONS: Exit 107 North to Lucama, turn left at light at Clints Korner, go to the second intersection, turn left on Wiggins Mill Road. Go approximately 4 miles on the left. From Wilson on Hwy. 301 South pass Travelodge turn right on Wiggins Mill Road, go approximately 8 miles on the left.

Whirligigs
Wiggins Mill Road
Lucama, NC 27542
(No Admission charge)






1-800-497-7398
(252) 243-8440
I-95 Exit 121
4916 E Hayes Place
Wilson, NC 27896

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