The original art walk started in Philadelphia’s Old City neighborhood. Roger Lapelle said in a phone interview from Lapelle Gallery, “After Desert Storm [1992], many Philadelphia galleries were suffering because the city’s economy was suffering. We created the Old City Art Association and since it was the holiday season, we hung blue blinking lights flashing […]
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Catherine Thornton
In a state brimming over with pottery, figurative ceramicist Catherine Thornton stands out. Thornton’s whimsical clay and metal sculptures are presented in her first local one-person show, You Can’t Get There From Here, on view at the up-front gallery at Artspace in Raleigh. A dog pushes his pig-nose into the concave hair of a woman […]
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Sticking it to the N.C. Museum of Art
As the grounds and trail system at the N.C. Museum of Art have expanded, so has the scope of the sculptures presented in the 100-acre park. The Museum has recently enlisted N.C. native Patrick Dougherty to create a piece that is nature as art, and art made of nature. He’s constructing it now through March […]
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Two friends and artists reunite
Geoffrey Holder cuts a wide artistic path painting cultural scenes, biblical references, still lifes and nudes, and he is featured in a top-notch exhibit chronicling over 20 years of his work at Carrboro’s Sizl Gallery. Jim Moon, a highly regarded artist collected by the NC Museum of Art and the MOMA, joins Holder at Sizl. […]
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The mirrors have two faces
Feathers, mirrored mosaics and a range of bright colors tell the story of Africans who escaped slavery and formed villages in the jungles of Panama, in Como se Cuenta el Cuento (How to Tell the Story), the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History’s current exhibit. Currently on view in the Robert and […]
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The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History at UNC-Chapel Hill will present a roundtable discussion entitled “How the Story is Told in the African Diaspora” on Thursday, Feb. 24. The discussion will focus on how African Diasporic stories are told through the arts and will be led by Dr. Arturo Lindsay of […]
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Candace Thomas
It’s easy to see how a community could spring up around a personality as dynamic as that of Candace Thomas. A member of the African American Quilt Circle, which meets the first Saturday of each month at the Hayti Cultural Center in Durham, the Los Angeles-born, Compton, Calif.-raised Thomas first came into contact with quilting […]
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An eye toward Vietnam
The first time you walk through Geoffrey Clifford’s near-perfect renderings of post-war Vietnam, don’t read the labels. Take in the graphics, colors and spiritual beauty emanating from Vietnamese involved in everyday tasks. Make up your own short stories: The labels can wait until your second pass. Vietnam: Journey of the Heart is on view in […]
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Art that’s worth a Glance
Naughty and nice meet gifted and curious in Glance Gallery’s current show Skies, featuring works by Wanda Steppe and Tisha Edwards. A Rock Hill, S.C. native, Steppe has become a hit in Raleigh since she helped open Glance in April 2003. Since Wolf Kahn and his myriad copyists, the audience for landscapes with strong color […]
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Taking the Side Street
In June 2004, Pittsboro welcomed Side Street Gallery to its quaint circle, famous for antiques, town regulars and jazz at the General Store. Michele Mosca, who co-owns the gallery with her brother, artist Michael Mosca, moved back to the area after finishing a B.F.A. from the Boston Museum School of Fine Art. She is aiming […]