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Hi, happy weekend.

This line is as tired as it goes, but—are you looking for ways to escape the heat? If so (and if not: what’s wrong with you?) let me recommend this summer guide to Triangle art exhibitions that INDY interns Eva Flowe and Daneen Khan put together. 

Herein, you’ll find recommendations for shows that touch on everything from AI to the cultural power of the color red. As the introduction mentions, this is a tough time for the arts—just a few minutes ago, I got a press release from Carrboro’s Peel Gallery announcing it is holding a raffle in light of the gallery’s rent being raised 20 percent for the second time this year. Getting foot traffic goes a long way for these institutions. 

Below, find more local art news. Thanks for reading! 

Read our feature on Stephanie Elizondo Griest, author of Art Above Everything, here. Photo by Alexander Devora.

The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) announces new Performing Arts and Film Events Inspired by the People’s Collection in Place of Summer Outdoor Concert Series. The NCMA offers performing arts and film series and events both on and off its campus, reimagining ways in which audiences can engage with the People’s Collection and bridging music, dance, film, literary arts, and theater experiences to the visual arts. Upcoming highlights include pop-up music performances in West Building, commissioned dance performances in partnership with local and regional university dance programs, outdoor movies in Moore Square in partnership with Downtown Raleigh Alliance and more. 

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Speaking of exhibitions, you have three days to see Raleigh artist André Leon Gray’s solo show, Full Spectrum Dominance, at Artspace. Yes, it’s down to the wire, but as writer Colony Little notes, this show has some pretty prescient political messaging that’s worth turning out for. 

In June, Carrboro writer Stephanie Elizondo Griest released a new book, Art Above Everything—a big-hearted journey across the world in search of answers about art, risk, joy, sacrifice, and how we make consequential decisions about our lives. Here’s my feature on Griest, a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill. RIYL (read if you like): Elizabeth Gilbert, Cheryl Strayed, or Melissa Febos. 

Republished from our partners at Border Belt Independent: An interview with Katherine DuVal, a UNC-Chapel Hill historian who was awarded the Pulitzer (!) Prize in History for her new book, Native Nations: A Millennium in North America. 

Finally, a few options for things to do this weekend: a Shrek rave, stargazing at The Durham, a pop-up with the BOOM Club, and more. ICYMI: Popular hangout spot The Common Market is opening a location in Raleigh, the only diva in Durham, a bakery cooperative, a new Watchhouse album, and a new downtown Durham cookie storefront.

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NorthStar Church of the Arts is holding a July 4 weekend arts festival. Hopscotch announced its venues for this year’s festival. Workers at a Triangle Starbucks are trying to unionize. 

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Sarah Edwards is culture editor of the INDY, covering cultural institutions and the arts in the Triangle. She joined the staff in 2019 and assumed her current role in 2020.