NC SCULPTURE
Group Exhibition of North Carolina Sculpture
AUGUST 13 - DECEMBER 12, 2021
DOCK 1053
1053 E. WHITAKER MILL RD. RALEIGH NC, 27604
ARTISTS
Conner Calhoun, Greensboro
Conner Calhoun is currently a MFA Candidate at UNCG in Studio Art. They received their BFA in Visual and Critical Studies at the School of Visual Arts (NY) in 2015. They are a queer artist and curator based in North Carolina. Their most recent curatorial project is SLUG (Chapel Hill, NC), a project space by and for queer people of the South. They worked as a Projects Coordinator at LUMP gallery (Raleigh NC) from 2017-2020. Their studio practice uses the tools of paintings, drawing and sculpture in order to create images and visual narratives that explore the fantastical qualities of queer space, existence and resistance. In 2016 they were the artist in residence at Leipzig International Artist Residency (DEU). In 2019 They were the artist in residence at Obracadobra (Oax, MX). Their most recent solo exhibition was Whispers From Wizard Mountain, LUMP gallery (Raleigh NC) in 2018. Their work was recently featured in CAVE HOMO, a celebration to queer spirit distilled into print form. They are dedicated to the creative forces of the queer south and beyond.
kiki nicole, Charlotte
kiki nicole is a poet and artist who works to archive Very Black Feelings. They are the co-founder of the new media/film archival project and screening series, the first and the last, specializing in uplifting work by Black trans/queer artists often overlooked in art spaces. They are currently a poetry editor at Muzzle Magazine and the recipient of a publishingfellowship with Graywolf Press. kiki is 1⁄5 of the NCbased art collective, SaltWater Sojourn—a guest project with Toshi Reagon. They live in Charlotte, NC.
Mia Kaplan, Penland
Mia Kaplan is an artist who works primarily in jewelry and metalsmithing. She received a BA in Studio Art at Earlham College in 2018. Mia worked as an intern Liberty Arts Sculpture Studio & Foundry in Durham, NC in 2016. She was also an intern at Brooklyn Metal Works through the New York Arts Program in 2017. Mia currently is in the Core Fellowship at the Penland School of Craft and works and lives in Penland, NC as a part of the Core program. She has most recently shown work through Secret Identity Projects with their show Amend and in A Curious Year at the Penland Gallery in NC.
Sarah Howes Whitney, Raleigh
Sarah Howes Whitney was raised in New York, went to school at Ohio State University for Fine Arts, moved to the West Coast where she lived in San Diego, San Francisco and Los Angeles, before moving to Raleigh NC, where she is currently an Artist, Museum educator and High School Art Teacher.
Lakeshia Ried @ Shaw University
Lakeshia Reid at Shaw University Library
August - December 2021
LOCATION
Shaw University James E Cheek Learning Resources Center
118 E South St, Raleigh, NC 27601
Saturday 12–5PM
Sunday 12–8PM
HOURS
Monday - Thursday 8AM–10PM
Friday 8AM–5PM
ABOUT LAKESHIA T. REID
Lakeshia T. Reid is a self-taught artist who lives and works in North Carolina. She received a B.S. in Graphic Design in 2011 and worked as a Graphic and Web Designer until she began painting portraits in 2017. Her background as a designer helps her create works that nod to the fantastical while offering interpretations of #BlackGirlMagic – a phrase/movement that celebrates positive messages and images of black women. She is currently a full-time artist and owner of 311 Gallery in Raleigh, NC.
Lauren Collins, Mary Ann Anderson, Jessica Dupuis at Dock 1053
October 2, 2020 - February 26, 2021
Location: DOCK 1053
1053 E Whitaker Mill Road
Raleigh, NC 27604
Lauren Collins
Artist Statement
a vision
a meditation
an urge
a gut feeling
I now believe that these are direct communications through worlds — veils are broken in order for this conversation of speaking and listening and channeling.
Sometimes in the form of words, sometimes shapes, sometimes just a texture or feeling.
Created from light + love — dissolving fears and uplifting dreams.
Sometimes it is only a whisper, so faint that everything else must completely disappear from sight and sound in order for it to live with me in solitude for a moment.
And only just for that moment.
And then it is gone.
Other times it is so loud and blinding that it is all i know to be real — like i have to know; i have to feel it and communicate it to the world, or else it will fill me from the inside out, all the way, expanding from my bones to the thin veil of my skin.
They live in the shadows and begin to shuffle into the light in order to speak their language to the world;
and i am only their translator.
Mary Ann Anderson
Artist Statement
My paintings are informed by philosophy and art, especially:
- Chinese and Japanese art – transcending time and space
- Kandinsky’s conceptual premise that painting can help us to a greater consciousness
- American abstract expressionist art and conceptual art
These mixed media pieces are made using graphite, acrylic varnish and acrylic paint on synthetic paper (Yupo).
Artist Biography
Mary Ann Anderson has presented solo exhibitions at Visual Art Exchange and Artspace in Raleigh, at Duke University, the Durham Art Guild and GoldenBelt in Durham; at the Ackland Museum Store and Chapel Hill Library in Chapel Hill; and The ArtsCenter in Carrboro, NC. Her art studies have included classes at Ox-Bow, a program of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Penland School of Craft in North Carolina.
Jessica Dupuis
Artist Statement
Invisible and visible boxes surround us every day, from standards of society and institutions to houses, studios, and offices. Within these structures, individual perceptions and senses vary, just as our memories and attachment to objects differ from one person to another. For me, the physical form of sculpture functions as a journal; architectural spaces that are open for the viewer to explore.
My work evolves from a process in which I use a combination of clay slip and discarded materials such as newspaper, cardboard, and furniture and transform them into art objects.
Artist Biography
Jessica Dupuis was born in Buffalo, New York and grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She received her MFA from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and her BFA with a concentration in ceramics and print media from Alfred University. Dupuis exhibits her work regionally and nationally. She has been a resident artist at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and Women's Studio Workshop as well as a recipient of the International Sculpture Center's Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award and an Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artists Grant from the Durham Arts Council. She is an Assistant Professor of Art in Ceramics at the University of North Carolina-Pembroke and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
No Citation Needed Call-for-Art
DEADLINE: January 5, 2019
Exhibit dates: January 15 thru July 15
VAE is seeking submissions that consider knowledge - how we gain it, how we use it, and the systems that create it. No Citation Needed will be on exhibit at the National Humanities Center from January 15 thru July 15.
We encourage you to submit entries that consider learning, education, and the transfer of knowledge. How do you learn? Where do you learn? How do you learn outside of formal education settings? How did you acquire the life skills you use in your everyday life? This exhibition is meant to build environment of knowledge and promote the humanities.
DEADLINE: January 5, 2019
Exhibit dates: January 15 thru March 23
VAE is seeking submissions that consider knowledge - how we gain it, how we use it, and the systems that create it. No Citation Needed will be on exhibit at the National Humanities Center from January 15 thru March 23. We encourage you to submit entries that consider learning, education, and the transfer of knowledge. How do you learn? Where do you learn? How do you learn outside of formal education settings? How did you acquire the life skills you use in your everyday life? This exhibition is meant to build environment of knowledge and promote the humanities.
Here are some prompts to consider as you think about submitting to the call for art:
What knowledge was passed down through your family? How does that knowledge affect your every day life?
What is your strongest memory of being taught?
How has systemic inequality affected education?
How have communities fought against education inequalities?
How did you learn to make art? How do you teach others?
How can the arts affect the transfer of knowledge?
Examples of works and exhibitions:
Jason Osborne : Fast and Frugal: LUMP
Samuel Levi Jones Unbound March 26–June 28, 2015
Separate and Not Equal: A History of Race and Education in America
Common Touch: An Artist’s Multi-sensory Exhibition Exploring the History of the Education of the Blind
Details
- Entries must be received by 11:59pm on January 5, 2018
- Entries must fit through VAE’s 104″ x 71″ door to be exhibited.
- Juried with JPEGs.
- Two entries per artist.
- Entries must be able to hang
- Entries can not be over 30 lbs
- VAE reserves the right to wire/re-wire work to best hang with the hospitals system.
Schedule
Deadline for entries………………..…....11:59pm on December 28, 2018
Delivery of Accepted Work……….....…January 9-12
Exhibition Run………………….….…............January 15-March 23, 2019
Entry Fees
members………………..…$10 per artwork/$20 for two pieces*
non-members………..……$15 per artwork/$30 for two pieces*
*All entry fees are non-refundable.
Entry Information:
All files should be named like so: 01_LASTNAME_TITLE.jpg, 02_LASTNAME_TITLE.jpg.
Still images should be sent as jpegs should be at least 1000px at their widest dimension, not to exceed 2MB per image. 2D artists may submit one JPEG per entry. 3D artists may submit two JPEGS (one full shot and one detail) per entry. Follow the filename format for works as indicated above.
Video samples should be edited to no longer than 2 minute excerpts. It is strongly preferred that video & audio artists submit their work online through clips or url addresses to online sharing formats like hulu, vimeo, youtube, or dropbox. Videos submitted as uploaded files should be submitted as Quicktime files whose width is no larger than 720px and file size is no larger than 10MB (as that is the largest file eligible for upload on our entry software). Please only submit video art or video documentation of an art piece that requires video to be fully experienced. Do not send video walk-throughs of static exhibitions or video slideshows. While web-hosted submissions are strongly preferred, video and audio samples can be submitted on CD if necessary. Please contact Brandon Cordrey to make arrangements for CD delivery prior to deadline. Follow the filename format for works as indicated above.
Audio: Audio should be submitted as separate MP3 files. Each track should be no longer than 2 minutes. Follow the filename format for works as indicated above.
Web-based: Web-based work should be submitted as a URL listed in the work sample list. Please only submit web-based projects. A portfolio website that features audio/video art and still images will not be considered.
Eligibility
NO CITATION NEEDED is open to any living artist. A maximum of 2 works of any medium, per artist may be submitted. Two and three dimensional entries will be accepted. Work must be original and completed in the last 2 years. No copies, mechanical reproductions, molds or kit work will be accepted. Visual Art Exchange reserves the right to exclude work due to size or special requirements. Entries must be hand delivered to the gallery or mailed in a returnable container. Artwork submitted on behalf of an artist requires written and signed authorization from the artist. Click here to view VAE’s exhibition policies.
Accessibility
VAE’s gallery space is fully accessible and we strive to make the submission process accessible as well. We encourage anyone to enter our open call exhibitions. If you need any additional information or accommodations in order to enter this exhibition please email Brandon or call 919.828.7834 ext 6 for assistance.
Shipping Artwork
Ship artwork using a sturdy, reusable packing materials clearly labeled with your name and telephone number. Do not include return postage in case the artwork sells during the run of the exhibition. Following the exhibition each artist who shipped their work should generate a FedEx label and email it to our Exhibitions Manager so the piece may be returned. Do not use styrofoam packing peanuts. Shipments of artwork will be accepted January 9-12,2019.
Ship To:
Visual Art Exchange
c/o Kyle Hazard
309 W Martin Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
Sales
Visual Art Exchange will retain a commission of 25% for VAE members, 35% for non-members on all work sold during the exhibit. If a work is not for sale please indicate with NFS value in appropriate space during registration or on the consignment sheet. Click here to join VAE!
Liability
All entries will be handled with the utmost care and respect. VAE is not liable for artwork during transportation to or from the gallery but does carry a blanket inland marine policy that covers most fine art works and craft items up to $5,000. VAE reserves the right to refuse coverage to artwork with inherent vices, high values or that is deemed unstable. By entering into this show, the artist agrees to abide by all rules and regulations as set by exhibition guidelines.
Anthony Garcia-Copian / HagerSmith
Anthony Garcia-Copian
September/October
When I paint, I paint abstract memories. Sometimes the memory is foggy and has been replaced by an imaginary sediment, a residue that has made one memory solid and the other fluid.
Everything in art is a memory.
I have empathic traits, therefore I paint the images of the emotions that I am able to absorb from strangers and from those who surround me.
The only expectation that I have from my art is pleasure.
- AGC
Anthony Garcia-Copian / AJ Fletcher
Anthony Garcia-Copian
AJ Fletcher Foundation
May-July
When I paint, I paint abstract memories. Sometimes the memory is foggy and has been replaced by an imaginary sediment, a residue that has made one memory solid and the other fluid.
Everything in art is a memory.
I have empathic traits, therefore I paint the images of the emotions that I am able to absorb from strangers and from those who surround me.
The only expectation that I have from my art is pleasure.
- AGC
Community Exhibition Program
CEP
Deadline for entry - 11:59 pm on May 21, 2017
VAE's Community Exhibition Program offers VAE members the chance to have solo or group exhibitions in alternative venues around Downtown Raleigh. These exhibits are seen by thousands of people each year! VAE works with five venues across Downtown Raleigh to give artists opportunities to show bodies of work and receive a stipend. Each venue is unique and has its' own exhibition schedule. Exhibition benefits vary based on each venue, please see below.
CEP
Deadline for entry - 11:59 pm on May 21, 2017
ABOUT
VAE's Community Exhibition Program offers VAE members the chance to have solo or group exhibitions in alternative venues around Downtown Raleigh. These exhibits are seen by thousands of people each year! VAE works with five venues across Downtown Raleigh to give artists opportunities to show bodies of work and receive a stipend. Each venue is unique and has its' own exhibition schedule. Exhibition benefits vary based on each venue, please see below.
APPLY
This is an open juried call-for-art with a deadline of May 21, 2017, at 11:59 p.m. Submissions are reviewed on a bi-annual basis. The entry form will allow you to: submit five work samples of work you would like to exhibit, a bio, an artist statement, first and second choices for the venue, two months you are unable to show, and payment.
Entry Fees
Members - $20
Non-members - $30
Become a member today!
VENUES
AJ FLETCHER FOUNDATION
907 & 909 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27605
Exhibitions at AJ Fletcher Foundation enliven the common areas of start-up non-profit organizations that work inside the AJ Fletcher building. This venue allows artists to present their work to professionals who are excited about and supportive of local artists!
Artists are curated by the AJF staff and while the exhibitions are not open to the public and offer no reception, exhibiting artists are financially compensated $150 per month.
Capacity: 15-20 pieces of small (<16"x20") to large (>24" x 36") works
Exhibition Duration: 3 months
ALOFT RALEIGH
2100 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27607
Aloft Raleigh offers exhibitions that are seen by thousands of people each month: guests of the hotel, visitors to the ground-floor businesses, attendees of conferences or meetings, and people headed to the hotel's restaurant and bar. The hotel's branding is contemporary, colorful, and visually stimulating and it is in their mission to support local artists who make work with that same look and feel.
Artists are curated by the Aloft Raleigh staff and while the venue does not offer a public reception artists are financially compensated $125 per month.
Capacity: 15-20 pieces of medium (> 16"x20") to large (> 24"x36") works
Exhibition Duration: 3 months
ALOFT RDU
10020 Sellona Street, Raleigh, NC, 27617
Aloft RDU offers exhibitions that are seen by thousands of people each month: guests of the hotel, visitors to the ground-floor businesses, attendees of conferences or meetings, and people headed to the hotel's restaurant and bar. The hotel's branding is contemporary, colorful, and visually stimulating and it is in their mission to support local artists who make work with that same look and feel.
Artists are curated by the Aloft Raleigh staff and while the venue does not offer a public reception artists are financially compensated $125 per month.
Capacity: 8 pieces of medium (> 16"x20") to large (> 24"x36") works
Exhibition Duration: 3 months
HAGERSMITH DESIGN
300 S Dawson Street, Raleigh, NC 27601
Located in Raleigh’s Warehouse District, right around the corner from VAE's main gallery space, HagerSmith architecture firm offers artist great exhibition space, with gallery lighting, and an opening reception as part of Raleigh's First Friday Gallery Walk. The layout is conducive to many styles and sizes of artwork. This is an excellent space for both new and established artists to display their work.
Artists are curated by VAE staff. Artists are responsible for providing and refreshments for opening receptions and HagerSmith is only open for the first month's First Friday. Artists are financially compensated $50 per month
Capacity: 15-20 pieces of medium (> 16"x20") to large (> 24"x36") works
Exhibition Duration: 2 months
UNITED ARTS COUNCIL
410 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 170, Raleigh, NC 27603
Exhibitions at United Arts are mounted in The MJH Gallery. This space is located in the historic Pine State Creamery building in the Glenwood South district of Downtown Raleigh. This exhibition space features great natural light, views from the storefront windows, and an opening reception as part of Raleigh's First Friday Gallery Walk. This venue features exhibits of 2D and 3D work each month. While UAC does not offer and artist stipend, they host the largest First Friday out of our CEP and are one of the best selling venues.
Capacity: Two-dimensional exhibits: 15-20 pieces of medium (> 16"x20") to large (> 24"x36") works
Three-dimensional exhibits: 5-15 pieces (depending on scale)
Exhibition Duration: One month
George Gregory / Open Gallery at Red Hat
George Gregory / Open Gallery at Red Hat
My production process often leaves me with scraps of wood that are too small to incorporate into my work, but too big to throw away. I find myself saving these scraps for potential use in the future. After much deliberation, I found myself dipping these scraps into acrylic paint and laminating them together. This process was the inspiration for Pixel-ed.
Pixel-ed by George Gregory
My production process often leaves me with scraps of wood that are too small to incorporate into my work, but too big to throw away. I find myself saving these scraps for potential use in the future. After much deliberation, I found myself dipping these scraps into acrylic paint and laminating them together. This process was the inspiration for Pixel-ed.
Pixel-ed is made out of 14 sheets of ¾” pine plywood. I spent about 20 hours on the table saw ripping the plywood into 1 ½” strips. It took 6272 cuts on the miter saw to cut the strips into varying lengths. I dipped these pieces into 33 different colors of acrylic paint and laminated these pieces into 63 total units.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I am inspired by personal narrative from my childhood, adolescent and adult relationships. Since childhood, I have embraced materials considered part of the arts and crafts world. It is a way for me to combine my childhood experiences of crafting with my Grandmother and spending time with my carpenter Father while he worked. The materials they used in combination reveal the tensions between low art and high art. Through their use with form, I am leveling the playing field.
The relationship between hard and soft plays an important role in my work. This is demonstrated through the materiality of fiber and wood. My material choices and processes reference my experiences with lost relationships. I pay homage to my Father and Grandmother by incorporating the same materials that played a part in my childhood. Creating a delicate balance.