En Masse

En Masse

December 7 - January 4, 2019

OPENING RECEPTION DECEMBER 7, 6-8PM!

United Arts Council
410 Glenwood Ave.
Raleigh, NC 27603

En Masse is an exhibition of VAE’s artist groups community. Over the past year each artist has attended one or more group meetings where they discuss and critique each other’s work. VAE offers five different groups that meet each month: Photographer’s Forum, Plein Air Painters, Textile and Fiber, Abstract and Contemporary, and Metalsmith. For more info on the groups check out the Artist Groups page.

ARTISTS

Lynn Alker
Sterling Bowen
Kelly R Johnston
Marie Lawrence
Patricia Ligon
Tina Marcus
Scott McRae
Jason Noble
Anna Payne Rogers
Lynn Russell
Cara Smelter
Teresa Stephens
Brooke Suffridge
Barbara Thomas
Debi Vought
Qing Wang

Mary Storms - Aloft Raleigh

Mary Storms - Aloft Raleigh

2100 Hillsborough street, Raleigh
10-4 Monday-Sunday

Oct. 10 - Dec., 2018

Mary Storms expresses her artistic vision through abstract mixed-media landscapes.  As a self-taught artist, with a degree in biology, Mary is intrigued and inspired by the natural environment. Her intent is to provide the viewer with a sense of the symbiotic relationship between primeval elements - stone, soil, water and sky - and the life these elements nurture.

Mary’s canvases are noted for their rich textures and intense color, from bold and vibrant to quiet and subdued. In addition to acrylic paint, she uses sculpting paste, along with layers of torn or cut handmade paper and recycled magazine paper. To add additional depth, portions of some layers are scrubbed or scraped off. Paint is applied with brushes, palette knives and her hands.

Mary’s  award-winning work has been exhibited in multiple venues throughout North Carolina and is included in many local, national, and international private collections.  She is currently represented by Gallery444 in San Francisco, CA and the Sunset River Marketplace in Calabash, NC. In addition to these two galleries, select pieces can also be viewed by appointment at her home studio in downtown Raleigh.  All of her work can be viewed on her website.

Carlos Vargas

Carlos Vargas

September/October

HagerSmith
300 S Dawson St, Raleigh, NC 27601
10-4

First Friday - October 5th
6-9

ARTIST BIO

Carlos Vargas was born in Miami, Florida and attended UNCC (University of North Carolina at Charlotte), receiving a B.F.A. in Art ,with concentrations in graphic design and digital media, in 2018 . His body of work ranges from graphic design to experimental video to even digital paintings . Carlos recently presented one of his video pieces (To + Fro) at the annual Digital Graffiti festival in Alys Beach, Fl. Carlos' main inspiration comes from stories. Since he was a little kid, Carlos would read fantasy stories and and analyze them. This analysis would become the basis of each and every one of his pieces. When not creating work, Carlos is playing or running tabletop games with his friends. 

ARTIST STATMENT

All artist have their own style when it comes to art. Picasso had cubism. Andrew Warhol had Pop Art. I have Ink blots. This series is an ongoing collection of self-expression. These ink blots are not created but rather form when I reach a state of relaxation. Because of this, no two ink blots are exactly the same much like no two moments in life are ever the same. My goal in this series is to present  the viewer with a glimpse into who I am both as a person and as an artist. 

ESSE QUAM VIDERI

ESSE QUAM VIDERI

National Humanities Center

September 1 - December 15

VAE’s first collaboration with NHC will be an extension of an upcoming project, THE EVERYDAY.
 
THE EVERYDAY is a multi-venue, multi-discipline, cross-disability project headed by an international steering committee with the curatorial goal of highlighting universal experiences, told from the disability perspective, presented in an audacious way. The project will be presented throughout August and September 2018 and will showcase talent on local, national, and international levels.
 
Esse Quam Videri (the North Carolina state motto, translating as “To be, rather than to seem”) is an exhibition exploring North Carolina, its history, culture, and landscape, through the lens of disability.  There are many experiences which we all share: romantic and familial love, employment, citizenship, education, and caregiving, to name a few. People with disabilities have typically been erased or considered disqualified from these experiences, yet they too participate in them.  Following the curatorial theme of the overarching EVERYDAY project, this exhibition will showcase works that tell stories unique to North Carolina, using universal experiences or ideas, but presented in audacious ways—particularly based in the audacious knowledge and creativity that disability brings to them. “To be, rather than to seem”: how can we explore through disability representation and disability aesthetics what disability history, knowledge, and culture is relative to North Carolina? This exhibition will serve as an introduction to the National Humanities Center’s fall cohort of fellows who are predominantly from outside the North Carolina and even the United States.
 
JURORS - Ann M. Fox & Linda Dougherty
 
Ann M. Fox, Professor of English at Davidson College

Professor of English at Davidson College, Dr. Ann Fox specializes in modern and contemporary dramatic literature and disability studies, regularly teaching classes about disability in drama, literature, and visual art.   Her scholarship on disability and theater, and disability and visual culture has been published widely, and she has co-curated three disability-related visual arts exhibitions at Davidson College: RE/FORMATIONS: Disability, Women, and Sculpture; STARING(based on Rosemarie Garland-Thomson’s book of the same name), and Re/Presenting HIV/AIDS.  She is the 2017-18 Boswell Family Faculty Fellow at Davidson, and is currently working on a project on disability aesthetics in drama entitledAdaptive Activism: How Disability Refigures the Cultural Landscape.

Linda Dougherty, Chief Curator and Curator of Contemporary Art at NCMA

Linda Johnson Dougherty is the Chief Curator & Curator of Contemporary Art at the North
Carolina Museum of Art, where she oversees the contemporary art collection, organizes
exhibitions, and develops artists’ projects for the Museum Park. She co-directed the public art
program for the state of North Carolina for several years and prior to that she was a curator at
The Phillips Collection, a research associate at the National Gallery of Art, and a research
assistant at the National Museum of American Art in Washington, DC. As an independent
curator and critic based in Chapel Hill, she contributed reviews and articles on contemporary art
to numerous national art publications, and has also written exhibition catalogues and guest
curated exhibitions for museums and contemporary art centers in North Carolina and throughout
the United States. She has a BA in Art History from Wesleyan University and an MA in Art
History from Williams College.

Effy Francis

Effy Francis 

United Arts Council
410 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC 27603
Monday - Friday 10 - 4

August 3  - 31

As a part of THE EVERYDAY project, Effy Francis will be showcasing their unique body of work for the month of August. 

ARTIST BIO

Effy Alece Francis was born in Marietta, GA in 1992. Publishing under the trade name E. Alece, they work primarily in digital media. Under their mother's influence, Effy was self-taught from age 10. Believing the human body to be the ultimate art form, Effy imbues their pieces with surreal eroticism and symbolism. Coming out as non-binary transgender in 2017, Effy's artwork speaks to their experience and intersecting identities as a queer, disabled individual. Currently based in Columbia, SC, Effy has shown their work at: VAE Raleigh, Ultralight 2 2018 and 701 CCA Open Studios 2013.

STATEMENT

My work speaks to deep emotions coupled with soft imagery. Loneliness, love, death, and heartbreak are a few of the themes I paint; using flowers, intricate shapes, muted palettes, and beauty in the human form.

Danny Laffey • HagerSmith

Danny Laffey • HagerSmith

300 S Dawson St, Raleigh, NC 2760
Hours m-f 9-5

July-August 2018

Danny Laffey is an abstract artist living and working in Raleigh, NC.  Danny's work is inspired by the emotive power of color. Danny strives to achieve an image that is both vibrant, calming and captivating.  Color and contrast are at the core of Danny's paintings as he works to portray the image as he sees it in the moment. His work has been displayed in Scranton, PA, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Raleigh in solo exhibits, group exhibits and private collections. 

The paintings themselves can be perceived in a multitude of ways.  The use of a horizon line, creating a distinct break in the painting, signifies the need for me to express my vision of the world around me.  Using an element of movement and depth in one portion of the painting, while contrasting it both with color, but also in application on the other half.  It is in this break that I strive to convey my view of an ever-changing, fast-paced and complicated world with the simple and serene in all of our lives.  These two opposing viewpoints of the world around us are represented by varying colors and depths which are indicative of feeling and mood characteristic of each painting.  I view my work as way to understand both emotion and reaction to all of the countless aspects of life.  My goal is to create paintings that both bring the viewer in and create a sense of calm.  The works are void of any figurative references. Color is the sole mode of communication, giving the viewer a more introspective and serene experience.  

Jane Cheek • Aloft RDU

Jane Cheek • Aloft RDU

10020 Sellona St, Raleigh, NC 27617
 

July-September 2018

"Hi! I am mixed media artist who loves working with bright colors and metallics. I enjoy exploring both form and feeling through modern abstract expressionism with occasional nods to pop art and fauvism. Once upon a time, I graduated from North Carolina State University with a BA in Visual Arts Applications. I taught art at a K-8 charter school in Durham for five years before deciding to stay home with my kids. I now spend my days unschooling our three sons and working in my home studio."

Constance Pappalardo • Aloft Raleigh

Constance Pappalardo • Aloft Raleigh

2100 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 2760

July-Oct. 10, 2018

A native of Lima, Peru, Constance Pappalardo studied painting at the Art Students League and the School of Visual Arts, in New York City.

She is a member of Artspace and the Visual Art Exchange in Raleigh, and the Durham Art Guild.

She is best known for her richly pigmented water color on canvas paintings as well as her more minimalistic black and white paintings. 

Pappalardo is the recipient of numerous art awards. For example, she was selected as the feature artist for Cary’s “Spring Daze” festival, won “Best in Show” at the North Ridge Country Club in Raleigh, and received the “Purchase Prize” from Cary Visual Art.  Her works are included in corporate and private collections in the United States, Europe, and her native Peru.

Ms. Pappalardo is involved in many charity art auctions, donating art to such events as the “For the Love Art” auction, the North Carolina Museum of Arts “Art of the Auction,” and the Boys and Girls Club of Wake County among others.

Of her work, she writes… 

For as long as I can remember, art has always been a source of healing for me.  Being very sensitive to color, it was the colorist painters I was most drawn to and now, a painter myself, I use color as my primary language. 

Times being as they are, with our country in a spiritual/philosophical civil war of sorts, healing is of the essence. Language has been twisted and abused, imagery has been manipulated to shock rather than illuminate. 

As a painter, I seek to heal with breath-like color. My work reaches and touches and asks the viewer to take a breath, to sync with the vibration of color, the calm and warmth only the right pigment can offer. In my work, there may be suggestions of a landscape, but the real subject of my paintings is always color and through color I can leave a positive and healing footprint in our society, one that may unite rather than divide.

Judith Bank I AJ Fletcher

Judith Bank

AJ Fletcher
May - November

Chris Young I REX Heart & Vascular

Chris Young

REX Heart & Vascular
May 2018 - January 2019

ARTIST STATEMENT

Windswept mountain ridges. Quiet forest trails. Cliffs overlooking an expansive sea. Big skies
and dramatic vistas. I’m drawn to nature.

Inspiration comes from local venues, as well as, far-flung destinations like Iceland and
Tasmania. While hiking, I fill sketchbooks with pen and watercolor drawings, translating those
images into larger oil paintings in my studio. I think of myself as a plein air artist who also paints
indoors.

My recent landscapes range from impressions to abstraction. They are created with oil and cold
wax - applied, layered, scraped, and marked - creating textured and complex expressions of
nature.

ARTIST BIO

Chris Young is an Iowa native and a 21 year Cary, NC resident. While also active in the
business world and as a community volunteer, she has been a professional artist for 4 years.
Chris has exhibited in Cary and Raleigh and her paintings are in private collections coast to
coast.

Courtney Potter I HagerSmith

Courtney Potter

HagerSmith

May - June

ARTIST BIO

Courtney Potter has worked as a professional painter, photographer, filmmaker, and artist for the last decade. As a child she explored multiple art forms—performing in the St. Louis children’s touring choir, writing and illustrating short stories, and playing piano at Carnegie Hall in high school.

Courtney graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2009 with a degree in Photojournalism. Her photography projects have taken her across the world and earned her multiple awards including College Photographer of the year, WPJA, WPPI, and the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. Her paintings have been featured in art shows along the East Coast, and she’s currently preparing for three 2018 solo exhibitions in the North Carolina Triangle (Raleigh – Durham – Chapel Hill) where she lives.

Authenticity and love fuel Courtney’s work and life purpose. Just like you, she values excellence and soul: she’s not a fan of trends, tropes, or mediocrity. Your artwork won’t look like everyone else’s, because you aren’t like everyone else. You live your life boldly from a foundation of love, and you want paintings and photographs that match your truth.

Courtney helps individuals (who love themselves), couples (who love each other), and creative business owners (who love their work) tap into their own authenticity and creativity. She does this through her exquisite abstract paintings that transform your living space, honest wedding photos that celebrate your quirks and your deep love for your community, stunning boudoir photos that remind you how you feel in your sexiest moments, or soulful branding visuals that let your inspiration behind your brand really shine through.

When not painting or making photographs, you’ll probably find Courtney rockclimbing, chasing her dream to live on a houseboat with her boo, or exploring the Pacific Northwest. Her deepest joy is found in exploring (whether it’s new ideas, the world, or her own creativity) and connecting (with her community, her family, and her friends).

Also, the pelvis is her power symbol.

Bill Drewitz / Aloft Raleigh

Bill Drewitz

Aloft Raleigh
April - June

ARTIST STATEMENT

William Drewitx (Bill) is an emerging artist that has worked with ink for 35 years. Creating intricate pen and ink drawings since he could hold a pencil, he recently embraced his artistic ability to create photos that are a unique blend of color, light, and design.

Nature reflects the duality within each of us. Nature is chaotic and harmonious, violent and peaceful, tumultuous and still, cunning and innocent. 

Humans are a part of this duality, capable of malicious acts and of benevolent kindness. 

The photos of William Drewitz embody the duality of nature and humanity where chaos and harmony play together in a single photo. 

How the image affects the viewer is a reflection of the inner self at that moment. 

By mixing UV ink, solvents, and oils a pattern is created and then photographed digitally using macro-photography. The art was born from a desire to have a creative outlet coupled with a major life change. It shows the complexity, the beauty, the emotion, and the ever-changing flow of our lives. Bill hopes you find yourself in the experience of these pieces. Everyone sees something different and has a different emotional reaction to any given design. 

What do you see? 

Chryssha Guidry / Aloft RDU

Chryssha Guidry

ALoft RDU
April - June

ARTIST STATEMENT

Chryssha Guidry was born in Florida in 1991. In 2013, she
graduated from Flagler College in St. Augustine, FL, with a BFA in Fine
Arts, Psychology, and a minor in Graphic Design. In 2014, after traveling
across country in a Chevy Conversion van, she landed in Asheville, North
Carolina. Finding a true love for North Carolina, she now resides in
Durham, NC.

This work started as a form of therapy, a method of release. The actions
organically evolve amongst each other, and she emphasizes these
relationships visually. Information is being obscured rather than
revealed. The continuous direction combines multiple perspectives, each
one making the last more obscure showing the whole is less than the
sum of its parts. There is a physical experience that can be considered
the peak, if not the overall purpose of one’s perception of this work. This
is experienced through relaxing and surrendering to the emotion that is
transpiring lulling them into a reflective escape.

Cindy Morefield I HagerSmith

Cindy Morefield 

ARTIST STATEMENT

In my current practice I build large wall collages, called texture matrices, from paper, tape, and other leftover studio materials, then I make rubbings from the matrices as they evolve. The rubbings are made with wax pastel, watercolor crayon, and sometimes charcoal on paper or Yupo, and then some sections are worked in more detail with colored pencil and/or soft pastel. The completed rubbings are treated with an archival varnish.

Most of the pieces in this show were made from the Texture Matrix #3, identified as “TM3” in the titles. Four of these are collages created by combining two rubbings from adjacent areas on the matrix. The remaining pieces came from Texture Matrices #1 and #2 (TM1 & TM2) which were created during a residency at MassMOCA in August of 2017.

The process of creating the texture matrices and then making rubbings from them is like hiding a treasure and then rediscovering it. Even though I create the matrix, I can’t keep all the layers and their possible interactions in working memory, so every rubbing is a discovery of what’s there, what elements will come to the fore at each stage of the matrix’s evolution. Rubbings force me to work in the realm of the hidden, and to trust what will be revealed. I am intrigued by the play between what is hidden and what is revealed, and most particularly interested in what needs to remain hidden. Just as tree roots can only function properly if they stay hidden underground, much of what is important to our inner life must transpire underneath what is visible/conscious/apparent. Like X-rays, the rubbings reveal much of what is hidden beneath the layers of the texture matrix, but there is also a limit to what is revealed.

Monica Exum and David Barkhau - Aloft RDU

Monica Exum and David Barkhau - Aloft RDU

10020 Sellona St, Raleigh, NC 27617

March, 2018 - June, 2018

Natacha Sochat I UAC

Natacha Sochat

United Arts Council
March

Artist Statement

Artists are part of every aspect of society, there is nothing created that does not include an artistic principle as much as it includes mathematical and physical science.
I have always merged science and art in my work. I live my life reflecting my ethical beliefs and artistic philosophy. My work embodies what I am: for good or bad, for perfect or flawed. The objects I create are imbued with my struggle to understand the unpredictability and the complexity of being human in the 21st century: as an older woman, as an American Latina, as a wife and mother, and as a believer in an ethical political/economic system for the world we live in.

This series of drawings/paintings embodies my research into the NeuroMorphic Universe that we all inhabit, playfully transcending the complexity of life.

My Hand is my Mind.

Artist Bio

Natacha Sochat was born in Manhattan, New York City. As a very young child she grew up in Habana, Cuba. Her father was a Cuban revolutionary. In later childhood, her family lived in the south Bronx. Her love of art was nurtured while growing up in the rich cultural landscape of NYC. She attended the Bronx HS of Science. Natacha lived and worked in Europe in the early 1970’s, travelling to many different cities viewing many artistic works in person. She worked as a professional photographer in Berlin, Germany, including freelance work for "Berlin Today" magazine. After Berlin she moved to Boston MA in 1974, where she attended Boston University.  She is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Boston University (BA Biology with distinction, minor art history). Her post-baccalaureate studies at Brandeis University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston included painting, printmaking, photography, and video. She received her MFA in Studio Arts from Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Her MFA thesis embodied the NeuroMorphic Universe - our connectedness biologically and otherwise, and her work still resides in this realm to this day. She received her MD degree from Boston University School of Medicine.


Natacha met Michael Sochat in 1975 while attending Boston University and they married in 1980. While at Boston University College of Liberal Arts, Natacha met Arthur Polonsky and Harold Tovish. Their philosophies greatly influenced her decision to be an artist. She learned how to code in 1975 before the personal PC was introduced. This was the stepping stone for Natacha to the world of computers that she would later naturally incorporate into her artistic process.


In 2010 Natacha co-founded NKG (Boston contemporary art gallery, now closed). NKG gave voice to the pluralism that continually enriches contemporary art and ideas. NKG's mission was to further contemporary art by giving equal value to the mind and the hand. Natacha curated many exhibitions and works during this time. She also created and managed the gallery’s website.

Natacha has taught at numerous places including School of the Museum of Fine Arts (painting), the New Hampshire Institute of Art (drawing/printmaking), and was Master Teacher in Studio Arts at the St. Paul's School Advanced Studies Program (Concord, NH). She is an interdisciplinary thinker, curator, and artist including painting, printmaking (etching, relief, monoprint, etc), bookmaking, small sculptural objects, performance, video, drawing, and photography. Her work is in numerous collections, has won many awards and has been in exhibitions throughout the United States. She was a member of the College Board Association and served on the Board of the Woman's Caucus for Art (NH), including President and webmaster.

In 2015 Natacha left NH and moved to Raleigh, NC where she currently resides and has a studio in ArtSpace.

Susie Silver - Aloft Raleigh

Susie Silver - Aloft Raleigh

2100 Hillsborough street, Raleigh
10-4 Monday-Sunday

Jan. 15-April 15, 2018

“I eliminate all or most realistic imagery from my paintings. My goal is to give my viewers a pervasive sense of calm and to offer a moment of escape from our everyday “noise” when they engage with my work. I focus on the manipulation of many different media while immersed in the process of creating. Pieces are actively layered with media such as ink, watercolor and acrylic, and constructed over time through multiple working sessions. The inspiration for my imagery, and for this layering process, comes from the natural movement of liquids, rock formations and aerial views of land and water. I use minimal tools in the process of creating pieces often using my hands, fingers and even my breath to guide mediums around the working surface. Spontaneous and unplanned moments occur in every piece, which is exhilarating and challenging to me. 

After years of dormancy, I have finally revealed work that is authentic and genuine. As I moved into my professional teaching career (2003), the artist side of me started to dwindle. Educators strive every day to inspire our students to find their own personal voice in their artwork, but educator-artists often struggle with finding that very voice in our own work. I found myself at an aesthetic crossroads, feeling that I was supposed to make realistic art, as that was a great deal of what I was required to teach. I started many pieces that have never been finished and at times I was paralyzed by indecision and the pressure to be a realist. I placed a false reality on myself as a realistic artist. As a result, my authenticity and creativity suffered. However, over the past two years, I have revisited my original artistic influences like Georgia O’Keeffe, Wassily Kandinsky and Frank Stella, and have opened up again to the mindset I established over twenty years ago that successful art does not necessarily have to be realistic. The subject matter, style and media of my work are now my confident choices, not decisions that I feel were made for me. I get lost and feel freed in the process of creation and media manipulation.”

Susie Silver I HagerSmith

Susie Silver

HagerSmith Designs
January - February

ARTIST STATEMENT

I seek to eliminate all or most realistic imagery from my work. I acquit myself from making work that has been expected of me. I focus on manipulation of media while immersed in the process of creating. Pieces are built with layers of media, constructing the final product over time through multiple working sessions. Basic elements and principles of art such as line, shape, color and movement are key components in my current body of work.  I use minimal tools in the process of creating pieces often using my hands, fingers and breath to guide mediums around the working surface. Spontaneous and unplanned moments occur in every piece, which is exciting and challenging to me.

When I was a teenager, my attitude towards making art shifted dramatically as I let go of the notion that successful art had to be realistic. I was enamored by artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe, Wassily Kandinsky, Frank Stella and Jackson Pollock. Their work supported the ideas I had; to be focused on color, process, composition, etc. I knew that I could make tightly rendered, realistic work, but never felt comfortable with those creations representing me as an artist. I eventually listened to my instincts and started to strip away imagery, or at the very least abstract it. I allowed myself to focus on process, use of media and the basic components of art. I held onto this foundation through my college body of work, which allowed me to heavily investigate my viewpoint as an artist. I completed most of my work in clay and glass during this time (BFA, Alfred University 2002). As I moved into my professional teaching career, the artist I became started to dwindle. As educators, we strive every day to inspire our students to find their own personal voice in their artwork. As educator-artists, we often struggle with finding that very voice in our own work. I found myself back at the crossroads of feeling like I was supposed to make realistic art, as that was a great deal of what I was required to teach. I started many pieces that have never been finished and at times I was paralyzed by indecision and the pressure to be a realist. I placed a false reality on myself as a realistic artist. As a result, my authenticity and creativity suffered.

Over the past year, I have revisited my artistic influences and have opened up again to the mindset I established over twenty years ago.  I have placed no restriction on myself regarding what a final piece should look like. I get lost in the process of creation and media manipulation.  The subject matter, style and media are now my confident choices, not decisions that I feel were made for me. After years of dormancy, I have finally revealed work that is authentic and genuine.

Adam Coulter I Aloft Raleigh

Adam Coulter

Aloft Raleigh
January - March

ARTIST STATEMENT

Chaos has been defined as the first thing to exist.

New ideas emerge from it. Society moves forward because of it. Weather changes because of it. Art is created from it.

The world is full of chaos. Mental, physical, and environmental chaos comes at us at all times. But the world is also full of beauty. And sometimes this beauty is found in the chaos.

Even something as simple as a child’s Slinky toy can turn into chaos. Once tangled, it can never be returned to its original form. Why not take the misshapen, both in life and in objects, and make something out of it? You may be surprised by what results.

United Arts Council Call for Art

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.

In our partnership with UAC, VAE will be hosting both solo and group shows. Artists may apply to any number of group shows as well as the call for a solo exhibition. The entries for solo exhibitions roll forward, so artists only need to apply once for this call. 

Solo Exhibition
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

Group Exhibitions
Details

• Juried exhibitions are open to all artists.

• All work must fit through UAC's front doos.

• 2D will be hung on a hanging system,

• 2D work must be wired.

• 3D work must de displayed in a case

• Up to two entries per artist.

• Juried with JPEGs.

• Entries must be received by 11:59 pm the night of the deadline.

Current Group Calls

ELIGIBILITY

United Arts Council 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 3 years. No copies, mechanical reproductions, molds or kit work will be accepted. VAE 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.

We will not exhibit or financially support work that co-opts the story of a community without representation from that community acting in a decision making role.

To use the online form to submit information about and images of your work, please review these instructions for naming your files:

• 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). Video pieces will only be accepted for exhibition if they are captioned, either with open captioning, that is integrated into the video or closed captioning that can be turned on when needed. Read info about captioning videos on Youtube, with iMovie, or Quicktime! 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 the 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.

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 or become a VAE member, please email Brandon or call 919.256.6856 for assistance. Visit our accessibility page for more information.

SHIPPING WORK
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 Kyle so the piece may be returned. Do not use styrofoam packing peanuts. Shipments of artwork will be accepted April 22-27, 2017.

SHIP TO
VAE Raleigh
attn: Kyle
309 W Martin Street
Raleigh, NC 27601

SALES
VAE 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.

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