May 6 - 26, 2016
MAIN GALLERY
TACTILE was a multisensory and universally designed exhibition that helped to expand VAE's audience to include more people with disabilities.
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PROJECT POSTCARD
May 6-7, 2016
Storefront Windows
PROJECT POSTCARD is part of VAE's annual young artist programming, exhibiting creative work by Wake County Students in the storefront windows of Downtown Raleigh cultural venues.
Eunjung Park: Prism of Choice
April 20 - June 4, 2016
THE CUBE
Eunjung Park used The Cube gallery to explore the relationship between supportive structures—like shelves and tables, but also clothing racks and the rhyme schemes of poems—and the items they display.
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Photography Group / United Arts
June 2016
Community Exhibits
VAE's Photography Artist Group meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 7pm at VAE and exhibit together throughout the year.
Marcia Streithorst & Lauri Arntsen / HagerSmith PA
June - July 2016
Community Exhibits
Marica Streithorst and Lauri Arntsen both use a wide range of media, including encaustic, to add layers to their work.
Linda Kimball / United Arts Council
May 6 - 26, 2016
Community Exhibits
"My mother was present physically but mentally absent. The lack of a mother in my childhood has had an enormous influence on my life. I use painting as the most sincere form of self-expression." - Linda Kimball
Sara Trepanier / Duke Health Raleigh Hospital
April - June 2016
Community Exhibits
A surgeon at Duke Health Raleigh Hospital, Sarah Trepanier's colorful works fill the halls of her own work space for the second quarter of 2016!
Exchange Gallery: May Featured Artists
May 6 - 26, 2016
Exchange Gallery
Featured artists: William Breazeale // James Hallenbeck // Ann Howe // Mary Storms
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Helen Seebold / United Arts Council
March - April 2016
Community Exhibits
Helen Seebold's skillfully made ceramics filled United Arts Council for the months of March and April 2016!
Anthony Garcia-Copian / United Arts Council
April 1-28, 2016
Community Exhibits
"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 Sometimes the memory is foggy and has been replaced by an imaginary sediment, a residue that has made one memory solid and the other fluid." - Anthony Garcia-Copian
Lisa Bartell / HagerSmith PA
April - May 2016
Community Exhibits
In Finding Faces, Lisa Bartell uses oil paint to play with the human figure and create whimsical works that are all part of a healing process for her.
The Other Toy Story
April 1 - 28, 2016
Exchange Gallery
The Other Toy Story is an ongoing project by artist Joyce Dallal that grew out of her personal experience as a parent. The exhibition is interactive and challenges participants to consider their level of consumption and helps them to expand their knowledge about what they can recycle.
Exchange Gallery: April Featured Artists
April 1 - 28, 2016
Exchange Gallery
Brenda Brokke // Eric Ennis // Elizabeth Laul Healey // Brian Imfeld // DJ Joynes
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the beginning of everything
April 1 - 28, 2016
Main Gallery
the beginning of everything exhibition challenged artists and viewers to help expand the idea of drawing. the beginning of everything featured skillfully rendered drawings, but also showcased work that experiments with the practice of drawing.
MEDIA
March 4-24, 2016
Main Gallery
MEDIA included 48 pieces of artwork categorized by painting, drawing/printmaking, photography, video, mixed media, fiber/textile, digital media, and three-dimensional works.
Contemporary South 2016
January 6 – February 25, 2016
Main Gallery
The South is emerging as hub for creativity. Raleigh has adopted a vision to become the Southern Capital for Arts and Culture. To showcase the best artwork from the region here in Raleigh, Contemporary South highlights artwork from across the regional South. Since 2012 Contemporary South has been one of VAE’s most popular exhibition, 2016’s exhibition will feature 77 pieces of artwork, made by 74 artists from 12 states across the region.
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