> Past Exhibits
Mary Storms / AJ Fletcher Foundation
I express my artistic vision through abstract mixed-media landscapes. I am intrigued and inspired by the natural environment. My intent is to provide the viewer with a sense of the symbiotic relationship between the primeval elements - stone, soil, water and sky - and the lifeforms these elements nurture.
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October 7 - November 4, 2016
Main Gallery
History and society haven’t always been truthful or kind in the depiction of people of color. But whose depictions are they? BLACK On BLACK is an exhibition where curators of color asked artists of color to share their thoughts on identity in their own voice.
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September 2016
Community Exhibits
Susan Peters brightened up United Arts Council's exhibition space with her whimsical and color-filled paintings.
September 2 - 29, 2016
Main Gallery
For the first time ever, VAE hosted a completely video/moving image exhibition in our Main Gallery with OUR OWN TERMS. The exhibition featured 20 videos by artists from across the region and country.
August 20 - October 8, 2016
The Cube
IlaSahai Prouty uses The Cube gallery to host a conversation about identity based on skin color and breaks down the barriers that keep us locked in conventional thinking.
September 2 - 29, 2016
Main Gallery
NEXT DOOR TO PERFECT featured artists' creative and almost adequate solutions to everyday problems.
August 5 - 25, 2016
Main Gallery
We all need a good laugh from time to time, especially in an election year! VAE's exhibition, humor me! provided quite the laugh with 29 pieces of hilarious art!
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August - September 2016
Community Exhibits
Blaine Janas at United Arts features Janas's detailed, handcrafted, metal flower arrangements and animal sculptures.
July - August 2016
Community Exhibits
The Abstract & Contemporary Artist Group meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7pm at VAE and exhibit together throughout the year.
August - September 2016
Community Exhibits
Translucent Qualities featured two of VAE's most talented abstract artists.
July 1-21, 2016
Main Gallery + Exchange Gallery
For the month of July 2016 VAE's Main Gallery sported artist's depictions of their daily commute! The Exchange Gallery became an interactive space that allowed public involvement, shaping an open and creative conversation about infrastructure and art.
July 2016
The Lab
This interactive space allowed the public to tell a good joke and have a good laugh!
June 22 - August 5, 2016
The Cube
Nora Hartlaub's sculptural and mixed media works filled The Cube and commented on North Carolina's current political landscape.
May 28 - September 3, 2016
Waterworks Visual Art Center
525,600 MINS was a colloboration with Waterworks Visual Art Center, an accredited museum. The exhibition featured VAE members' work depicting their relationship with time and place.
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July - September 2016
Community Exhibits
Mary Ann Anderson's mix of two-dimensional, mixed media, and installation works are on view at AJ Fletcher Foundation through October 2016.
June - August 2016
Community Exhibits
Randy McNamara's exhibition SWARM was VAE's inaugural exhibition in the Aloft Raleigh space, directly across from NC State University's bell tower.
March - May 2016
Community Exhibits
Vicki Rees transformed AJ Fletcher Foundation into a natural sciences museum with her high-realism paintings of natural scenes.
June 3-24, 2016
Main Gallery
VAE's annual SCOPE exhibition showcases the widest range of “landscape” works possible.
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June 3 - 24, 2016
Exchange Gallery
Featured Artists: Sarah Blackmon Lips // Diala Estela // John Orrand // Lakeshia Reid // Tim Saguinsin
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