> Past Exhibits
ANNUAL HOLIDAY EXHIBITION
November 9th – December 21, 201
Main Gallery
The Annual Holiday Exhibition features work by VAE members at a price range that is perfect for gift giving! Come in to see and purchase works under $300 for all of your holiday needs.
DECK THE GALLERY
November 9th – December 21, 201
Main Gallery
It's time to decorate for the holidays. Unfortunately, Brandon dropped the box of ornaments, when we were putting the decorations away...in March, and broke them all.
So, we asked our creative community to make beautiful ornaments for all of your holiday needs! Come by this season to pick up the perfect decoration for your home, or the perfect gift for a friend!
See Attached
VAE will be going back in time to the early 1990s when the state of the art technology of the email attachment was invented. Since then it has changed information exchanges in a major way. It also opened doors for an arts organization to receive and accept submissions, free to both artists and organizations, it has allowed for the growth and opportunity.
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DEPTH
January 6-26, 2017
Main Gallery
VAE will be showcasing the fantastic works created by our Three Dimensional Artist Group in the upcoming exhibition, DEPTH.
VAE's Three Dimensional Artist Group is a supportive network for artists who explore ideas and techniques and offer each other feedback. Artist are encouraged to bring a current work, but are by no means obligated to. This group is open to anyone who works with a three dimensional medium or would like to. All artists’ groups are free to VAE members and $5 for non-members.
Evan Reed: Architecture for the Inclement
First Friday Receptions: November 4 & December 2, 6-10pm
Evan Reed was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and has lived throughout the United States. He develops forms by collecting and exploring the properties of material, many of which are discarded items, sourced from his community. The works pull from a variety of visual references including architectural forms, modes of transportation, and tools. His work is concerned with themes of Spirituality, History, Place, and Humor.
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Marie Leabo-Arondeau / HagerSmith PA
October - November 2016
Community Exhibits
"An abundance of light, a scarcity of light, how light defines the subject, how light is the subject, how light and subject get together and boogie a bit. Into the Light is a celebration of all of these things." - Marie Leabo-Arondeau
THE LAB: Separation & In Between
October 7 - 27, 2016
THE LAB
Separation & In Between
Jan-Ru Wan accompanied by Jody Casselly + Jude Casseday
Mary Storms / AJ Fletcher Foundation
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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BLACK on BLACK
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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THE LAB: Portraits of Percussion
Susan Peters/United Arts
September 2016
Community Exhibits
Susan Peters brightened up United Arts Council's exhibition space with her whimsical and color-filled paintings.
OUR OWN TERMS
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.
IlaSahai Prouty: A Social Construction, Paper Bag Test – Raleigh
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.
NEXT DOOR TO PERFECT.
September 2 - 29, 2016
Main Gallery
NEXT DOOR TO PERFECT featured artists' creative and almost adequate solutions to everyday problems.
humor me!
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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Blaine Janas / United Arts
August - September 2016
Community Exhibits
Blaine Janas at United Arts features Janas's detailed, handcrafted, metal flower arrangements and animal sculptures.
Abstract & Contemporary Artists’ Group / United Arts
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.
Catherine Vorseky & Cindy Morefield / HagerSmith PA
August - September 2016
Community Exhibits
Translucent Qualities featured two of VAE's most talented abstract artists.
OUR DAILY MIGRATION
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.