VAE hosted a comedy night with 8 local comics in the midst of our humor me! exhibition!
Read MoreBirthday Girl by Caleb Cole (calebcolephoto.com)
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!
Read MoreBlaine 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.
EXCHANGE GALLERY: Interactive Lab
July 2016
The Lab
This interactive space allowed the public to tell a good joke and have a good laugh!
Nora Hartlaub: Hush
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.
525,600 MINS
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.
Read Morecall-for-art: OUR DAILY MIGRATION
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July 2016
Read MoreCALL-FOR-ART: humor me!
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July 2016
Read Morecall-for-art: THE LAB
in > Past Calls
August 2016
Read Morecall-for-art: NEXT DOOR TO PERFECT.
in > Past Calls
September 2016
Read Morecall-for-art: OUR OWN TERMS
in > Past Calls
September 2016
Read MoreMary Ann Anderson / AJ Fletcher Foundation
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.
Randy McNamara / Aloft Raleigh
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.
Community Exhibition Program - Winter / Call for Art
CEP
Deadline for entry - 11:59 pm on February 15, 2018
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.
Vicki Rees / AJ Fletcher Foundation
March - May 2016
Community Exhibits
Vicki Rees transformed AJ Fletcher Foundation into a natural sciences museum with her high-realism paintings of natural scenes.
DOUBLE DUTY
DOUBLE DUTY - a creative writing workshop
Read MoreIGNITE CREATIVITY SUMMIT →
June 3+4, 2016
The Ignite Creativity Summit inspires and excites creative people to think BIG.The 2016 summit theme is HOME: How can communities be improved by their artists, and how can artists be improved by their communities?