The Cube/ call-for-art

October 04, 2016 in > Cube

The Cube is an experimental and installation space programmed by Visual Art Exchange and located within the main gallery at 309 West Martin Street. This exhibition opportunity affords emerging and professional artists with a physical space to explore ideas. The space, a roughly 20×20′ box, is equipped with several electrical outlets and track lighting. The ceiling is 14 feet high. Artists are juried into the space. Exhibits will run for roughly 2 months, with 2 public receptions. VAE is available to provide support in finding accommodations for artists and recruiting volunteer help for install. View previous Cube exhibitions!

Contemporary South 2018 / call-for-art

October 03, 2016 in > Past Calls

February 2 - March 24, 2018
Deadline - 11:59pm on January 1, 2018

The South is a hub for creativity. Raleigh is doing its part to lead this charge: The City of Raleigh has adopted the Raleigh Arts Plan, a ten-year master plan to strengthen arts and culture for all.

To do our part, VAE showcases some of the most ambitious and timely works by artists from across the region in our annual exhibition, Contemporary South. The purpose of the exhibition is to gather a survey of what artists in the Regional South are currently creating. Since 2012 this exhibition has grown and expanded to become one of VAE's most popular exhibitions.

We invite you to help us make COSO'18 the best iteration yet!

Mary Storms / AJ Fletcher Foundation

October 01, 2016 in > 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.

BLACK on BLACK

September 23, 2016 in > Past Exhibits

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.

THE LAB: Portraits of Percussion

September 02, 2016 in > Past Exhibits

September 2 - 22, 2016
THE LAB

Portraits of Percussion
by Lyudmila Tomova & Gregory Whitt

Susan Peters/United Arts

September 02, 2016 in > Past Exhibits

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 02, 2016 in > Past Exhibits

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

September 01, 2016 in > Past Exhibits

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.

August 20, 2016 in > Past Exhibits

September 2 - 29, 2016
Main Gallery

NEXT DOOR TO PERFECT featured artists' creative and almost adequate solutions to everyday problems.

Birthday Girl by Caleb Cole (calebcolephoto.com) — *Birthday Girl* by Caleb Cole (calebcolephoto.com)

humor me! Standup Comedy Show

August 10, 2016 in > Past Projects + Events

VAE hosted a comedy night with 8 local comics in the midst of our humor me! exhibition!

humor me!

August 03, 2016 in > Past Exhibits

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!

Blaine Janas / United Arts

July 22, 2016 in > Past Exhibits

August - September 2016
Community Exhibits

Blaine Janas at United Arts features Janas's detailed, handcrafted, metal flower arrangements and animal sculptures.

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Abstract & Contemporary Artists’ Group / United Arts

July 22, 2016 in > Past Exhibits

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

July 21, 2016 in > Past Exhibits

August - September 2016
Community Exhibits

Translucent Qualities featured two of VAE's most talented abstract artists.

OUR DAILY MIGRATION

June 30, 2016 in > Past Exhibits

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

June 30, 2016 in > Past Exhibits

July 2016
The Lab

This interactive space allowed the public to tell a good joke and have a good laugh!

Nora Hartlaub: Hush

June 29, 2016 in > Past Exhibits

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

June 25, 2016 in > Past Exhibits

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.

call-for-art: OUR DAILY MIGRATION

June 23, 2016 in > Past Calls

July 2016

CALL-FOR-ART: humor me!

June 20, 2016 in > Past Calls

July 2016

VAE PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE

The Cube/ call-for-art

Contemporary South 2018 / call-for-art

Mary Storms / AJ Fletcher Foundation

BLACK on BLACK

THE LAB: Portraits of Percussion

Susan Peters/United Arts

OUR OWN TERMS

IlaSahai Prouty: A Social Construction, Paper Bag Test – Raleigh

NEXT DOOR TO PERFECT.

humor me! Standup Comedy Show

humor me!

Blaine Janas / United Arts

Abstract & Contemporary Artists’ Group / United Arts

Catherine Vorseky & Cindy Morefield / HagerSmith PA

OUR DAILY MIGRATION

EXCHANGE GALLERY: Interactive Lab

Nora Hartlaub: Hush

525,600 MINS

call-for-art: OUR DAILY MIGRATION

CALL-FOR-ART: humor me!

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