IGNITE GRANT WRITING SPEED DATES

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH, 2PM-6PM @ VAE RALEIGH

SPEED DATES are thematized 30-minute one-on-ones with area smartypants who can answer your pressing professional questions! This time, we are excited to host four grant writing experts from across the Triangle to answer your questions about funding your creative projects through grants! Money for art? Yes please! Register now while space is available! 

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HOW IT WORKS

STEP ONE: Complete the registration form through Wufoo [CLICK HERE]. You will be asked for your contact information and a short survey of questions to help the gurus understand your needs. This event is FREE for current VAE members and $10 for non-members.

Questions/prompts Include:
 -What are the five words that BEST describe your creative work?
 -What kinds of grants are you looking to apply for? 
 -What short term professional goals do you have?
 -What are most hoping to learn at this event?

STEP TWO: Once you've completed step one we'll give you a link to an outside scheduling service called Sign Up Genius where you will choose the guru(s) and time(s) you want. Once you've done that and hit submit, you're 100% registered!

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MEET YOUR DATES

Jeff Pettus
Senior Program Director of Arts in Communities, North Carolina Arts Council

Jeff  oversees most of the grants programs and services to artists and arts organizations at the NC Arts Council, like the North Carolina Artist Fellowship! He studied at Princeton University and the University of North Carolina and worked in book publishing and art museum administration prior to coming to the Arts Council.

Emily Catherine Mealor
Arts in Communities Coordinator, North Carolina Arts Council

Emily Catherine manages grants related to arts in accessibility, aging, and healthcare. Emily Catherine has degrees in English and Social Work from Appalachian State University and Washington University in St. Louis, where she focused on community development and arts integration. She's also involved with SPARKcon and serves on the committee for the Arts Learning Community for Universal Access through The Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County and the Office of Raleigh Arts.

Brandi Neuwirth
Art Coordinator, United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County

Brandi curates public art spaces and administrates the Professional Development Grant for Artists at United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County. She moved to the Triangle in 2005 from Los Angeles, where she worked in entertainment for 20th Century Fox, Vanguard Films/DreamWorks and Conde Nast. The child of two artists, she is proud to be a part of the vibrant arts community in Raleigh and the Triangle.
 

Margaret DeMott
Director of Artist Services, Durham Arts Council 

Margaret brings 34 years arts experience, overseeing Durham Arts Council's four grant programs, exhibit programs and technical assistance for arts organizations and artists. She has served on many artist selection panels, and grant review panels, managed the community process for the Durham Cultural Master Plan, coordinated a 3 year, multi-county audience development initiative and currently provides support for the Durham SmART Initiative.

Clarenda Stanley-Anderson
VP of Institutional Advancement, Shaw University

Clarenda Stanley-Anderson is a fundraising generalist who has earned the coveted Certified Fund Raising Expert (CFRE) designation. Selected as the 2016 Outstanding Fundraising Professional by the Association for Fundraising Professionals Triangle Chapter, she specializes in individual giving and major gifts, having raised more than $51M in her decade-plus career. As Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Shaw University, she spearheaded the University’s 70% increase in private philanthropy last year. Connect with her on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook! 

Anthony Garcia-Copain / UAC

Anthony Garcia-Copain

United Arts Council
January - February

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.

Everything in art is a memory.

I have empathic traits, therefore I paint the images of the emotions that I am able to absorb from strangers and from those who surround me.

The only expectation that I have from my art is pleasure.

AGC

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!

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.