A conceptual self-portrait composed of time, events, locations, and professional and social interactions — all relative to the times and number 111 and 1111 — captured by 170+ iPone screenshots over a 2 year period.
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October - December 2016
Community Exhibits
Martha Thorn's graphic and abstract works add to the already electric feel of Aloft Raleigh
Ugh, robots.
On Saturday afternoon (1/28/17), our website domain name (vaeraleigh [dot] org) was weirdly sold out from under us. It's not a big deal, but getting it back looks like it might be a long-ish process. (It was just the name. Our website itself is completely fine. We were not hacked.)
So for the time being, our website is accessible as vaeraleigh.com. We apologize for any confusion over the links in last week's enews, which were broken by the domain name shenanegans.
Thanks for your patience!
Contact us with any questions or hiccups!
xoxo,
VAE
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 Sometimes the memory is foggy and has been replaced by an imaginary sediment, a residue that has made one memory solid and the other fluid.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
The radical act of conscientious kindness and community!
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February 4 - March 30, 2017
Selections Announced - January 13, 2017
Main Gallery
VAE will be showcasing 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 creative people in the Regional South are creating. Since 2012 this exhibition has grown and expanded to become one of VAE's most well-received exhibitions.
A community art project inspired by Langston Hughes' poem, "Harlem"
Documented by Ariyah April & Veronique Moses
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Animals, landscape, people and objects are often common themes in my work. By defining forms through layering of texture and color, I search for the accidental image. These images often serve to guide the piece, and ignite inspiration from memory, experience or dreams.
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December 21, 2016 - February 3, 2017
First Friday Receptions: January 6 & February 3, 2017 6-10pm
Brian Davis lives and works in Northern Virginia. Born in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, Mr. Davis was raised in Guam and South Carolina. He has taught New Media and Sculpture at The George Washington University and American University. Mr. Davis has a B.F.A in General Studio from Winthrop University and an M.F.A in Sculpture from the University of Florida.
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Gretchen Quinn / United Arts Council
I make functional ceramics that are a reflection of my love for simple luxuries. By combining textures, colors, and clean shapes I craft wares that are a pleasure to both use and admire.
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Caroline Coven / Janice Geller
In my images, I want the viewer to see contemplatively. Agnes Martin exhorted her viewers to look at her work as you would meditate on a landscape. But unlike Agnes Martin, I wish to describe a more specific narrative of human experiences.
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Janice Geller / United Arts Council
In my artwork I seek to bring unconscious and collective unconscious knowledge into consciousness. When I paint I work intuitively, opening to my personal unconscious, and global collective unconscious through a deep listening. The paintings unfold, each piece strange, unique, slowly forming, with a playful logic that unifies, and is yet authentic. Themes that emerge are often about relationship, identity, diversity, nature, reactivity, new perspectives, struggle and resolution. Some paintings are fairly literal, others more abstract – dependent on the inner world I enter. The images range from whimsical and playful, calm or meditative, to full of struggle. Each piece circles the veils between reality and the imaginary.
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George Gregory / Open Gallery at Red Hat
My production process often leaves me with scraps of wood that are too small to incorporate into my work, but too big to throw away. I find myself saving these scraps for potential use in the future. After much deliberation, I found myself dipping these scraps into acrylic paint and laminating them together. This process was the inspiration for Pixel-ed.
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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 marketing experts from Centerline to chat with you and answer any questions about marketing your work: audience, social media, press releases- you name it!
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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.
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!
