ULTRALIGHT / call-for-art
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ULTRALIGHT
May 5 - 25, 2017
Deadline - 11:59 pm on March 27, 2017
ULTRALIGHT is an exhibition of artwork about disability, created by artists with disabilities. VAE is offering a platform for artists who identify as having a disability to take back the narrative that is so often controlled by the medical field and the media. ULTRALIGHT seeks to exhibit work that challenges the viewing public to leave their preconceived notions and sympathy at the door, and experience artwork that tells the real story of living with a disability and the current state of access. The exhibition breaks access into three parts: physical, communication, and attitude. We encourage artists to draw inspiration from these questions:
Read MoreCommunity Exhibition Program
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CEP
Deadline for entry - 11:59 pm on May 21, 2017
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. Exhibition benefits vary based on each venue, please see below.
e1ev1n I Warren Hicks
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Warren Hicks
February 22 - April 8
Artist talk, April 8, 11 am
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.
Read Moreinterface I Ely Urbanski
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Ely Urbanski
February 3 - 23, 2017
I have been collecting clothes from friends, family and my previous exhibitions visitors. These clothes are the matrices for my monoprints on fabric. Most of the clothes have a story, they were worn for a long time, the person who owned the clothes had an emotional attachment to it, they only used them in special occasions, etc. What I noticed is that those clothes have one thing in common: they are stories of relationships. A material reminder of an interaction with a living person, with someone they missed or a particular situation in their lives.
I believe that what I transfer to the substrate (a piece of fabric, a reclaimed sheet) is not only the material image but also part of the memory|energy of the clothes and their owners|users.
Read MoreMartha Thorn / Aloft RDU
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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
The internet ate our website!
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
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!
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!
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
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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
Love-in: A Positivity Potluck
The radical act of conscientious kindness and community!
Read MoreContemporary South '17
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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.
SEE ATTACHED / DEPTH / FLUSH
Triple Threat
January 6-26
First Friday (redo) January 13 6-10pm
For the month of January VAE will be showcasing three exhibitions in our Main Gallery.
Read MoreDreams Deferred
A community art project inspired by Langston Hughes' poem, "Harlem"
Documented by Ariyah April & Veronique Moses
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Janet Coleman / Aloft on Hillsborough
Janet Coleman
January-March
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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Brian Davis "Elevation V2"
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
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 / HagerSmith PA
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
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
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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