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Anna Podris, Keith Norval, and Tavyn Lovitt (Copy)

May 25, 2026


The Jobe House, 909 W. Morgan St. Raleigh

On Exhibit: Anna Podris, Keith Norval, and their Plus One: Tavyn Lovitt

Sidewalk Opening
February 6th
5:00 - 7:00

Corner of Hargett and Fayetteville in Downtown Raleigh

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Street Frame: Caitlin Cary and Ginny Robinson (Copy)

May 25, 2026

Street Frame: Corner of Fayetteville and Hargett, Downtown Raleigh

This month in Raleigh, QuiltCon, the largest modern quilting event in the world will be in Raleigh. It will be held at the Raleigh Convention Center from February 19–22, 2026.

The event brings together quilters, artists, designers, and thinkers from across the globe, highlighting how quilting continues to evolve as both a craft and a contemporary art form, rooted in tradition while pushing boundaries around color, pattern, story, and process.

With so much quilting energy in town, we thought it was the perfect moment to give a nod to quiltmakers right here in our region.

Please join us in welcoming Caitlin Cary and Ginny Robinson to Streetframe.

Sidewalk Opening
February 6th
5:00 - 7:00

Corner of Hargett and Fayetteville in Downtown Raleigh

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Flight

May 25, 2026

Flight is many things. It is the mechanical wonder of wings cutting through air, the quiet migration of birds across a pale sky, the terrifying freedom of leaving the ground behind. It is escape and arrival. It is the way light lifts off water at dusk, or the feeling of a thought becoming something larger than itself. 

We are not looking for a single interpretation. We welcome the literal and the abstract, the grounded and the untethered. Whether your work depicts a sparrow mid-arc, an aerial landscape seen from above, or a purely formal exploration of weightlessness and momentum, if flight lives somewhere in it, we want to see it.

This exhibition is open to artists working in painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking, textile, mixed media, and beyond. We encourage submissions that challenge, expand, or quietly reimagine what it means to fly.

Artists

Marco Andro @marco_andro_carter
CJ Martin @cjmrtn
Erin Ives @s.erinives
Vincent Whitehurst @pedestrian_made
Julia Hoffman @michee.png
Anne Willson @annewillsonart
Victoria Mercado-Lues @victoriamercadolues
Kelly Hutzel @kellyhutzelwatercolors
Michee Zodulua @michee.png
Garrett Love @garrett.love.art
Benny Copel
Kristen Bitar @kristenbitar
Shelby Scattergood @shelbyscattergood
matthew wilson @bunnylever
Antonisha Gore @anrego
Trish Klenow @trishklenow
Meg Finn @megelizabethvintage
Gowri Savoor @gowrisavoor
Novi Lim @artbynovi
Dain Kim @dain_art
Mia Kaplan @miakaplanmakes
Ezra Izzet @Ezraisevilagain
Myles Brown @just_a_crazy_illustrator
Nida Zehra @dairah_e_zindagi
Joel Tesch @artbyjoeltesch
Angaea Cuna @gaeabound
Tessa Dahlmann @Tessadahlmann_art
Hailey Trasti @trasti_studios
Janet Danforth @janetdrawstheplanet
Calvin Ulrich @calvinulrich

Important Dates

Exhibition Dates: 05/17/26 - 06/30/26

Opening Reception 05/17/26 1:00 - 4:00pm

Open Hours: 1 - 4 Saturday and Sunday

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Becoming

May 25, 2026

Street Frame: Corner of Fayetteville and Hargett, Downtown Raleigh

This month in Raleigh, QuiltCon, the largest modern quilting event in the world will be in Raleigh. It will be held at the Raleigh Convention Center from February 19–22, 2026.

The event brings together quilters, artists, designers, and thinkers from across the globe, highlighting how quilting continues to evolve as both a craft and a contemporary art form, rooted in tradition while pushing boundaries around color, pattern, story, and process.

With so much quilting energy in town, we thought it was the perfect moment to give a nod to quiltmakers right here in our region.

Please join us in welcoming Caitlin Cary and Ginny Robinson to Streetframe.

Sidewalk Opening
February 6th
5:00 - 7:00

Corner of Hargett and Fayetteville in Downtown Raleigh

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Contours

May 25, 2026

Contours

Birdland, 706 Mountford Ave., Raleigh, NC

In residence: Johnny Chapman & Marco Andro Carter

January 20th - February 27th

Contours is both an experimental exploration and a love letter to artistry. This piece, conveyed in chapters, tells the story of two companions moving through the transactional mundanity of capitalist labor systems by activating rigor, reconnection, and rest.

Using dance, music, spoken word, vocals, and muralism, we transform a bare canvas into a kinesthetic experience that explores the impact of artistic lineage, liberating movement, and the capacity of voice for initiation, reflection, and transition.

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