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

Look for the folks serving hot chocolate till it runs out. And... Bundle up

In residence: Birdland, 706 Mountford Ave., Raleigh, NC

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.

Extraterrestrial Encounters
An Exhibition by Be Boggs and Slater Mapp

Do you believe, or know, that intelligent life exists outside of Earth?  

In April 2025 the SETI Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) discovered what could be a collection of extraterrestrial artifacts in an abandoned warehouse in Raleigh, North Carolina.  

These visitors seem to be obsessed with Earth and all its lifeforms. They learned how to use cameras and fibers to make interpretations of what they encountered. According to the experts, these beings seem to be creating art as a way to explain what Earth is to their home planet.
This collection is all the evidence we have of their existence.

We do not know why they came here, what they want, or if they are friends or foes.

Some may even appear to be familiar faces…people you know who have been here all along.

Come see this evolving exhibition of extraterrestrial art @birdlandraleigh and discover what belonging on Earth looks and sounds like through the outsiders lens.

Opening Night: December 5th, 6:00 - 9:00
706 Mountford Ave., Raleigh, NC 27603

Hours for Birdland this month:
12/6 Saturday: 12 - 4
12/7 Sunday: 12 - 5 (*with Boylan Art Walk)

Weekdays in December:
MWF: 3:30 - 6 (Slater)
TTH: 5 - 7 (Be)

Weekends in December:
12-3pm (Slater)
3-5pm (Be)

Streetframe
an exhibition of Lee Nisbet & Renzo Ortega

Join us on Friday, November 7th as we celebrate VAE’s latest venture to bring more art and beauty to the streets of Raleigh, featuring the vibrant work of Lee Nisbet and Renzo Ortega.

All of this wouldn’t be possible without our community. Big thanks to Artsplosure for the walls, Empire Properties for the use of space, and to Thomas Sayre & Joan Ellen-Deck for sponsoring this project.

The event is from 6:00 - 7:00 pm and is accessibly located outside on the sidewalk at 200 Fayetteville St.

We hope to see you there!
Exhibition Runs through December of 2025

our interiors, an exhibition by Caprice McNeill

Flowers remain Caprice McNeill’s vessels of expression, a visual language for examining the relationship between the inner self and its surroundings. In our interiors, she layers vintage floral fabrics and wallpaper with impressions from a month-long immersion in Italy, tracing how place quietly imprints our inner lives. Italy’s open fields, cultivated land, and distinctive colors resurfaced in patterned expanses, geometric planes, and a renewed palette upon her return home. The vintage fabrics and wallpapers extend this reflection, evoking transformation, atmosphere, and the intimate ways expression takes shape through material and memory. Each piece becomes a study of that reciprocity, how place and perception intertwine, and how interior and exterior worlds remain in constant dialogue.

November 8 - 22