The Arts

Brian Ulrich Copia - Retail, Thrift and Dark Stores, 2001-2011

September 29, 2013 – January 5, 2014 (Every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)

• Times: Tues.-Thur., 10am-5pm; Fri., 10am-9pm; Sat.-Sun., 10am-5pm
• Venue: North Carolina Museum of Art
• Area: West Raleigh/N.C. State Univ/PNC Arena

Contemporary photographer Brian Ulrich's decade-long investigation of American consumer culture, Copia, traces a route from the exuberant excess of big-box stores to the bleak suburban landscapes of c...

Exhibition: Close to Home: A Decade of Acquisitions

August 18, 2013 – February 9, 2014 (Recurring daily)

• Venue: North Carolina Museum of Art
• Area: West Raleigh/N.C. State Univ/PNC Arena

Close to Home: A Decade of Acquisitions - Paintings, photographs, sculptures, and mixed-media works acquired by the Museum in the last 10 years. The exhibition features work by well-known favorites su...

Exhibition: Meera Goyal: Color of India

August 30 – October 21, 2013 (Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)

• Times: Mon.-Fri., 9am-10pm; Sat., 9am-6pm
• Venue: Herbert C. Young Community Center
• Area: Cary

Meera Goyal's passion for creating art cannot be separated from life. Her artistic training and experimentation in different forms of art has encompassed over 40 years. Though watercolor is her first ...

Exhibition: Structure in Painting

September 05 – October 9, 2013 (Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)

• Times: Tues.-Sat., 11am-6pm
• Venue: Lee Hansley Gallery
• Area: Downtown Raleigh
• Admission: Free

Structure in Painting: featuring works by Charles Ladson of Athens, GA, Nancy Scheunemann of Wilmington and Sherry Sanabria of Leesburg, VA.

Senior Communities Outreach Program - From Here to There: Celebrating the Art of Travel

October 1, 2013 – January 1, 2014 (Recurring daily)

• Venue: Iris, the Museum Restaurant
• Area: West Raleigh/N.C. State Univ/PNC Arena
• Admission: Free

A chance to share times of remembered trips to places near and far. Conversation will be inspired by a look at the art of travel in paintings and sculpture from the North Carolina Museum of Art as wel...

Staged Reading: Up from the Ground

October 2, 2013

• Times: 7pm
• Venue: Burning Coal Theatre
• Area: Downtown Raleigh
• Admission: Free; suggested $5 donation

Up from the Ground: An original play by 2012 Piedmont Laureate Ian Finley about how our heritage, hopes, and values are reflected in the food we eat. Inspired by interviews with chefs, journalists and...

"New Light" | ArtSource's First Exhibition in the New Space

September 20 – October 19, 2013 (Recurring daily)

• Times: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., 1-5pm
• Venue: ArtSource
• Area: Midtown Raleigh
• Admission: Free

On Sept. 20th, two artists, Debbie Martin & Ann Watcher, will be exhibiting their work at ArtSource. Each experiment with technique and saturated color creating expressive brushed works. The emot...

Arcadia

September 25 – October 6, 2013 (Every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)

• Times: Wed.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm
• Venue: Titmus Theatre
• Area: West Raleigh/N.C. State Univ/PNC Arena
• Admission: Adults $18; Seniors $16; NCSU Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Encore Members/Alumni Association/Parents Association/Students $5

Arcadia: A play by Tom Stoppard. Directed by Assistant Director Allison Bergman. Set in a stately English manor, the play addresses the mystery of a duel involving poet Lord Byron, the solution to a s...

Currents--Photographs from the collection of Allen Thomas, Jr.

June 28 – October 7, 2013 (Every Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)

• Venue: Contemporary Art Museum (CAM Raleigh)
• Area: Downtown Raleigh
• Admission: $5; Members and NC State College of Design Faculty and Staff Free; Children < 10 free.

CurrentsPhotographs from the collection of Allen Thomas, Jr.: Featuring nine emerging photographers: Michele Abeles, Matthew Baum, Matthew Brandt, Debbie Grossman, Carolyn Janssen, Maciek Jasik, Sarah...

Exhibit: For Us the Living: The Civil War Art of Mort Künstler

August 23, 2013 – January 5, 2014 (Recurring daily)

• Times: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm; Sun., Noon-5pm
• Venue: North Carolina Museum of History
• Area: Downtown Raleigh
• Admission: free

This exhibit features 33 original paintings and the unveiling of Capitol Farewell. The exhibit text, in the artist’s own words, describe the inspiration and composition of each piece and provide...

Exhibition: 5th Annual Pinhole Camera Photography Challenge

September 25 – November 1, 2013 (Recurring daily)

• Times: Mon.,Wed.,Fri., 2-10pm; Tues.,Thurs., 10am-10pm; Sat.,Sun., 12:30-5pm
• Venue: Crafts Center at North Carolina State University
• Area: West Raleigh/N.C. State Univ/PNC Arena
• Admission: Free

View the best photographs from the competition and help select the People's Choice winner by voting for your favorite. (Winner to be announced on Friday, October 25). Visit the Crafts Center website f...

Exhibition: Marcelle Hooks: Emulating the Old Masters

September 23 – October 18, 2013 (Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)

• Times: Mon.-Fri., 9am-9pm; Sat., 9am-6pm
• Venue: Cary Senior Center
• Area: Cary

There are three ways to emulate the old masters paintings. The first is to do an exact copy (or as nearly exact as you can) of an original painting; the second is to take the idea from the masters pai...

Exhibition: Professional Art Quilters - South presents ARTQUILTSfreezeframe

September 26 – October 20, 2013 (Recurring daily)

• Times: Mon.-Thurs., 10am-9:30pm; Fri., 10am-5pm; Sat., 10am-1pm
• Venue: Cary Heritage Museum
• Area: Cary

Artists frequently refer to photographs to arouse their muse through literal or abstract interpretation of these images. In the 2013 show, ARTQUILTSfreezeframe, members of PAQASouth will share their a...

Exhibition: Triangle Art Quilters

August 21 – November 3, 2013 (Recurring daily)

• Times: Mon.,Wed.,Fri., 2-10pm; Tues.,Thurs., 10am-10pm; Sat.,Sun., 12:30-5pm
• Venue: Crafts Center at North Carolina State University
• Area: West Raleigh/N.C. State Univ/PNC Arena
• Admission: Free

"I Did It My Way!" An exhibition of work by the Triangle Art Quilters. Art quilts combine traditional quilting techniques with imagery and ideas to create art objects that are usually intend...

Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum

May 24, 2013 – February 7, 2014 (Every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)

• Times: Tue.-Thurs., 10am-5pm; Fri., 10am-9pm; Sat.-Sun., 10am-5pm
• Venue: North Carolina Museum of Art
• Area: West Raleigh/N.C. State Univ/PNC Arena

Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum: In the West Building the Museum presents a series of loans selected by NCMA Curator of European Art David Steel from the Chrysler Museum in Virginia. Interspersed...