Editor’s Note: We found an exciting arts event this weekend in Chapel Hill thanks to our friends at The Better Sleep Store.
Chapel Hill, NC — On Friday, February 12, 2016, 20 illuminated art installations, light projections and programs using light can be found around Chapel Hill and Carrboro. This new, one-night event is called Shimmer. Read more
Cary, NC — I had coffee with Cary artist Helen Seebold to learn more about Message in a Bottle, a pubic art project she created to help everyone in the community create art and be a part of making a sculpture. Read more
Cary, NC — “Art is a mirror in which we see ourselves and where we have been,” said local Cary artist Dan Campbell in reference to the portrait he painted to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Perhaps it can even move us forward.” Read more
Cary, NC — Cary Kwanzaa is Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at the Cary Arts Center. Read more
Cary, NC — I met Constance Pappalardo, a Cary artist, to hear her stories about growing up in New York, traveling as a missionary and the art she creates today. Read more
Cary, NC — Cary was once known as “The Gourd Capital of the World.” While that reputation hasn’t lived on, it turns out that gourds – and gourd art – have. Read more
Cary, NC — It’s mid-November, and there’s still plenty of time to do your holiday shopping. Before you head to the mall, though, take a look at the great markets and holiday craft fairs we found in Cary. They’ll make for a relaxing shopping experience, and you’ll support local artisans. Read more
Cary, NC — Jan Kinlaw paints colorful, whimsical canvases out of her home studio and exhibits her work in the Cary Gallery of Artists. But there’s so much more to her art than that. Read more
Cary, NC — I’ve seen a lot of art lately. Two weeks ago, I took a tour of the Village Art Circle gallery. A week before that, I visited the Cary Gallery of Artists to write about their 10-year anniversary. This week, I stopped by a third Cary gallery – the Waverly Artists Group. Read more