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Cary Pottery Fires Up in Downtown

Cary PotteryCary, NC – Cary Pottery is firing up downtown. It’s a watershed moment for potter Kenneth Neilsen, but also for downtown Cary and the local arts community. Read more

Fire Sculpture All It’s Cracked Up to Be?

Story by Lindsey Chester. Photo by Hal Goodtree. Ms. Chester is a member of the Town’s Parks & Rec Advisory Board.

Cary, NC- The Town of Cary recently sponsored a unique art event, titled Monumental Fire by Nina Hole that was created on-site and publicly revealed on November 2. Now that the dust has literally settled, we have heard some feedback from the public and wanted to share. Read more

Pictures: Fire Sculpture Lights Up Downtown Cary

Photos by Brooke Meyer. Above, time lapse of fire sculpture fully revealed.

Cary, NC – It was a spectacle like no other Cary has seen – a giant clay sculpture, baking itself in its own flames, unwrapped and revealed to a sizable (and somewhat awestruck) crowd. Most fortunately, photographer Brooke Meyer was there to capture the flavor of this remarkable event. Read more

Fire Sculpture Will Burn in Downtown Cary

Story and photos by Lindsey Chester. Above, The artist, Nina Hole, with the fire sculpture being built behind her.

Cary, NC- Something is building at the corner of South Academy and Dry Avenue in Downtown Cary and all will be revealed, quite literally on November 2. Read more

Native Son Honored at Smithsonian Exhibit

Cary, NC – We love the Kramden Institiute, those folks just across the town line in Durham who have refurbished 11,000 computers and given them to underprivileged students. Now, work by Kramden co-founder Ned Dibner, 23, has been chosen for a most unusual art exhibit at the Smithsonian Institute.

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Cow Parade Marches into the Triangle This Weekend

Story by Lindsey Chester. Photo by Steven Paul Whittsitt Photography.

Cary, NC- This weekend 150 cows will appear all over the Triangle, as part of CowParade North Carolina, raising money for NC Children’s Hospital.  Several have been painted by local Cary Artists. Read more

Outdoor Sculpture Installation Downtown

Story by Lindsey Chester. Photos by Lindsey Chester and Hal Goodtree.

Cary, N.C. – Friday morning, under a threatening sky, 12 sculptures made their temporary homes along Academy Street in Downtown Cary. From about 9:30 through the afternoon, the artists and a town crew along with volunteers from Cary Visual Art helped secure each piece of art, as part of the annual juried show known as the Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition. The sculptures will call Cary their home through June of 2013. Read more

Outdoor Sculptures Unveiled August 10 in Town Center

Cary, NC – Cary Visual Art will be unveiling their 2012 installation of the annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit at a special ticketed reception August 10 along Academy Street in Downtown Cary. Here’s a sneak peek at what will grace our Downtown through next June. Read more

Ghostbuster, Restored

Story and photos by community contributor Josh Steadman.

Cary, NC – Less than a week after it was vandalized with spray paint, Ghostbuster, the sculpture of a horse at the corner of Davis and High House, has been restored. Read more

Sculpture Vandalized at Davis & High House

Story by Hal Goodtree. Photo by Joshua Steadman.

Cary, NC – Ghostbuster, the ribbon-y sculpture of a horse’s head at the corner of Davis and High House, has been the victim of a graffiti attack. Read more