It is countdown to SPARKcon and the premiere of Raleigh's version of the Before I Die interactive public art project! Raleigh Arts Commission staff members have been busy preparing the wall panels that will be on site at the intersections of Fayetteville and Davie Streets, September 15-16.

The project will also be documented for our mini-website (see below) as well as for a video being created for the Raleigh Arts Commission by Teresa Pigeon and Scott Huler.

For more info:

www.raleighnc.gov/arts

beforeidie.cc/site/raleigh

Image: Installation preparation for Before I Die

The Raleigh Arts Commission will host Richard Evans, founder of EmcArts and the Innovation Lab, for a presentation on innovation, adaptive capacity and national trends in the arts. In keeping with Raleigh’s role as a 21st Century City of Innovation, Evans will also speak about cultural sustainability during times of dynamic change. A national expert in nonprofit organizational development, Evans has more than three decades' experience working with arts organizations across the US and abroad.

 

Wednesday, September 19 from 10-11:30am

City Council Chambers, 222 West Hargett Street

Admission is free of charge.

For more info: www.raleighnc.gov/arts

Help the Raleigh Arts Commission and our partners celebrate the art of writing! Just two weeks left for your favorite Piedmont children's literature author to apply to become the 2013 Piedmont Laureate.

Deadline: September 28, 2012

 

For more info: www.piedmontlaureate.com

"It’s terrifying. The blank expanse of the word processor screen, malicious in its promise of opportunity…if only I was a better writer. But I’ve put it off long enough. My students are writing essays for NPR’s venerable This I Believe series, so I should write one too. And after all, I remind myself as I finally tap the keys, it’s ok if this draft is horrible. I can always revise it later. The thought clears the fog and fear away. I believe in the value of the rough draft, and the power of revision."

The above excerpt is from 2012 Piedmont Laureate Ian Finley's blog.

For more info: www.piedmontlaureate.com

Up next at Block Gallery is Curio, exploring the fantastical through abstracted narrative, inventive characters, interior emotions and archetypal imagery. Paintings by Chance Murray, Christina Preher and Ellie Reinhold and glass work by Lucartha Kohler.

Block2 Video Series, curated by Neill Prewitt, will air The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Marc Russo.

On display October 4 - November 13

Block Gallery, 222 W. Hargett St.

 

Opening reception Thursday, Oct. 4, 5-7pm

Music provided by Tuff Love in Dub

 

For more info on Block Gallery: www.raleighnc.gov/arts or follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Image: Land Formations by Christina Preher

We're proud to announce the performers for the October 3 Medal of Arts Awards Ceremony, hosted by Broadway costume designer William Ivey Long: Carolina Ballet, Raleigh Chamber Music Guild Quartet and the Triangle Youth Philharmonic.

The ceremony will be held at the Fletcher Theater, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts. The Medal of Arts awardees are Nancy Lambert, Parker Poe Adams and Bernstein LLP, the Philharmonic Association and Laura N. Raynor for their extraordinary support of the arts. 

For more info: raleighnc.gov/arts

Image: William Ivey Long

The Sertoma Arts Center is taking proposals for the 2013 gallery year. Works should be 2D and 3D by artists 18 years of age and up, residing and/or working in Wake County and surrounding areas.

Deadline: September 30, 2012

For more info, visit Sertoma Arts Center or email sertomaartscenterexhibits@raleighnc.gov with "Attn: Gallery Program - Gallery Submissions 2013" in the subject line.

SAVE THE DATE: FALL ARTS FAIR

The Pullen and Sertoma Arts Centers' Fall Arts Fair takes place at Pullen Arts Center, 105 Pullen Road, on Saturday, Oct. 20. For more info: 919-996-6126

PULLEN ARTS CENTER

Wednesdays from 6:30-9:30pm, Sept. 19-Oct. 24  

Experience environmentally friendly intaglio printmaking. Students will draw, paint, photocopy or use computer images/photography to create a positive image transparency. The transparency is then transferred to a light sensitized Solarplate exposed to UV light, developed with water, and printed. This class will demonstrate the use of a simple contact frame and UV exposing unit and  cover the use of aquatint screen exposure to achieve photogravure quality.

        

Class Barcode # 130664

Raleigh residents: $80 / Non-residents: $92

Supply fee: $30

For more info: 919-996-6126

Pullen Arts Center, 105 Pullen Road, Raleigh

SERTOMA ARTS CENTER

Visit Sertoma Arts Center through the end of September to see embroidered artworks by Adrienne DiFranco, illustrations and drawings by Mark Wroblewski, mixed media works by Larry Dean and students, and jewelry by Heather Bowler. Free and open to the public.

For more info: 919-420-2329

REGISTER FOR FALL CLASSES!

Sertoma Arts Center 919-420-2329

Pullen Arts Center 919-996-6126  

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