Don't miss Artsplosure this weekend! Our popular Before I Die… interactive public art project will be on the northeast corner of Moore Square, along with the Office of Raleigh Arts information booth and Pullen and Sertoma Arts Center activities for children. We hope to see you there!

Image: Before I Die... public art project

Mark your calendars for an exciting collaboration between the Block Gallery and Pullen Arts Center. Constructs artist Sarah West will give an artist talk and tour of the Gallery on Thursday, June 5, 1-1:45pm followed by a demonstration at the Pullen Arts Center on Thursday, June 12, 1-1:45pm.

Constructs, featuring works by Ryan Cummings and Sarah West along with a Case Study installation by Meg Stein, is on view through June 26.

Block Gallery
222 W. Hargett St., Raleigh
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Image: Sarah West, Memorial Objects/Sacred Spaces/ Parade/Witness

Events

Blog: Writing Lessons 
At the 2014 North Carolina Literary Festival, Lee Smith announced that she believed first person was the easiest and most natural way to tell a story because it feels like you, the writer, are telling the story to the reader through the voice of your character in the same way that you might tell the story to a friend. The danger of a first person point of view (POV) is that the reader gets only one side of the story, making the narrator prone to be unreliable. Holden Caulfield from Catcher in the Rye is a good example. The narrator, however, can also be reliable, i.e. telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth. First person also has the power to bring your reader into the story in a very immediate and intimate way. I love how Isak Dinesen pulls you into her book, Out of Africa, from her very first line: “I had a farm in Africa.” This is such a great first line that you just don’t care if she is a reliable or unreliable narrator; you are ready to believe whatever she has to say.  

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Summer camp is not just for kids! Many Raleigh arts organizations offer special summer programming for adults. 

Arts Together 
Summer Evening Dance Classes
8-week sessions for beginners through advanced. 

Artspace
Summer Evening Art Workshops
1- to 3-night workshops ranging from Screen Printing Tees Happy Hour to Documentary Photography. 

Burning Coal Theatre Company 
Uta Hagen Scene Study Class
8-week scene study class taught by artistic director Jerome Davis.

Raleigh Little Theatre 
Summer Camps for Adults
1-week evening sessions, including So You Think You Can’t Dance and The Actors Playground.

Image: Burning Coal Theatre Company's Uta Hagen Scene Study Class

EmcArts is accepting proposals for two final rounds of the Innovation Lab, a 16-month immersion program for US-based arts and arts service organizations seeking to uncover adaptive strategies and responses to their most complex challenges.

Deadline: May 30
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What excites you about downtown Raleigh? Take photos of your favorite places, faces and things to do and see, and share them on Instagram. Tag them @raleighplanning in your post with the hashtag #experienceDTRaleigh. All photos with the hashtag will be considered for a curated show at the City of Raleigh Museum on First Friday, November 7.

Deadline: Wednesday, October 1
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GALLERY: 52 WEEKS
52 Weeks features the results of a weekly/daily challenge that took place from January to December 2013. Jennifer Mahaffey created a page each week to be compiled into a 52-page book. Kathy Steinsberger made a book each week. Sayer Brosnahan made a pair of earrings each week. Betty McKim made a link a day, creating multiple components for jewelry. On display May-June. 

CLASSES
Bookmaking – Weekend Longstitch Sampler
Create four beautiful books with exposed bindings based on the longstitch. Instructor: Kathy Steinsberger (2 sessions).

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Saturday & Sunday, June 7 & 8, 9:30am-3:30pm
$84 Raleigh residents/$96 non-residents
$50 supply fee 

Jewelry – Beginning Metal
Design and construct earrings, pins, pendants, charms or other small objects and tokens in this basic metalworking class. Learn to saw, file, hammer and solder wire and sheet metals to create individual projects. Students purchase silver for projects (orders taken first class, approx. $30). Optional jewelry kits will be available for $25, providing solder, saw blades, drill bit, sandpaper and a small amount of copper to get started. Instructor: Sarah West (6 sessions).

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Tuesdays, June 10-July 15, 10am–12:30pm
$104 Raleigh residents/$116 non-residents 

Pottery – Handbuilding Techniques Intro
Learn the basics of handbuilding, from working with clay to creating a piece, glazing and firing it. Course includes an introduction to the slab roller and other hand building tools. Instructor: Tim Cherry (7 sessions).

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Mondays, June 2-July 14, 7-9:30pm
$91 Raleigh residents/$103non-residents
$18 supply fee

SUMMER CLASSES
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Pullen Arts Center
105 Pullen Rd, Raleigh
919-996-6126

Image: Tim Cherry, handbuilding demo

GALLERY
Raleigh Room: Deborah Naves, paintings
Hall Gallery: Amanda Dicken, watercolors and illustrations
Display Cases: Frances Parsons, pottery 

CLASSES
Pottery – Beginner Wheel Throwing
Age: 16 years and up. Learn the basics of throwing pottery, including the ceramic terms, processes and knowledge needed to use the pottery studio safely and independently. Topics include centering clay, throwing basic forms, handles, and glazing. Sessions include demonstrations and practice time under the guidance of the instructor. Students are encouraged to practice between class sessions, and have free access to Sertoma’s well-equipped studio. New students may miss no more than two classes and must attend the first class and the glazing class (approx. 6th week), in order to qualify for a studio card. Instructor: Joan Walsh (7 sessions).

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Wednesdays, May 21-July 2, 9:30-11:45am
$95
$40 supply fee

SUMMER CLASSES
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Sertoma Arts Center
1400 West Millbrook Road, Raleigh
919-996-2329 

Image: Frances Parsons, small six-colored bowl 

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