Thank you to all who came to the opening reception of Unraveled last week! This stunning textile exhibition features artworks by Becky Joye, Mary Kircher and Nora Phillips and a Case Study installation by Gracelee Lawrence. Unraveled remains on display through September 5.

Want to learn more about the talented artists in this show? Mark your calendars for our Enlighten Me! educational series:

Wednesday, August 6, 1-1:45pm
Gallery tour at the Block Gallery with Becky Joye

Thursday, August 7, 1-1:45pm
Studio tour at Artspace with Mary Kircher

Thursday, August 14, 1-1:45pm 
Demonstration with Nora Phillips at Pullen Arts Center

Block Gallery
222 W. Hargett Street, Raleigh
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Image: Unraveled opening reception at the Block Gallery

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Blog – Lessons on Writing:
Letting Dialogue Help You Tell Your Story (excerpt)
Dialogue is one of the great tools of writing fiction. So, let’s learn something about how it works and what how people talk to each other tells us about both the characters and the story. Here’s the challenge: Go to a coffee shop or some other busy place where people are talking, and listen. Don’t pay attention to the words but to the rhythm of what is being said. Take some notes. Remember I told you not to listen to the words? As you listen, draw lines. Set it up like a dialogue. When the first person speaks, write A, then start making a line. Try to mimic the speed of each person talking as you move across the page. The faster someone talks, the faster your line grows. When the next person speaks, go down a space and write B, then start a second line. Go back and forth between the two speakers. 

Piedmont Laureate Program

Six pastel drawings by Susan Toplikar in the City's Municipal Art Collection have been preserved by a conservator to ensure their longevity. These pastels, depicting local historic sites and buildings including Mordecai House and Shaw University, are once again hanging on the walls of the City Manager’s office. We’re happy to have them back!

Image: Susan Toplikar, Peace College

The Fay Slover Fund has been established at The Boston Foundation to make grants to seed new organizations or programs within existing organizations with a mission to increase access to visual art in underserved communities outside of Boston. The program has provided funding to organizations in New York City and Washington DC and is looking to expand into other communities around the country. One-year grants of up to $35,000 are available. The fund has a rolling deadline.

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Art Nouveau Winston-Salem invites emerging artists from across North Carolina working in all media to submit one to five original works or one comprehensive project for consideration for the Third Annual North Carolina Emerging Artists exhibition, October 17-November 29.

Deadline: August 15

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ENLIGHTEN ME! EDUCATIONAL SERIES
Pullen Arts Center and the Block Gallery are partnering on a free educational series of artist talks and demonstrations. For details, please see the Block Gallery section above.

GALLERY
Artworks by Garrett Scales
On display through the end of July.

FALL CLASSES
Thinking about how to exercise your creative side this Fall? Registration for Fall classes begins Tuesday, July 29. Browse our September-December brochure for a full listing of classes and workshops on pottery, jewelry, painting, printmaking, bookmaking and more, along with our Fall events.

SUMMER CLASSES | Register online 

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

Image: Nora Phillips, Verdun II (detail) 

SERTOMA / MORDECAI EXHIBITION
Sertoma Arts Center and the new Mordecai Visitors Center have partnered on an exhibition featuring works by the Sertoma Park Artists and Sertoma Portrait Painters groups. Paintings of the Mordecai property are on display at the Visitors Center through the end of the year.  

FALL CLASSES
Registration for Fall classes begins Tuesday, July 29. Browse our September-December brochure  for a full listing of classes, workshops and events.

GALLERY
Raleigh Room: Eric Krouse, photography
Hall Gallery: Meera Goyal, watercolors
Display Cases: Raleigh Miniatures Guild

SUMMER CLASSES
YOUTH
Art – Spotlight on Famous Artists
Age: 7-12yrs. Each week, we’ll focus on the work of a famous artist or genre and create projects inspired by them. Projects will include various materials and techniques. Sign up for either session or both - they are never the same. Michelle Davis Petelinz instructs.

Course Fee: $30 (Non-resident fee: $42)
#157654 Aug 11-25 M 4:00-5:30pm

ADULT
Exercise – Zumba
Age: 12yrs and up. Zumba is dance fitness using music and rhythms from around the world. No dance experience necessary. You’ll be having so much fun you won’t realize you’re exercising. Come and join the Zumba party! Instruction given in English and Spanish. Bring a towel and water bottle. Diana Call instructs.

Course Fee: $24 (Non-resident fee: $36)
#157636 Aug 12-26 T 10:00-11:00am

WORKSHOP
Intro to Nature & Wildlife Photography
Age: 15yrs and up. Learn how to take your best shot with the gear you have. Exotic glass and rapid fire cameras not required! This class centers on the approach to nature shots, from wide angle to telephoto, that are accessible to all shooters. Bring a DSLR camera or a point-and-shoot with manual aperture and shutter speed controls. Eric Krouse instructs.

Course Fee: $60 (Non-resident fee: $72)
#160515 Aug 16-17 Sa, Su         
11:00am-2:00pm (Saturday)
1:00-4:00pm (Sunday)

SUMMER CLASSES | Register online 

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

Image: Paintings by the Sertoma Park Artists and Sertoma Portrait Painters on display at the new Mordecai Visitors Center. 

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