Only two days left to apply! The Piedmont Laureate program seeks applications from writers of science fiction, fantasy, horror or other genres of speculative fiction for the position of Piedmont Laureate for 2015.

Application Deadline: September 19
Guidelines and Application Form

On view starting tomorrow, our Carolina Folkways exhibition showcases documentary photography of North Carolina craftspeople and musicians by Michael Schwalbe and Titus Brooks Heagins. Case Study features an installation by Gabrielle Duggan.

Special Opening Reception Monday, September 29, 5-7pm in partnership with IBMA’s World of Bluegrass. Live bluegrass music by Hank Smith and Lindsey Tims along with a Southern-inspired menu.

Carolina Folkways is on view September 18-November 14.

Block Gallery
222 W. Hargett Street, Raleigh
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Image: Michael Schwalbe, Silvia Heyden

Six weeks to go until our 2014 Raleigh Medal of Arts Ceremony!

June and Tom Roberg have made a huge impact on the Raleigh arts community for decades. June started out as a volunteer for the North Carolina Symphony. She was a docent at the North Carolina Museum of Art for 10 years, becoming the group’s president. In 1998, she joined the fledgling board of Carolina Ballet, participating in the decision to appoint Ricky Weiss as artistic director. She joined the boards of the Opera Company of North Carolina, Community Music School and the Raleigh Chamber Music Guild and supported the North Carolina Master Chorale. 

Tom served on the North Carolina Symphony Foundation board for 25 years, beginning another term last month. He joined the North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation board and the boards of the Carolina Ballet and the North Carolina Opera Company, and served as chairman of the Governor's Business Council on the Arts and Humanities. He was part of a committee that planned and raised funds for the enhancement of Memorial Auditorium and build what is now Meymandi Concert Hall and the Fletcher Opera Theater.

Thank you June and Tom Roberg for all that you do for Raleigh!

Raleigh Medal of Arts Ceremony
Tuesday, October 28 at 7pm 
Fletcher Opera Theater
Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts
Free and open to the public. First come, first seated. 

Nine days left to apply! The City of Raleigh seeks qualifications from artists to work as a consulting member of the design team for Raleigh’s Moore Square project. The selected artist will develop concept and schematic designs for integrating art elements into this historic public space. The design fee is $15,000.  

Application Deadline: Friday, September 26
Learn more

Image: Rendering of Moore Square

The City of Raleigh, in collaboration with Capital Area Transit (CAT), seeks original designs from artists living, attending school or working in Wake County. Selected artists will receive a $1,000 honorarium and their artworks will be displayed on CAT buses for six months.

Application Deadline: Friday, October 24
Learn more 

Image: Amy Flynn, Fobots (detail), 2013 Art-On-The-Move 

EVENTS

BLOG – LESSONS ON WRITING
Bad First Drafts (excerpt)
Ian Finley, the 2012 Piedmont Laureate in Playwriting, is a wonderful teacher. I know, because I’ve taken a couple of his classes. And what he does best (he actually does many things REALLY well) is to cajole, encourage and give his full support for his students to write really bad first drafts. He doesn’t want to see a polished first draft. He wants his students to write something that is truly squirming and ugly. A truly bad first draft, in his opinion (and he’s right), if it is flawed and ugly enough, is the beginning of something beautiful. For when we just let go and allow anything to happen on the paper, there is more promise in the mess than there could ever be in the careful, constricted polish of our usual first attempts. 

Piedmont Laureate Program

CLASSES
Browse our September-December brochure for more information.

Bookmaking – A Pop-up of Pull Tabs
October 1 – October 22
6:30pm – 9:30pm
#161285
$84 Raleigh residents/$99 non-residents
$15 Supply fee 

Drawing – Beginning Pen & Ink Drawing
September 24 – October 29
7pm – 9:30pm
#161911
$85 Raleigh residents/$100 non-residents
$25 Supply fee

Printmaking – Painterly Prints
September 22 – October 27
7pm – 9:30pm
#161609
$85 Raleigh residents/$100 non-residents
$25 Supply fee

FALL ARTS FAIR – SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, October 18 from 10am-5pm at Pullen Arts Center
Featuring Pullen and Sertoma Arts Center artists including jewelers, painters and potters along with live music and your favorite food trucks. Reception 2-4pm in celebration of Art4Fun Camp 2014 artworks.

GALLERY
Paintings by Joanna Moody, jewelry by Crystal Lin, pottery by Emily Malpass and paintings on wood by Candy Pegram. 

PULLEN ARTS CENTER
105 Pullen Road, Raleigh
919-996-6126

Image: Pop-up pull tab book by Kathy Steinsberger

GALLERY
Raleigh Room & Hall Gallery: Anna Podris and Keith Norval, paintings and encaustics.
Display Cases: Kenneth Hall, pottery.

WORKSHOP
Faces & Figures – Atelier Tonal Studies
Spending a weekend in an abbreviated atelier-style study opportunity will inspire you to approach your canvas with renewed or newly discovered enthusiasm and confidence. Working only in values, artists of any level can strengthen their grasp of the three-dimensional world of faces and figures. Concentrating only on light and shadow effects from white statuary the first day, we’ll carry the lessons to live models the second day. Materials needed include toned paper, chalk and charcoal to complete Renaissance-style drawings. Luana Luconi Winner instructs. Supply list 

$130
#160516          
Oct 11-12 Sa 9:00am-5:00pm Su 12:00pm-5:00pm

CLASSES
Browse our September-December brochure for more information.

Mat Cutting Basics
$30
#159845          
Sep 29 M 6:30pm-9:30pm

SERTOMA ARTS CENTER
1400 W. Millbrook Road, Raleigh
919-996-2329

Image: Pottery by Kenneth Hall

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