Exhibits
This Thursday’s CVA Reception
Eric McRay of Raleigh will exhibit his artwork at The Clayton Center for the month of August, part of the monthly exhibits sponsored by Clayton Visual Arts.
A public reception for the artist will be held Thursday, Aug. 14, 6-7:30 p.m., in the lobby.
McRay, who paints with acrylics, has been featured on TV and radio and [...]
Johnston County Arts Council and Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield Selected to Receive Big Read Grant from National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Representatives of the Johnston County Arts Council and the Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield attended The Big Read National Orientation on June 8-9, 2008 in Minneapolis, MN. From left to right, Ruby Smith, Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield, National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia, and Jessica Meadows, Executive [...]
Hitler’s Art
From the Art News Blog:
This article was interesting to me because of its controversial subject matter. The Chapman brothers have done this before, essentially what others would call defacement, by adding smiley faces to Goya etchings. I guess I’m ok with them doing this to Hitler’s paintings; I can see the point they are making. [...]
Regional Artist 2008
Through the North Carolina Arts Council’s Regional Artist Project Grant Program, artists from Franklin, Johnston, Vance, Wake and Warren can receive grant awards for projects that will further their professional development. Previously funded projects have included attendance at professional development workshops and conferences, purchase of art equipment to aid in the production of artwork, production [...]
July Cultural Calendar
Check out the following events for things to do right here in Johnston County! Save Gas, Stay Home!
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Clayton Visual Arts Exhibit, The Clayton Center , Clayton, July 1-31. Call 919-553-1737 for more details. The artists for the July Exhibit will be David Crews (water media), Phil Pyle (drawing), [...]
July Exhibit
The artists exhibiting at The Clayton Center during the month of July are photograper Juliann Butcher, illustrator Phil Pyle, and painter and illustrator David Crews. The exhibit will be up the entire month of July and a reception will be available to the public on Thursday, July 10 from 6:00pm-7:30pm.
July Exhibit Invitation
North Carolina Museum of Art to Receive Large Modern Art Collection
From Philanthropy News Digest:
A gift of more than one hundred twentieth-century paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, and photographs will be donated by collectors Jim and Mary Patton to the North Carolina Museum of Art instead of the Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Raleigh News and Observer reports.
The Pattons [...]
Art gets political
From Artblog:
You’ve always wanted to get your art on national television. (Maybe not? Then read no further.) Here’s one way to make it happen. Apply to the My Yard Our Message project, a juried contest for artist-designed yard signs–signs that will be placed around Minneapolis in September when that town hosts the Republican National [...]
June CVA Exhibit
Clayton Visual Arts Exhibit, The Clayton Center, Clayton, June 2-30. Call 919-553-1737 for more details.
The artists for the June Exhibit will be oil painter William Breazeale and mixed media artist Julee Thompson. The reception will be June 5 from 6:00-7:30 PM. The public is invited.
Breazeale has lived and worked in Raleigh for almost 36 years, retiring [...]
Headed to Charlotte this weekend?
Got this from Art News Blog
Bank of America has changed how its “Museums on Us” program operates this year. Last year the bank paid for museum entries around America for the whole month of May. This year they have added more museums to the list, but it is now year round, with the first weekend of [...]
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