Mystery Build – New Triangle company fosters creativity, by limiting it.
2011 Grand Prize winner - Puff the Magic Dragon by Amy Sawyer Everyone knows it’s a tough time to make a living in the arts. Raleigh-based artists Jeremy Maronpot and Roger Flake have come up with a...
View ArticleBEST project transforms empty Raleigh storefronts.
By Jess Moore BEST is a new initiative in downtown Raleigh that fills unoccupied storefront windows with art. BEST, which stands for Beautifying Emerging Spaces Together, formed late last year with...
View ArticleThe business side of your art – learn how to do it better.
Alex Lehmann talks about tax issues affecting arts businesses at a recent Artists Night at VAE. If you are a visual artist that sells your work or wants to sell your work, then you run a business. Part...
View ArticleDurham’s Mercury Studios Includes Artists Spaces.
by India Ali Megan Jones and Katie DeConto at Mercury Studio. Katie DeConto and Megan Jones have been faithful Durhamians for a couple of years, but Mercury Studio, located at 407 N. Mangum Street, is...
View ArticleNew galleries in Wake Forest and Raleigh offer forum for Triangle visual...
By Tara Connolly The Triangle recently welcomed two new galleries. Here’s the scoop! Tipping Paint Gallery in Raleigh. Painting by Lori White. TIPPING PAINT GALLERY Tipping Paint Gallery opened in...
View ArticleKindred incubates fashion, art and craft businesses in Raleigh
Michelle Smith, Tracy Antonik and Whitney Robinson at Kindred. By Taryn Oesch Michelle Smith, founder of The Rock & Shop Market and indieNC, is a product designer who saw an unmet need in the...
View ArticleAnvil Gallery in Raleigh features metal artists, offers studio space.
Anvil's storefront on Person Street. by Brandon Cordrey Metal artists have a new outlet in the Triangle. Anvil Studio and Gallery quietly opened for business nine months ago. Located on Person Street...
View ArticleCary’s New Manifestationz Gallery Showcases Emerging Local Artists
by Sarah Hager Manifestationz Gallery opened on December 28 in Cary’s Old Cary Commons area. “Manifestationz Gallery’s goal is to be a platform for emerging artists and a conduit for their exposure...
View ArticlePleides Gallery opens in Durham’s Five Points
by Brandon Cordrey If you’ve spent time in the Five Points area of downtown Durham in the past month, you may have noticed some curious activities inside the glass storefront of 109 East Chapel Hill...
View ArticleGolden Belts newest arts space – SPECTRE Arts
by Brandon Cordrey Durham’s newest art venue is scheduled to make its debut as part of May’s Third Friday events. Just across the street from the Golden Belt complex a small white church is being...
View ArticleRaleigh’s Latest Public Art Piece tells a story through trash – and you can...
by Brandon Cordrey Rendering of the completed piece. Ever get the itch to be involved in a public art project? Well, here’s your chance. McConnell Studios is inviting the public to participate in...
View ArticleSiteWork expands site-specific work in Triangle.
by Brandon Cordrey As the Triangle’s contemporary art scene continues to grow, a new cultural resource has emerged. SiteWork is an artist-led organization working to support noncommercial contemporary...
View ArticleSupergraphic brings new studios, printing workspace and exhibit space to Durham.
Supergraphic’s print workshop, with private studios. by Brandon Cordrey Most artists can attest to feeling a sense of isolation at some point while working in their studio. It is becoming more and more...
View ArticleWhen is a book visual art? New Group supports Triangle Book Artists
Susan Leeb’s book Hidden Identity, on display at the “Code X” show at The Carrack Modern Art in December 2013. Photographer: Elisabeth Strunk-Effron. by Taryn Oesch One of the exciting characteristics...
View ArticleArtWorks Kicks-off Legal Practicum Series
Do you work in the arts and have questions about copyright? Trademark? Taxes? Contracts? Business law? Are you tired of attending “legal issues in the arts” talks and going home with more questions...
View ArticleVisual Artists…Join us for Contracts, Craft Beer And Conversation – April 14
Find reading contracts a “dry” subject? Here is a chance learn about visual arts contracts AND meet other Triangle artists! April’s Practicum will be both a learning and a networking opportunity...
View ArticleMeet Jess Jones, our new Director of Operations!
Hello arts people! I am the brand new part-time Director of Operations for Triangle ArtWorks, and I am so excited to be involved that I wanted to reach out and introduce myself! I was raised here in...
View ArticleBrushstoke – New Working Studio and Gallery in Raleigh –
By Lucy Gardiner Located in Downtown Raleigh at 520 N. West Street, Brushstroke was created by Susan Bolick to be a workspace, art gallery and event space. The day I visited, Susan and fellow artists,...
View ArticleMakerspace Opens in Raleigh
By Taryn Oesch Picture a small warehouse just outside Downtown Raleigh. It’s white, fairly nondescript. Now picture yourself going inside. Again, it’s small – but it packs a punch. Inside, there are...
View ArticleRaleigh’s Art Bar – Space to Work, Equipment & Classes for All Disciplines.
By Dana Kubissa Affordable art studios in Raleigh are tough to come by – its difficult to find the space, equipment, and sometimes the community you need to work That is where Raleigh’s new Art Bar...
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