2nd Friday Art Walk Preview
Exhibits in Galleries around Town
The 2nd Friday Art Walk in Carrboro and Chapel Hill is this Friday, February 13. Many participating galleries host free public receptions with snacks and opportunities to meet the artists between 6pm and 9pm. The Carrborean free monthly print edition devotes its center pages, called Gallery Place, to the monthly shows in Carrboro. Here are those previews for February with most text and images provided by the galleries.
The ArtsCenter, 400 Robeson Street
“We are born into landscapes of chance. Charcoal powder and water, onto raw canvas, obey only gravity and grain. They pool and bleed – not as renderings, but as records: maps of accident, memory, and erosion. This is the unstable ground we exist in: gritty, porous, unpredictable – the very texture of a lived life. Into this terrain, I push a needle, pulling a red thread.” –Bren West
“There is an ill-informed narrative that has led many Americans to believe that serving in the military leaves you wounded and broken. I am here to suggest a different perspective: Military families are stronger and more prepared for life because of the challenges they face. This body of work addresses some of those challenges through the lens of connection, highlighting my family’s military service and the growth that can occur through challenging circumstances.”—Angelina Whoehr
This N That Gift Gallery, 118 East Main Street
“Through art I found a passion I once thought was lost. The process of creating art and the feeling of completing a piece of art helps fuel me to create; knowing my art will find a home with someone and it will hopefully bring them joy gives me a feeling of purpose and enables me to share my passion with the world. When presented with my art, I hope to elicit an emotion and leave an impact on the viewer. I love seeing people with my art; it’s a way to form a connection between humans through my art.”—Jason C. Hill
The Beehive Salon, 102 East Weaver Street
"I've been taking pictures of abandoned North Carolina places since I was a teen. Exploring the back roads and downtown alleyways has been a lifelong adventure."-- Virginia Maxine Sloop
Peel Gallery, 708 West Rosemary Street
Susan Tice-Lewis
“In Off-Kilter, Tice-Lewis brings her longtime fascination with found materials and transformation into the realm of collage. Now reincarnating ephemera into something meaningful from the overlooked, the artist assembles unexpected visual relationships that are at once playful, ironic, and deeply human.”—Peel Gallery
Muse Gallery, 201 East Main Street
“Triangle Book Arts is made up of book artists, bookbinders, printmakers, calligraphers, papermakers, photographers, zinemakers, collage artists, and paper artists. This exhibit features book and paper art exploring paper pulp, the Pulp Fiction genre, altered books, storytelling, paper weaving and creative bookbinding. Each art piece pushes the boundaries of book art and how one envisions books, stories and paper.”— Muse Gallery
Frank Gallery, 370 East Main Street
“This series features photographs from Bill’s 2009 trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia, which was one of the most memorable and productive photographic experiences of his life. Using infrared and pinhole cameras, Bill captured images of 13th-century temples, among other subjects.”—Bill McAllister
This continuing exhibition also features Carroll Lassiter and Ley Killeya whose work was previously featured here.
Moxy Fox Salon, 102 East Main Street
“I am a spray-paint artist working on canvas and poster board, using layered colors, not the traditional graffiti most people imagine. My work is not driven by a single theme or subject. Instead, each piece begins with an image, real or imagined, sometimes drawn from a dream, a fleeting idea, or a moment of inspiration that I try to bring to life visually.
The subjects of my work vary widely, ranging from natural scenes and familiar objects to fantastical architecture, surreal landscapes, and portraits. I paint what I like, I enjoy allowing each piece to evolve on its own terms. My hope is that the finished work sparks something in the viewer, emotion, memory, or imagination.”—Cory Parker
