2nd Friday Art Walk Preview
Exhibit previews from five galleries
This Friday is the second Friday of the month...and that's when the Art Walk in Carrboro happens from 6 - 9pm. Many participating galleries host receptions, free to the public, with snacks and opportunities to meet the artists during this time. The Carrborean free monthly print edition devotes its center pages, called Gallery Place, to the monthly shows at some of the galleries around town. Here are those previews for October.
Frank Gallery, 370 East Main Street
Donna Stubbs
“My paintings emerge from an exploration of color, materials, and line. Drawing, painting, and collage overlap to build abstract spaces that invite close looking, offering viewers layered narratives of memory, intuition, and discovery.”
-From the artists’ statement.
Barbara Tyroler
“In an age where the boundaries between real and artificial continue to blur, the photographer’s role becomes even more vital—not as a guardian of objective truth, but as an interpreter of the complex relationships between observation, technology, and meaning. This is the territory I seek to explore and inhabit through my work.”
-From the artists’ statement.
Muse Gallery, 201 A East Main Street
"Soft Vase" show by Kaidy Lewis & Madeline Lewis
Mother (painter) and daughter (textile artist) host their first joint show at Muse Gallery.
Peel Gallery, 708 W Rosemary Street
Photographer, Christiaan Lopez-Miro, exhibits "Fractured" at Peel Gallery in October in conjunction with book release.
This N That Gift Gallery, 118 E Main Street
“Rooted in NC Soil” by botanical illustrator Mari Yamashita de Moya
Artist’s Statement: “In retirement in 2014, I discovered a new avenue for expression, studying for and receiving a certification in Botanical Art and Illustration from the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill in 2017. I love learning about these [native] plants and drawing all the tiny elements that come together to fulfill their purpose in our rapidly changing environment.”
The Arts Center, 400 Roberson Street (two shows)
Artist’s Statement: “This collection explores the juxtaposition of intense color and moody shadows through a series of haunting photographs, digitally altered dreamscapes, and atmospheric mixed media paintings. Having always been drawn to artists, such as Caravaggio, who were masters of chiaroscuro and elevated deep shadows, I wanted to recreate in my own style those eerie and almost liminal spaces not afraid of the dark with digitally altered photography and detailed mixed media pieces that host layers upon layers of (sometimes) organized chaos.”
The Orange County Artists Guild Studio Tour Preview show (above)