2nd Friday Art Walk Preview
Edited by Pamir Kiciman
The 2nd Friday Art Walk in Carrboro and Chapel Hill is this Friday, November 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, Gallery Place, to the monthly exhibits in Carrboro. Here are those previews for November, with most text and images provided by the galleries.
The ArtsCenter, 400 Roberson Street
Sweetbay Gallery: Chatham County Artist Guild Studio Tour Preview. Theatre Gallery: Geoffrey Neal, photographs. Hallway Gallery: Anna Khodorkovski, paintings. Hallway Gallery: Anita Francis, book sculpture.
The Beehive Salon, 102 East Weaver Street
Celebrating the Wild Feminine by Patricia Martin. Works that honor the female experience by declaring that love can be formidable and beauty resilient. Portraits of iconic artists alongside vivid wildlife paintings, creating a multi-layered representation of what it means to be untamed.
Carrboro Town Hall, 301 West Main Street
POP NATURE by Jennifer Clifton - Curated by Marcela Slade. Clifton's art emits the joy and energy she puts into the works, giving the artist and viewer a magical connection. With intricately rendered flora and fauna, the combination of the natural and stylized elements gives the viewer a deeper look into the essence of the subject.
Drakeford Library Complex, 203 South Greensboro Street
(Listen for the) Echoes: Maroon Archive Revisited by Marcella Zigbuo Camara - Curated by Marcela Slade. The show features prints and original found photos from Camara's personal archive, her cyanotypes and mixed media works, and a painting by Jerome LA Chesson that inspired the selection of archival material.
Frank Gallery, 370 East Main Street
Featured Artists (until Nov. 14): The works of member artists Shelly Hehenberger, Mary Lee Kerr, and Donna Stubbs, and guest artist Polina Vee.
FRANK:inFocus showcases the work of artists, educators, and photographers who use the lens as a stimulus for creating meaningful imagery in their professional practices. This year's featured photographers are Tim Duffy, Bettina Molina, Jo Ann Tomaselli, and Wojtek Wojdynski.
Muse Gallery, 201 East Main Street
Trilogue: A visual conversation between three painters over the course of a year. Collaborative artworks by: Donna Stubbs, R. Scott Horner, and Luna Lee Ray.
Peel Gallery, 708 West Rosemary Street
Posterity by Brian Gonzales. An exhibition of recent artworks reflecting on how government policies and actions can quickly ripple through our personal lives and shared future in a time of war, shrinking opportunity, and the specter of unaccountable, masked law enforcement.
Oneoneone, 601 West Rosemary Street
Tic-tac-toe: Works by Eleanor Anderson, Martha Clippinger, and Christopher Dunlap. Works in geometric abstraction across a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, textiles, and glass. Each artist uniquely explores composition through color and form. Shapes repeat, echo, and dance across planes of contrasting and complementary colors.
Scully Gustafson, 118 East Main St, Suite 204
Gustafson’s studio will feature works in progress as well as a selection of recent works.
This N That Gift Gallery, 118 East Main Street
Featured Artist - Cam Cline. Cline draws inspiration for her breathtaking landscape paintings from her trail-running adventures. In a new abstract series titled “Hidden In Silence,” each painting invites viewers to embark on a journey of discovery, with a variety of hidden animals cleverly woven into the brushstrokes.
