WEEKEND UPDATE
FOR INTERNAL USE
August 27, 2009
Friday:
August 28
Nell Steelman Whitlock, Artists’ Reception
6-8 p.m., Cary Senior Center
For more, call (919) 469-4081.
Cary Art Loop
6-9 p.m.
Cary Art Loop highlights Triangle arts & culture in the Cary Area offering extended hours for participating art galleries, restaurants, coffee houses, and other businesses that showcase visual arts, music and more!
For maps, details and more visit: www.caryartloop.org
Cary Visual Art Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
Town Hall Campus, 6-9 p.m., Cary Art Loop
Ten extraordinary sculptural works of art have been selected for the 2009 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition by juror Linda Dougherty, Chief Curator & Curator of Contemporary Art for the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Works by sculptors from North Carolina, Florida, and Georgia are on display at Cary’s Town Hall Campus through June 25, 2010. Come view and pick your favorite.
For more, call (919) 531-2821 or visit www.caryvisualart.org
Matthew Scott Myers: a puddle of shadow, a blanket of light
Artist Reception, 6-8 p.m.
Page-Walker Arts & History Center, 1st floor gallery
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Exhibition closes September 22, 2009
Almost all of Myers’ art is inspired by his walks in the woods. He loves the play of light on elemental structures in nature; roots, rocks and leaves, etc. Myers captures these experiences with confident brush strokes that portray the light, shadow and color of nature in his evocative canvases. www.fatheartgalleries.com
Thomas C. Gruber, Architect & Artist: Composition, Background and Perspective
Artist’s Reception, 6-8 p.m.
Page-Walker Arts & History Center, 2nd floor gallery
Medium: Photography
Exhibition closes September 22, 2009
Gruber's architectural experience has had a strong influence in his photographs and his search to capture the feeling and spirit of a particular place or scene. A strong and colorful composition with appropriate background and perspective are important elements in each photograph displayed in this exhibition.
Also on display at Page-Walker:
Recent Stained Glass Panels by Amy Sawyer
Medium - copper foil method stained glass
Recent work by designer and artist Amy Sawyer of Wake Forest. Botanical motifs inspired by early 20th-century glass design. Exploring new dimensions of the copper foil method with unusual texture in glass and metal.
Don Hamilton: Abstracts from the Heart
Artist’s Reception, 6-8 p.m.
Jordan Hall Arts Center Gallery
Medium: Acrylic, Oil, Acrylic Collages on Canvas
Don Hamilton’s paintings are an expression of his feelings, attitudes and observations from the lives and scenes around him. These facets from his experiences are put together in abstract form, based on the colors, shapes and lines that he enjoys.
For more info, call (919) 469-4069
Daniel Vaughan: An Artist Journal
Herbert Young Community Center
Medium: pastel
Exhibition on view through September 21
A retrospective study in pastel of interesting places explored in the world.
Constance Pappalardo: Escape Artist
Town Hall Gallery
Medium: water color on canvas
Exhibition open through September 21
Saturday:
August 29
There are no events scheduled for this date.
Sunday:
August 30
There are no events scheduled for this date.
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WEEKEND UPDATE is a publication from the Town of Cary distributed each Thursday afternoon to help you plan your weekend news coverage. WEEKEND UPDATE gives the date, time, location, contact person, and short description for any significant activity sponsored in whole or in part by the Town during the upcoming Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. A NR designation indicates that the activity does have an associated news release, so check your files or visit us online for further details.
PRIMARY CONTACTS
April Raphiou, Deputy Public Information Officer, (919) 481-5091
Susan Moran, Public Information Officer, (919) 460-4951
August 27, 2009
Friday:
August 28
Nell Steelman Whitlock, Artists’ Reception
6-8 p.m., Cary Senior Center
For more, call (919) 469-4081.
Cary Art Loop
6-9 p.m.
Cary Art Loop highlights Triangle arts & culture in the Cary Area offering extended hours for participating art galleries, restaurants, coffee houses, and other businesses that showcase visual arts, music and more!
For maps, details and more visit: www.caryartloop.org
Cary Visual Art Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
Town Hall Campus, 6-9 p.m., Cary Art Loop
Ten extraordinary sculptural works of art have been selected for the 2009 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition by juror Linda Dougherty, Chief Curator & Curator of Contemporary Art for the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Works by sculptors from North Carolina, Florida, and Georgia are on display at Cary’s Town Hall Campus through June 25, 2010. Come view and pick your favorite.
For more, call (919) 531-2821 or visit www.caryvisualart.org
Matthew Scott Myers: a puddle of shadow, a blanket of light
Artist Reception, 6-8 p.m.
Page-Walker Arts & History Center, 1st floor gallery
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Exhibition closes September 22, 2009
Almost all of Myers’ art is inspired by his walks in the woods. He loves the play of light on elemental structures in nature; roots, rocks and leaves, etc. Myers captures these experiences with confident brush strokes that portray the light, shadow and color of nature in his evocative canvases. www.fatheartgalleries.com
Thomas C. Gruber, Architect & Artist: Composition, Background and Perspective
Artist’s Reception, 6-8 p.m.
Page-Walker Arts & History Center, 2nd floor gallery
Medium: Photography
Exhibition closes September 22, 2009
Gruber's architectural experience has had a strong influence in his photographs and his search to capture the feeling and spirit of a particular place or scene. A strong and colorful composition with appropriate background and perspective are important elements in each photograph displayed in this exhibition.
Also on display at Page-Walker:
Recent Stained Glass Panels by Amy Sawyer
Medium - copper foil method stained glass
Recent work by designer and artist Amy Sawyer of Wake Forest. Botanical motifs inspired by early 20th-century glass design. Exploring new dimensions of the copper foil method with unusual texture in glass and metal.
Don Hamilton: Abstracts from the Heart
Artist’s Reception, 6-8 p.m.
Jordan Hall Arts Center Gallery
Medium: Acrylic, Oil, Acrylic Collages on Canvas
Don Hamilton’s paintings are an expression of his feelings, attitudes and observations from the lives and scenes around him. These facets from his experiences are put together in abstract form, based on the colors, shapes and lines that he enjoys.
For more info, call (919) 469-4069
Daniel Vaughan: An Artist Journal
Herbert Young Community Center
Medium: pastel
Exhibition on view through September 21
A retrospective study in pastel of interesting places explored in the world.
Constance Pappalardo: Escape Artist
Town Hall Gallery
Medium: water color on canvas
Exhibition open through September 21
Saturday:
August 29
There are no events scheduled for this date.
Sunday:
August 30
There are no events scheduled for this date.
###
WEEKEND UPDATE is a publication from the Town of Cary distributed each Thursday afternoon to help you plan your weekend news coverage. WEEKEND UPDATE gives the date, time, location, contact person, and short description for any significant activity sponsored in whole or in part by the Town during the upcoming Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. A NR designation indicates that the activity does have an associated news release, so check your files or visit us online for further details.
PRIMARY CONTACTS
April Raphiou, Deputy Public Information Officer, (919) 481-5091
Susan Moran, Public Information Officer, (919) 460-4951
