Ennis Featured in Southern Living
The September issue of Southern Living magazine has a feature worth noting on page 12 of its “Carolina Living” insert. The brief article highlights curator of the Gregg Museum of Art & Design (in NCSU’s Talley Center), Lynn Jones Ennis, and her work to showcase the craft and artistry of textiles. Ennis is a fine, delightful person and the feature is worth the short read.
Art Institute Open House Coming Saturday
The Art Institute of Raleigh–Durham will on Saturday, August 9. The Creative Evolution Open House event is for prospective students interested in finding out more about the Art Institute of Raleigh-Durham. The school’s president, Michael DePrisco, will be on hand to welcome the community and prospective students to The Art Institute of Raleigh-Durham.
Prospective students will have the opportunity to learn about the specific programs of study that will be offered in the fields of design, media arts, fashion, and culinary arts. Other opportunities await such as facility tours, meeting faculty and admissions staff, and learning about financial aid, housing, and part-time jobs.
Presentations will be from 10am to Noon.
Art On The Edge Coming to Downtown
A new art festival in downtown Raleigh is set to begin August 21. The Art on the Edge event sent out a press release that describes the event better than I can!
Strange Fruit and Architects of Air will be part of Art on the Edge, a new art festival set for August 21-23. The internationally acclaimed groups will bring their talents and art forms to the festival, which will be held on Lichtin Plaza and inside the A.J. Fletcher Opera Theatre at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts.
Art on the Edge is a 3-day contemporary arts festival celebrating the vibrancy and variety of today’s art scene. From debut performances by the state’s leading theatre companies to concerts by progressive musicians to performance art that tests boundaries (and gravity!), Art on the Edge invites the audience to explore the richness of contemporary art.
The festival will kick off with the spectacular installation of Levity III, a 10,000 square foot luminarium created by England’s Architects of Air. The luminarium is designed to give visitors an immersive and reflective experience. Through labyrinthine tunnels and inspiring, spacious domes, visitors move in a medium of saturated and subtle hues. Australia’s famed Strange Fruit, whose remarkable style of work fuses theatre, dance and circus, using a unique elevated medium, will perform three shows Saturday, August 23, outside on Lichtin Plaza. The featured show, “Swoon” will captivate the audience as the artists bend and sway while perched 14 feet in the air.
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