Tag: North Carolina artists
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Raleigh Artists To Open “Studio 600” on Glenwood South
November 2, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) — Artists Jason Craighead and David Green will open Studio 600, their new working studios, to the public during Raleigh’s First Friday Art Walk, November 6, starting at 7 p.m. Studio 600 is located at 600 Glenwood South, Raleigh, NC, between the 606 Lounge and Abbey Carpets. After working…
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Jason Craighead To Open Major Exhibit at Somerhill
August 15, 2009 (DURHAM, NC) — Somerhill Gallery in Durham, North Carolina, will open a major exhibition of recent works by Raleigh, NC, artist Jason Craighead, with sculptural pieces by Donald Gialanella. The artist’s reception will be held on Sunday, August 30th, from 2-5 p.m. The show runs through October 2. Jason Craighead is best…
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“Open Sky Art” Exhibit at Caribou Coffee
June 11, 2009 (CHAPEL HILL, NC) – Joseph Rowand, director and curator at Somerhill Gallery in Durham, was stunned to learn that the artists who participated in Kimberly Alvis’ “Open Sky Art” event on Sunday, June 7, began and completed their paintings in just a few hours that day. Rowand arrived at Caribou Coffee on…
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Caribou Coffee On West Franklin To Host “Open Sky Art” Exhibit
June 2, 2009 (CHAPEL HILL, NC) – The Caribou Coffee Company location at 110 West Franklin Street in downtown Chapel Hill will host Open Sky Art: An Exhibit, beginning Sunday, June 7 and running throughout the month. Open Sky Art is a celebration of “en plein air” painting (French for “in the open air”), sponsored…
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Raleigh Artist Jason Craighead Launches New Website
April 30, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) — After years of having his work available for viewing online solely through gallery websites, artist Jason Craighead of Raleigh, N.C., has just launched his own website: www.jasoncraighead.com. Designed by 8 Dot Graphics, the new site features a continuous slide show of the artist’s recent works on the landing page,…
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Chapel Hill Artist Hosts “En Plein Air” Session In Her Gardens
April 24, 2009 (CHAPEL HILL, NC) – Artist Kimberly Alvis loves her gardens, which spread out among the trees and pond around her home just outside downtown Chapel Hill. Well tended, they provide her with constant sources for still life paintings, landscapes, and people in landscape paintings – especially when she can capture one of…
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Jason Craighead Donates Painting To VAE Auction
January 19. 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – Jason Craighead, the artist whose painting broke the record for the highest single bid during the November “Works of Heart” charitable auction for the Carolina AIDS Alliance, has donated another large painting to the Visual Art Exchange for its 25th Art Auction & Gala. The silver anniversary of the…
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Artist’s Garden Inspires Paintings, Sales
December 15, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) – The relationship between artists and their gardens — and how they inspire each other — is well documented in books, galleries and museums. Monet, for one, created countless paintings that were inspired by his legendary gardens at Giverny. In the countryside near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, at least one…
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Chapel Hill Artist Offers “The Gold Ribbon” To Charitable Fundraiser
December, 2008 (CHAPEL HILL, NC) — To show her support for The Arc of Orange County’s mission, Chapel Hill artist Kimberly Alvis recently donated a unique Christmas tree “ornament” to the Festival of Trees, The Arc’s December fundraising event held at University Mall in Chapel Hill. Alvis’ ornament is actually an original 5”x7” oil painting…
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Raleigh Artist To Open First Major Museum Exhibit
October 27, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) – Jason Craighead, the Raleigh-based artist whose work has been described by Metro Magazine art critic Louis St. Lewis as “conjuring up ghosts of everyone from Motherwell to Franz Kline to Cy Twombly,” will exhibit over a dozen new paintings during a special exhibit at the Fayetteville Museum of Art…
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