George Spencer displays work at Chapel Hill restaurant Crook's Corner
George Spencer attributes his artistry to a how-to-draw book he gave his daughter about 10 years ago.
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George Spencer attributes his artistry to a how-to-draw book he gave his daughter about 10 years ago.
Painter Allison Tierney started using house paint she picked up at a dump because she couldn’t afford painting supplies. Now, five years later, her primary focus is to continue using found materials in her artwork.
Ever since the age of 12 when his father handed him his first camera, senior Gray Swartzel has been captivated by the art of photography.
African-American history and the civil rights movement are topics commonly taught in high school, but what is often untold is that the struggle for civil rights had roots in African-American soldiers serving abroad in Germany.
In his home studio, painter Eduardo Lapetina of Chapel Hill can be found with his palette knife painting the abstract, spring-inspired works that will be on display at his home gallery show this weekend.
With the arrival of spring, there is no better time for the Ackland Museum Store to debut its “Field Studies” exhibition produced by environmentalist artists Ann Marie Kennedy and Bryant Holsenbeck .
Linda Prager saw a woman sitting at a wheel throwing clay almost 15 years ago while visiting her old college roommate in Washington, D.C. and was instantly intrigued.
Customers at Caffe Driade will be in for a surprise when they sit down with a cup of tea and glance out of the window this month — instead of the familiar views of Chapel Hill, they will see India.
Visitors will use not only their sense of sight, but also smell today while enjoying the most recent FRANK Gallery exhibition, “Art in Bloom.”
Costume pieces, sheet music, black and white production pictures and multicolored playbills tell the story of the PlayMakers Repertory Company, one of the first student theater groups at UNC which was formerly known as Carolina Playmakers.
Parachutes and box fans were suspended from the ceilings. Laser cutouts of animals were hanging from a fan and spinning around continuously, and the artist described them as “collaged cybernetic mythological creatures.”
Mark Tribe, chairman of the MFA Fine Arts program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, focuses on the relationship between media technology and politics, using photographs, videos and performances in his artwork. Tribe is the author of “The Port Huron Project: Reenactments of New Left Protest Speeches” and co-author of “New Media Art.”
From ceramic arts and acrylic paintings to photography and woodworking, FRANK Gallery’s latest exhibit showcases a dynamic variety of artistic disciplines.
Triangle residents are tapping into their inner artist with the help of the Carrboro ArtsCenter’s ArtSchool. And this month, the artists’ work will be on display for all to enjoy.
Portraits of African-Americans with natural hair and dark skin, and portrayals of slavery and poverty are both stereotypical images associated with black art — but a group of local artists are determined to change that perception.
When UNC art professor Elin O’Hara Slavick isn’t taking photographs, she makes collages — a hobby she has had since childhood.