Past Events

CANCELED DUE TO HURRICANE MICHAEL Joel Sternfeld is an artist-photographer whose work is concerned with the utopic and dystopic possibilities of the American experience, as well as those of the human experience. Ever since the publication of his landmark study, American Prospects (1987), his work has maintained conceptual and political aspects, while also being steeped in history, art history, landscape theory, and seasonality. On This Site (1996) examines violence in America while simultaneously raising the question of what is knowable…

One Hurricane Season Tamika Galanis's exhibition One Hurricane Season is part of an ongoing project that the artist/documentarian describes as her life’s work, centering around the representation and history of her native Bahamas. The exhibition evolved from time she spent with family in the Bahamas in the summer and early fall of 2017, anticipating and in the wake of two hurricanes. As Irma and Maria were devastating the Caribbean, Galanis was also witnessing the progression of her grandmother’s dementia. Incorporating…

Our Living Past Wet-plate collodion photographs by Timothy Duffy. Rural Avant-Garde—The Mountain Lake Experience Works by Sally Mann, Merce Cunningham, John Cage, M.C. Richards, Howard Finster, Jiro Okura, and Mierle Ukeles will be on view in adjacent galleries. Vernon Pratt: All the Possibilities of Sixteen The late Durham mathematical abstractionist's never-before-exhibited magnum opus. A mind-bending mindgame that only a jazz musician like Pratt could contemplate in its staggering entirety.

A collaboration between local youth organization, Blackspace, photographer Phyllis B. Dooney and Historic Stagville. The one-night event takes place in Horton Grove’s Great Barn, a historic site built by the enslaved craftsmen on Stagville Plantation. The site is enlivened with projections of Dooney’s contemporary portraits and moving image of descendants of Stagville’s enslaved population from her project The Vertigo of Time. The evening presentation begins with talks from Stagville representative Vera Cecelski and Phyllis B. Dooney. Blackspace’s spoken word poets, Mariah M.,…

October 12 @ 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. With Alice Whiteside, Head of the Sloane Art Library Explore highlights from the Sloane Art Library’s photobook collection in a special pop-up event at the Ackland Art Museum. The Sloane Art Library, part of the University Libraries at UNC-Chapel Hill, intensively collects rare and indy photobooks. Ranging from major works by Conceptual artists of the mid-20th century to small-run, self-published books by young photographers emerging around the globe today, the collection provides an…

Ackland Art Museum Collector’s Series Talk "Collecting Photographs: Snapshots, Vernacular, and Beyond" Robert E. Jackson in Conversation with Peter Nisbet Robert E. Jackson has collected photography since 1997. In the fall of 2007, his collection was the subject of an exhibition and catalogue entitled “The Art of the American Snapshot: 1888-1978” which was on view at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The show traveled to the Amon Carter Museum in early 2008. In 2011, “Pure Photography” was…

Inspired by the photographs of Candida Höfer, learn to create handcrafted tunnel books with local artist Kathy Steinsberger. Explore this versatile book form that combines narrative, text, photographs, and drawing. Bring your own lunch if desired. Tickets on sale soon: $63 Members $70 Nonmembers Box Office | (919) 715-5923 East Building, Studio 1, NC Museum of Art

Explore the beautiful murals of downtown Durham by bicycle with this special tour co-organized by Preservation Durham, the Museum of Durham History, the Nasher Museum, and the Durham Public Art Committee. Approximately 13 murals will be featured, plus the FENCE Durham 2018. Experienced cyclists will guide each tour, which last about 90-minutes and are approx. 5 miles in length. The tour will depart from the Durham Central Park pavilion. Please check in 15 minutes early. Helmets required. Free and open…

A Walk-Around with Educators Diana Bloomfield and Barbara Tyroler and their workshop participants. Facilitated by Peter Filene, former professor of history of American photography at UNC

Saturday, Oct 13, 3-5pm at Parrish Street Forum in the heart of Black Wallstreet (108 W. Parrish St. Durham, NC) Light refreshments. Free & Open to the Public. The FENCE brings together world-class international photography. We have raised funds to do a very special project that leverages these visions from around the world for a group of local underrepresented students. Kids will be paired with local photography mentors to learn about photography using the FENCE as a springboard. The kids will…

Once forgotten amongst the bustle of Southeast Asia, Myanmar is making its presence known on the global stage, for better or for worse. Its economy is growing on the foundation of oil and natural gas exports. Tourism is flourishing in this once closed military state. This growth is reflected in the day-to-day lives of the Burmese, as the heavy hand of government lifts ever so slowly. Vibrant colors pervade their work and their worship. Yet, behind the warm and welcoming…

Reception and Meet the Artists: with Red Nucleus band, Michael Goy and David Cooper FRANK Artists/Former Educators Peter Filene, (UNC) Bill McAllister, (Art Institute of Atlanta), Barbara Tyroler, (University of Maryland), and Sam Wang (Clemson). With guests Diana Bloomfield, educator of 19th century photographic printing processes

Photography Before Kodachrome: The One Hundred Year Search for Color While black and white defined fine art photography for many years, initially the lack of color in photographic images was seen as a serious deficiency by photographers and viewers alike. For most of its history, the remedy was to add pigment in a range of imaginative, often brilliant ways, while waiting for technology to solve the riddle of permanent color. This exhibit will present an array of vintage photographs with…

We invite you to join us for an Art Reception for light fare, conversation with the artist, and a special installation/peek into how the works are created. When: Tuesday, October 16, from 5 - 7pm Where: Triangle Community Foundation, 800 Park Offices Dr., Suite 201, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 RSVP: This event is drop-in and open to the public, no need to RSVP. TinTypes: A Community Portrait This exhibition is a collaborative project by artists Leah Sobsey and Tim Telkamp. Leah Sobsey and…

The Field Camera: Tom Rankin and Holden Richards Sweetgum by Holden Richards Horse & Buggy Press and Friends with guest musicians on the front porch.

The former LIFE magazine photojournalist and president of Magnum Photos discusses his recent work. Gregg Museum of Art & Design 1903 Hillsborough St.

3rd Friday, Oct 19, 5.30p Docent Tour with Regional Winners (meet at the FENCE at 102 W. Parrish St., Durham, NC); Start your 3rd Friday off with a docent tour of the FENCE, hearing directly from regional winners in front of their work on the FENCE. Afterwards, head down the street at the Durham Arts Council for a wine & cheese reception followed by the fast-paced, engaging Pechakuchas.

Artist Statement: I became a mother in January of 2013. When I did, the lens of my world changed. As a new mother who was raising children in my own hometown—now their hometown—I found myself struck by the realization that the Durham of my childhood looks so different from the Durham of today, and that the Durham of today will invariably look quite different from the Durham of tomorrow. I could hear the conversations we would have one day—the comments…

The Durham Art Guild presents "Sweeping the Graves," featuring photography and photography-based installation works by DAG member artist Dawn Surratt. The yearly April tradition of honoring ancestors in China is known as the Qingming or Ching Ming festival. Families sweep tombs, pray and make offerings to their deceased loved ones. This body of work combines photography and photography based installations in commemoration of the many souls this artist encountered after more than twenty years working as a hospice social worker.…

The Durham Art Guild presents #Found—a photo installation by DAG member artist Laura Williams. #Found is a series of photographs that belong to a visual journal which was originally posted to instagram beginning in January 2017. Influenced by light and dark, the weather, and the world close and far, each image is a moment found day by day. Please note that the exact location of this exhibition and the exact opening and closing dates are subject to change since Golden…

JP Trostle continues his exploration of chaos and light with "Signals," on display at The Atomic Fern throughout the fall. A followup to his solo shows, "Luminous Creatures" and "Light Cycles," the artist once again delves into an examination of the happy accident, and imagines how solar wind and atomic decay might look if humans could see that far into the spectrum.

Karen Healy: A Palette of Rust and Dreams Anchored in North Carolina’s Piedmont region, A Palette of Rust and Dreams is a vignette of a train journey as seen through the eyes of a traveler. Since 2015, Karen Healy has boarded the Piedmont and the Carolinian--two trains that travel between Rocky Mount and Charlotte, North Carolina--to document the people and communities touched by North Carolina’s railroad. These intimate photographs and audio recordings explore the space between destinations as they depict…

Mark Steinmetz Looking South, Photographs from the Do Good Fund, is an elegant and quiet collection of black-and-white photographs “drawn from the artist’s decades-long career photographing the southeastern United States, primarily in Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. Steinmetz’s images are imbued with an intrinsically Southern tenderness, melancholy and longing that is universally resonant”. The work is documentary in nature but he brings a sublime seeing to his subjects, captured with a nod towards beauty and dignity and very much in…

3rd Friday, Oct 19, 6:30-8pm in the theatre at the Durham Arts Council (120 Morris St, Durham, NC) Wine & Cheese Reception. Free and open to the public. Meet winners from the FENCE Durham 2018 at a wine & cheese reception, followed by their fast-paced, engaging Pechakuchas in which artists are allowed only 20 slides, at 20 seconds each. PechaKuchas originated in Tokyo from Klein-Dytham Architecture and has expanded around the world. It's been used for work in progress to new…

Photography Before Kodachrome: The One Hundred Year Search for Color While black and white defined fine art photography for many years, initially the lack of color in photographic images was seen as a serious deficiency by photographers and viewers alike. For most of its history, the remedy was to add pigment in a range of imaginative, often brilliant ways, while waiting for technology to solve the riddle of permanent color. This exhibit will present an array of vintage photographs with…

Panel discussion / gallery talk with curators Olivia Huntley and elin o’Hara slavick and local artists in the exhibition, including Ben Alper, Deepan Mukhopadhyay and Ann Pegalow Kaplan Anti-Nostalgia is a group exhibition of artists invited to create works utilizing found photographs. Artists explore: our relationship to the photograph as an object; memories and sentimentality; history and the familial; the vernacular and the archive; and alternative and interventionist narratives. A photograph provides both a historical and unattainable reality. Anti-Nostalgia investigates…

Artists Reception: Chris Ogden: Stones Echo - Visual Poems Written on Quarry Walls  

Artist Reception: October 26 from 6-8 with juror comments at 6:30. Exhibition runs from October 26 - December 14

Saturday, Oct 27, 5-7p starting at the FENCE (meet at 102 W. Parrish St., Durham, NC) Bring a camera and your walking shoes to the world’s largest photography public art exhibit. Learn about top quality photography from around the world in a docent-led tour. Then, pick out your favorite artist’s work that speaks to you and figure out how s/he uniquely sees the world and what photographic styles/methods they used to communicate their vision (eg, framing, points of view, equipment, timing,…

Be inspired by photographs in the exhibition Candida Höfer in Mexico, and take your own photos of the Museum campus. Print and alter pictures on site to create a mixed-media work of art. Free art-making activities for all ages. No reservations needed. East Building, NC Museum of Art

After the talk, visitors are invited to see the Steinmetz exhibit at KONTEK Systems which is a short walk away. Mark Steinmetz Looking South, Photographs from the Do Good Fund, is an elegant and quiet collection of black-and-white photographs “drawn from the artist’s decades-long career photographing the southeastern United States, primarily in Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. Steinmetz’s images are imbued with an intrinsically Southern tenderness, melancholy and longing that is universally resonant”. The work is documentary in nature but…

Director of the MFA program in Experimental and Documentary Arts at Duke University talks about his photographs in Southbound.

Conversations with local thinkers and doers in collaboration with Be Connected Durham. Ahanu is resident artist at St. Joseph’s Historic Foundation/Hayti Heritage Center and co-founder of Black Poetry Theatre.

Duke’s Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts (MFAEDA) students explore a single photograph in real depth.

Opening Reception for John Rosenthal's Other Than Itself and Wojtek Wojdynski's Symbiosis

Meet at the Power Plant Gallery in the American Tobacco Campus (320 Blackwell Street) in Durham at 1:30, then ride round trip to the Gregg Museum in Raleigh to experience Southbound at both locations. Pre-registration required: ridethebusheagins.eventbrite.com.

Charity Valentine uses scanners as an innovative tool to create hauntingly beautiful photographic images. These Scanograms feature flora and fauna to tell stories of her childhood experiences. Valentine, Head of the Fine Arts Department at Pitt Community College, will discuss her work and her process during this Making Space presentation. Charity will also lead a hands-on workshop, "Finding Beauty: Scanners as a Creative Tool" in the evening after her talk. Registration is required. Register here.

This workshop will introduce techniques that utilize a readily available low-price digital tool as a high output digital camera. The scanner can transform objects into extraordinarily detailed large format files capable of being printed at large format sizes. You will learn how to make images that straddle the borders of still-life, flower arranging and Cliché Vere. The workshop will be taught by visiting artist Charity Valentine, Head of the Fine Arts Department at Pitt Community College Intermediate: Should have a basic…

Discussion regarding the artists’ work documenting the African American experience in New Orleans and the effects of Hurricane Katrina. Reception follows.

Mark Sloan and Mark Long of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston School of the Arts describe the process that brought together images of the 21st century South.

A Certain Uncertainty from the Cassilhaus Collection curated by Lori Vrba and Tama Hochbaum October 6 - November 24, 2019 OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, October 6th, 2-4 PM THE HORACE WILLIAMS HOUSE IS OPEN THURSDAY and FRIDAY 12-4 PM SUNDAY 2-5 PM

It is our individual and collective memories of life experiences that shape who we are and define our path. Focusing on the notion of a guiding inner compass, this installation of imagery and objects speaks to the metaphors of memory and direction. Using the camera, assemblage, and bookmaking, Vrba and Surratt present a show of storytelling that is evocative, sensitive, and feminine. October 11 – December 20 Receptions: Thurs. Oct 17; 6–8pm & Sat. Nov. 16; 5–7pm Horse & Buggy Press and Friends https://www.horseandbuggypress.com/news-events-1 1116…

Licia Priest’s current series “Africa Revealed Layer by Layer” focuses on revealing seldom understood African perspectives to heighten awareness of the continent’s diversity. This body of work is comprised of photographic images taken in the country of Zimbabwe in 2016 that show the beauty of the people and varying landscapes.  The process used to create the finished artwork is called ‘paper tole.’  It involves using multiples of the same image and cutting and shaping each layer and reassembling the image…

Probe a single photograph with Duke MFAEDA students.

Open House for David Haas Photographics, The Jean Gray Gallery and Click! Photography Festival Updates and Drawing.

David Haas Photographics and the Jean Gray Gallery are designed as a photographic workspace and community resource for Chapel Hill and the surrounding areas.  This dedicated facility will act as the home base for David Haas Photography as well as a studio and photographic print lab for personal and professional use.  The print lab will also be offered for select outside fine art printing and the photography studio will be available for select rentals. The Jean Gray Gallery represents the front exhibit space…

Meet at the Gregg Museum at 1903 Hillsborough Street in Raleigh at 1:30 for a brief tour, then board the bus for a round trip to the Power Plant Gallery in Durham to experience Southbound at both locations. Kariko will discuss his own work along the way. Pre-registration required: gregg.arts.ncsu.edu.

It is our individual and collective memories of life experiences that shape who we are and define our path. Focusing on the notion of a guiding inner compass, this installation of imagery and objects speaks to the metaphors of memory and direction. Using the camera, assemblage, and bookmaking, Vrba and Surratt present a show of storytelling that is evocative, sensitive, and feminine. October 11 – December 20 Receptions: Thurs. Oct 17; 6–8pm & Sat. Nov. 16; 5–7pm Horse & Buggy Press and Friends https://www.horseandbuggypress.com/news-events-1 1116…

Lonnie Holley: The Man is the Music (Maris Curran dir.), and I Snuck Off the Slave Ship, directed by Lonnie Holley and Cyrus Moussavi. Q&A with Holley in person. Celebrates 25th anniversary of Music Maker Relief Foundation in collaboration with Duke Performances. Light lunch follows. Limited seating, arrive early. Doors open at 11:45am.