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The Creative Process - BWAC Member Show

Our member artists were asked to give you a glimpse into their thought processes on the pieces they are displaying. Did they work from sketches? Were they inspired by a former work of their own, or by another artist? Was their inspiration from nature or their own human surroundings? What did they do and what steps did they take to arrive at the finished artwork? Take a peak into their creative process!

Our member artists were asked to give you a glimpse into their thought processes on the pieces they are displaying. Did they work from sketches? Were they inspired by a former work of their own, or by another artist? Was their inspiration from nature or their own human surroundings? What did they do and what steps did they take to arrive at the finished artwork? Take a peak into their creative process!

Dates: June 1st to June 23rd 2024. Sat + Sun 1-6pm

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THE CARDINAL COMPASS: A Collection of North Carolina Artists

The connection between the Carolinas and New York City is a strong one. This juried exhibition presents more than 50 artists who have a direct connection with North Carolina, whether living here or there. There is a broad representation of artists from all parts of the state, from the mountains to the coast.

The connection between the Carolinas and New York City is a strong one. This juried exhibition presents more than 50 artists who have a direct connection with North Carolina, whether living here or there. There is a broad representation of artists from all parts of the state, from the mountains to the coast.

Dates: June 1st to June 23rd 2024. Sat + Sun 1-6pm

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Works on Paper

For many artists, the freedom and immediacy afforded by working on paper is instrumental to their practices, spawning new techniques and aesthetics, subjects and methods. Works On Paper, a national juried exhibition, encompasses a diverse range of media — from drawing, printmaking, painting, collage, and beyond. Far from being confined to studies and experiments, works on paper represent important modes of art-making in their own right.

For many, the freedom and immediacy afforded by working on paper is instrumental to their practices, spawning new techniques and aesthetics, subjects and methods. Works On Paper encompasses a diverse range of media — from drawing, printmaking, painting, collage, and beyond. Far from being confined to studies and experiments, works on paper represent important modes of art-making in their own right. 

Dates: June 1st to June 23rd 2024. Sat + Sun 1-6pm

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Shirley Kaplan: The Creative Process

Featured artist Shirley Kaplan presents a retrospective of her paintings and drawings. expressing the interplay of ideas and forms between her visual work and her work in theatre.

Shirley Kaplan uses color and line to create an arena of figurative interaction. She works intuitively allowing abstract forms of heightened color to appear and build upon one another. Images evolve that depict the activated world and impulse of performance and life. From her early years in Paris to today her paintings are a visual diary of lived experience showing aspects of the worlds of the circus, cabaret, theatre, and festivals. The sidelines of a cabaret hall and the artificial glamor and onstage atmosphere evoke a feeling of a time and place. She works primarily in oil and over the years has created paintings, wooden cities, masks, drawings, portraits, set designs, and projections sometimes using a combination of other materials. 

Dates: June 1st to June 23rd 2024. Sat + Sun 1-6pm

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