Jeff Bell’s “The Wedge Room” Opens May 6th!

Opening Reception: May 6, 6-9pm
Exhibition Dates: May 6-28, 2011

THE WEDGE ROOM
” My primary interest is in functionality. My work is made up of dismantled functional objects. I rely on the shapes, materials and colors of preexisting items to form new less-definable hybrid sculptures. Another core interest of mine is the way functional objects are displayed in historic settings and museums. The loss of function that occurs when furniture and machines are displayed and therefore no longer used is fascinating to me. This project embraces these concepts in a satire of those spaces.” -Jeff Bell

Jennifer Bueno’s “Remotely Viewing” opens next Friday at the VAE ANNEX!

Opening Reception: April 1, 6-9pm
Exhibition Dates: April 1-30, 2011

Artist’s Statement: “I began this body of work by pouring through satellite images of the earth and space, intrigued by what I saw as a beautiful expansive view of the world. I did not want to attempt to recreate these exquisite images.  Rather, I wanted to understand what drew me to them.  While visiting websites like Nasa’s Earth Observatory, I was constantly reminded of technology and I found myself having affection for satellites like EOS or LANDSAT. I suppose this is just another way of understanding, a way to link my human experience to something I consider to be almost alien. Some of these satellite images evoke an out of body feeling similar to a kind of ‘spirit projection.’ For me, these images form a distance in time between myself and the world that I see. They create a magical change, an awakening. It is our home becoming something else. How is it that these images gathered and created by scientific instruments can create such an odd sense of knowing?”

Fall Deadline Postponed

The deadline for fall submissions (March 1) has been postponed until further notice. The possibility of moving spaces could affect the annex submission process. VAE will notify artists when submissions are being accepted. We thank you for your patience.

Remotely Sensing by Jennifer Bueno

Click here to help annex artist Jennifer Bueno receive funding for her upcoming exhibit!

Fibra Vitae opens tonight!

Please join us tonight from 6-9pm in THE ANNEX for the opening reception of Fibra Vitae, featuring work by the Common Seam Collective with guest artist Precious Lovell.

View the Facebook event page here.

// slugfork opens november 5

Join us this Friday, November 5 at 6pm for // Slugfork!

Spring 2011 line-up announced!

Congratulations to the selected artists!

Jeff Bell
Jennifer Bueno
christian.ryan

We received 19 incredibly strong exhibition proposals, and narrowing it down to these three was not an easy task! Thank you to all of the artists, artist teams and curators who applied.

SUNDRY review on nc artblog

Thanks to Dave Delcambre of nc artblog for his review of Joe Bigley’s SUNDRY!

Read the review here.

Artist Notification: October 15

We’ve received some incredibly thoughtful and interesting submissions, and we are very excited about the upcoming exhibition season.

SPARKcon (September 16-19 on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh) is our main focus for the next few weeks, so we will notify applicants to THE ANNEX no later than October 15. Thank you for your patience, and we hope to see you at SPARKcon!

Call for Proposals Announced!

Deadline: September 1, 2010.

Click here for more information.