| For more information about this article or gallery, please call the gallery phone number listed in the last line of the article, "For more info..." |
May Issue 2004
Contemporary Art Museum Presents a Storefront Window Exhibition of Student Artworks in Raleigh, NC
The Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) has provided Moore Square Museums Magnet Middle School with an after school program where approximately thirteen sixth-grade students are creating a series of window-based art installations focusing on the theme of exploring and documenting the Moore Square Historic District. Students are reviewing archival imagery of the architecture and history of the area, documenting the vicinity with drawings and photography, and interviewing members of the community about the past, present, and future of downtown Raleigh. This project was led by Raleigh artist and educator Lee Moore.
This project is unique in that it gives students an opportunity to become active participants in the community-wide dialogue concerning the past, present, and future of downtown Raleigh. The student artwork will be displayed in windows at Exploris Store (201 E. Hargett St), Cherry Huffman Architects (135 E Martin St), Moore Square Museums Magnet Middle School (301 S Person St), and the Heilig-Levine Building (137 S Wilmington St).
An unveiling is scheduled for May 8, 1-2:30pm at the Urban Design Center. The Urban Design Center is located on the first floor of the historic Alexander Building, at 133 Fayetteville Street Mall, across from the First Union Capital Center.
CAM would like to extend a special thank you to the following organizations, businesses, and individuals who were involved in this project: Askew Taylor Paints, Dan Becker (Raleigh Historic Districts), Daniel Douglas, Elizabeth Alley, and Michelle Bowan (Raleigh Urban Design Center), Vivian Irving, Greg Hatem (Empire Properties), Wanda Cox Bailey (Richard B. Harrison Library), Leah Levine, Ken Peters (Raleigh City Museum), Southeastern Camera, Devon Welch (Wolf Camera @ Cameron Village), Father & Son Antiques, Exploris, Cherry Huffman Architects, Graham Auman (Auman Works), Marion Aretakis (Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church), Dana Deaton, Rebus Works, Lucas Miller Buchanan, and Aly Khalifa, Angelica Garcia, JP Reuer, and Diane Lindsey Reeves (DesignBox Gallery).
The Contemporary Art Museum is a non-profit organization supported by its members, individual contributors, corporate and foundation support, the City of Raleigh based on recommendations of the Raleigh Arts Commission, the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, with funds from the United Arts campaign and the Grassroots Arts Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, and the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Contemporary Art Museum is an educational organization, linking visual literacy to contemporary life.
For further information check our NC Institutional
Gallery listings, contact Nicole Welch, Curator of Education,
Contemporary Art Museum at 919/836-0088, e-mail at (nw@camnc.org)
or at (www.camnc.org).
Carolina Arts is published monthly by Shoestring Publishing Company, a subsidiary of PSMG, Inc. Copyright© 2004 by PSMG, Inc., which published Charleston Arts from July 1987 - Dec. 1994 and South Carolina Arts from Jan. 1995 - Dec. 1996. It also publishes Carolina Arts Online, Copyright© 2004 by PSMG, Inc. All rights reserved by PSMG, Inc. or by the authors of articles. Reproduction or use without written permission is strictly prohibited. Carolina Arts is available throughout North & South Carolina.