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2009 brings a whole new dimension to artSPARK! Local art from the Triangle will infuse the streets, nooks and crannies, windows and gallery spaces of downtown Raleigh. Whether it’s paint on canvas, chalk on the street, sculpture, installations or technique demos, it’s all here this year.
A chance for the whole community to see the work of a variety of local artists.
get the detailsArtists (Jenny Eggleston, Andre’ Leon Gray, Michael Webster, Jeff Bell and Seo Eo) will be creating temporary installations in moving PODS (Portable On-Demand Storage). The artists will work on their projects at the POD company site for a few weeks and then the units will be transported to Fayetteville Street for the SPARKcon!
get the detailsThe 11th annual Raleigh Street Painting Festival will be held on Fayetteville Street as a part of SPARKcon. Visual Art Exchange produces the festival, which last year had a record number of artists (over 400!) chalking for an intense 27 hours and transforming the street into a work of art.
get the detailsSingle screen projections, installations and interactive works will all be exhibited by local experimental artists!
get the detailsArtSPARK gallery featuring local visual artists.
get the detailsVAE Plein Air Painters Forum will be painting Saturday during SPARKcon
get the detailsNew Barrel Monster for SPARKcon & Joe Carnevale’s Art Car!
get the detailsThe cast of Burning Coal Theatre Company’s production of HAIR will appear at SPARKcon.
get the detailsA SPARKcon tradition! Artists work will be showcased online and projected on a wall in the center of it all (Fayetteville St.) throughout SPARKcon weekend. It’s a chance for the whole community to see the great and diverse work of our local art community.
get the detailsNotable group of regional and international abstract artists (Marianne Conti Burt, Allen Clapp, Debbie Crawford, Juan Di Giulio, Larry James, John McFadden, Sys Oppenlander, Constance Pappalardo, Juley Striegel Reider, Carol Joy Shannon, Mary Storms, and Rebecca Worters) will be painting live, with an ongoing silent auction of their works.
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