/tags/visual-arts Visual Arts en-US Copyright Thu, 22 Aug 2024 13:12:42 GMT /news/2024-08-22/unc-chapel-hill-ackland-art-museum-glasses-color-blind The museum is providing glasses for people who are color blind through a partnership with California-based company EnChroma. Thu, 22 Aug 2024 13:12:42 GMT /news/2024-08-22/unc-chapel-hill-ackland-art-museum-glasses-color-blind Sharryse Piggott /arts-culture/2024-07-23/asian-american-joy-mural-raleigh-union-station A team of two artists and an oral history scholar created a mural next to Union Station in Raleigh. It’s dedicated to recognizing joy and belonging for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders who live in North Carolina. Tue, 23 Jul 2024 20:22:00 GMT /arts-culture/2024-07-23/asian-american-joy-mural-raleigh-union-station Eli Chen /arts-culture/2024-04-09/saba-taj-muslim-artist-palestinian-birds-painting-grief-magic In a recent exhibition at the Anchorlight Gallery in Raleigh, artist Saba Taj channeled the emotional pain they felt over the suffering and loss that Palestinians in Gaza have experienced since Oct. 7 into a series of paintings that feature Palestinian birds and plants. Tue, 09 Apr 2024 13:35:38 GMT /arts-culture/2024-04-09/saba-taj-muslim-artist-palestinian-birds-painting-grief-magic Eli Chen /show/due-south/2023-12-12/for-this-artist-portraits-are-the-window-to-the-soul Co-host Leoneda Inge speaks with one of the most prolific, and influential, artists of the last three decades about his solo exhibit up now at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Wed, 13 Dec 2023 00:36:17 GMT /show/due-south/2023-12-12/for-this-artist-portraits-are-the-window-to-the-soul Leoneda Inge /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-09-22/inked-rewriting-your-bodys-story-with-art Anita has no tattoos but plenty of admiration for the art form that gives us new ways to experience our bodies. She talks with a heavily-tattooed scholar who's interrogated how society treats tattooed women; a queer, Jewish tattoo artist reclaiming body art; and an artist who's pushing back on the misconceptions of tattooing melanated skin. Fri, 22 Sep 2023 09:30:00 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-09-22/inked-rewriting-your-bodys-story-with-art Anita Rao, Paige Perez /arts-culture/2020-08-31/meet-the-man-in-the-orange-jumpsuit-sherrill-roland Visual artist Sherrill Roland spent 10 months in prison for a crime he did not commit. What kept him going was a quest to fulfill his dream of going to… Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:09:02 GMT /arts-culture/2020-08-31/meet-the-man-in-the-orange-jumpsuit-sherrill-roland Kaia Findlay, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-08-31/meet-the-man-in-the-orange-jumpsuit-sherrill-roland Visual artist Sherrill Roland spent 10 months in prison for a crime he did not commit. What kept him going was a quest to fulfill his dream of going to… Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:09:02 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-08-31/meet-the-man-in-the-orange-jumpsuit-sherrill-roland Kaia Findlay, Frank Stasio