Archive for 'Art & Design'

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Shoko Teruyama

Today I wanted to share the work of potter, Shoko Teruyama. When I stumbled across her work it was love at first site. Shoko creates breathtakingly beautiful handbuilt earthenware pottery out of her Marshall, NC studio. Twisting vine patterns and birds frequently decorate her intimate forms. Her work is featured in galleries throughout North Carolina, [...]

Monday, July 13, 2009

Marie Cordella

Today I am excited to share an interview with Raleigh based fashion designer Marie Cordella. I love Marie’s ability to combine texture, pattern, and unconventional forms. She has a daring and innovative approach to fashion, and it was a pleasure to have the opportunity to learn more about how she conceives and constructs her inspired [...]

Monday, July 6, 2009

Desktop & iPhone Wallpaper - Jared Lambert, Strenf

indieNC is starting a new series where we team up with North Carolina artists to bring you desktop & iPhone wallpapers for you to download to your computer. The first design comes to us from Jared Lambert of the Raleigh-based apparel company, strenf. Enjoy! Who would you look to see wallpapers from?
iPhone / 1024 x [...]

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Gallery Nomads

Greensboro will be getting a taste of Raleigh’s dynamic art scene as part of the Green Hill Center for NC Art’s Gallery Nomads exhibition. Through the end of August the Green Hill Center will be highlighting six of Raleigh’s finest art galleries. The stellar line up of galleries includes Flanders Art Gallery, Adam Cave Fine [...]

Monday, June 29, 2009

LabourLove at Golden Belt

One of our charter contributors, Ellie has posted some great content on her personal blog about the new Labour Love gallery and Cotton Room at Golden Belt. Below the first of those two posts. Thanks, Ellie!

After The Cotton Room party, we headed downstairs to check out LabourLove, Durham’s newest gallery and retail space. John Pelphrey, [...]

Monday, June 22, 2009

indieNC Workshops & Classes

We are now offering craft, design & business classes taught by your favorite designers. Sign up before July 1st to receive 10% off the class fee. Hurry, space is limited to 10 students per class. We’ll be adding more classes soon from Holly Aiken, Pear Threads, Sew Bliss Sew & More! Register here.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Lauren Scanlon

Right now I am really enjoying the work of Asheville printmaker and painter Lauren Scanlon. In describing her latest body of work, Scanlon states, “My work is about storytelling and the piecing together of parts. I’m drawn towards descriptions of liminal spaces and thresholds - points of transformation or places in between one thing and [...]

Friday, June 5, 2009

indieNC Window Display - 230 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh

Starting today, indieNC will be working with local artists to curate window displays and showcase local North Carolina made goods in empty storefronts around Raleigh & Durham. Our first window debuts today at 230 Fayetteville Street in Raleigh (between the Mahler Gallery and Port City Java). I hope you’ll check it out, and if you [...]

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Rebus Works

Two great events made Rebus Works the place to be this weekend:

Yesterday, Rebus Works hosted an Artist Lecture with Casey Porn and David Eichenberger. This lecture was in conjunction with the closing of their exhibition, Epic Battle.

And today is the third annual RebusFest. RebusFest is a one-day, family-friendly celebration of local art and music. Music [...]

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Bain Project Interviews

With the Bain Project coming to a close this weekend I asked the project’s creator and organizer Daniel Kelly, as well as several of the artists involved, to answer a few questions about what inspired the project, what the creative process was like, and what they will be taking away from this unique, collaborative experience. [...]