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for "Ariail, Kate Dobbs"
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4039
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Paul Rolfe earned a master's degree in chemistry. He developed a love of carving at the same time. Today he is one of a number of furniture makers in Raleigh. What sets his creations apart from the rest is his distinctive carving style; for example, table legs with ball-and -claw feet or a wooden fireplace surrounded with objects in high relief.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 4, Jan 1999,
p41,43, por
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4069
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Artists in the Triangle area are taking greater control of their creations and how they are distributed. Many no longer see the need for dealer representation and have opened artist-owned-and-operated spaces, sometimes combining them with their studios. Moncure Chessworks in Chatham County is an example. The approach makes artists feel more in control of their economic situations.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 17, Feb 1999,
p27, il
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4200
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Charlotte's Tryon Center, opening in September 1999, will be more than a local arts council. Housed in an old burned church that was rebuilt as studios and offices through a $7 million grant from Bank of America, the center seeks to become a significant visual arts center in the Southeast. Plans include local artist support and an artist-in-residence program providing grants for nationally and internationally known artists.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 16, Apr 1999,
p34, il
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4758
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Over the past decade a number of changes have taken place at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. The museum entrance has been redesigned; the Museum Park Theater has been built; work on the sculpture garden has started; and the galleries for African, Oceanic, and Native American art have reopened on a new exhibition level.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 9, Mar 2000,
p23, il
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4804
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While the tobacco industry is coming to a close in Durham after 150 years, many of the buildings the industry used remain. Now thanks to historic preservation tax credits, demand for interesting space within the central city, and imaginative developers, many buildings have new lives as apartments and offices.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 18, May 2000,
p31, 33, 35, il
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4807
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When businesses and industry began leaving downtown Durham ten years ago, artists, artisans, and designers moved into the unoccupied spaces, creating studios and an artistic community. Some bought buildings for studios; others rented their work spaces. Now that Durham is ready to commit millions to downtown redevelopment, many artists have concerns over what will happen to them, especially if development increases rent.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 20, May 2000,
p21-23, il
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4846
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Built by William Kirkland in 1814-1816, Ayr Mount in Hillsborough, is one of North Carolina's finest Federal- style houses. The house and estate comprise about 265 acres, around half of the original holdings. Richard Jenrette purchased it in 1985 and restored many of the original furnishings which had left the house over time. Ayr Mount is operated by Preservation/ North Carolina.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 43, Oct 2000,
p34-35, il
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4885
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Andre Leon Gray is that rarity in the world of art - a self-taught artist. Gray, a graduate of Raleigh's Enloe High School, took some art classes in school but did not consider art as a career. Ariail profiles the rising young artist, discussing his style and how he was drawn to art.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 28, July 2000,
p34, por
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5012
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Italian-born ceramic artist Siglinda Scarpa has known hardship before. After working and teaching in Rome for twenty-five years, she ran afoul of the Mafia and had her studio destroyed. Invited to come to New York, she found the city lacking in a sense of community. Relocating to Chatham County, Scarpa found the sense of community so necessary for her work. After fire destroyed her studio and creations on February 5, 2001, it is this community closeness that is helping her to rebuild her life.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 18 Issue 11, Mar 2001,
p26-27, il
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5015
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With the opening of its new exhibition, the Contemporary Art Museum, formerly the City Gallery of Contemporary Art in Raleigh, emerges as the Triangle Area's most risk-taking venue for art. The museum is not yet in its new building, but it has something it has never had before - first-rate curators. Also the museum will feature works of North Carolina artists as well as national and international ones.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 18 Issue 12, Mar 2001,
p72-73
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7330
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Midway Plantation in Knightdale was built on a 1739 land grant from Lord Granville. The property has remained in the Silver family for seven generations. The plantation house sits on what was the old Tarborough Road, which has become a major highway in 2005. Highway I-540 is encroaching nearby. The family decided that the only way to save their 4,000-square-foot home was to move it. In 2005, the house will be relocated two and a half miles north of its present location. Godfrey Cheshire, a cousin of owner Charlie Silver, is making a documentary film of the move. Cheshire, who founded SPECTATOR MAGAZINE in 1978, moved to New York from Raleigh in 1991 to work as a film critic.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 22 Issue 30, July 2005,
p22-25, il
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13931
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Cunningham is one of the greatest creative forces in American dance and had a profound influence on modern dance. He died in 2009. The company he founded is on a farewell tour and will cease to exist after December 2011.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 5, Feb 2011,
p17-19, 21, il, por
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27364
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Raleigh resident Mike Nicklas is a solar architect, educator, and activist devoted to increasing the use of solar and clean renewable energy. His company, Innovative Design, focuses on increasing energy efficiency in schools and public buildings through the use of solar. Nicklas’ solar project at Four Oaks Elementary in Johnston County has greatly reduced the cost of energy at a time when school budgets are shrinking. Nicklas is slated to speak to the United Nations about solar power and its positive effects on the environment, public health, and to stop global warming.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 9 Issue 28, July 1991,
p7-8
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27376
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Duke University’s Museum of Art has seen many changes over the last four years under new director Dr. Michael Mezzatesta. The building and galleries have been updated and interdepartmental cooperation has been important to the museum’s success. This cooperation with other disciplines has led to the award of a National Endowment for the Humanities Planning Grant. Plans are also underway to build a new art museum between the East and West Campuses. The new building will showcase their major holdings of Pre-Columbian Art, one of the premier collections of such art in the world.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 9 Issue 6, Feb. 6-12 1991,
p27
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27501
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The University of North Carolina at Greensboro has one of the top 3 or 4 university collections of contemporary art in the nation. With the opening of the Anne and Benjamin Cone Building, UNCG’s Weatherspoon Gallery will now be more accessible to the general public who. While the new space and increased use of the facility the general public by is a good thing, some of the intimacy students associated with the gallery has been lost with the new building.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 8 Issue 43, Oct. 31 - Nov. 6 1990,
p8-10
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