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North Carolina’s premier custom picture framer since 1968, Craven Allen Gallery/House of Frames features the largest selection of framing choices in the region, as well as the Triangle’s most experienced picture framers. Our gallery features local and nationally known artists.
EXHIBITIONS
RACHEL CAMPBELL/PAINTINGS
ROSALIE MIDYETTE/SCULPTURE
OPEN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17th, 5:30 pm – 8 pm
OPEN THROUGH NOVEMBER 3rd
SHOWING FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER FOR CLICK! PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL
ANNE BERRY
APRIL IS THE CRUELEST MONTH
OPEN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH 5:30 – 8 pm
BROAD STREET DOUBLE HEADER WITH HORSE & BUGGY PRESS
BEVERLY McIVER
EYES WIDE SHUT
New Paintings from the American Academy in Rome
Opening November 17th, 5 to 7 pm
Through January 26th
NEWS
Reporter Joe Johnson of the Durham Herald-Sun tells how Thomas Sayre inspired students at the Hill Center in Chapel Hill! Read more ….READ MORE
In the early 20th century the artist Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) realized multiple paint colors, which did not represent a house or a tree or a person, could be applied to a canvas and it would be a viable painting. It was called abstraction and it marked a revolution….READ MORE
The Anyone Can Fly Foundation is honoring Beverly McIver with its Lifetime Achievement Award. Faith Ringgold will host a garden party benefit honoring the artist. The mission of the foundation is to expand the art establishment’s canon to include artists of the African Diaspora….READ MORE
Beverly McIver has been awarded the Rome Prize. Also in the news, her HBO documentary Raising Renee is now available to stream on Amazon Prime. For over a century, the AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME has awarded the Rome Prize to support innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities….READ MORE
Beverly McIver was recently honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, America’s most prestigious honorary society of architects, artists, writers, and composers, with a purchase award…READ MORE
Paintings by Craven Allen artists Linwood Hart, Sue Sneddon and Damian Stamer were featured recently in the HGTV tv show LOVE IT OR LIST IT…READ MORE
Fresh off the heels of his trifecta of museum shows at the NCMA, Nasher, and Ackland, Burk Uzzle is featured in the News & Observer choosing framing at Craven Allen for his incredible Greenville show…READ MORE