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X-WR-CALNAME:Raleigh · arts · Sunday · CalDiscovery BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Watercolors by Suzanne Hetzel DTSTART:20260902T120000Z DTEND:20260930T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T060213Z UID:10040582-1788336000-1790787600@raleighmag.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Gallery C is pleased to present an exhibition of transparent w atercolors by Suzanne Hetzel. With more than four decades of dedicated pra ctice\, Hetzel has developed a signature approach that finds drama and del ight in the overlooked beauty of the everyday world. Working primarily fro m life and imagination on 100% rag paper with the finest archival pigments \, she builds luminous\, richly layered compositions that pulse with color and energy. Her work has been recognized by the National Watercolor Socie ty\, the Transparent Watercolor Society of America\, Watercolor West\, and the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society\, among others\, and has been feature d three times in the prestigious annual publication Splash. Paintings from her studio are held in private and public collections throughout the Unit ed States and Great Britain. This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to experience the full range of her vision in person. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T060213Z LOCATION:Gallery C\, 540 N. Blount St.\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27604\, United Sta tes URL:https://raleighmag.com/event/watercolors-by-suzanne-hetzel/2026-09-02/ ?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=raleigh-nc X-SOURCE-NAME:Raleigh Magazine X-SOURCE-URL:https://raleighmag.com/2025/08/25/2025-arts-theater-guide END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:La Fiesta Del Pueblo DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260913T061917Z UID:10004453-1789862400-1789948799@www.meredith.edu CATEGORIES:arts,dance,family,festival,food,music DESCRIPTION:“La Fiesta del Pueblo is the Triangle’s largest and most d iverse festival of Latin American culture\, featuring live music and dance performances\, artisanal vendors\, food trucks\, educational booths\, and activities for the whole family!” \nTo learn more\, visit https://elpue blo.org/fiesta/ LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T061917Z URL:https://www.meredith.edu/calendar/la-fiesta-del-pueblo/?utm_source=cal discovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=raleigh-nc X-SOURCE-NAME:Meredith College X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.meredith.edu/calendar/first-friday-raleigh-2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(125) Precious Metal Clay for Beginners (125) DTSTART:20260920T140000Z DTEND:20260920T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260730T040004Z UID:77hl0rn7bfmavsam9hcaeg84il@google.com CATEGORIES:arts,education DESCRIPTION:Gail Kenyon LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T040004Z X-SOURCE-NAME:NC State - The Crafts Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://crafts.arts.ncsu.edu/events-and-exhibitions/crafts-fa ir END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sip + Stitch DTSTART:20260920T150000Z DTEND:20260920T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T060337Z UID:10008674-1789902000-1789909200@unitedarts.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Join us for a monthly gathering of fiber folks at Artspace! LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T060337Z LOCATION:201 E Davie St\, 201 East Davie Street\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27601\, U nited States URL:https://unitedarts.org/calendar/sip-stitch-14/?utm_source=caldiscovery &utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=raleigh-nc X-SOURCE-NAME:United Arts Wake County X-SOURCE-URL:https://unitedarts.org/programs/arts-integration END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Pop-Up Art: Miniature Insects DTSTART:20260920T160000Z DTEND:20260920T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260910T190934Z UID:10004332-1789905600-1789916400@ncartmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n The North Caroli na Museum of Art Announces Its Fall 2026 Exhibition Schedule \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n The North Carolina Museum of Art Announce s Its Fall 2026 Exhibition Schedule\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n Overview \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gen eral Admission \n \n Free \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Share: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Related Exhibitions \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Ancient Nubia \n\n \n Ancient Nubia has a long and glorious past\, but it is frequently eclipsed in the public imag ination by its northern neighbor\, Egypt. Ancient Nubia: Excavating Treasu res of the Nile\, from the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston\, brings into the limelight the Kingdom of Kush\, an important civilization in the Middle Ni le Valley\, introducing visitors to its powerful kings and royal women and the materials excavated from their tombs and pyramids during the Harvard University – Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition more than 100 years a go.\nStunning displays highlight the longevity of this almost forgotten ki ngdom through its three main historical periods spanning almost 3\,000 yea rs\, speaking to its cultural continuity and adaptation as well as its his torical and political connections to pharaonic Egypt.\nVisitors can learn about this other powerful kingdom on the Nile from an archaeological persp ective with hands-on and digital interactives. A special display highlight s a connection to the NCMA’s very own Nubiologist and features recently donated Egyptian objects as comparatives to the Nubian ones in the exhibit ion. \n \n \n \n \n \n Thr ough January 10\, 2027 LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T190934Z LOCATION:West Building URL:https://ncartmuseum.org/event/pop-up-art-miniature-figures/?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=raleigh-nc X-SOURCE-NAME:NCMA Raleigh X-SOURCE-URL:https://ncartmuseum.org/events-and-exhibitions/exhibitions/ex hibitions-current END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(131) Triangle Basket Weavers DTSTART:20260920T170000Z DTEND:20260920T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260730T040004Z UID:0ei65hkl61ttbs9fip85d4s4j1@google.com CATEGORIES:arts LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T040004Z X-SOURCE-NAME:NC State - The Crafts Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://crafts.arts.ncsu.edu/events-and-exhibitions/crafts-fa ir END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(121) Cabochons [Sec. A] DTSTART:20260920T170000Z DTEND:20260920T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260730T040004Z UID:5ukdfg9j6sj3bbue5jugje0an8@google.com CATEGORIES:arts LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T040004Z X-SOURCE-NAME:NC State - The Crafts Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://crafts.arts.ncsu.edu/events-and-exhibitions/crafts-fa ir END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Public Tour DTSTART:20260920T170000Z DTEND:20260920T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260910T190934Z UID:10002518-1789909200-1789912800@ncartmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n The North Caroli na Museum of Art Announces Its Fall 2026 Exhibition Schedule \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n The North Carolina Museum of Art Announce s Its Fall 2026 Exhibition Schedule\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n Overview \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gen eral Admission \n \n Free \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Share: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Related Exhibitions \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Ancient Nubia \n\n \n Ancient Nubia has a long and glorious past\, but it is frequently eclipsed in the public imag ination by its northern neighbor\, Egypt. Ancient Nubia: Excavating Treasu res of the Nile\, from the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston\, brings into the limelight the Kingdom of Kush\, an important civilization in the Middle Ni le Valley\, introducing visitors to its powerful kings and royal women and the materials excavated from their tombs and pyramids during the Harvard University – Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition more than 100 years a go.\nStunning displays highlight the longevity of this almost forgotten ki ngdom through its three main historical periods spanning almost 3\,000 yea rs\, speaking to its cultural continuity and adaptation as well as its his torical and political connections to pharaonic Egypt.\nVisitors can learn about this other powerful kingdom on the Nile from an archaeological persp ective with hands-on and digital interactives. A special display highlight s a connection to the NCMA’s very own Nubiologist and features recently donated Egyptian objects as comparatives to the Nubian ones in the exhibit ion. \n \n \n \n \n \n Thr ough January 10\, 2027 LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T190934Z LOCATION:West Building URL:https://ncartmuseum.org/event/public-tour-3/2026-09-20/?utm_source=cal discovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=raleigh-nc X-SOURCE-NAME:NCMA Raleigh X-SOURCE-URL:https://ncartmuseum.org/events-and-exhibitions/exhibitions/ex hibitions-current END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Celebrating the Legacy of Alma Thomas and Black Artistry DTSTART:20260920T170000Z DTEND:20260920T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T060337Z UID:10010246-1789909200-1789914600@unitedarts.org CATEGORIES:arts,literary DESCRIPTION:“Not Unlike Sunlight”: Celebrating the Legacy of Alma Thom as and Black Artistry Though Primary and Colorstruck!\n\n\nJoin acclaimed writers Alexis Pauline Gumbs and Richard J. Powell for a conversation cele brating the legacy of pioneering artist Alma Thomas and the enduring influ ence of Black artistry. \nHosted on the closing day of All American: Conte mporary Perspectives from HBCU Artists\, the program brings Gumbs and Powe ll together in celebration of their new books\, Primary and Colorstruck!. In Primary\, Gumbs writes as a spiritual student of Thomas\, offering a po etic response to Thomas’s life and work\, while Colorstruck! draws upon Powell’s expansive scholarship on color\, Black art\, and visual culture \, with Thomas among the artists considered throughout the book. \nAs the first graduate of Howard University’s art department\, Thomas holds an i mportant place within the history of HBCU arts education and American abst raction. Through readings and conversation\, Gumbs and Powell will reflect on her creative legacy\, the possibilities of writing alongside visual ar t\, and the many shades of Black artistic expression that continue to emer ge in her wake. \n \nAbout the Authors \nDr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs\, author of Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde is a queer Blac k feminist love evangelist and an aspirational cousin to all life. Publish er’s Weekly calls her writing “groundbreaking.” She is also the auth or of four earlier books aka portable textual ceremonies\, including Undro wned which won the 2022 Whiting Award in Non-Fiction. A recipient of the W indham-Campbell Prize in Poetry\, the National Endowment of the Arts Creat ive Writing Fellowship and a National Humanities Center Fellowship\, Dr. G umbs lives and loves in Durham\, North Carolina. \nDr. Richard J. Powell i s the John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art & Art History at Duke Universi ty\, where he has taught since 1989. Powell\, an authority on African Amer ican art\, has organized numerous art exhibitions\, most notably: The Blue s Aesthetic: Black Culture and Modernism (1989)\; Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance (1997)\; To Conserve A Legacy: American Art at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (1999)\; Back to Black: Art\, Cinema\, and the Racial Imaginary (2005)\; and Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist (2014). Powell has published books on numerous topics\, includi ng Homecoming: The Art and Life of William H. Johnson (1991)\, Black Art: A Cultural History (1997\, 2002 & 2021)\, Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Bla ck Portraiture (2008)\, Going There: Black Visual Satire (2020)\, and Colo rstruck! Painting\, Pigment\, Affect (2026). From 2007 until 2010\, Powell was Editor-in-Chief of The Art Bulletin\, the world’s leading English l anguage journal in art history. \n \nAbout Artspace \nArtspace is a non-pr ofit visual arts center located in Downtown Raleigh. Visit Artspace to exp lore exhibitions featuring national and community artists\, engage with mo re than 30 artists working in their studios\, and enjoy art classes and co mmunity events for all ages and abilities. To learn more about Artspace\, visit artspacenc.org \n \nParking and Accessibility \nFree street parking is available on Davie Street. Free parking is available at the following p arking decks: \n\nCity Center Deck\, 429 S. Wilmington St.\nMoore Square D eck\, 233 S. Wilmington St.\nMunicipal Complex Deck\, 201 W. Morgan St.\nW ilmington Street Station Deck\, 117 S. Wilmington St.\n\nThere are also se veral pay lots nearby: City Market parking lot and several Secure P lots f or night + weekend parking (314 E Davie St\, 415 S Person St\, 417 S Perso n St). \nExplore accessibility information with our Know Before You Go Gui de. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T060337Z LOCATION:Artspace\, 201 East Davie Street\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27601\, United States URL:https://unitedarts.org/calendar/celebrating-the-legacy-of-alma-thomas- and-black-artistry/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=ra leigh-nc X-SOURCE-NAME:United Arts Wake County X-SOURCE-URL:https://unitedarts.org/programs/arts-integration END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Artspace Open Studio DTSTART:20260920T173000Z DTEND:20260920T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T060337Z UID:10010128-1789911000-1789918200@unitedarts.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Let your imagination soar in Artspace’s Open Studio and enjo y a free self-guided art making activity for ages 5 and up LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T060337Z LOCATION:Artspace\, 201 East Davie Street\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27601\, United States URL:https://unitedarts.org/calendar/artspace-open-studio-52/?utm_source=ca ldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=raleigh-nc X-SOURCE-NAME:United Arts Wake County X-SOURCE-URL:https://unitedarts.org/programs/arts-integration END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Art on the Dot DTSTART:20260920T183000Z DTEND:20260920T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T183237Z UID:10003794-1789914600-1789921800@ncartmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n The North Caroli na Museum of Art Announces Its Fall 2026 Exhibition Schedule \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n The North Carolina Museum of Art Announce s Its Fall 2026 Exhibition Schedule\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n Overview \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gen eral Admission \n \n Free \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Share: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Related Exhibitions \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Ancient Nubia \n\n \n Ancient Nubia has a long and glorious past\, but it is frequently eclipsed in the public imag ination by its northern neighbor\, Egypt. Ancient Nubia: Excavating Treasu res of the Nile\, from the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston\, brings into the limelight the Kingdom of Kush\, an important civilization in the Middle Ni le Valley\, introducing visitors to its powerful kings and royal women and the materials excavated from their tombs and pyramids during the Harvard University – Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition more than 100 years a go.\nStunning displays highlight the longevity of this almost forgotten ki ngdom through its three main historical periods spanning almost 3\,000 yea rs\, speaking to its cultural continuity and adaptation as well as its his torical and political connections to pharaonic Egypt.\nVisitors can learn about this other powerful kingdom on the Nile from an archaeological persp ective with hands-on and digital interactives. A special display highlight s a connection to the NCMA’s very own Nubiologist and features recently donated Egyptian objects as comparatives to the Nubian ones in the exhibit ion. \n \n \n \n \n \n Thr ough January 10\, 2027 LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T183237Z LOCATION:West Building URL:https://ncartmuseum.org/event/art-on-the-dot-3/2026-09-20/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=raleigh-nc X-SOURCE-NAME:NCMA Raleigh X-SOURCE-URL:https://ncartmuseum.org/events-and-exhibitions/exhibitions/ex hibitions-current END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR