This month through October 2011, we are pleased to show works by artist Jack Stone. Jack grew up in the city of Baltimore and the surrounding countryside. He worked in his youth on farms and ranches, and traveled all 50 states with family. After a years tour with the Marine Corps as a medic in Vietnam, Jack took a BA in Journalism from U MD and studied art at Maryland School of Art and Design. He completed an MFA at UNCG.

After a career in the graphic arts industry, Jack has taught art and painted since 2002. His paintings include rural subject matter, and have been collected regionally. Jack and Paula Stone have three daughters and seven grandchildren.

Visit Jack’s website at www.brushfirestudios.org.

Studio 180 Salon supports the 2011 Cary Art Loop. Artist’s works will be featured at our Final Friday show and reception on August 26th from 6 – 8pm.

Featured Exhibit: Cary Town Hall Display Case

• Baskets: Billie Ruth Sudduth Meets Fibonacci
• Medium: Basketry
• Dates: July 29 – September 26

Billie Ruth Sudduth is a widely acclaimed basket maker living in the North Carolina mountains. Her design approach to basketry is derived from her study of The Nature Sequence, developed by Leonardo of Pisa (Italy). Better known by his nickname Fibonacci,he was considered the most outstanding mathematician from the Middle Ages. Sudduth’s works are in many public and private collections, including the Smithsonian Institution’s Renwick Gallery; the Museum of Art and Design in New York; the Mint Museum of Art; Glaxo; and Bank of America. In 1997, she was named a North Carolina Living Treasure, the state’s highest honor for creative excellence in the field of crafts. She is the tenth recipient and the first female to receive the award.

Cary Senior Center, 120 Maury O’Dell Pl

• Drawing and Painting: The Art of Richard Paxson
• Dates: July 5 – 29
• Artist View and Reception: August 5, discussion 5:30 p.m., reception 6-8 p.m.

Page-Walker Arts & History Center, 119 Ambassador Loop

• PAQA-S Presents: ARTQUILTSrepurposed
• Media: Mixed/Textiles
• Dates: Through August 22

Cary Town Hall

• Diana L. Coidan: Pastel Expressions Above, Below, and Beyond
• Medium: Pastel
• Dates: Through August 22

Herbert C. Young Community Center

• Diane Kraudelt: Today and Yesterday
• Medium: Oil
• Dates: Through August 22

Boy it’s hot out there! Stop in to Coffee & Crepes for a  cherry-vanilla Italian soda or a tall raspberry-lemonade smoothie. As you regain your cool, take a look at the exciting new works by Thomas Way and Allen Clapp.  Come out to join our artists’ reception on Friday, July 29 from 6-9PM.  We’ll serve up some free Larry’s Beans locally -roasted coffees, hot and iced. While you are here, why not try a delicious strawberry crepe with a scoop of vanilla ice cream?

We are inAshworthVillagenext to Chamber’s Arts, who will have their grand opening that night. Our own Kala Tharp will feature her fine paintings that evening as well. Come by for wine and cheese and steel drum music from 6-9pm.

Herbert C. Young Community Center, 101 Wilkinson Ave

Town Hall, 316 N Academy St

Page-Walker Arts & History Center, 119 Ambassador Loop

• An Icon Transformed: Metamorphosis of an
  Old Cary School into a New Arts Center
• Media: Photography with historic collections
• Dates: Continues through June 20

Page-Walker Arts & History Center, 119 Ambassador Loop

• Delphine Peller: Whole > Parts
• Media: Mixed
• Dates: Continues through June 20

• PAQA-S Presents: ARTQUILTSrepurposed
• Media: Mixed/Textiles
• Dates: June 24 – August 22
• Artist Reception: June 24 6-8 p.m.

Cary Senior Center, 120 Maury O’Dell Pl

• Student Teacher Staff Show
• Media: Mixed (two- and three-dimensional)
• Dates: April 29 – June 3
• Reception: June 24 3-6 p.m. 

Cary Town Hall

• Diana L. Coidan: Pastel Expressions Above, Below, and Beyond
• Medium: Pastel
• Dates: June 24 - August 22
• Reception: June 24 6-8 p.m. 

Herbert C. Young Community Center

• Diane Kraudelt: Today and Yesterday
• Medium: Oil
• Dates: June 24 - August 22
• Reception: June 24 6-8 p.m. 

May 27 – Blue Voyage

Blue Voyage is a vibrant Turkish music group performing contemporary and traditional sounds of various regions of Turkey. The musicians in the group each have diverse experience and styles. They blend the dynamic sounds of different instruments; baglama, guitar, kemence, accordion, flute, doumbek and davul.

2011 Starlight Concert Series – FREE

The Starlight Concert Series is a series of free summer concerts that showcase an eclectic mix of local and regional talent. This year’s lineup will feature three returning and five new acts. All shows begin at 7 p.m. in the Page-Walker Arts & History Center Garden, located at 119 Ambassador Loop, downtown Cary.

Please note: Food is permitted, but please leave alcoholic beverages and pets at home. Concerts may be cancelled or rescheduled in the event of inclement weather. Co-sponsored by the Friends of Page-Walker, Piedmont Council of Traditional Music (PineCone), Diamante, Inc. and the American Turkish Association of North Carolina.