The first Thursday of every month the galleries around town open up in the evening to showcase new work and exhibits. Many artists are also out meeting and greeting. One of the main draws is the Fayetteville Underground Studios and Galleries. All are open to visitors during this event.
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Here are a few snapshots from August.
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First we stopped in and said hello to Dede Peters at the
ddp gallery. This month she is showing
paperworks.
Sometimes a 10 1/2 year old can dig the art scene. Sometimes, not so much. Or maybe it's X-Box withdrawal... So, instead, he kind of becomes part of the exhibit.
It only takes one gallerist to change a light bulb.
It takes a lot of vodka and mint leaves to make a good opening night cocktail bowl.
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After a while at ddp's, we wandered over across the street to the
Underground. The Underground is located in the basement of a former bank building. There are several gallery spaces, each one with a different collection of work.
In this photo (above) we are in the Vault gallery. Inside this echoing chamber various resident artists' works are hanging in what once was the underground bank vault.
To me, seeing art hung in a concrete room with no windows and only one door invokes a strange sort of feeling... makes me want to philosophize.
Maggie Ivy was the main artist this evening (this month.) Her current love is pencil and charcoal drawings. (You can see the door into the Vault on the back wall of the gallery where her show is hanging.)
Maggie is heading to Göteborg, Sweden this fall to study at the
Florence Academy of Art.
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Finally, we moseyed into Megan's studio - also at the Underground.
I love visiting other artists' studios.
I also love seeing work in progress. This is a photo project Megan's named "
100 Flashes of Memory," which I find especially intriguing. She has affixed dreamlike images, photographic images, on small blocks (about 4 inches square I estimate) and I can't wait to see the final results.
Notes on Megan's bulletin board.
First we stopped in and said hello to Dede Peters at the ddp gallery. This month she is showing paperworks.
Sometimes a 10 1/2 year old can dig the art scene. Sometimes, not so much. Or maybe it's X-Box withdrawal... So, instead, he kind of becomes part of the exhibit.
It only takes one gallerist to change a light bulb.
It takes a lot of vodka and mint leaves to make a good opening night cocktail bowl.
In this photo (above) we are in the Vault gallery. Inside this echoing chamber various resident artists' works are hanging in what once was the underground bank vault. 
Maggie Ivy was the main artist this evening (this month.) Her current love is pencil and charcoal drawings. (You can see the door into the Vault on the back wall of the gallery where her show is hanging.)
I love visiting other artists' studios.
I also love seeing work in progress. This is a photo project Megan's named "100 Flashes of Memory," which I find especially intriguing. She has affixed dreamlike images, photographic images, on small blocks (about 4 inches square I estimate) and I can't wait to see the final results.
Notes on Megan's bulletin board.
Megan Chapman
