Featured artists exhibit for February/March 2022
2022-02-08 00:00 - 2022-04-02 00:00 (America/New_York) | NC
Featuring Carol Retsch-Bogart, Linda Prager, Brent Arnold , Pearl Arnold and Marilyn Palsha
OPENING RECEPTION FEBRUARY 11TH FROM 5-7PM
We close out winter with this exhibit featuring member artists Carol Retsch-Bogart and Linda Prager, and guest artists Brent Arnold, Pearl Arnold and Marilyn Palsha. Join us at the gallery for the opening reception on February 11.
Carol Retsch-Bogart
Member artist, Carol Retsch-Bogart is a highly skilled mixed media artist, constantly challenging herself and how she approaches her medium. Melding her past experiences as a psychotherapist with being an artist further enhances her work and amplifies her ability to tell a story through textures and layers.

Linda Prager

A multi-talented artist and member of the gallery, Linda Prager will have her newest ceramic pieces featured. These hand-built and textured pieces have a beautiful, graphic quality. Using all sorts of methods and tools in order to create surface texture, Linda creates dynamic functional pieces allowing the viewer “to touch, to look more closely, to explore.”

Marilyn Palsha

After decades of making pots, Marilyn Palsha turned her focus to making figurative sculpture for the last ten years. These female figures express the challenges of aging, illness, facing fear, finding courage and finding peace. It is her hope that viewers will see their own narratives. The work is fired twice and designed to be enjoyed indoors.

Brent Arnold

An encaustic artist with his first featured show at FRANK, we are excited to have his pieces in this show. Brent creates a industrial vibe and rich luscious textures with his medium:

“Encaustic feels like putting on a perfectly worn pair of shoes, everything about it feels right. All of my thoughts and intentions are enhanced by the medium.”

“I realize now all of my work lies in-between two histories. My intent is to freeze a conversation and let the negative space between be the experience.”

Pearl Arnold

Designer and artist, Pearl Arnold is also featured for the first time in the upcoming exhibit. Working with a balance between structure and looseness, in soft muted palettes, Pearl draws her viewer in as they get lost in the wondery of her pieces.

Coffee with FRANK: Collecting Art, March 5, 2022
2022-03-05 10:00 - 11:00 | NC
This free session takes place in the FRANK gallery, the first Saturday of March from 10-11 am. Come join us for a casual, in person discussion about the basics of collecting and buying art.

Sail Away Ladies Performance at FRANK
2022-03-26 17:00 - 18:00 | NC
Please join us in the gallery on March 26th from 5-6pm for a performance by the Sail Away Ladies. Sail Away Ladies is comprised of singers Irene Felsman, Mitzi Quint, and FRANK member and featured artist, Linda Prager. This group of friends who love to sing together, blend their voices in harmony across different musical genres.
We will be requiring RSVP’s and capping entries at 35 people. We will be checking vaccination cards (or photos) at the door. and requiring masks to be worn.
Look forward to having you Sail Away with us at FRANK.

Coffee with FRANK: Artist Talk, April 2, 2022
2022-04-02 10:00 - 11:00 | NC
This free session takes place in FRANK gallery, the first Saturday of April from 10-11 am. Come listen to member and featured artists Carol Retsch-Bogart and Linda Prager speak about the process behind their work in the gallery. This talk will be on the closing day of this exhibit, so come and take a sip and listen while the show is still hanging! Special raffle giveaways for attendees.

Featured artists exhibit for April/May 2022
2022-04-05 00:00 - 2022-06-04 00:00 | NC
Featuring Bill McAllister, Peter Filene, Tim Walter, Ivana Milojevic Beck, and Julio de Alberdi
OPENING RECEPTION APRIL 8 FROM 5-7PM AT THE GALLERY
Welcome Spring with this exhibit featuring member artists Bill McAllister and Peter Filene, and guest artists Tim Walter, Ivana Milojevic Beck, and Julio de Alberdi. Join us at the gallery for the opening reception on April 8.

Bill McAllister
Member artist and incredibly accomplished photographer, Bill McAllister will be featuring his wonderful photography—”Whether the photograph is a created imagination, portrait or figure study; the permission and participation of those people photographed hopefully allows for an image that celebrates them.” Also stating; “Process is often integral. Whether using the ultra large format 20×24 inch Polaroid, homemade, infrared modified, or underwater cameras, each affect the path of image creation. Most force me to work with in a slower, more deliberate manner, helping to see past the readily apparent.”

Peter Filene
Constantly adding to his repertoire of accomplishments, Peter is a member artist of FRANK and highly creative photographer who is always re-inventing his medium. The body of work Peter will be exhibiting in this show will be his photocollages. Peter’s collages are dynamic, painterly, and abstract, and a really beautiful way of melding his different types of photography into a creative representation.

Featured artist and member of FRANK, Peter Filene talks about his latest artwork in the gallery, photocollages. Drawing from a desire to delve into a new creative form, Peter literally rips apart his own double-exposure photographs to create something new and exciting during this featured exhibit.

Tim Walter

FRANK is showing selections from Tim Walter’s series Portraits [Trauma]. These images give visual expression to internal emotions of the subjects’ experience of trauma in their lives, emotions such as fear, anger, resignation, and sometimes resolve and love. The large-scale photos straddle art and documentary. To create the pictures, he works with the subjects over four to eight hours, encouraging them to enter a state of flow so that imagery emerges at times from the unconscious. Tim is also an arts entrepreneur and advocate; he founded and runs The Fruit, a multi-dimensional art and performance venue in downtown Durham.

Ivana Milojevic Beck

The tension between Ivana’s Serbian and American identities is at the center of her struggle to mold a present existence into a future resolution between two disparate worlds, she says. “My focus is on generation of women in my family, my grandmother, my mother, my daughter and me. I work to portray the resilience, flexibility, and adaptability that has been passed down the line. I imagine female form, strong and balanced, resting as the foundational material for generations to come. I find parallels between structural, foundational home building and women’s physical and mental power as mother, wife, and daughter. Materials that I continue to use – brick, wax and mortar – remind me that what is strong and durable can also be vulnerable and ephemeral.”

Julio de Alberdi

Showcasing for the first time at FRANK, Julio was born in London, raised in Spain, and now currently living in Pittsboro. “While growing up in Spain and England, Julio worked for and assisted his father Joxe Alberdi, making large sculpture commissions for city centers, banks and private collections.” Julio’s sculptures are made up of wood, soap stone and mixed media and we are thrilled to showcase his work in this exhibit.

Coffee with FRANK: Artist Demo, May 7th
2022-05-07 10:00 - 11:00 | NC
This free session takes place in FRANK gallery, the first Saturday of May from 10-11 am. Come listen and watch as member and featured artist Kaidy Lewis does a live painting demonstration while explaining the process behind her work. The demo is sure to fill up very quickly, so please rsvp below so we can ensure, seats, donuts, and coffee!

Conversation with Bill McAllister and Peter Filene
2022-05-14 10:00 - 11:00 | NC
Join a conversation between fine-art photographers Bill McAllister and Peter Filene at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 14. They’ll ask each other their ideas and techniques, frustrations and inspirations, in making their latest pictures. They welcome your questions.

Coffee with FRANK on displaying your art collection
2022-06-04 10:00 - 11:00 | NC
As part of our introduction to art collection series, this free session takes place in FRANK gallery, the first Saturday of May from 10-11 am. Come listen and learn as member artist and FRANK curator Luna Lee Ray describes how to build a salon wall in your own home. This talk is sure to fill up very quickly, so please rsvp below so we can ensure, seats, donuts, and coffee!

Featured artists exhibit for June/July 2022
2022-06-07 00:00 - 2022-07-30 00:00 | NC
Featuring Luna Lee Ray, Shelly Hehenberger, William Moore and Natalie Boorman

Luna Lee Ray

Working with both “randomness and intentionality,” mixed media and member artist Luna Lee Ray’s pieces are each delicately and precisely layered, in which she creates supremely ethereal and exquisite works inspired by the interplay of nature. In her own words; “The early stages of a piece involve active drawing, sometimes with my eyes closed. I then add multiple layers of thin and thick paints, adding more graphite between layers. As a piece moves on I will begin to add more complex forms and fine tune the color harmonics. As I layer, some elements are enhanced and some are obscured, resulting in an atmospheric surface rich with history, depth, and luminosity.”

Shelly Hehenberger

In an expertly skilled and unique technique, member artist Shelly Hehenberger masters her medium of oil and cold wax to create highly layered and textured pieces through a process that is months in the making. Directly inspired by the natural world, Shelly pieces are a stunning interpretation of how she views the ever-changing elements and movement of nature. Using a variety of tools, Shelly layers, carves, adds and subtracts with cold wax which, “reflects a sense of the creative tension existing between the constructive and deconstructive energies in nature, and is the essence of my process.”

William Moore
Guest artist and sculptor, William Moore works in a variety of sculptural elements, including marble, ceramic, stone, wood, and bronze to create imaginative and skillful works of art. “His blend of an obviously crisp, intimate familiarity with human form into impossible contortions of angular, stolid materials, mimics the natural forces Earth spent creating the elements.”

Natalie Boorman

Member and ceramic artist, Natalie Boorman hand builds each one of her vessels through the pinch pot technique of which the artist states, “Using this method is meditative, allowing me to relax with the clay, interact with it, forming a relationship which is not always consciously developed.” After creating her beautifully and organically formed pieces, Natalie uses smoke firing methods, either in a pit or raku kiln. The end result of the firing allows for the smoke to imprint on the vessels creating a delicate image and story of the items fired with the pieces, such as horse hair, ferns, or wire to name a few.

Learn about collaborative works and more from artists Ray and Hehenberger
2022-07-02 10:00 - 11:00 | NC
Please join us for the first Saturday of July from 10-11 am to listen to member and featured artists Shelly Hehenberger and Luna Lee Ray discuss their individual and collaborative art. This talk is sure to be extremely engaging and fill up quickly, so please rsvp below so we can ensure, seats, donuts, and coffee!

Featured artists exhibit for Aug/Sep 2022
2022-08-02 00:00 - 2022-09-17 00:00 | NC
Featuring member artists Austin Cathey and Donna Stubbs, and guest artists Thoryn Ziemba and John Cummings
Opening Reception August 12th 5-7pm

Donna Stubbs
Donna Stubbs is both a featured and member artist of FRANK. Her choices of mixed media such as acrylic paint, vintage books, photography, cut scraps of clothing, and tissue paper act as the protagonists in her pieces allowing the viewer to get immersed in the story she is telling. As the artist herself so eloquently states, “Working with abstraction allows me to intuitively play with imagery, texture and mark-making. Whimsical characters, text and suggestive forms often appear in the chaos of paint and line. A sense of place and time develops. A loud and quiet conversation take place, until a stillness is found. This evolution is central to balancing my art and how I know when the piece is completed.”

Austin Cathey
Austin Cathey is both a member artist and featured artist for the months of August and September. Austin was the inaugural candidate for FRANK’s Emerging Artist Program and has since graduated with his MFA and developing his artistic talents in really exciting and innovative directions. Austin experiments with mixed media techniques on hanging large pieces of thick paper. The artists tests the limits of his media by adding layers and layers of different elements which brings to the forefront the organic and fragile nature of the paper with intentional and exciting results.

John Cummings
Showing his incredible pieces at the gallery for the first time, we are thrilled to have the work of ceramic artist, John Cummings in this featured show. Based out of Asheville, John creates both small and very large ceramic vessels which are a testament to his mastery of his ceramic medium. Calling the surface decorations of his pieces “abstract expressionism”, John uses different tools, firing methods, and glazing techniques to create his pieces. Constantly experimenting and exploring clay, John’s work so beautifully tells a story of his relationship to the clay in forming the individual pieces.

Thoryn Ziemba
Showcasing his stunning glass pieces for the first time in the gallery FRANK is proud to be exhibiting the artistry of Thoryn Ziemba. Stating of his highly creative and exquisitely made pieces, “My method for doing this is by using a constructive technique with glass whereby I blend architectural references and the form of graffiti you may find on those same buildings to evoke the sense of humanity both display.”

Coffee with FRANK featuring: Joe Grant and Thoryn Ziemba from STARworks
2022-08-06 10:00 - 11:00 | NC
Please join us for a really special Coffee with FRANK led by Thoryn Ziemba and Joe Grant two glass artists from STARwoks.
Thoryn will be a featured artist in August and showing his work for the first time in the gallery. Joe debuted in the gallery last August and his pieces have been a constant fixture since. We would love to have you join and listen to this exciting talk but these two very talented and creative artists. Event is free, but if you can RSVP below so we can ensure, seats, donuts, and coffee!

Coffee with FRANK with Donna Stubbs and Austin Cathey
2022-09-03 10:00 - 11:00 | NC
Join us for September’s Coffee led by FRANK member and featured artists; Donna Stubbs and Austin Cathey. Donna and Austin will be discussing their current work and the inspiration behind their pieces. We would love to have you join and listen to this exciting talk by these two very talented and creative artists. Event is free, but if you can RSVP below so we can ensure, seats, donuts, and coffee!

FRANK in Focus
2022-09-20 00:00 - 2022-11-12 00:00 | NC
We are happy to be showing this year’s FRANK in Focus in association with the Triangle-wide Click Festival and a stop on the Click tour. The gallery dedicates special wall space to the work of FRANK member photographers Peter Filene, Dan Gottlieb, Bill McAllister and Barbara Tyroler in a beautifully curated display of fine art photographers. And on October 22, join us in the gallery for a riveting talk by our four member artists in a discussion about photography, their work, techniques, and inspiration.

Featured artists exhibit for September-November
2022-09-20 00:00 - 2022-11-12 00:00 | NC
Featuring member artists Nerys Levy, Carroll Lassiter, and guest artists Patricia Saling and John Parkinson
Opening Reception October 14th 5-7pm
*PLEASE NOTE THE POSTPONED DATE BECAUSE OF IMPENDING WEATHER

While also being stunning depictions of the natural world, Nerys Levy’s featured work is focusing on two major issues confronting planet Earth right now, climate change and the COVID 19 pandemic. Nerys Levy is a plein air artist, traveling all around the world to capture the essence of the world we live in, in her unique and beautiful style. Her works in this exhibit on the Arctic and Antarctic are based on sketches she made there when visiting those Polar regions.

Carroll Lassiter is a plein air artist capturing the incredible views we have in our backyard here in North Carolina with her oil paints. Carrroll’s attention to detail is meticulous, capturing the light and spirit of the place she is painting. Each of Carroll’s paintings transport the viewer to a familiar place or familiar feeling wrapping each viewer in the warmth of the light she captures. Adding to her exquisite pieces are her hand-forged custom steel frames on each one of her paintings.

Patricia Saling is a guest artist for this show, but she has been a wonderful asset to the gallery for years. Patricia is continually experimenting with clay and glazes and glaze application making each new collection of her work intriguing and exciting. Making functional vessels is often the core of her pottery making, allowing each hand picking up and using her pottery, another part of the history of the ceramic pieces.

John Parkinson is an incredibly talented woodworker and furniture maker. With a remarkable eye for detail and design, John creates pieces that are functional and enhance one’s home. Mixing a design esthetic of contemporary design and craftsmanship with techniques of Danish cord weaving John creates a unique style of his own design with his stunning one of a kind pieces.

Off the Wall Fundraising Gala
2022-10-08 18:00 - 21:00 | NC
FRANK’s signature fundraising event is well-known for its excitement, spectacular selection of art, and community roots. Join us in our 12th year as we support FRANK Gallery’s mission to enrich our community through art.
When is the Gala? Saturday, October 8th, 2022 at 6 p.m. Eastern for Zoom and no later than 5:15pm for in person
How does it work? With the purchase of an Art Ticket, the ticket holder’s name is entered into a pool with other art ticket holders at the beginning of the night. When the drawing starts, the names of art ticket holders will be drawn at random (this is the fun part!) and read out loud by our emcee, local radio personality, Aaron Keck. Once your name is called, you’ll have one minute to choose your favorite piece of art “off the wall” to take home. It gets exciting as you never know what the next piece to go will be! This year we will be hosting the event hybrid, meaning we will be offering a limited amount of art and companion tickets for guests to attend in person! The in person guests will enjoy catered dinner from the exquisitely talented Alan Dehmer as well as able to partake in an open bar.
There will be over 70 pieces of donated art (from our generous artists!) all valued at more than the price of a ticket! We invite you to see all the artwork ahead time in two ways, in-gallery or online. Visit the gallery the week before the event to see all the donated art hanging and soon we’ll start adding previews of donated art on our website, updated with new art as we receive it — so check back often!
Where? The Gala will be held at the gallery and be live broadcast via Zoom for attendees who want to enjoy art and gourmet food in the comfort and safety of their home.
How much are tickets? Tickets for virtual attendance are $395 for two people for one piece of art. Prices for art ticket holders in-person will be $450 and an additional $75 for a companion. Each in-person art ticket and companion ticket will receive one piece of art, and will partake in a catered dinner.
We would love if you could join us from anywhere in the country and are happy to ship you the piece of art you win at an additional cost.

Coffee with FRANK featuring: Nerys Levy and Carroll Lassiter
2022-10-15 10:00 - 11:00 | NC
Join us for October’s Coffee led by FRANK member and featured artists Carroll Lassiter and Nerys Levy. Carroll and Nerys will be discussing their current work and the inspiration behind their pieces. We would love to have you join and listen to this exciting talk by these two very talented and creative artists. Event is free, but if you can RSVP below so we can ensure, seats, donuts, and coffee!

Holiday Show 2022
2022-11-15 00:00 - 2022-12-24 00:00 | NC
Featuring FRANK member artists with many new and returning guest artists Give the gift of art this year. We are filling the gallery with a lot of wonderful artwork in various media from a wide array of local and regional artists!

Holiday wrapping and art talk
2022-12-10 10:00 - 11:00 | NC
Join us in the gallery for a fun and festive morning sponsored by our friends at Shenandoah Realty. Epilogue will be providing hot chocolate and there will be a wrapping station to help with all your gift giving needs. We also encourage you to bring pictures of your home with some spaces that you could use art for, let our artists and experts help you find the perfect piece! We hope to see you all there!

FRANK Invitational: Latinx Contemporary Art // FRANK Invita: Arte Contemporaneo Latinx
2023-01-10 00:00 - 2023-02-04 00:00 | NC
This month, FRANK celebrates the work of 10 Latinx artists from around the state.Marcela Slade
Nana AbreuFabrizio BianchiAdriana AmeighPeter MarinKaren RoseSamantha RosadoNatalia Torres del ValleGeorges Le ChevallierLuis Enrique Gutierrez

Opening Reception: FRANK Latinx Invitational
2023-01-13 17:00 - 20:00 | NC
Join us in the gallery on Friday, January 13th from 5-8pm for the opening reception of our brand new exhibit featuring the work of 10 incredibly talented Latinx artists from around the state. There will be live music from musician Salomé Sandoval. Refreshments will be served. Event is free.

Panel Discussion: FRANK Latinx Invintational
2023-01-21 10:00 - 11:00 | NC
Join us in the gallery on January 21st, from 10-11am for a Panel Discussion with the featured artists and moderated by FRANK member artist Theresa P-Tan. The artists will discuss the inspirations and techniques behind their own work as well as the term Latinx and its intricacies as it pertains to them and their cultural identity. Event is free.

Coffee with FRANK: Valentine’s Making
2023-02-04 10:00 - 11:00 | NC
Come join us in the gallery for a fun and festive Coffee with FRANK, making Valentine’s Cards with artists Theresa P-Tan and Carol Retsch-Bogart. Enjoy coffee, donuts, and fun card making for adults! Theresa and Carol will be there to get everyone started with some ideas and we will provide materials to play with and create your own Valentines. This isn’t a class but rather an informal make and take!

Members' Showcase Exhibit
2023-02-07 00:00 - 2023-04-30 00:00 | NC
To celebrate our last weeks at University Place, FRANK member artists are showing their work in a large group exhibit. Come see pieces by your favorite artists, and ask us about our move to Carrboro.

Coffee with FRANK: "Getting Waxy" Learn about Cold Wax and Encaustic Wax Mediums
2023-03-04 10:00 - 11:00 | NC
Ever wonder about the difference between cold wax and encaustic wax mediums? How do they work? Is it really “cold”? Is it really “hot’“?
Well, come join us in the gallery for “Getting Waxy” as we answer all your questions in a fun and informational class led by two expert artists, Carol Retsch-Bogart and Shelly Hehenberger!
This isn’t a workshop but rather an informational session on wax mediums and how they are used by our artists. We hope to see you there!
Event is free.

Spring Member's Showcase 2023
2023-03-28 00:00 - 2023-04-30 23:59 | FRANK Gallery, 370 E. Main St #130, Carrboro, NC, 27510, United States
We open up our new Carrboro gallery space with a Spring group exhibit of FRANK member artists. Come see the new gallery and enjoy works by your favorite artists.

Ribbon Cutting
2023-04-10 15:30 - 17:00 | NC
with the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Chamber of CommerceJoin us for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate FRANK’s new home in Carrboro. Thank you to the Chamber of Commerce for hosting this exciting event.

GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION!
2023-04-22 17:00 - 20:00 | NC
Join us on April 22 to celebrate FRANK’s new location in Carrboro, East Main Square! We are so excited about our brand new space and look forward to celebrating with all of you. Come out and take part in music, drinks, hor d’oeuvres provided by IZA Whiskey & Eats, raffles with exciting prizes, and lots of artists and art!

Featured Artist Exhibit May 2 - June 17
2023-05-02 00:00 - 2023-06-17 00:00 | NC
Featuring member artists Peg Bachenheimer, Susan Finer, and guest artists Ronan Peterson and Celia Gray
OPENING RECEPTION MAY 12TH FROM 6-9PM
With live music by Alison Weiner of Mahalo Jazz

Peg Bachenheimer
Member artist, Peg Bachenheimer uses encaustic, cold wax, and paint in order to create her luminous pieces. Peg’s connection with nature is evident in the way she captures its essence, using her medium to convey the changing moods of the seasons, the subtle nuances of light and shadow, and the delicate beauty of the natural world. Each piece is a celebration of the beauty and serenity of nature, inviting viewers to contemplate the wonders of the world around them.

Susan Finer
Susan Finer is a true master of textile art, transforming ordinary materials into stunning works of art that are both visually striking and conceptually thought-provoking. Her pieces are a celebration of texture, color, and form, inviting viewers to explore the intricate relationships between different materials and how they can be used to create unique and captivating works of art.

Ronan Peterson
One of the features of Ronan Peterson’s pottery is his imaginative use of patterns and colors. His creations are a symphony of colors, ranging from bold and vibrant to soft and subtle, with intricate patterns that dance across the surface of each piece. Ronan is an expert at combining colors and patterns in unexpected ways, resulting in pottery that is uniquely whimsical and full of character.

Celia Gray
Using the slip casting technique, Celia gray skillfully molds and casts liquid clay into intricate forms that are a celebration of form, texture, and color. Her sculptures are a fusion of artistic vision and technical expertise, resulting in unique and captivating works of art. Each piece is carefully crafted, with meticulous attention to detail, resulting in contemporary sculptures that are both visually striking and conceptually thought-provoking.

Coffee with FRANK, All About Fiber
2023-06-03 10:00 - 11:00 | NC
with Susan Finer, Ida L. Couch, and Marguerite Jay Gignoux
Join us for the first Coffee with FRANK in our new Carrboro location! This talk will be led by three local fiber and textile artists, each will discuss their use of textiles and fiber to create stitched, quilted, and mixed media fiber works.Event is free.
