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UA and the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce are now accepting nominations for their annual Business Support of the Arts Awards, recognizing outstanding contributions to the arts. More...
 
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Wake County, the City of Raleigh Arts Commission, and UA invite all City and County employees and their immediate family members to enter the competition and exhibition. More...
 
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On Saturday, November 15, the region’s first Piedmont Laureate will be announced and read from his/her work at the North Carolina Writers’ Network Fall Conference luncheon. More...
 
 
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We are pleased to announce the 2009 North Carolina: The State of the Arts keynote and national-level speakers and that registration is now available online. More...
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Next Exhibit at United Arts
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Art by students from Southeast Raleigh High School’s Visual Art 1: Expressive Art class is on display in the Marilyn J. Harrison lobby gallery of United Arts through the month of November. Students in Jodi Aker’s class incorporate art therapy into the art process and are encouraged to explore their feelings as they learn art techniques.
 
The 15 works featured are both pastel and watercolor paintings and ceramic sculptures. The paintings were created during a reflective and independent work time in class. The sculptures are works from the Sculpture/Ceramics 1 and 2 classes. The small pieces were created on the potter’s wheel. Tall vessels were hand built using the coil method. Maps and Directions
 
Introduction
logo of United Arts Council of Raleigh & Wake CountyUnited Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, based in Raleigh, NC, was incorporated in 1990. Our vision is one of a community that values the arts, and we work toward building better communities through support and advocacy of the arts. The United Arts Council is a united arts fund, offering grants in support of arts programming to organizations, schools, communities and individual artists. United Arts also provides services to the community such as advocacy, resource development, professional/leadership development and special projects. The grants, programs and services of United Arts reach over 1.5 million people annually in Raleigh, Apex, Cary, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Holly Springs, Knightdale, Morrisville, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wendell and Zebulon, NC. Of these, 39% are youth; 21%, seniors; 64%, white; 16%, African-American; 9%, Asian/Pacific; 9%, Latino; and 2%, other.
 
United Arts provides grants in support of arts programming presented in the NC Museum of Art, NC Museum of History, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Marbles Kids Museum, Visual Art Exchange, Artspace, K-12 school auditoriums, WakeMed, City of Raleigh Arts Commission (National Art Exhibition), major venues such as the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh, smaller venues such as the Garner Historic Auditorium, Holly Springs Cultural Center, Raleigh Little Theatre, Meredith College and Peace College auditoriums, Cary’s Bond Park Amphitheatre and Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park, other municipal parks and senior centers.
 
Types of art represented among grant recipients include: vocal and choral music, orchestral, symphonic and chamber music, bluegrass and traditional music, theatre and youth theatre, opera, modern dance, festivals, visual art, mime, puppetry, jazz music, ballet, quilting, storytelling, street painting, murals, origami, cultural/ethnic dance and music, writing, public art, printmaking, bookmaking, pottery, wire art, video sculpture, photography, film, and computer-generated art. Additionally, United Arts supports the work of Arts Access and Triangle Reading Radio Service that brings the arts closer to those with disabilities.