EXHIBITS & EVENTS
Meet the Artist Event
Member Shout Out!
Come out to support DAG Member Emily Wang during her exhibition Postcards: Memories, Briefly and Forever. Learn more about Emily at www.emilywangart.com
On display at Bond Park Community Center in Cary from January 7 - April 12, 2026.
Meet the artist events: January 23, February 27, March 13 from 6-8pm
Artful Evenings: A Live Painting+ Series
🎨 Artful Evenings: A Live Painting+ Series
Tuesdays | January – April | 6 PM | JB Duke Hotel Lobby Lounge
The Durham Art Guild is proud to partner with JB Duke Hotel to bring you Artful Evenings; a one-of-a-kind live arts series designed to connect the community with the creative process in real time.
Every Tuesday evening from January through April, the Lobby Lounge at JB Duke Hotel will come alive with creativity as six local artists take turns transforming the space into a working studio. Guests are invited to watch, interact, and experience the evolution of each artist’s work across two live sessions.
From paint to printmaking and beyond, this 12 week series highlights a diverse range of mediums and styles offering fresh inspiration with each visit.
Enjoy an evening of creativity, conversation, and community at Artful Evenings where art comes to life before your eyes.
Scheduled Artists
March 3: Tori Celeste
March 10: Kelly Washka
March 17: Matto Shinkai
March 24: Kit McGinley
March 31: Sia Karamalegos
April 7: IZA the Artist
January 20: Matto Shinkai
January 27: Tori Celeste
February 3: Kelly Washka
February 10: IZA the Artist
February 17: Sia Karamalegos
February 24: Kit McGinley
Artful Evenings: A Live Painting+ Series
🎨 Artful Evenings: A Live Painting+ Series
Tuesdays | January – April | 6 PM | JB Duke Hotel Lobby Lounge
The Durham Art Guild is proud to partner with JB Duke Hotel to bring you Artful Evenings; a one-of-a-kind live arts series designed to connect the community with the creative process in real time.
Every Tuesday evening from January through April, the Lobby Lounge at JB Duke Hotel will come alive with creativity as six local artists take turns transforming the space into a working studio. Guests are invited to watch, interact, and experience the evolution of each artist’s work across two live sessions.
From paint to printmaking and beyond, this 12 week series highlights a diverse range of mediums and styles offering fresh inspiration with each visit.
Enjoy an evening of creativity, conversation, and community at Artful Evenings where art comes to life before your eyes.
Scheduled Artists
March 3: Tori Celeste
March 10: Kelly Washka
March 17: Matto Shinkai
March 24: Kit McGinley
March 31: Sia Karamalegos
April 7: IZA the Artist
January 20: Matto Shinkai
January 27: Tori Celeste
February 3: Kelly Washka
February 10: IZA the Artist
February 17: Sia Karamalegos
February 24: Kit McGinley
Artful Evenings: A Live Painting+ Series
🎨 Artful Evenings: A Live Painting+ Series
Tuesdays | January – April | 6 PM | JB Duke Hotel Lobby Lounge
The Durham Art Guild is proud to partner with JB Duke Hotel to bring you Artful Evenings; a one-of-a-kind live arts series designed to connect the community with the creative process in real time.
Every Tuesday evening from January through April, the Lobby Lounge at JB Duke Hotel will come alive with creativity as six local artists take turns transforming the space into a working studio. Guests are invited to watch, interact, and experience the evolution of each artist’s work across two live sessions.
From paint to printmaking and beyond, this 12 week series highlights a diverse range of mediums and styles offering fresh inspiration with each visit.
Enjoy an evening of creativity, conversation, and community at Artful Evenings where art comes to life before your eyes.
Scheduled Artists
March 3: Tori Celeste
March 10: Kelly Washka
March 17: Matto Shinkai
March 24: Kit McGinley
March 31: Sia Karamalegos
April 7: IZA the Artist
January 20: Matto Shinkai
January 27: Tori Celeste
February 3: Kelly Washka
February 10: IZA the Artist
February 17: Sia Karamalegos
February 24: Kit McGinley
Artful Evenings: A Live Painting+ Series
🎨 Artful Evenings: A Live Painting+ Series
Tuesdays | January – April | 6 PM | JB Duke Hotel Lobby Lounge
The Durham Art Guild is proud to partner with JB Duke Hotel to bring you Artful Evenings; a one-of-a-kind live arts series designed to connect the community with the creative process in real time.
Every Tuesday evening from January through April, the Lobby Lounge at JB Duke Hotel will come alive with creativity as six local artists take turns transforming the space into a working studio. Guests are invited to watch, interact, and experience the evolution of each artist’s work across two live sessions.
From paint to printmaking and beyond, this 12 week series highlights a diverse range of mediums and styles offering fresh inspiration with each visit.
Enjoy an evening of creativity, conversation, and community at Artful Evenings where art comes to life before your eyes.
Scheduled Artists
March 3: Tori Celeste
March 10: Kelly Washka
March 17: Matto Shinkai
March 24: Kit McGinley
March 31: Sia Karamalegos
April 7: IZA the Artist
January 20: Matto Shinkai
January 27: Tori Celeste
February 3: Kelly Washka
February 10: IZA the Artist
February 17: Sia Karamalegos
February 24: Kit McGinley
What's Your Art Hustle
What's Your Art Hustle?
First Tuesday of Every Month at 6pm
Truist Gallery, 120 Morris Street (inside the Council building)
Join other artists once a month to chat about all things art.
What are you struggling with?
What are you working on?
Where could you use some support?
We're all in this creative journey together, so come out and meet new artists to grow your practice and your confidence!
Member Artist Critique
Join other DAG artist members in the DAG Truist Gallery with one piece of your artwork in any medium/style that you're currently working on to gather feedback, support and suggestions.
Each artist will have an equal amount of time to receive feedback.
Critique Topic: Directionally, where do you see your work in your current practice and what do you want to accomplish with it in 2026?
Bring 2 current works completed and or works in progress within the last 12 months
3D artists must bring the actual works - no pictures
Limited to 8 artists. DAG Members only. Not a member? Join today: https://durhamartguild.org/membership/
April Critique Moderator
TBD
More info coming soon!
Past Moderators: Hunter Hadley III - Professional Mark Maker; Thomas Sayre - artist sculptor and founding principle of Clearscapes design firm; Jeff Bell - Executive Director of the NC Arts Council; Jordan Abdur Raoof - Professional Photographer, Clarence Heyward - Professional Artist; Jonh Blanco - Museum Manager of 21c Hotel and Art Museum; Stacy Bloom Rexrode - Curator of Exhibitions and Collections with the City of Raleigh; artist Gayle Stott Lowry; artist sculptor Paris Alexander; and Jennifer Dasal of Art Curious, Photographer Dan Gottlieb.
What's Your Art Hustle
What's Your Art Hustle?
First Tuesday of Every Month at 6pm
Truist Gallery, 120 Morris Street (inside the Council building)
Join other artists once a month to chat about all things art.
What are you struggling with?
What are you working on?
Where could you use some support?
We're all in this creative journey together, so come out and meet new artists to grow your practice and your confidence!
Art Enthusiast Program
AEP invites art lovers to deepen their connections with visual art, gain practical knowledge, and discover ways to support and preserve creative culture in their homes and communities. Devoted to collecting and displaying art, AEP highlights the joy of living with it. Join our amazing panel of creative professionals who will guide our learning during this interactive discussion.
For more Info and Tickets visit this Link
PANELISTS
Natalie Knox serves as the Gallery Director of FRANK Gallery, a nonprofit contemporary fine-arts gallery and artists’ collective in Carrboro, North Carolina. FRANK showcases local and regional artists while fostering community engagement through exhibitions, events, and arts education.
David Mann, MA began collecting art in 1971 and has since developed deep expertise in Japanese prints and Old Master engravings. While studying at Michigan State University, he focused on 19th-century French art, building a collection of French prints and drawings. His academic work at the University of Iowa further expanded his interests into modern art.
John Bloedorn is the owner and president of Craven Allen Gallery & House of Frames. Known for thoughtfully curated exhibitions and a deep commitment to presenting significant regional talent, Craven Allen Gallery has become a beloved cultural destination. Actively involved in collaborations with artists and institutions, John has made major contributions to notable projects. These include framing the Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke portrait by artist Mario Moore for its permanent installation on the Duke University campus.
Jared Ledesma is Curator of 20th-Century and Contemporary Art at the North Carolina Museum of Art. While his curatorial work at the museum broadly concerns art created between 1900 and the present, he is especially interested in artwork that addresses the nuances of sexuality and gender, and in artists who have been under-researched or overlooked.
Art Swap & Artist Mingle at Ment Beverage Co.
Art Swap & Artist Mingle at Ment Beverage Co.
Date: Thursday, May 7
Time: 6 -8pm
6 - Artist mingle
6:30 - Art swap begins
Location: Ment Beverage Co., American Tobacco Campus, Durham, NC
Ment Beverage Co. is thrilled to partner with the Durham Art Guild to host an Art Swap & Artist Mingle event! This free gathering is an exciting opportunity for artists and art enthusiasts to come together, connect, and share their creativity. Hit that button to learn more about the event!
Ticket sales open March 7
What's Your Art Hustle
What's Your Art Hustle?
First Tuesday of Every Month at 6pm
Truist Gallery, 120 Morris Street (inside the Council building)
Join other artists once a month to chat about all things art.
What are you struggling with?
What are you working on?
Where could you use some support?
We're all in this creative journey together, so come out and meet new artists to grow your practice and your confidence!
Member Artist Critique
Join other DAG artist members in the DAG Truist Gallery with one piece of your artwork in any medium/style that you're currently working on to gather feedback, support and suggestions.
Each artist will have an equal amount of time to receive feedback.
Limited to 8 artists. DAG Members only. Not a member? Join today: https://durhamartguild.org/membership/
June Critique Moderator
TBD
Coming soon!
Past Moderators: Hunter Hadley III - Professional Mark Maker; Thomas Sayre - artist sculptor and founding principle of Clearscapes design firm; Jeff Bell - Executive Director of the NC Arts Council; Jordan Abdur Raoof - Professional Photographer, Clarence Heyward - Professional Artist; Jonh Blanco - Museum Manager of 21c Hotel and Art Museum; Stacy Bloom Rexrode - Curator of Exhibitions and Collections with the City of Raleigh; artist Gayle Stott Lowry; artist sculptor Paris Alexander; and Jennifer Dasal of Art Curious, Photographer Dan Gottlieb.
What's Your Art Hustle
What's Your Art Hustle?
First Tuesday of Every Month at 6pm
Truist Gallery, 120 Morris Street (inside the Council building)
Join other artists once a month to chat about all things art.
What are you struggling with?
What are you working on?
Where could you use some support?
We're all in this creative journey together, so come out and meet new artists to grow your practice and your confidence!
What's Your Art Hustle
What's Your Art Hustle?
First Tuesday of Every Month at 6pm
Truist Gallery, 120 Morris Street (inside the Council building)
Join other artists once a month to chat about all things art.
What are you struggling with?
What are you working on?
Where could you use some support?
We're all in this creative journey together, so come out and meet new artists to grow your practice and your confidence!
What's Your Art Hustle
What's Your Art Hustle?
First Tuesday of Every Month at 6pm
Truist Gallery, 120 Morris Street (inside the Council building)
Join other artists once a month to chat about all things art.
What are you struggling with?
What are you working on?
Where could you use some support?
We're all in this creative journey together, so come out and meet new artists to grow your practice and your confidence!
Member Artist Critique
Join other DAG artist members in the DAG Truist Gallery with one piece of your artwork in any medium/style that you're currently working on to gather feedback, support and suggestions.
Each artist will have an equal amount of time to receive feedback.
Limited to 8 artists. DAG Members only. Not a member? Join today: https://durhamartguild.org/membership/
September Critique Moderator
TBD
Coming soon!
Past Moderators: Hunter Hadley III - Professional Mark Maker; Thomas Sayre - artist sculptor and founding principle of Clearscapes design firm; Jeff Bell - Executive Director of the NC Arts Council; Jordan Abdur Raoof - Professional Photographer, Clarence Heyward - Professional Artist; Jonh Blanco - Museum Manager of 21c Hotel and Art Museum; Stacy Bloom Rexrode - Curator of Exhibitions and Collections with the City of Raleigh; artist Gayle Stott Lowry; artist sculptor Paris Alexander; and Jennifer Dasal of Art Curious, Photographer Dan Gottlieb.
Art Swap & Artist Mingle at Ment Beverage Co.
Art Swap & Artist Mingle at Ment Beverage Co.
Date: Thursday, March 12
Time: 6 -8pm
6 - Artist mingle
6:30 - Art swap begins
Location: Ment Beverage Co., American Tobacco Campus, Durham, NC
Ment Beverage Co. is thrilled to partner with the Durham Art Guild to host an Art Swap & Artist Mingle event! This free gathering is an exciting opportunity for artists and art enthusiasts to come together, connect, and share their creativity. Hit that button to learn more about the event!
Artful Evenings: A Live Painting+ Series
🎨 Artful Evenings: A Live Painting+ Series
Tuesdays | January – April | 6 PM | JB Duke Hotel Lobby Lounge
The Durham Art Guild is proud to partner with JB Duke Hotel to bring you Artful Evenings; a one-of-a-kind live arts series designed to connect the community with the creative process in real time.
Every Tuesday evening from January through April, the Lobby Lounge at JB Duke Hotel will come alive with creativity as six local artists take turns transforming the space into a working studio. Guests are invited to watch, interact, and experience the evolution of each artist’s work across two live sessions.
From paint to printmaking and beyond, this 12 week series highlights a diverse range of mediums and styles offering fresh inspiration with each visit.
Enjoy an evening of creativity, conversation, and community at Artful Evenings where art comes to life before your eyes.
Scheduled Artists
March 3: Tori Celeste
March 10: Kelly Washka
March 17: Matto Shinkai
March 24: Kit McGinley
March 31: Sia Karamalegos
April 7: IZA the Artist
January 20: Matto Shinkai
January 27: Tori Celeste
February 3: Kelly Washka
February 10: IZA the Artist
February 17: Sia Karamalegos
February 24: Kit McGinley
Member Artist Critique
Join other DAG artist members in the DAG Truist Gallery with one piece of your artwork in any medium/style that you're currently working on to gather feedback, support and suggestions.
Each artist will have an equal amount of time to receive feedback.
Limited to 8 artists. DAG Members only. Not a member? Join today: https://durhamartguild.org/membership/
March Critique Moderator
TBD
More info coming soon!
Past Moderators: Thomas Sayre - artist sculptor and founding principle of Clearscapes design firm; Jeff Bell - Executive Director of the NC Arts Council; Jordan Abdur Raoof - Professional Photographer, Clarence Heyward - Professional Artist; Jonh Blanco - Museum Manager of 21c Hotel and Art Museum; Stacy Bloom Rexrode - Curator of Exhibitions and Collections with the City of Raleigh; artist Gayle Stott Lowry; artist sculptor Paris Alexander; and Jennifer Dasal of Art Curious, Photographer Dan Gottlieb.
What's Your Art Hustle
What's Your Art Hustle?
First Tuesday of Every Month at 6pm
Truist Gallery, 120 Morris Street (inside the Council building)
Join other artists once a month to chat about all things art.
What are you struggling with?
What are you working on?
Where could you use some support?
We're all in this creative journey together, so come out and meet new artists to grow your practice and your confidence!
Artful Evenings: A Live Painting+ Series
🎨 Artful Evenings: A Live Painting+ Series
Tuesdays | January – April | 6 PM | JB Duke Hotel Lobby Lounge
The Durham Art Guild is proud to partner with JB Duke Hotel to bring you Artful Evenings; a one-of-a-kind live arts series designed to connect the community with the creative process in real time.
Every Tuesday evening from January through April, the Lobby Lounge at JB Duke Hotel will come alive with creativity as six local artists take turns transforming the space into a working studio. Guests are invited to watch, interact, and experience the evolution of each artist’s work across two live sessions.
From paint to printmaking and beyond, this 12 week series highlights a diverse range of mediums and styles offering fresh inspiration with each visit.
Enjoy an evening of creativity, conversation, and community at Artful Evenings where art comes to life before your eyes.
Scheduled Artists
March 3: Tori Celeste
March 10: Kelly Washka
March 17: Matto Shinkai
March 24: Kit McGinley
March 31: Sia Karamalegos
April 7: IZA the Artist
January 20: Matto Shinkai
January 27: Tori Celeste
February 3: Kelly Washka
February 10: IZA the Artist
February 17: Sia Karamalegos
February 24: Kit McGinley
Meet the Artist Event
Member Shout Out!
Come out to support DAG Member Emily Wang during her exhibition Postcards: Memories, Briefly and Forever. Learn more about Emily at www.emilywangart.com
On display at Bond Park Community Center in Cary from January 7 - April 12, 2026.
Meet the artist events: January 23, February 27, March 13 from 6-8pm
“Finding a postcard in your mailbox is like receiving a pocket-sized nugget of love. It’s a friend’s “hello” or “wish you were here” flush against an image of the landscape that shaped that message. Sometimes too, you might buy a postcard just for yourself as a sweet memento of a place that holds a past version of you. At its heart, a postcard is a gift of a place tethered to feeling. We are defined and shaped by places: a childhood home, a place that birthed a life-long friendship, a landscape that first inspired in us a sense of wonder. Postcards: Memories, Briefly and Forever is a reflection on postcard places. What are the landscapes that become synonymous with our deepest selves?”
Black History, Art and Legacy Exhibition: featuring works by Eric Kelly III
Member Shout Out!
Visit Self Help Credit Union for a Black History Month Exhibition featuring works by Eric Kelly III. On display through the month of February.
An Art Ball will be held February 26, including a Q&A with Eric Kelly III, limited edition prints will be available, in celebration of the artist and the legacy of Black History month.
February Happy Hour - Triangle Art Works x DAG
Join us on February 25th as we kick-off our first happy hour of 2026!
Get out of the studio, office or stage and mingle with artists and arts administrators from across the Triangle. Anyone who works in the arts in the Triangle - artists of all disciplines, arts administrators, and employees of arts-based businesses are welcome!
DAG is the Bull City Host for the February Happy Hour. Visit the gallery, meet other artists and view the current exhibition.
Who is this event for?
Artists, arts administrators and arts businesses of all types and disciplines!
Are you a local college student studying art? Join us to meet local working artists and arts administrators.
Discipline groups - Gather with your studio group, dance troupe or other affiliated artists
Arts Groups/Businesses - Want to promote your business at this gathering of the Triangle arts community? Talk to us about promotional support opportunities.
Guests are welcome to purchase beverages from our neighboring campus restaurant, The Tipsy Bull, and enjoy them during the happy hour at the gallery.
Registration is not required, but it is encouraged to help us estimate attendance. The event is FREE to attend, and donations are welcome. Contributions help support the ongoing work of Triangle ArtWorks.
Artful Evenings: A Live Painting+ Series
🎨 Artful Evenings: A Live Painting+ Series
Tuesdays | January – April | 6 PM | JB Duke Hotel Lobby Lounge
The Durham Art Guild is proud to partner with JB Duke Hotel to bring you Artful Evenings; a one-of-a-kind live arts series designed to connect the community with the creative process in real time.
Every Tuesday evening from January through April, the Lobby Lounge at JB Duke Hotel will come alive with creativity as six local artists take turns transforming the space into a working studio. Guests are invited to watch, interact, and experience the evolution of each artist’s work across two live sessions.
From paint to printmaking and beyond, this 12 week series highlights a diverse range of mediums and styles offering fresh inspiration with each visit.
Enjoy an evening of creativity, conversation, and community at Artful Evenings where art comes to life before your eyes.
Scheduled Artists
March 3: Tori Celeste
March 10: Kelly Washka
March 17: Matto Shinkai
March 24: Kit Kelly
March 31: Sia Karamalegos
April 7: IZA the Artist
January 20: Matto Shinkai
January 27: Tori Celeste
February 3: Kelly Washka
February 10: IZA the Artist
February 17: Sia Karamalegos
February 24: Kit Kelly
Panel Discussion with 2026 Artist in Residence Greg Weaver
Join this distinguished group of artists, both established and emerging, celebrating, discussing and centering DAG’s 2026 Artist in Residence Greg Weaver’s exhibition: Embodied Literacy and Freedom Dreams
Panelists: Raj Bunnag, Derrick Davis & moderated by Anthony Patterson
Embodied Literacy and Freedom Dreams is a cinematic manifesto and rehearsal space.
Rooted in the Black Radical Tradition, the film practices citation as a tool for reading critically
with thinkers, workers, and producers throughout history. By weaving together archival
materials, global media artifacts, original video, and skate culture, it models a mode of
reading our social, cultural, and political inheritances from the margins, and actively writes a
counter-narrative. The screening is accompanied by a projected Visual Bibliography: a real-
time stream of its theoretical and cultural DNA.
This offering invites you to read the world against the grain of dominance and exploitation in
order to write a more democratic society into being. And to recognize society, and your
immediate environment, as a social text with many readers and writers across spacetime.
Imagine your own body as an instrument of annotation, and your community as a collective
power to author a more just world.
Exhibition is on view February 7 - March 1, 2026 at DAG’s Golden Belt Gallery
Artful Evenings: A Live Painting+ Series
🎨 Artful Evenings: A Live Painting+ Series
Tuesdays | January – April | 6 PM | JB Duke Hotel Lobby Lounge
The Durham Art Guild is proud to partner with JB Duke Hotel to bring you Artful Evenings; a one-of-a-kind live arts series designed to connect the community with the creative process in real time.
Every Tuesday evening from January through April, the Lobby Lounge at JB Duke Hotel will come alive with creativity as six local artists take turns transforming the space into a working studio. Guests are invited to watch, interact, and experience the evolution of each artist’s work across two live sessions.
From paint to printmaking and beyond, this 12 week series highlights a diverse range of mediums and styles offering fresh inspiration with each visit.
Enjoy an evening of creativity, conversation, and community at Artful Evenings where art comes to life before your eyes.
Scheduled Artists
March 3: Tori Celeste
March 10: Kelly Washka
March 17: Matto Shinkai
March 24: Kit McGinley
March 31: Sia Karamalegos
April 7: IZA the Artist
January 20: Matto Shinkai
January 27: Tori Celeste
February 3: Kelly Washka
February 10: IZA the Artist
February 17: Sia Karamalegos
February 24: Kit McGinley
Artful Evenings: A Live Painting+ Series
🎨 Artful Evenings: A Live Painting+ Series
Tuesdays | January – April | 6 PM | JB Duke Hotel Lobby Lounge
The Durham Art Guild is proud to partner with JB Duke Hotel to bring you Artful Evenings; a one-of-a-kind live arts series designed to connect the community with the creative process in real time.
Every Tuesday evening from January through April, the Lobby Lounge at JB Duke Hotel will come alive with creativity as six local artists take turns transforming the space into a working studio. Guests are invited to watch, interact, and experience the evolution of each artist’s work across two live sessions.
From paint to printmaking and beyond, this 12 week series highlights a diverse range of mediums and styles offering fresh inspiration with each visit.
Enjoy an evening of creativity, conversation, and community at Artful Evenings where art comes to life before your eyes.
Scheduled Artists
March 3: Tori Celeste
March 10: Kelly Washka
March 17: Matto Shinkai
March 24: Kit McGinley
March 31: Sia Karamalegos
April 7: IZA the Artist
January 20: Matto Shinkai
January 27: Tori Celeste
February 3: Kelly Washka
February 10: IZA the Artist
February 17: Sia Karamalegos
February 24: Kit McGinley
weaving Dreams show + performance
weaving Dreams is an interdisciplinary performance that blends dance, spoken word, visual art,
sound, and projection to explore how memory, identity, and ancestral connection surface through
embodied and intuitive practices. The work gathers fragments of director and choreographer
Johanna Kepler’s life, tracing the subtle threads of reconnecting and self-discovery that emerge as
she navigates what it means to be a transnational Guatemalan adoptee living between many
worlds. These overlapping worlds give rise to multiple selves and at times conflicting identities,
each one shaped by belonging, displacement, and cultural memory.
HOW TO ATTEND Free and open to the public please RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScvZKJHs3M6mkZNxl7_QisULI2d_Bl3oj8n-A_I94P65SeQyQ/viewform?usp=header
Weaving Dreams Gallery (January 28-February 27)
Weaving Dreams Gallery is an immersive thesis exhibition by Johanna Kepler that explores memory, identity, and ancestral connection through an embodied weaving methodology. Blending dance, visual art, spoken word, archival photographs, and digital landscapes, the gallery transforms personal and collective histories into a living, sensory environment, featuring interviews with Guatemalan adoptees and first-generation Guatemalans. Rooted in Johanna’s experience as a Guatemalan adoptee and her ethnographic research with Maya weaving communities, the installation positions the body as a living archive, where movement, thread, and story intertwine to reveal how cultural memory travels across generations, borders, and worlds.
About the Artist
Johanna Kepler is a Guatemalan American choreographer, creative director, and entrepreneur whose work explores storytelling through movement and weaving as a methodology for cultural preservation. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis at Duke University (expected 2026), where her research examines how the body functions as a living archive for memory and cultural transmission.
pARTies on Parrish: a Weird Production
Join our friends at Weird Productions for the month of February!
February 1-28
Open Wednesday - Sunday (individual events and programming throughout the month)
104 W Parrish St, Downtown Durham
For the month of February on historic Black Wall Street, Durham creatives take over 104 W Parrish St, using art, poetry, puppetry, storytelling, food, music, and science to tell the city’s stories through collaborative events and activations.
The month kicks off with a launch party on Saturday, February 7, with additional events unfolding throughout February.
pARTies on Parrish is a collaboration between Weird Productions and Amos Cooper Jr. of Black Robin Ventures, honoring Black Wall Street’s history while spotlighting the artists and entrepreneurs shaping Durham’s future.
Learn more and view the full calendar: (not live QUITE yet...)
weirdprojects.art/parrish
Artful Evenings: A Live Painting+ Series
🎨 Artful Evenings: A Live Painting+ Series
Tuesdays | January – April | 6 PM | JB Duke Hotel Lobby Lounge
The Durham Art Guild is proud to partner with JB Duke Hotel to bring you Artful Evenings; a one-of-a-kind live arts series designed to connect the community with the creative process in real time.
Every Tuesday evening from January through April, the Lobby Lounge at JB Duke Hotel will come alive with creativity as six local artists take turns transforming the space into a working studio. Guests are invited to watch, interact, and experience the evolution of each artist’s work across two live sessions.
From paint to printmaking and beyond, this 12 week series highlights a diverse range of mediums and styles offering fresh inspiration with each visit.
Enjoy an evening of creativity, conversation, and community at Artful Evenings where art comes to life before your eyes.
Scheduled Artists
March 3: Tori Celeste
March 10: Kelly Washka
March 17: Matto Shinkai
March 24: Kit McGinley
March 31: Sia Karamalegos
April 7: IZA the Artist
January 20: Matto Shinkai
January 27: Tori Celeste
February 3: Kelly Washka
February 10: IZA the Artist
February 17: Sia Karamalegos
February 24: Kit McGinley
What's Your Art Hustle
What's Your Art Hustle?
First Tuesday of Every Month at 6pm
Truist Gallery, 120 Morris Street (inside the Council building)
Join other artists once a month to chat about all things art.
What are you struggling with?
What are you working on?
Where could you use some support?
We're all in this creative journey together, so come out and meet new artists to grow your practice and your confidence!
Member Artist Critique
Join other DAG artist members in the DAG Truist Gallery with one piece of your artwork in any medium/style that you're currently working on to gather feedback, support and suggestions.
Each artist will have an equal amount of time to receive feedback.
Critique Topic: Directionally, where do you see your work in your current practice and what do you want to accomplish with it in 2026?
Bring 2 current works completed and or works in progress within the last 12 months
3D artists must bring the actual works - no pictures
Limited to 8 artists. DAG Members only. Not a member? Join today: https://durhamartguild.org/membership/
January Critique Moderator
Hunter Hadley III
Hunter Hadley describes himself as a mark maker. Marks and images made by hand are a language that offers sensory and emotive threads that are deeply human. Why is it that we are fascinated by handprints on cave walls found from around the world? It is because we have all made that mark; that being a declaration of self.
Past Moderators: Thomas Sayre - artist sculptor and founding principle of Clearscapes design firm; Jeff Bell - Executive Director of the NC Arts Council; Jordan Abdur Raoof - Professional Photographer, Clarence Heyward - Professional Artist; Jonh Blanco - Museum Manager of 21c Hotel and Art Museum; Stacy Bloom Rexrode - Curator of Exhibitions and Collections with the City of Raleigh; artist Gayle Stott Lowry; artist sculptor Paris Alexander; and Jennifer Dasal of Art Curious, Photographer Dan Gottlieb.
Meet the Artist Event
Member Shout Out!
On display at Bond Park Community Center in Cary from January 7 - April 12, 2026.
Meet the artist events: January 23, February 27, March 13 from 6-8pm
Come out to support DAG Member Emily Wang during her exhibition Postcards: Memories, Briefly and Forever. Learn more about Emily at www.emilywangart.com
“Finding a postcard in your mailbox is like receiving a pocket-sized nugget of love. It’s a friend’s “hello” or “wish you were here” flush against an image of the landscape that shaped that message. Sometimes too, you might buy a postcard just for yourself as a sweet memento of a place that holds a past version of you. At its heart, a postcard is a gift of a place tethered to feeling. We are defined and shaped by places: a childhood home, a place that birthed a life-long friendship, a landscape that first inspired in us a sense of wonder. Postcards: Memories, Briefly and Forever is a reflection on postcard places. What are the landscapes that become synonymous with our deepest selves?”
3rd Friday! 71st Annual Juror Talk + Awards
Join DAG for the last 3rd Friday of the 71st Annual Juried Exhibition, we have a lot planned! Our wonderful juror Colony Little will be giving her long anticipated artist talk as well as announcing 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners for the exhibition. People’s Choice and Curator’s Choice Awards will also be announced.
The talk is planned to begin at 7pm with the 3rd Friday reception + refreshments beginning at 6pm. Celebrate with us for an enlightening start to 2026!
What's Your Art Hustle
What's Your Art Hustle?
First Tuesday of Every Month at 6pm
Truist Gallery, 120 Morris Street (inside the Council building)
Join other artists once a month to chat about all things art.
What are you struggling with?
What are you working on?
Where could you use some support?
We're all in this creative journey together, so come out and meet new artists to grow your practice and your confidence!
71st Annual Juried Exhibition Opening Reception
Join us this 3rd Friday to celebrate the opening of our 71st Annual Juried Exhibition! The Durham Art Guild has had an interesting year and we are very proud to continue this 70+ year tradition of showcasing fantastic art.
Art Swap & Artist Mingle at Ment Beverage Co.
Art Swap & Artist Mingle at Ment Beverage Co.
Date: Thursday, December 11
Time: 6 -8pm
6 - Artist mingle
6:30 - Art swap begins
Location: Ment Beverage Co., American Tobacco Campus, Durham, NC
Ment Beverage Co. is thrilled to partner with the Durham Art Guild to host an Art Swap & Artist Mingle event! This free gathering is an exciting opportunity for artists and art enthusiasts to come together, connect, and share their creativity. Hit that button to learn more about the event!
Encaustics Workshop
Join our friends at Fusion Gallery for an Encaustics workshop taught by DAG member Ana Carolina! $75 + supply fee and 10% of sales go to a local food pantry.
Click HERE to sign up and choose Mixed Media
What's Your Art Hustle
What's Your Art Hustle?
First Tuesday of Every Month at 6pm
Truist Gallery, 120 Morris Street (inside the Council building)
Join other artists once a month to chat about all things art.
What are you struggling with?
What are you working on?
Where could you use some support?
We're all in this creative journey together, so come out and meet new artists to grow your practice and your confidence!
3rd Friday Reception: The Joel Fund & Heart2Hand Veteran’s Show
Join the Joel Fund, Heart2Hand, and the Durham Art Guild for a special
evening event celebrating the North Carolina Veteran Art Show during the Third Friday Durham Art Walk on
Friday, November 21. This event will offer a unique, up-close look at the art and the artists who created it,
featuring addresses from local government and veteran office representatives.
The event, running from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the DAG Golden Belt Gallery, is designed to foster community
engagement and honor the service and artistic talent of North Carolina veterans. The structured program,
from 6:00 PM to 7:10 PM will feature a moderated Artist Talk panel, audience Q&A, an art tour, and a meet
and greet with veteran artists.
Guildsgiving Potluck
Come one and come all DAG Members to the 2nd Members’ Potluck! The 1st one went so well we decided to do it again, this time as a Thanksgiving pre-game! Prospective members of the Durham Art Guild are welcome too, bring questions about our offerings along with your dish.
Fill out the form HERE to participate and if you aren’t a member yet join HERE
Open Studio Catherine Kramer and Emily Weinstein
Come out and visit the studios of DAG members Catherine Kramer and Emily Weinstein. Featuring whimsical and elegant gourd artworks, paintings, prints and books. Open during the first two weekends in November, from 10am - 5 pm.
Email www.treehouse-gardens@msn.com for more information
Community Film Screening
Bending Space: Georges Rousse and the Durham Project is a stunning documentary that follows French artist Georges Rousse as he transforms empty buildings into immersive works of art. The film beautifully captures how creativity can renew both space and spirit — turning places marked for demolition into moments of wonder and connection.
Film Credits
Directed by Penelope Maunsell and Kenny Dalsheimer
Camera/Producer – Kenny Dalsheimer
Editor/Producer – Penelope Maunsell
Executive Producer – Frank Konhaus
About the Screenings
We are honored to host two special screenings on Thursday, November 13 at the Durham Center for Senior Life.
Earlier in the day, DCSL participants will enjoy a private showing of the film.
An evening gathering for invited guests, community members, friends, and family who made and love this project. A post-film discussion will feature Ellen Cassilly, Frank Konhaus, Kenny Dalsheimer, and Penelope Maunsell, reflecting on the creative collaboration that inspired this work.
Why It Matters
The Durham Center for Senior Life is proud to provide a space where art, memory, and community intersect. Events like this bring generations together and remind us that creativity is ageless.
Your gift supports programs and experiences that enrich the lives of Durham’s older adults — from health and wellness classes to cultural and creative programming. Contributions from this campaign will help DCSL continue offering free and accessible opportunities that keep our community active, inspired, and connected.
This screening is made possible by the generous support of Skip Anderson, Frank Konhaus, and other anonymous donors.
Suggested Donation: $25 (voluntary). Larger gifts are deeply appreciated and help DCSL continue offering meaningful programs and community events like this one.
Tickets are free- RSVP here
Artist Development Series Pt. 2: Portfolio Review
In this in-person session, carefully selected art experts in various fields will review artists portfolios and provide feedback. This opportunity is great for artists of all levels, especially those interested in apply for upcoming calls for art, residencies, and MFA programs
Register on Eventbrite HERE