Pullen Arts Center has a new chalk wall mural by Rick Bennett!
Located at our first floor entrance, the chalk mural wall provides invited artists with a blank canvas to create a new artworks on the wall every two to three months. This mural will be on display through January 25, 2025.
Plan Your Visit
- When: September 7, 2024 - January 25, 2025
- Location: Pullen Arts Center, 105 Pullen Rd., Raleigh, NC 27607
- Parking: Visitors must have a parking permit between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Check in at Pullen Arts Center’s front desk for a license plate-based parking permit. View our parking map
- Cost: Free and open to public
- Hours:
- Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. - 10 p.m.
- Friday, Closed
- Saturday & Sunday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
About the Mural
In rural eastern North Carolina, Rick’s mother would gather the family to the car and off they would go exploring some abandoned house, tramping through the woods or hunting for fossils along the river shore. Rick’s art is an extension of that need to examine and investigate the world we inhabit. Two years ago Rick had a dream and in it he was shown two paintings. He thinks that inspiration visits and if we are prepared it leads us in new directions. This was the inspiration for the mural. The sleeping figure is given portents, visions, and omens. He started the mural with the exploration of the rock climber, and then the wolf represents, courage, loyalty and strength. Foxes represent positive traits like creativity, wisdom, and flexibility. Ravens often represent ancient wisdom, intelligence and transformation. The ship represents a journey.
About the Artist
Rick Bennett moved to Raleigh in 1982. He has taught watercolor for 14 years at Pullen Arts Center. Three years ago, He left his day job and became a full time artist. He teaches 3 classes at Pullen Arts Center and 2 classes at Cary Senior center. He has taught watercolor workshops at Camden Senior Center, Camden NC and Cocoon Gallery in Apex NC. He has taken workshops with Nationally Recognized Artists, Ryan Fox, Iain Stewart and Sarah Yeoman. His paintings have been juried into and received awards at numerous national and local exhibitions. His paintings can be found at Matty King Davis Gallery in Beaufort NC and Green Hill Gallery Shop, Greensboro NC.
