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Pullen Arts Center Main Gallery

Pullen Arts Center Gallery Exhibitions

Featuring the work of local artists in three gallery spaces


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Pullen Arts Center's galleries serve as a premier venue to showcase artists at various levels throughout the center. Pullen's galleries provide artists with exhibition opportunities and space to engage with the work of other artists and the community. The galleries are free and open to the public, and they are an important component of the Pullen Arts Center's community arts education experience.

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Current Exhibition

Theresa Scott, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell #24, detail, 2024

The Road Through "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Feb. 1 - April 26

The Road Through Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is an intimate documentary exhibition sharing the portraits and stories of LGBTQIA+ veterans who served before the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The exhibition includes intimate portrait photography paired with first-person oral histories by photographer, oral historian, and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Theresa Scott. An artist talk and reception is planned for March 26, 5:30 p.m. to 7 pm.

Learn more about the exhibition.

Chalk Wall Mural

Snake wrapping around wall surrounded by flowers and words

I Want to Build a Better Garden by Jocelyn Steslicke

I Want to Build a Better Garden explores how cultivating and caring for a garden mirrors how we cultivate and take care of our community. The bottom layer of this piece is made up of layer after layer of writing, about the injustices threatening and hurting our community. On top of this field of writings, a garden sits, made up of flora and fauna native to North Carolina, the home that Jocelyn has known her whole life and one of the many communities she would like to see thrive.

Jocelyn Steslicke is a Raleigh based, multifaceted artist and art instructor who has been exploring nature and movement in her work; drawing much of her inspiration from the North Carolina wildlife that has surrounded her all of her life. Jocelyn holds a BFA in Studio Art, with a concentration in Drawing and Printmaking, from UNC Greensboro.

Learn more about I Want to Build a Better Garden

Gallery Spaces

  • Main Gallery | Featuring local emerging and established artists
  • Youth & Teen Gallery | Featuring works by students of Pullen Arts Center programs
  • Chalk Wall Murals | Every few months, a new artist creates a chalk mural in the space near the first-floor entrance.

Call for Artists

Are you interested in being notified when our next call for artists is released? Visit our Artist Calls page and subscribe to the Arts Flash Newsletter for upcoming Raleigh Arts opportunities.

Contact

 

Natasja Brezenski
Gallery Coordinator, Pullen Arts Center natasja.brezenski@raleighnc.gov
984-272-9048

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Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources
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Raleigh Arts
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