"Rising"

Mixed Media on Panel.

Artwork measures approximately 24" X 24"

Luna is a founding artist member of Frank Gallery in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, as well as the lead curator for the gallery. She is also a well established and respected teacher of watercolor, acrylic, and mixed media painting at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro, North Carolina. In addition, she has been a member/participant in the Orange County Artist's Guild Annual Open Studio Tour since 2004.

"New Beginnings"

Oil on Canvas

Artwork measures approximately 25in x 37in

Born in the Ukraine in 1978, Anatolii Tarasiuk is an abstract artist, composer and videographer. Prior to having to leave his country in the summer of 2021, Anatolii had become a celebrated artist in the Ukraine and his art was gaining recognition in other countries as well. He and his family have relocated to Hillsborough and are now rebuilding their life. This art piece now called, "New Beginnings" is one of Anatolii's original paintings that was able to bring with him from Ukraine.

Enjoy a unique evening at the NC Museum of Art for three couples on June 8th from 7pm - 9pm for "The Art Inside the Bottle" presented by The NC Museum of Art, Vitis House, and Catering Works! As part of this package each couple will also receive a wine trio tote bag which includes one sparkling wine, one red wine, and one white wine.

As with paint and music, wine is an expression of art, executed with feeling and passion. While Nature works to strike the proper chords, the winemakers' aim is to discover and evoke the very soul of the grape, just as the artist works to communicate through visual materials across time and distance.

This in-person event is a creative embrace of the reimagining of the People's Collection! Together with NCMA curator Maya Brooks, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, and Vitis House owner and wine educator, Doreen Colondres, we will dive into Identity, Place, and Power as themes that contextualize works of art and wine in specific and inspiring ways.

Join us on June 8th from 7pm-9pm for a very special evening to explore history, tradition, and process behind winemaking and artmaking at The Art Inside the Bottle. You will foster new insights in an immersive, sensory experience! Seven wines with custom-designed food pairings will be served as Maya speaks in person to share her expertise on seven important works of art from the Museum's Collection.

This premium package includes a pair of exquisite gold and gemstone earrings handcrafted by Chapel Hill's own Phil Manire AND a set of four Michelin tires from Chapel Hill Tire!

Phil Manire's earrings feature opal, garnet, diamond and sapphire gemstones surrounded by 14K gold.

Founded in 1953 and built on the premise that happy employees create happy customers, Chapel Hill Tire has grown into the Triangle's largest tire and auto repair business with nine locations serving the area. Dedicated to being the preferred car care provider for all of their neighbors in Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Apex, and Durham, they have built Chapel Hill Tire as a values-based company whose purpose is to create a work happy, drive happy movement.

"Gala Bay"

Acrylic on canvas framed painting.

Artwork measures approximately: 22.5"x26.5"

Chapel Hill artist, Jane Filer, taught drawing and painting at The ArtsCenter for 21 years and the classroom where she taught is now proudly named the Jane Filer Studio.

Jane's work has been included in numerous prestigious collections in international, corporate and private sectors. Included among these are various American Embassies, hospitals, museums and airports.

"I tell stories rooted in what it is to be human. My experience of wonder is influenced by nature. My relationship to everything is the source that feeds my work. My fascination with life, light, love, and fear can't help but show up. They want in, and I am more than thrilled to oblige."

Enjoy these hand forged 14k yellow gold hoop earrings with high polish finish from local jewelry artisan, Emily Triplett!

Each earring measures approximately 1 and 1/8".

Emily is a trained goldsmith and stone setter specializing in fine forged gold jewelry. Her designs are inspired by form, function and simplicity - creating clean lines designed to enhance the natural beauty and creativity of the wearer. Most designs begin with a single length of 14k gold, which is forged, formed and polished into a sculptural, wearable piece. While her designs may look and feel delicate, her working method leaves the metal extremely strong. Her collection also incorporates ethically sourced white and natural grey diamonds, along with other polished gemstones. She uses only enduring materials that will stand up to daily wear, and focuses on timeless design and functional comfort. Emily designs for a dynamic lifestyle, introducing a sense of casual elegance into every individual piece.

Enjoy this art photography print by local artist and educator, Barbara Tyroler!

Title: Williams Sisters, 5
Series: Greenbelt Pool Series
Dimensions: approximately 35"x22"
Notes: Unmatted and Unframed

This portrait of the Williams Sisters was created in the Greenbelt Aquatic Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, a planned community created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Resettlement Administration during the Great Depression. Just a few miles from the nation's capital, Greenbelt was originally racially segregated until 1967 when the City Council voluntarily adopted non-discrimination policies. Many children of color came from generations of African American families who were barred from swimming in public pools. As the grandparents and then parents of many children of color in the south did not have the essential skills in water safety, community pools now offer free swimming lessons for both adults and children to teach them survival skills. This print from the Williams Sisters Collection was created on archival Iris print paper, one of the early digital image-making technologies with the capacity for stable ink absorption. In this series, two sisters in a swimming class contemplate their reflections through plexi mirrors submerged underneath the surface of the water.

Barbara Tyroler is a Chapel Hill artist, educator and photographer. She explores how the photographic image evokes and conveys meaning , creating and recreating stories and memories beyond the frame.

Enjoy this covered vessel with strap handles and peaked finial by local potter Mark Hewitt! Includes a postcard featuring a photograph of the pot being thrown.

Approximately 13" tall without lid, 16" with lid. Approximately 37" at widest point of circumference.
Firing number: 66

In 1983, Mark and Carol Hewitt bought an old farm in Pittsboro, NC and Mark built an 8,000-brick wood-fired kiln. Since then, Mark's finely handcrafted, high-quality pottery has been renowned by museums, collectors, hundreds of satisfied customers, and art lovers in NC and around the world. Mark's mugs, plates, bowls, vases, and jars - as well as his signature Big Pots - are functional, decorative, and beautiful.

Enjoy this bundle of fourteen vinyl records from Merge Records!

Vinyls included are:

• The Mountain Goats "All Eternals Deck"
• Cable Ties "Far Enough"
• Mikal Cronin "Seeker" Limited Edition (green and black swirl vinyl plus bonus 12" red and yellow swirl vinyl featuring two non-album tracks)
• Hiss Golden Messenger "Terms of Surrender"
• Bob Mould "Beauty & Ruin"
• Destroyer "ken"
• M. Ward "Post-War"
• Hospitality "Hospitality"
• The Essex Green "Cannibal Sea" Limited Edition Opaque Blue Vinyl
• Redd Kross "Beyond The Door"
• She & Him "A Very She & Him Christmas"
• Ibibio Sound Machine "Uyai"
• Polvo "Siberia"
• Archers of Loaf "Vee Vee" Remaster Reissue Limited Edition Green Vinyl

Enjoy this bundle of eleven vinyl records from Merge Records!

Vinyls included are:

• Superchunk "Cup of Sand" 3-LP Reissue
• Superchunk "On The Mouth" Remastered
• Superchunk " here's to shutting up" 20th Anniversary Reissue
• Destroyer "This Night" 2022 Merge Records Debut
• Destroyer "Destroyer's Rubies" Remastered Double-LP
• Destroyer "Your Blues"
• M. Ward "Transistor Radio"
• The Rock A Teens "Sweet Bird of Youth"
• Teenage Fanclub "Man-Made
• Spoon "Gimme Fiction" 10th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue
• The Mountain Goats "Beat The Champ"

Enjoy this framed art photography print by local artist and educator, Barbara Tyroler!

Title: Full DysClosure - 2
Series: BodyScapes Series, Kaidy
Dimensions: approximately 9.75"x12.5"
Notes: matted and framed, frame is a custom piece designed and created by Holly and Steve Burnham. It features spalted maple wood with crushed chrysocolla and turquoise stones.

Barbara Tyroler is a Chapel Hill artist, educator and photographer. She explores how the photographic image evokes and conveys meaning , creating and recreating stories and memories beyond the frame.

Enjoy a three hour Soul Collage workshop for you and up to 5 friends with local board certified art therapist and Soul Collage Facilitator Bridget Pemberton-Smith!

In this introductory workshop, participants will learn about the origins of Soul Collage and the four Soul Collage suits. Participants will also have the opportunity to create their own Soul Collage cards!

Soul Collage is an intuitive and creative collage making process. Using simple materials, Soul Collagers create a personalized deck of cards with each card representing a part of their personality or soul. No art experience is needed to make Soul Collage cards...all that is a willingness to be open and learn about yourself.

Bridget Pemberton-Smith, ATR-BC has been a Soul Collage Facilitator since 2011. She is also a board certified art therapist. Bridget received her Master's in Expressive Arts Therapy in 1998 from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA.

Enjoy this large pitcher by local potter Mark Hewitt! Mark's pitcher are made to be used. Even these large ones are so well balanced and light that you can fill them with iced tea or water and still lift them comfortably!

Dimensions: approximately 12.25"H x x 8W"
Capacity: approximately about 3 quarts

In 1983, Mark and Carol Hewitt bought an old farm in Pittsboro, NC and Mark built an 8,000-brick wood-fired kiln. Since then, Mark's finely handcrafted, high-quality pottery has been renowned by museums, collectors, hundreds of satisfied customers, and art lovers in NC and around the world. Mark's mugs, plates, bowls, vases, and jars - as well as his signature Big Pots - are functional, decorative, and beautiful.

Enjoy this bundle of music from local singer-songwriter, Django Haskins! Bundle includes:

• The Old Ceremony "Sprinter" vinyl record, sealed
• The Old Ceremony "The Old Ceremony" CD, sealed
• The Old Ceremony "Tender Age" CD, sealed
• Django Haskins "Folding Stars" CD, sealed
• Django Haskins "Shadowland" CD
• The Old Ceremony Poster, signed by Django Haskins
• Django & The Regulars Poster, signed by Django Haskins
• The Old Ceremony Tender Age Poster, signed by Django Haskins
• Django Haskins Folding Stars Poster, signed by Django Haskins

A songwriter based in North Carolina, Django Haskins has fronted the pop-noir band, The Old Ceremony, since 2004. He also forms one half of the psych-folk duo Au Pair with the Jayhawks' Gary Louris. He has toured. He has been written about. In 2016 he received the NC Arts Council's Artist Grant in recognition of his extensive creative exertions. He has been a part of the traveling circus known as Big Star's Third since its inception in 2011. He has released a dozen albums of his songs in various guises.

The Old Ceremony plays lush, literate rock. With fourteen years of touring the US, Canada, and Europe and six albums under their belt, the Durham/Chapel Hill, NC band occupies its own darkly lit corner of the musical world. It is a corner filled with ominous rumblings and world-weary but hopeful characters.

Enjoy this bundle from Chapel Hill's own Schoolkids Records featuring a $100 gift certificate and 5 sealed LPs!

Bundle includes:
-$100 gift certificate to Schoolkids Records
-Sam Moss "Blues Approved"
-Declan O'Rourke "Arrivals"
-Johnette Napolitano "Exquisite Corpses"
-Tommy Womack "I Thought I Was Fine"
-Tommy Womack "30 Years Shot to Hell"

Schoolkids Records is a retail indie record store and record label based in NC. Schoolkids Records first opened in 1974 in Raleigh, NC, across the street from NC State University. Since then, the store has expanded, contracted and expanded again over 42+ years. Along with an online store they have two brick and mortar stores to serve you. One in Raleigh in the legendary Mission Valley Shopping Center (NCSU) and one near The University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill). In addition to all CDs and Vinyl choices you could ask for and more both locations also have a bar serving local and craft beers.

The harvesting of grapes to make wine, a long sought after tradition in Italy, is beautifully reflected in this handpainted Tuscan scene on a handcrafted shallow serving bowl.

Enjoy this art photography print by local artist and educator, Barbara Tyroler!

Title: Hudson River Valley/Coker Arboretum
Series: Garden Journeys Series
Dimensions: approximately 13"x19"
Notes: Unmatted and Unframed

Hudson River Valley/Coker Arboretum is a multilayered image taken during the Covid Lockdown. This piece is a composite of two scenes: a young family's backyard view of the trees from their home in Croton-On-Hudson in the New York Hudson River Valley, and a winter tree at the UNC Coker Arboretum in Chapel Hill, NC.

Barbara Tyroler is a Chapel Hill artist, educator and photographer. She explores how the photographic image evokes and conveys meaning , creating and recreating stories and memories beyond the frame.

Enjoy this beautiful walnut Ikebana by local artisan Michael Salemi from Rimshotz Woodturning!

Ikebana are Japanese flower vases with an embedded Kenzan to hold water and keep the flowers in position. This Ikebana is made from walnut wood and features a small turquoise inlay.

Enjoy this beautiful metal sculpture by local artisan, Mike Roig!

Metal Sculptor Mike Roig lives and creates his work through Heartworks Studio, located in Carrboro, NC. Mike has been working with metal most of his life, appreciating its heavy and tough durability, yet malleability and openness to express the most delicate movements of balance and grace. Mike's work follows his imagination and mental picture of his subject; therefore, he does not typically sketch ideas in advance. His tools are the tools he uses to create the sculpture: the metal bars, angles, torch, and welder. Many of his breathtaking pieces can be seen all around the Triangle either as public sculptures or as pieces in private collections.

Enjoy this bundle of Justin Roberts books and CDs!

Bundle includes:

• I'll Be Your Polar Bear book - written by Justin Roberts, illustrated by Chuck Groenink
• The Smallest Girl In The Smallest Grade book - written by Justin Roberts, illustrated by Christian Robinson
• Lemonade CD - Signed!
• Space Cadet CD - Signed!
• Recess CD - Signed!

Justin Roberts is a five-time Grammy nominated musician for kids and their grownups and is one of the founders of the modern family music scene. For 25 years, Roberts has been creating the soundtrack to families' lives, helping kids navigate the joys and sorrows of growing up, while inspiring parents to remember their own childhoods. His songs are the kind of get-stuck-in-your-head pop nuggets that draw comparisons to Elvis Costello, Fountains of Wayne, and Paul Simon rather than simple nursery rhymes, prompting USA Today to call him "hands-down the best songwriter in the genre. Along with his band, The Not Ready for Naptime Players, Justin has travelled the globe, from Hong Kong to New York, and Miami to Seattle.