Current Projects
Wishing Well Young Artists Exhibit Stone Creek Village Take A Seat West Regional Library
Take a Seat
Community Arts Project
Presented by J.M. Edwards Fine Jewelry
Click here to download a brochure detailing venues where you can see the chairs this summer
To receive an invitation send an email to cva@caryvisualart.org with your name and mailing address.
What is Take a Seat?
A fun community-wide art exhibition and auction designed to increase awareness and support for public art in Cary. Community members participated by creating their own artworks suitable for functional seating.
 
Take a Seat Auction
Artworks will be auctioned off on Thursday, September 20, 2007 in conjunction with the Cary Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event sponsored by Atlantic Tire & Service and Capital Bank.
Date: Thursday, September 20, 2007
Location: 11000 Regency Parkway in Cary
Time: Doors Open at 5:30 p.m. - Live Auction begins at 7:00
Exhibition Venues
The artworks will be exhibited outdoors at the 2007 Spring Daze and Lazy Daze festivals. During the four month interim between festival exhibitions, the artworks will be exhibited indoors in venues throughout Cary.
BB&T on Kildaire Farm Road
Nesting Biddies by Pam Hedrick
Monopoly Manipulations by the Cary High School Art Club, Instructor Susan Silver
BB&T at Cary Town Center
Einfach Himmlisch (aka Just Dreamy) by Karin Baumeister-Rehm
BB&T on Tryon Road
Nautical by WTVD-11’s Angela Hampton
Down by the Creek Bank by Patra Payseur
Beadazzled
Jewelry Box Chair by the staff of Beadazzled
Bond Park Community Center
Get Imphected by Paul Ashworth
Weather Thy Goest by Val Fox
Cary Chamber of Commerce
Crazy Quilt by Elizabeth Jandorek
Skrap by Garry Boyce
Wish Granted by Kim and Brook Marchesseault
Untitled (Textile Chair) by Yumi Okita
Musical Chair: 1st Chair, Second Violin by Gray Rinehart
Cork Chair by Paul Mikos
All Dressed Up and No One to Sit With by April Schlanger
Cindy's Restaurant
Tribute to Lazy Daze by Alan Montague for the Town of Cary Festivals Committee
Fidelity Bank in Downtown Cary
The River Runs Through It by WRAL-TV’s Bill Leslie
Then and Now, My Great Grandmother Miller’s Chair by Dr. Frances S. Redding
3 Artists, 5 Canvases, 1 Chair - Artwork from the SAS Collection by Joann Couch, Holly Brewster Jones, and Bill Rodgers and signed by Jim and Ann Goodnight of SAS
The Walking Chair by Chad Bush of SAS
Herbert C. Young Community Center
The Thinking Chair by Molly McKinley
Come Sit By the Sea by Jill Potts
Mexico by Green Hope National Honor Society
Cary Library
The Seat of Knowledge by The Cary Women’s Club (June)
West Regional Library
The Seat of Knowledge by The Cary Women’s Club (July)
Land and Sea by Cheryl Atkins
A Lady At Her Rest by Amy Konecny
Eva Perry Library
The Seat of Knowledge by The Cary Women’s Club (August)
Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Recency Park
Lavender Heaven by Judy Powell
Amphitheatre by Koka Booth
Middle Creek Community Center
I See You by Elijah Ingrassia (Age 6)
Artist a Rest by Roxanna Alexander
Happy Times by Sandra Burton
Untitled (Cowboy Chair) by Ken Wilson
Page-Walker Arts and History Center
Chairy Tree by Diane Starbling
Cary Senior Center
Adopt a New Friend by Elizabeth W. Jamieson
Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, Where Have You Been? by Winnie Ferguson
Gre-Gree’s Garden Chair by Lisa Rector
Impressions of Starry Night by the Cary High School Art IV Class
Beneath the Sea by Veronica Samuel
Starmist by Chris Rinehart (Age 16)
Wrapped in Roses by Blair Hayes
Sk-8 Park Cary
Chase’s Chair by Chase Parsons
The Hair and Face Lounge by Karen Parsons
Cary Tennis Center
Play Ball by Val Fox
Cary Town Hall Campus
Florida Maps and Florida Waterways by Mayor Ernie McAlister & Mrs. Desi McAlister
Stardust Wishing Chair by The Honorable Marla Dorrel
Fairyland by Jean Scholz
With Shoes to Match by Roberta Morgan
Pretty in Pink by Kimberlee Maselli
Passion by Ann Marie Heffron
WholeFoods Market of Cary
Wild Hair Chair by Ginnie Parrish
J.M. Edwards Fine Jewelry Store
Chef's Chair by Chefs of the Umstead Hotel
Umstead Hotel Wine Chair
Rey's Resturaunt
Carolina Hurricanes Chair signed by Members of the Carolina Hurricanes
Coming Soon
Cary Chamber of Commerce Chair
Exhibition Dates:
May through August—Indoor exhibition (see above)
August 25th Lazy Daze Festival
Please Note: All entries and artworks are considered the property of Cary Visual Art, Inc. and must be available for auction. Cary Visual Art, Inc. reserves the right to photograph and reproduce entries and artworks for publicity and/or educational purposes. Cary Visual Art, Inc. reserves the right to deny entrance into the exhibition to any artist’s work that is deemed to be inappropriate or not meeting the exhibition’s standards of quality. The submission of any entry constitutes an agreement on the part of the entrant to the conditions set forth in this prospectus.
For More Information : Contact Cary Visual Art at (919) 468-9500 or cva@caryvisualart.org
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