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June 22, 2021

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WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM 14 UCW JUNE 23-29, 2021 EVENTS New exhibit open at Cape Fear Studios, reception set for Fourth Friday a STAFF REPORT Cape Fear Studios is hosting Evoke, an exhibit featuring member artist Angela Stout. The exhibit features her striking art creations in oil and will be shown June 23 through July 25. Stout is a con- temporary painter, printmaker, photographer and sculptor. Also a veteran, Stout teaches art classes to the public. She is a graduate of Fayetteville State University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Studio Arts. Stout exhibits frequently in group exhibitions and competitions locally, nationally and interna- tionally. Her artwork deals with evoking a feeling and the social condition. Cape Fear Studios is also excited about having its first open reception in a year on Fourth Friday, June 25 from 5–7 p.m. The event if free. Cape Fear Studios is a non-profit artist co -op, offering original pottery, woodwork, glass, jewelry, metalwork, paintings and photogra- phy. The Studio's workshops and retail section will also be open to visitors. Cape Fear Studios is located at 148 Maxwell St. The Studio will be open Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Questions can be directed to: artgallery@ capefearstudios.com, or 910-433-2986. Works by artist Angela Stout will be shown during an exhibit June 23 through July 25 at Cape Fear Studios. (Photos courtesy Cape Fear Studios) Green Book traveling exhibit showing at Museum of the Cape Fear a STAFF REPORT The North Carolina African American Heritage Commission, a division of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, has created a new traveling exhibit about sites important to, and personal memories about, American travel during the "Jim Crow" era of legal segregation. The Navigating Jim Crow: The Green Book and Oasis Spaces in North Carolina traveling exhibit will be at the Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex though July 9. "The Negro Motorist Green Book," published between 1936 and 1966, was both a guide and a tool of resistance designed to confront the realities of racial discrimination in the United States and beyond. The book listed over 300 North Carolina businesses — from restaurants and hotels, to tou- rist homes, nightclubs and beauty salons — in the three decades that is was published. The exhibit highlights a complex statewide net- work of business owners and Green Book sites that allowed African American communities to thrive, and that created "oasis spaces" for a variety of African American travelers. Eight vibrant panels form the traveling exhibit, showcasing images of business owners, travelers and historic and present-day images of North Carolina Green Book sites. The words of African American travelers and descendants of Green Book site owners are featu- red prominently in the exhibit. Each of these sto- ries are from oral histories collected by the AAHC in 2018 and 2019. This exhibit was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and there is no fee to see this exhibit. Two versions will tour the state's African American cultural centers, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, histo- ry museums, historic sites and libraries. For more tour dates and locations, visit https://aahc.nc.gov/ green-book-project. For additional information about the exhibit, call 919-814-6516. The Museum of the Cape Fear is located on the corner of Bradford and Arsenal avenues in Fayetteville, is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 1-5 p.m. The museum operates under the Division of State History Museums, Office of Archives and History, within the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. e "Oasis Spaces" traveling exhibit will be at the Museum of the Cape Fear through July 9. (Photo left courtesy North Carolina African American Heritage Commission. Photo right courtesy State Archives of N.C.)

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