Places I'd Rather Be: A Third Friday Liberty Arts Pop-Up

Third Friday Popup: Places I’d Rather Be

Join a strolling party on Foster Street at Durham Central Park to celebrate art and art-making! Everyone is invited to celebrate creativity, community and connection.

Durham Food Hall / 530 Foster Street

Exhibition opening: “Places I’d Rather Be,” a solo show of work by metals artist and Liberty Arts instructor Heather Pinnix in the Loose Leaf Gallery space on the second floor of Durham Food Hall. Bites and drinks for purchase.

In Places I'd Rather Be, Heather exhibits a layering of different metals and experimentation with patinas to bring out the color in small metal works, celebrating different times and places that Heather would rather be in winter.

The Glass Jug / 545 Foster Street

Drawing and Coloring: Learn how to draw a picture of Major the Bull, the iconic symbol of Durham, created 21 years ago by artists Mike Waller and Leah Foushee-Waller with Liberty Arts. Art supplies provided. Free for all ages!

Scratch Block Workshop: carve designs into resin-bonded sand. An hour later, watch your creation become a work of art during an aluminum pour in the Liberty Arts Foundry. $100 per block. Reservations encouraged; some walk-up space available. Sign up now!

Liberty Arts Foundry / Durham Central Park

Aluminum Pour: Watch pourmaster and metals artist Mike Waller and metals artist Leah Foushee-Waller pour molten aluminum in the Foundry. They will create a 20-inch work of art for the upcoming public art installation “Radiating Vessels.” They will also pour aluminum tiles and bowls designed at recent Scratch Block Workshops.