At FRANK this month, the Dining with FRANK exhibit opens, celebrating the dining experience while elevating it to an art form and featuring tableware, furniture and paintings that relate to and explore dining. An opening reception will be held Sept. 9 from 6-9 p.m., and the September and October Thursday Salons will feature cookbook author Diane Daniel and food writer Sheri Castle, as well as director Ray Greenfield, who will discuss how the dining experience has been explored in Hollywood films.
Over in Saxapahaw, the works of Anna Kurtz and TW Johnson are on display this month, with an opening reception Sept. 2 from 6 to 9 p.m. Kurtz’s work includes one-of-a-kind jewelry piese using ironwood, turquoise and silver, while Johnson, a local painter, recreates sunsets.
Also in Saxapahaw, the SaxArt River Walk Juried Fine Arts Festival will be held Sept. 24 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will feature the works of various artists exhibited along the riverfront.
At The ArtsCenter, the Center Gallery will feature paintings by Kristin Smith, while the East End Gallery will display illustrated books by Eric Knisley. An opening reception for both exhibits will be held Sept. 9 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Up in Hillsborough, Eno Gallery will display “Regardless of what you think… ,†a solo exhibition of Morag Charlton’s new paintings. The exhibit will include her large-scale oil on linen portraits, five to six times life-size.