OLD EAST DURHAM CURATORIAL RESIDENCY

April 22 - July 1, 2023

From April 22 through July 1, 2023, Pop Box Gallery and The Art Chose Me curated three exhibits and hosted Slow Art Tours, panel discussions, performances and programs at 304 S Driver Street, Ste 102, Durham, NC 27703.

Meet our collaborator: Gail Belvett

Curatorial, administrative, and programming support for Pop Box Gallery’s Old East Durham Residency is a collaboration between Gail Belvett (The Art Chose Me), Laura Ritchie, and Mavis Gragg.

Gail Belvett, DDS, a graduate of the UNC Adams School of Dentistry, founded Southpoint Family Dentistry in 2007. 

In 2018, Gail sold Southpoint Family Dentistry to deepen her involvement in the arts. In 2020, she founded The Art Chose Me, whose mission is to dismantle the obstacles—real and perceived—that limit access to the potentially life changing experience of art.

The Art Chose Me provides curatorial and administrative services to value-aligned artists and institutions in the Triangle area.

Exhibits

Featured
upstART Gallery: a Jim Lee project
Jun 2
Old East Durham Curatorial Residency, upstART Gallery: A Jim Lee Project
upstART Gallery: a Jim Lee project
Old East Durham Curatorial Residency, upstART Gallery: A Jim Lee Project

upstART Gallery is a 1:12 scale miniature space. The gallery provides a real opportunity for artists to make work especially scaled for this space. Image by Jim Lee. Free and open to the public.

Old East Durham Curatorial Residency, upstART Gallery: A Jim Lee Project
In Ecstasy, I Call Your Name So I Won’t Forget by Kennedi Carter
May 19
Old East Durham Curatorial Residency, In Ecstasy I Call Your Name So I Won’t Forget
In Ecstasy, I Call Your Name So I Won’t Forget by Kennedi Carter
Old East Durham Curatorial Residency, In Ecstasy I Call Your Name So I Won’t Forget

In Ecstasy, I Call Your Name So I Won’t Forget is an archival exhibition curated by Kennedi Carter that examines the legacy of Black women in pin-up.

On view eight days only!

Old East Durham Curatorial Residency, In Ecstasy I Call Your Name So I Won’t Forget
We [don’t] Care: reclaiming our environment
Apr 22
We [don't] Care, Old East Durham Curatorial Residency
We [don’t] Care: reclaiming our environment
We [don't] Care, Old East Durham Curatorial Residency

We [don't] Care: reclaiming our environment affirms the ancestral, spiritual, and physical connection to nature while rewriting false narratives about environmental apathy among BIPOC communities. Featuring works by Saba Taj, Derrick Beasley, Claire Alexandre, Jim Lee, Renzo Ortega, Jessica Clark, We [don’t] Care is an open call show that invites artists in the community to share their work in solidarity with those committed to the protection and preservation of our environment. Curated by Gail Belvett. Image: Renzo Ortega, Camino Nocturno, Acrylic on canvas, 64” x 48”, 2020

We [don't] Care, Old East Durham Curatorial Residency

Events

Featured
Meet the Artist with Mavis Gragg
Jun 29
Meet the Artist with Mavis Gragg

Meet artist Jim Lee. Image by Jim Lee. Free and open to the public.

Slow Art Tour with Gail Belvett For upstART Gallery: A Jim Lee Project
Jun 22
Slow Art Tour with Gail Belvett For upstART Gallery: A Jim Lee Project

Slow Art Tour: A group of people gather to slowly savor a single object, looking closely while engaging multiple senses. Facilitated by Gail Belvett. Free and open to the public.

Art Supply Giveaway by DurmPAC
Jun 4
Art Supply Giveaway by DurmPAC

Art supply giveaway by DurmPac. Free and open to the public.

Opening Reception for upstART Gallery: A Jim Lee Project
Jun 3
Opening Reception for upstART Gallery: A Jim Lee Project

Image by Jim Lee. Free and open to the public.

Meet the Artist with Mavis Gragg
May 27
Meet the Artist with Mavis Gragg

Meet photographer and exhibit curator Kennedi Carter. Free and open to the public.

Closing Reception for In Ecstasy, I Call Your Name So I Won’t Forget by Kennedi Carter
May 26
Closing Reception for In Ecstasy, I Call Your Name So I Won’t Forget by Kennedi Carter

Closing reception for In Ecstasy, I Call Your Name So I Won’t Forget by Kennedi Carter. Free and open to the public.

Slow Art Tour with Gail Belvett for In Ecstasy, I Call Your Name So I Won’t Forget by Kennedi Carter
May 22
Slow Art Tour with Gail Belvett for In Ecstasy, I Call Your Name So I Won’t Forget by Kennedi Carter

Slow Art Tour: A group of people gather to slowly savor a single object, looking closely while engaging multiple senses. Facilitated by Gail Belvett.

Free and open to the public.

Screening of La Principessa Nuda (1978)
May 21
Screening of La Principessa Nuda (1978)

Screening of La Principessa Nuda (1978): Ajita Wilson plays an African diplomat who comes to Milan to head a trade delegation. At the delegation she feels haunted by her past in which she appeared in a pornographic magazine. In a series of psychedelic scenes, we learn the sordid secrets of her racy past.

Free and open to the public.

Screening of Shakedown (2018)
May 20
Screening of Shakedown (2018)

Screening of Shakedown (2018): From 2002 to 2015, filmmaker Leilah Weinraub documents explicit performances in an underground lesbian club in Los Angeles. Free and open to the public.

Opening Reception for In Ecstasy, I Call Your Name So I Won’t Forget by Kennedi Carter
May 20
Opening Reception for In Ecstasy, I Call Your Name So I Won’t Forget by Kennedi Carter

Opening reception for In Ecstasy, I Call Your Name So I Won’t Forget by Kennedi Carter. Free and open to the public.

Screening of Girl 6 (1996)
May 19
Screening of Girl 6 (1996)

Screening of Girl 6 (1996): A struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator. Free and open to the public.

Slow Art Tour For We [don’t] Care
May 6
Slow Art Tour For We [don’t] Care

Join us for a Slow Art Tour with Gail Belvett of We [don't] Care: reclaiming our environment.

A slow art tour presents a philosophical and literal alternative to the way visitors have traditionally consumed art. The tour challenges the notion that one needs to ‘know’ about art to appreciate it. A group of people gather to slowly savor a single object, looking closely while engaging multiple senses. Free and open to the public.

Meet the Artists with Mavis Gragg
Apr 27
Meet the Artists with Mavis Gragg

“Meet the Artist” is a conversation series hosted by Pop Box Gallery cofounder, Mavis Gragg. Mavis sits down with an artist or arts professional to discuss their work, providing practical tips for collecting art.

In this special edition of the series, Mavis will lead a panel discussion with some of the featured artists in our current exhibit, We don't Care: reclaiming our environment. Free and open to the public. Image: Jessica Clark, Dark Water 6, 20.5” x 26.5”, 2021

Opening Reception for We [don’t] Care
Apr 22
Opening Reception for We [don’t] Care

Celebrate the opening of We [don't] Care: reclaiming our environment, curated by Gail Belvett on Earth Day. Free and open to the public. Image: Honeyed Gardens Open by Saba Taj, 66” x 78”, 2021

 

Visit Us

Dates
4/22 - 7/1/2023

Hours
Wednesday - Saturday noon - 6PM
And during events

Location
304 S. Driver St, Ste 102
Durham, NC 27703

Parking
Free street parking

Contact
popboxgallery@gmail.com