Our mission is to promote, inspire, encourage, and support visual art for uplifting the human spirit in the Cary community.

Through partnerships with other non-profit organizations, as well as the Town of Cary and local businesses, CVA facilitates the commissioning and placement of art throughout the community. Our goal is to promote public access to visual art through the support of public art projects and educational programs.

Cary Visual Art is supported by our members and sponsors and receives grants from a variety of public and private sources. Learn more about our supporters here.

What's New at CVA:

Cary Visual Art Appoints Todd Bryant as New Executive Director

Click here to learn more. Don't miss the article published June 3 in the Cary News!

Cary Visual Art's Temporary Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition

Cary Visual Art's call for artist entries for the 2008 Temporary Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition received a terrific response. A total of 39 professional artists from around the country submitted 68 sculptures for consideration before the May 16 deadline. Ten sculptures will be selected for the exhibition, granting the artists a $1,000 stipend and the possibility to compete for a $5,000 Grand Prize.

The winners will be announced in late June. The exhibition will open to the public on August 17, with festivities planned to coincide with the Lazy Daze Arts and Crafts Festival on August 23.

Please see our press release click here and be sure to visit our dedicated website www.carysculpture.org for exhibition information.

Brad Spencer, Reidsville artist, selected for Black Creek Greenway Project

Mr. Spencer was one of 18 artists from around the country who responded to Cary Visual Art’s limited call for the project. Click here to learn more.

To Build a Community, a work by Brad Spencer, located at the Peters Creek Wal-Mart in Winston-Salem.

Cary Visual Art Announces 2008 Scholarship Winner

Cary High School student Nicholas Fair is the most recent recipient of CVA's Scholarship. Click here to learn more.

Gilding the Lily, by Nicholas Fair

Cary Visual Art's 12th Annual Art Ball will Showcase Works by Local Artists

Click here for information about the 2008 Art Ball at the Umstead Hotel and Spa, November 8, 2008

Several fine works of art by local artists will be raffled in conjunction with the event. Raffle tickets will go on sale this summer, and winners will not need to be present at the Art Ball to win. Please contact Michelle Normand at 531-2821 if you wish to donate an art work for the event.

A public exhibition of the art works is planned for early Fall. Information regarding the exhibition and raffle ticket sales will be posted to this website.

CVA's Spring Public Art in Focus Lecture Series Draws to a Close

Cary Visual Art is proud to have featured three well-known public artists for its Spring lecture season: Brett Cook, Larry Kirkland, and Elizabeth Conner. Our fall schedule will be posted here in the upcoming months. Click here to learn more about our lecture series.