Alison was awarded Regional Artists Project Grants for 2002, 2004, and 2008 from the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County. In 2009 she was granted the Sarah Everett Toy Memorial Award, a full scholarship to study photography at Penland.

Her work has been exhibited in galleries and/or universities in the following states: California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and
West Virginia.

Collections include: North Carolina State University's Gregg Museum of Art and Design, Louisburg College Permanent Gallery Collection, Credit Suisse First Boston Headquarters, Saks Fifth Avenue, SAS Institute, and the City of Raleigh.

Alison lives and works in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Alison Overton: "Dream Days"

Making art, in particular photographs that chronicle a moment in a changing landscape, is my passion. As a lifelong artist, I strive constantly to explore and expand my definition of the unique and mysterious in life and nature. I love to utilize simple, manual film cameras such as the Holga 120S and the Widelux F6 to capture images that have an ethereal and timeless quality. My hope is, that when a person views the work, he or she might feel as if peering into a dreamy world, with a sense of awe and child-like wonder.

One of the recurring themes in my work is the architectural landscape with a sense of history. My intent in making these photographs is to visually convey the feeling of walking alone among quiet and peaceful sites, both secular and sacred. By combining overlapping exposures, careful cropping and finally overpainting with transparent oil paints, the finished works reveal my idea of these places as they might appear in a daydream or on another plane of existence, and as if our rules of time, space and perspective did not apply.

The Carrboro Community Art Project consist of Carrboro-themed artwork created those connected to the town.

More than 60 artist are participating in the 2010 Carrboro Community Art Project. The exhibit is occurring at the Carrboro Town Hall and Carrboro Century Center.

The reception will begin at the exhibit at the Carrboro Town Hall. Carrboro Poet Laureate Jay Bryan will open the celebration with a poem. Following Mr. Bryan, a performance by the Secne of Crime Rovers will occur.

Lucky's Starlight Lounge will play at the Century Center at 7:30p.m. The Arts Committee will host receptions at both locations from 6-9pm during the 2nd Friday Art Walk.

Contributing Artist include:

Peg Bachenheimer, Chris Beacham, Beckett Brantley, Herb Bresley,
Susan Clements, Jeff Cobb, Sandra Coe, Connie Cohn,
Misha Coleman, Pam Cooper Lilies,Virginia Crisp, Michael Crowell, Michael Cyr
Nathaniel Davidson, Lorraine Davis, Maria de Bruyn, Jan Dodds, Anne Froment,
Marianne Gemming Jones, Donald Grace, Donna Grace, Maggi Grace Viola Grace
Ben Gunter, Randee Haven-O'Donnell, Nancy Hearon, Nomaiaci (Cissa) Kamakura,
Barbara Keyworth, , Martha Klopfer, Patricia Kosden, Laura Luna Lardinois,
Stacye Leanza, Larry Leblanc, Nerys Levy, Susan Lindholm,
Joyce Clark Luxton , Renata McConnell, Hassan Melehy, Debbie Meyer,
Sharmin Mirman, Paris Mirman-Richards, Heather Nash, Jeff Newell,
Dave Otto,Ryan Pecaut, Susan Powell, Lori Rhodes, Promila Sen, Laura Shamania,
Judi Smith , Judith Smith. Nancy Smith, Sara Smith, Geneva Sophia, James Spell,
Laura Spray, Sarah Stainback, Karen Stone, Valerie Tan, Kayla Zaragoza,
Emerald Pond Retirement Grp 1, Emerald Pond Retirement Grp 2, and others.

For a list of artist that submitted their work and the location of their piece on display- Community ArtProject

Shelly is also a professional mural painter, and has recently completed seven permanent sanctuary panels at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chapel Hill. She works in other mediums as well including collage work on paper, and found object sculptures.

She teaches drawing to children at the Century Center in Carrboro , as well as a workshop in collage twice a year at Meredith College in Raleigh. She lives in Carrboro with her husband and their 10-year-old adopted daughter. To see more of her work please visit Shelly's web site.

Carrboro Century Center

Laura especially enjoys taking close-ups. "There's an intimacy there, a beauty, that gets lost when in a larger-scale setting."

Laura has no formal training in art or photography, and, prior to July 2009, she had never before exhibited her work (outside of family and friends). However, people who had seen her photographs gave immensely positive feedback, and have encouraged Laura to show her work in a public venue. Consequently, she exhibited her work for the first time this summer, in Cary NC. Most recently, Laura was honored to have a piece included in a juried exhibition show. Now Laura is very pleased to show her work in Carrboro, which will be followed with an exhibit in Raleigh.

Of this exhibit, Laura says: "I've focused on close-ups of flowers. When I look at a beautiful flower, I'm glad for it. It makes me happy. The colors, the shapes, the patterns. It can also calm me when I'm nervous or scared, or uplift me during the bleak wintertime. I hope these pictures of flowers do the same for others."

Laura tries to take pictures pretty regularly. While she primarily photographs flowers, she also enjoys taking landscape and cityscape shots. Lately, she's become intrigued with doing candid portraits, capturing the private moments of a person's life, and the interest of peoples' faces, their expressions.
Originally, Laura hails from Omaha, Nebraska. She moved to North Carolina fifteen years ago, though, and so almost feels like a native! To see a sampling of more of her work, please visit Laura Holley's web site .

Carrboro Town Hall

Shows in 2008 - 2009

Call for Artists!
Move your art from your home studio to a gallery space!
All artists, local or not, are encouraged to apply.

The Town of Carrboro invites artists to submit original artwork for exhibitions at Carrboro Town Hall and the Century Center.

Exhibit space is open to artists with original works in all fine arts categories, including painting, pastel, collage, mixed media, drawing and photography. Other mediums will be considered on a case by case basis. Exhibiting artists will have the opportunity to participate in the Second Friday ArtWalk.

Artists interested in submitting their artwork for review may present ten to fifteen images of their work in one of the following ways:

1. E-MAIL: e-mail digital images of your work to kandrews@townofcarrboro.org. Spam filters being what they are, we recommend sending a second email with no attachment to let us know to expect your images. Put the words "Carrboro Arts Committee" in the subject line. Include a résumé, a brief cover letter, and an artist statement.

2. WEBSITE: if you have a site where your art is posted, e-mail the link to the Carrboro Arts Committee at kandrews@townofcarrboro.org. Include a résumé, a brief cover letter, and an artist statement.

3. PHOTOGRAPHS: if you don't have digital images or a website, you may submit hard-copy photographs of your art. Or, if you'd prefer, submit a CD ROM of your art along with a document listing the size and medium of each piece. Include a résumé, a brief cover letter, and an artist statement. You may drop them off at Carrboro Town Hall or the Century Center or mail them to:

Town of Carrboro
Attention: Kim Andrews
301 West Main Street
Carrboro, NC 27510

For more information, please visit: www.townofcarrboro.org/art/artistinfo.htm

If your work is selected, one of the Carrboro Arts Committee members will be in contact with you.