>>> WE HAVE THE MINI PULL APART HEART CAKE. >>> GO OUT AND ABOUT. >>> TRIANGLE CULTURAL ART GALLERY WAS DESIGNED TO EMPOWER ARTISTS TO FILL THEIR NARRATIVES WHERE THEY COULD SPEAK TO NOT ONLY CULTURE, BUT HISTORY IN THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES. HERE, WE ACTUALLY USE ART TO BUILD AND SUSTAIN COMMUNITY. THERE WAS A VOID IN THE MARKET IN TERMS OF VOICES THAT WERE BEING HEARD AND SEEN. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS A SPACE WHERE PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO WERE MARGALIZED TO ENGAGE THE SENSES THROUGH PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES. IT IS A RANGE OF ARTISTS IN THE TRIANGLE AND BEYOND. >> WE HAVE THE LOOKING BACK AT 2020 EXHIBIT. THIS SHOW WAS VERY DIVERSE NOT ONLY IN ARTISTS, BUT IN ART WORK AND HOW PEOPLE VIEWED IT. THE FIST PLACE WINNER WAS A PIECE BY JULIUS BLARE. THIS IS A PIECE SHE DID ON HER MENTAL HEALTH THROUGHOUT 2020. AND THIS PIECE IS VERY DISFIGURED, DISTORTED. IT KIND OF LOOKS SURREAL. >> OF COURSE WE HAVE DISPLAYS LIKE THIS. BUT WE ALSO TEACH CLASSES THAT ARE CULTURALLY BASED AS WELL. WE JUST FINISHED AN MLK PAINTING PARTY. WITH DO DIFFERENT THINGS TO NOT ONLY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, BUT TO EDUCATE AS WELL. . >> THE THING I LIKE WHEN PEOPLE COME IN TO THE GALLERY IS TEACHING THEM ABOUT THE WORK, TEACHING THEM ABOUT ART, LEARNING ABOUT IT AND WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND LOOK AT. YOU GET A DIFFERENT FEELING FROM IT. YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE LIGHT UP THE MORE THAT THEY LEARN ABOUT IT. . >> MAKING ART IS A WAY WE SAY THAT WE ARE HERE AND THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY AND SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH ABOUT US INDIVIDUALLY, AND ALSO ABOUT US COLLECTIVELY. WE WANT YOU TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN COME AND SAY I SEE SOMETHING ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE IN THE WORK. THE EXHIBIT IS FREE. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT AND