The CoLab Monthly
July 2025
What’s Inside?
- First Friday on the Fourth! This month’s theme is Mimicry.
- CoLab’s Graffiti Meetup is now a monthly thing!
- Get a new Perspective at our next workshop, led by Eric.
- Drink N Draw, Night Open Studio, and Sunday Open Studio keep rolling.
- Sketchy Summer Figure Drawing is going strong. Come by Lou’s studio on 1st and 3rd Fridays to participate.
- We’re on Bluesky! Follow us at @thecolabraleigh.bsky.social
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- Check the CoLab Linktree and Website Calendar for more details!
July’s Gallery Show
Mimicry
There’s a lot of emphasis put on the creative individual, but the truth is, nobody does it alone. Every artist cobbles together their style from countless influences, incorporating the techniques of other visionaries. From the old masters, to the folks in your community whose work you admire, no source of artistic inspiration is off limits.
First Friday!
We Invite You To Our Studio
Draw Draw Pass participants at ArtSpace during June’s First Friday.
Join us on the First Friday of each month for:
- The opening of our new art show
- Collaborative painting
- The $5 Sketch Wall
- Cool CoLab merch
- Snacks and drinks (donations appreciated)
- The best of Raleigh’s art community
July’s First Friday Details:
🪞Opening of Mimicry
🗓️July 4
⌚6 – 11 pm
📍CoLab Studio at 14 Glenwood Ave #17, Raleigh
🔺Please note: our studio is up a flight of stairs
Upcoming Events
Drink & Draw
Join us every Wednesday at The Wicked Witch for all-skill-levels figure drawing, and enjoy a beverage with a laidback group of like-minded folks.
No pressure to perform! We’re all here to learn.
Drink & Draw Details
🎟️$12 to attend
🚪Doors at 7 pm
🎨Figure model drawing from 7:30 – 9:30 pm
🥳Hang out til’ 11 pm
📍At the Wicked Witch, 416 W South St, Raleigh
📱Follow Drink & Draw on Instagram
This month’s fabulous models are:
- July 2: Joseph
- July 9: Eric
- July 16: Elaine
- June 23: Emily G in Ho Ho Ho down
- July 30: Ryan
Sketchy Summer Figure Drawing
Join Lou and Anna every first and third Saturday for Sketchy Summer Figure Drawing in the studio next to CoLab (#16)!
Check out more, find out who is modeling, and sign up on Instagram: @sketchy_summer_drawings
Open Studios, Classes, & Workshops
Eric is teaching a perspective drawing workshop on July 13 from 2-5 pm. The workshop will be chill, but highly detailed. You will learn 4 types of perspective drawings, minor drafting skills, and light and shadows. $20 dollars per student, any form of payment accepted.
Sign-up: https://forms.gle/nGSfo4drZxkCp8tv6
🗓️July 13
⌚2 – 5 pm
🎟️$20
📍CoLab Studio at 14 Glenwood Ave #17, Raleigh
Have A Workshop Idea? Fill Out This Form 🙂
Night Open Studio
Come make art at night, like it’s supposed to happen!
Hang out, make art, and party from 8-11 pm on Saturday, July 12.
🔊Feral music
😜Weirdo vibes
🌟Totally free!
📍CoLab Open Studio, 14 Glenwood #17 (upstairs), Raleigh
Hosted by Shady
New! Monthly Graffiti Meetup
Our July Graffiti Meetup is Sunday, July 13 from 11 am-1 pm.
Practice a new piece, beginners welcome!
Graffiti Meetup Details
- Once a month, always the day after Night Open Studio
- Will fall on a Sunday from 11 am-1 pm
- Meet at the NCSU Free Expression Tunnel which is a legal wall
- You can park at the entrance to the wall
- BYO supplies, knowledge will be shared!
Sunday Open Studio
Each Sunday our studio is open to you, for free!
- Work with others on collaborative art, or work on your own thing
- Bring supplies or see what we have laying around to use
- Check out our latest art show!
Collaborative Events
Raleigh Fringe Festival
Raleigh Fringe Festival is an annual open-source, multi-disciplinary performing arts festival that elevates and celebrates everything weirdly wonderful about Raleigh! RFF is proud to provide platforms for emerging artists and established talents alike to push the boundaries of artistic expression. Raleigh Fringe Festival is a three day event starting on July 10 and running through July 13!
CoLab will be there with a live canvas on July 12.
Fringe Fest Details
🗓️Saturday, July 12
📍Theatre Raleigh Arts Center, 6638 Old Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC 27616
Stitch and Bitch
With Half Moon Health & Wellness
CoLab is thrilled to host Half Moon Mental Health & Wellness’ Stitch and Bitch!
Whether you’re into knitting, crochet, coloring, or any other craft, join us for a cozy evening of creativity, conversation, and community. Bring your current project, or start a new one!
Stitch & Bitch is held on the second Thursday of each month from 6-9 pm at CoLab.
🗓️July 10 from 6 – 9 pm
And More…
Check our website for updates and other events this month that didn’t make it into the newsletter: thecolabraleigh.com
Collaborative Paintings
Art Space Live painting “Love and Rage”
Check out all the cool Draw Draw Pass drawings too!
First Friday “Pride: We’re not going Anywhere” live painting
Witch Craft Live Painting from June
Pop up Collaborative painting from the Portal
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