The CoLab Monthly
September 2025
What’s Inside?
- Get your animal fix on! First Friday’s theme for September is Animalia.
- CoLab’s Graffiti Meetup is now a monthly thing!
- 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.
- Two live painting events this month!
- Follow us on Bluesky or Pinksky @thecolabraleigh.bsky.social
- Check the CoLab Linktree and Website Calendar for more details!
- Know someone who’d love to be a part of the community? Forward them our email list signup here.
September’s Gallery Show:
Animalia
Animals! Let’s see your animal art! Yes, bugs, birds, fish, reptiles, and even mollusks are animals, and so are humans technically.
First Friday!
We Invite You To Our Studio
August 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
September’s First Friday Details:
🪞Opening of Animalia
🗓️ September 5
⌚6 pm – 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 pm – 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:
- September 3: Jeff
- September 10: Stella
- September 17: Lia
- September 24: Michael
Sketchy Summer Figure Drawing
Join Lou 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
Classes, & Workshops
Remix Zine Workshop
September 4 join us for a zine making workshop with Fishbowl Forum.
Have A Workshop Idea? Fill Out This Form 🙂
Every 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:
Graffiti Meetup Details:
- September 7
- Will fall on a Sunday from 11am – 1pm
- 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!
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 usually held on the second Thursday of each month from 6-9 pm at CoLab.
🗓️ September 4
⌚ 6pm – 9pm
Fenton Art Festival
Fenton Art Festival on the 14th from 11am to 3pm in Cary. We’ll have a big covered area and free reign to do whatever we want. We’re planning on our regular community painting, a propaganda table, plus showing/selling old collaborative paintings.
Fenton Art Festival Details:
🗓️ September 14
⌚11am – 3pm
📍21 Fenton Main St, Cary, NC 27511
Witchstock
September 20 An all day outdoor event in Willow Springs, NC that’s “an Intersection of Music, Herbalism, and Magick”. Seven bands, yoga, herbal workshop, a vendor market, and us doing an all day long community painting.
Witch Stock Festival Details:
🗓️ September 20
⌚2pm – 9pm
📍8196 Panther Lake Road, Willow Spring, NC
Night Open Studio
Come make art at night, like it’s supposed to happen!
Hang out, make art, and party on Saturday
🗓️ September 20
⌚ 8pm -11pm
🔊Feral music
😜Weirdo vibes
🌟Totally free!
📍CoLab Open Studio, 14 Glenwood #17 (upstairs), Raleigh
And More…
Check our website for updates and other events this month that didn’t make it into the newsletter: thecolabraleigh.com
Collaborative Paintings:
Live painting from Witch Craft market.
Live painting fromPop-Up series at the Portal.
Did you know?
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