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Join us for the Boylan Arts District Studio Tour on September 28, 2025! Explore working studios, meet local artists, and experience our vibrant creative community in Raleigh's historic arts district.

Antfarm is hosting a 30th Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, April 28th from 4-7. The celebration will take place next door at Rebus Works where our current member Jay Campbell is exhibiting their paintings for the month of April.

Published in the booklet Antfarm Decade to commemorate our first 10 years. Only the statements are shared here. Taking a photo with my phone from the small photos of the work in the catalogue wouldn’t have done it justice.

Published in the booklet Antfarm Decade to commemorate our first 10 years. Only the statements are shared here. Taking a photo with my phone from the small photos of the work in the catalogue wouldn’t have done it justice.

Published in the catalogue Antfarm Decade to commemorate our first 10 years These are the opening pages of the catalogue, the exhibition, in celebration of antfarm’s first ten years, was held at the NCSU Gallery of Art & Design August 13-September 28, 2003.

Spotlight posts are where we share links to press. Browse the "Spotlight" category to see all the times antfarm and its resident artists have been featured in the news.\n\n[](https://indyweek.com/news/archives-news/antfarm/)\n\n### [A is for Antfarm](https://indyweek.com/news/archives-news/antfarm/)\n\n*A profile of Antfarm, a creative studio in Raleigh where artists and craftspeople share workspace and collaborative energy*\n\n> "We're not a gallery, we're a community. Sure, we display and sell our arts and crafts here, but what I value is the group sense of seeing what each other's doing, giving and getting ideas. We all could be alone in our homes, doing our art, but together at Antfarm we each feed off the incredible collective energy," says Dave Wofford.\n\n**Read the full article:** [A is for Antfarm - INDY Week](https://indyweek.com/news/archives-news/antfarm/)\n\n*By John Valentine, October 4, 2000*

GROWING UP BY DAVE WOFFORD, 2003PUBLISHED IN THE BOOKLET ANTFARM DECADE TO COMMEMORATE OUR FIRST 10 YEARS I joined antfarm in the summer of 96–which meant that I benefited a great deal from the energy put into the building by many friends in the thr...

BY DAN METZ, 2003PUBLISHED IN THE CATALOGUE, ANTFARM DECADE TO COMMEMORATE OUR FIRST 10 YEARS By the time I arrived on the antfarm scene, in the spring of 1994, most of the original members had moved on or were in the process of leaving.

This is not a complete timeline, please comment or email us to add an event, or use this google form to submit materials. We’d love to see your photos, exhibition flyers, awards, all of it! The first ten years are based on the timeline printed in the “antfarm decade” booklet published in 2003.

Early Days by Chris Alexander, 2003published in the booklet Antfarm Decade to commemorate our first 10 years The rundown warehouse at 303 Kinsey Street was once a hidden and forgotten part of Raleigh’s past.

Dustin LethermanMagnolia Metal FabricationCustom artistic metal work, from design and fabrication to finish and installation.InstagramWebsite Lou Horton (she/her) realistic figurative sculpture copper jewelry ceramicsWebsiteEtsy ShopInstagramNana’s ...

antfarmers of yore Part of the legacy of antfarm studios is recorded in the over 100 artists that have been a part of the collective since our founding in 1993. Antfarm studios is located in a 100-year-old 2 story warehouse in Raleigh, North Carolina in the historic Boylan Heights Neighborhood.

How long have you been going to the Boylan Heights ArtWalk in Raleigh, NC? When did you first hear about it? Did you get a t-shirt or help make signs? Did you volunteer to booth-sit? What’s the best art or gift you bought there and who did you give i...

GOUGE Wrestling mixes a comedic view of some of professional wrestling’s most popular gimmicks with some of the hottest up and coming wrestlers on the independent scene. At Rebus Works Sunday, October 30, 2022timeFree Family Friendly EventFood Trucks! Sweat. Blood. Tears. Beer.

Have you heard of Creative Mornings? The last Friday of the month in the morning creatives in the Triangle area meet and listen to a speaker give a talk on a world-wide theme. The speaker is usually a local artist, musician, or influencer and I alwa...

New stats for North Carolina from the Americans for the Arts Action Fund for 2022 with the latest data from the BEA (2020), NEA, and state arts leadership. You can download this PDF and share it, or find any state on their website.

We are excited to be participating in the 30th Annual Boylan Heights ArtWalk. Participating antfarm studio artists will set up their booths in the gravel parking lot in front of antfarm. Antfarm will also turn 30 in 2023! We are so grateful for the s...

Antfarm Studios has incorporated as a non-profit with North Carolina’s Secretary of State. We filed the papers on September 10, 2021. Each member is on the board of directors and each gets an equal vote on joint endeavors and new members.