Stories installation exhibit to include written word, art, audio

Cogs and Wheels volunteers Flo LaMagna, Rebecca Duncan, Blake Wiggs and Jane Horner look through submissions in the Stories exhibit that opens July 11 at the Bank of the Arts in New Bern.

The Cogs and Wheels Projects newest endeavor is Stories, an installation exhibit scheduled to open in July at the Bank of the Arts in New Bern that encompasses stories from local people with a blend of art and audio.

The Cogs & Wheels Project is an ongoing initiative for confronting local and relevant 21st challenges through the fine arts, said one of the founders and lead artist Jane Horner.

Horner and projects director Blake Wiggs have been busy for months at the Old City Laundry Building on Pollock Street preparing the exhibit with the aid of volunteers such as Flo LaMagna and Rebecca Duncan, to name a few.

The exhibit is scheduled from July 11 through Aug. 23. Organizers said volunteers are needed for July 8 to 10 to help with the installation. A reception at 5 p.m. is scheduled for July 11 at the Bank of the Arts during ArtWalk.

The group has collected hundreds of stories from adults and children in Craven County in recent months at collection sites and online. These will be exhibited on 40 hanging installations, with a cloth backing.

The exhibit also includes colorfully painted grids of carpet backing, along with paintings created by the volunteers.

Wiggs said there will also be an audio component for stories captured on tape or by other recording devices such as IPhones.

Im getting a lot (stories) online and I have noticed more people are apt to submit online, he said. Still, the volunteers were busy unpacking boxes of hand-written and typed stories, each a page long.

When this exhibit is installed, there will be the ability for people (visitors) to add to this exhibit and to communicate with the exhibit, he said. If someone reads a story that is really moving for them, they can communicate by writing back to that story.

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Stories installation exhibit to include written word, art, audio