Downtown Raleigh Alliance

Emily Cash's work deals with obsession - of drawing, mark-making, mechanical devices, food, and the body. As Cash works on her drawings, she tries to capture the detailed and disturbing nature of the psyche. She is interested in paranoia of one's own body image, and she connects this systematic paranoia to mechanical devices. Cash's drawings concentrate on the way these two elements work together and the tension they create. Simply using pen and ink, Cash investigates the inner workings of the human body as if it were a factory or a machine. 

Cash's highly detailed drawings map cells and muscles and provide an internal environment in obsessive detail. Emily Cash was born in Poplar Bluff, MO and raised in Raleigh, NC. She earned a BA in Art from Meredith College and an MFA from UNC-Chapel Hill. Over the last three months Cash has shown in North Carolina at 311 Martin Street, DesignBox, Greenhill Arts Center, Ackland Art Museum, and The Univerisity of North Carolina. She has also shown at Dangenart Gallery in Nashville,TN and Union Street Gallery in Chicago. Cash has also been featured in New York Arts Magazine under Tips and Picks. Cash currently is a visiting professor at Duke University.  

About Artspace Artspace, a thriving visual art center located in downtown Raleigh, brings the creative process to life through inspiring and engaging education and community outreach programming, a dynamic environment of over 30 professional artists studios, and nationally acclaimed exhibitions. Approximately 95 artists hold professional memberships in the Artspace Artists Association. Thirty-five of these artists have studios located at Artspace. 

Artspace is open to the public Tuesday-Saturday from 10 am- 6 pm and on the first Friday of each month for the First Friday Gallery Walk until 10 pm. Admission is free; donations appreciated. Guided tours are available. Artspace is located in Historic City Market in Raleigh at the corner of Blount and Davie Streets. Artspace is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, the Raleigh Arts Commission, individuals, corporations, and private foundations. 

Cost: Free