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Make ECU part of your First Friday ArtWalk

Published Aug 27, 2026 by
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Did you know ECU’s College of Fine Arts and Communication has a stop and two venues on the First Friday ArtWalk route for downtown Greenville?

First Friday ArtWalk celebrates creativity and culture from 5-8 p.m. each month on — you guessed it — the first Friday (with a break in January)! Visitors can explore art galleries, museums, libraries, live music venues, restaurants and more, offering experiences for everyone to enjoy. The First Friday ArtWalk is self-paced and self-guided, event, and visitors can even take a ride on the free Emerald Express Trolley to get from stop to stop. The trolley starts and stops at Emerge Gallery and Art Center on Evans Street, and circulates through downtown, ECU and Dickinson Avenue about every 20 minutes. Riders can hop on and off at the various stops.

Check out our lineup for the 2026-27 season of First Friday ArtWalk! We invite you to join us at the CFAC offices, Proctor-Yongue House, 601 E. 5th St.; and across the street at Jenkins Fine Arts Center, the home of our School of Art and Design, in the Burroughs Wellcome Gallery and Wellington B. Gray Gallery.

For Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodations at these and all ECU campus events, please contact 252-737-1018 or ada-coordinator@ecu.edu at least 48 hours in advance.

 

Sept. 4, 2026

  • Gray Gallery — RE/collection Alumni Exhibition, with reception
  • Proctor-Yongue — RE/collection Alumni Exhibition, with reception; CFAC PoPs (Pirates on the Porch series): music performance by Robbie Quinn with Dan Hemming

Oct. 2, 2026

  • Burroughs Wellcome Gallery — Ocean Exhibition, with reception
  • Gray Gallery — Juried Undergraduate Exhibition with reception
  • Proctor-Yongue — Last call! RE/collection Alumni Exhibition; CFAC PoPs: open house with vinyl selections

Nov. 6, 2026

  • Burroughs Wellcome Gallery — Graphic Design Coding Exhibition, with reception
  • Gray Gallery — Form Forge, with reception
  • Proctor-Yongue — Solo Exhibition: Autumn Standbridge, MFA student; CFAC PoPs: music performance by Wild Friends

Dec. 4, 2026

  • Burroughs Wellcome and Gray Galleries — Visual Arts Forum and Glass Annual Sale, with reception
    • Sale hours: Dec. 3, 4-8 p.m.; Dec. 4, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Dec, 5, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • Proctor-Yongue — Solo Exhibition: Autumn Standbridge, MFA student: CFAC PoPs: open house with vinyl selections

Feb. 5, 2027

  • Gray Gallery — National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) Comprehensive Review Exhibition, with reception
  • Proctor-Yongue — School of Music exhibition; CFAC PoPs: School of Music performance TBD

March 5, 2027

  • Burroughs Wellcome Gallery — MFA Exhibition: Eliza Landis, with reception
  • Gray Gallery — MFA Exhibitions: Cullen Austin Irby, Narges Sedaghat, and Savannah Willis, with reception
  • Gray Gallery Special Collections Room — MFA Exhibition: Liam Aley, with reception
  • Proctor-Yongue — Eastern North Carolina Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition with artist and family reception

April 2, 2027

  • Gray Gallery — Illustration Senior Exhibition, with reception
  • Gray Gallery Special Collections Room — MFA Exhibition: Denton, with reception
  • Proctor-Yongue — Eastern North Carolina Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition; CFAC PoPs: open house with vinyl selections

May 7, 2027

  • Gray Gallery — Spring 2027 BFA Senior Exhibition, with reception
  • Proctor-Yongue — School of Theatre and Dance Exhibition; CFAC PoPs: open house with vinyl selections

June 4, 2027

  • While there is a First Friday ArtWalk in June, we do not participate in our facilities since ECU is on summer break. We’ll see you back in the fall!