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The Downtown Raleigh Alliance has recently released its newest series of “ARTivation” in the Warehouse District at Union Station Plaza.
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Public art display, Raleigh Rhythm, is on display through winter 2027 at 230 South West St. The colorful interactive experience invites the community to move their feet and watch as glowing squares illuminate from below. Raleigh Rhythm’s creator, Mosca Designs, is a commercial holiday decorations and lights wholesaler based on Youngsville.
The installation, open daily from 6 p.m. – 2 a.m., was one of 19 featured in the Illuminate Art Walk in 2025. The event has become a holiday tradition for Raleigh residents since 2020, letting viewers walk through downtown experiencing different light displays representing the state and the holiday season.
Downtown Raleigh Alliance’s ARTivation was created to fill public spaces with art. DRA maintains another ARTivation installation in the city; ArtPutt has been available to the public since May 1 of this year and will remain until the end of September.
“We want Downtown Raleigh to be a place where there’s always something unexpected or new to discover,” Ileana Rodriguez, vice president of communications and community relations at DRA, said. “Art has a way of making you look at a familiar place differently. That’s what we love about our ARTivation program – it gives people a reason to see downtown from a new perspective.”
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The interactive art exhibit, presented by UNC Health Championship and open daily from 8 a.m. – 2 a.m., is “a surrealist mini-golf course where every hole is a work of art,” DRA says. It is a self-serve, pop-up course featuring only local artists showcasing North Carolina. The installation is located in the Bloc[83] Courtyard on 621 Hillsborough St.
The experience was originally in City Plaza on Fayetteville Street before appearing at Bloc[83], a 10-story mixed-use building with offices, dining, parking and more. Use lockbox code 0621 to access putters, balls, and scorecards from the garden box on-site, DRA says, then return and lock them up when you finish.
The News & Observer recently reported on another art space coming to the Triangle. Reehl Fine Art, a contemporary art gallery, will open in North Hills in November. Willa Kane, wife of Dan Kane of Kane Realty, is collaborating with Raleigh-based artist Caroline Boykin to open Reehl Fine Art. The gallery will be located in the former Lululemon store at 4421 Six Forks Road, Suite 113, near Panera Bread and Bonefish Grill.
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This story has been updated.
This story was originally published August 25, 2026 at 3:59 PM.