Late Raleigh architect honored by wife, NC State

Name: Late Raleigh architect honored by wife, NC State
Uploaded: 2022-04-05T23:59:52.000Z
Duration: 3 min 36 s
Description: Frank Lee Craig was an architect from Raleigh who passed away a few years ago from a brain tumor. He was also a musician and artist, and his wife has tried to preserve his talents. The Gregg Museum at NC State is currently hosting an exhibition of his work. The CD his wife produced after his death also resonates with depth and poignancy.

Frank Lee Craig was an architect from Raleigh who passed away a few years ago from a brain tumor. He was also a musician and artist, and his wife has tried to preserve his talents. The Gregg Museum at NC State is currently hosting an exhibition of his work. The CD his wife produced after his death also resonates with depth and poignancy.

Posted 4/5/2022, 11:59:52 PM

CAROLINA BEACH TOWN COUNCIL

VOTED TO APPROVE THE NEW RIDE

LAST WEEK. HE WAS A RALEIGH

ARCHITECT AND ARTIST.

>> THE WORKER, FRANKLY, CRAIG,

IS ON DISPLAY NOW TO GREG

MUSEUM ON HILLSBOROUGH STREET.

RALEIGH. HE EXPERIMENTED WITH

PAPER COLLAGES DURING HIS LIFE.

THE EXHIBITION IS CALLED NEAR

DISTANCE, WHICH HIS WHITE WIFE

HELP CURE RATE. THEY WERE

MARRIED NEARLY 30 YEARS AND SHE

HAS HELPED PRESERVE HIS MUSICAL

GIFTS AS WELL. TONIGHT, OUR TAR

HEEL TRAVELER TELLS THAT STORY

AS SCOTT MASON EXPLAINS, IT IS

A LOVE STORY. HEARTFELT AND

POINT.

DESCRIBE FRANKS PERSONALITY.

HE WAS. SO WE'RE GOOD.

>> AND I CAN TO MEN. BUT ANY

TIME I WAS BORN.

>> FRANKLY, CRAIG, LOVED MUSIC,

BUT HE WORKED AS AN ARCHITECT,

PRINCIPAL OF A LARGE FIRM IN

RALEIGH. HE WAS ALSO A

PHOTOGRAPHER AND ART SCENE AND

HE WAS VERY GROUNDED IT.

HE DID WHAT HE BELIEVED THAT

HE BELIEVED IN. MARGARET, I

WAS VISITING FROM GERMANY AND

THEN WE DECIDED TO YEAH.

>> FRANK WROTE MORE THAN 40 SAW

THE SAW HANDS WITHIN ANY

EVENTUALLY HELPED PUT TOGETHER

A BAND.

THAT'S FRANK GOING GUITAR, 14

MONTHS AFTER HIS SURGERY

COMPLAINING ABOUT HEADACHES

AND I HE WENT AND HE WAS

STANDING OUTSIDE THE BUILDING

AND

>> THANK YOU FOR ME TO TAKE

IT FROM ME. ONE

>> FRANK HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED

WITH THE MOST MALIGNANT BRAIN

TUMOR. SO NOT PREPARED FOR

ANYTHING LIKE THIS. IT'S ALMOST

UNIMAGINABLE. THE SURGERY DID

GO WELL, FRANK.

BELIEVE IT. HE HE HAD A VERY

STRONG FAITH.

>> PLANT WHEN LIFE.

>> FRANK HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO

RECORD HIS MUSIC. I GOT HIM

TO PLAY THE TRACKS WITH HIS

GUITAR AND IT WAS KIND OF LIKE,

OKAY, WE'VE GOT ALL THE THINGS

THAT WE NEED. TO PUT SOME STUFF

DOWN LATER. SAID THEY DIDN'T

TELL ME. HE WAS TERMINALLY ILL.

>> HE HAS A WEEK CURRENTS OF

>> FRANK DIED IN AUGUST 2009, 6

AND A HALF YEARS AFTER HIS

DIAGNOSIS, HE LEFT BEHIND 6

SONGS HE RECORDED. HE HAD THIS

TAKE SO MUCH INTO SONG WRITING

THAT I HAD A PK TO IT.

>> TOOL.

COMPLETE THE WORK I REALLY AND

TRULY FELT LIKE IT WAS LIKE ONE

OF THE MOST ROMANTIC THINGS.

>> AND I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY

LIFE.

TO FINISH THIS AFTER HE PASSED

AWAY, FRANKLY, CRATE.

>> THE DISTANCE IS SONY.

>> I'M VERY GOOD. THEY HAVE

WE HAVE THIS. WE HAVE THIS

VOICE. WE HAVE THIS MUSIC.

WE HAVE.

SOT WORK AND I'M VERY, VERY

GRATEFUL

SAD, BUT BEAUTIFUL STORY.

>> FRANKLY, CRAIG'S MUSIC IS

ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE. AND WE

TOLD YOU ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

OF HIS ART WORK THAT IS ON

DISPLAY AT THE GREGG MUSEUM