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December 16, 2022

Chatham’s First Ever JumpstART Walkabout Brought the Art!

Diali Cissokho performing kora music in a warehouse space

We’re offering a big thank you to our JumpstART artists, the good folks of The Plant, and all of you who came out to the JumpstART Walkabout! The rain stopped just in time that first Saturday in December for our nine of our ten JumpstART grant recipients to come together, under the deft hand of installation director and Chatham theatre artist Derrick Ivey, to present a free, unique arts experience open to all the folks of Chatham.

Photo of oil on canvas by Julia Kennedy
Oil on canvas by Julia Kennedy

New songs and sounds, new paintings, new stories, new sculpture were all on display across the businesses at The Plant.

Photo of singer Taz Halloween performing her new songs
Taz Halloween

Singer/songwriter Taz Halloween and sound artist, skintape aka Caleb McLaurin alternated performances in the backroom of bmc Brewing, with songs of protest and new innovations in sound and video.

Photo of sound artist Caleb McLaurin aka skintape presenting his newest installation
Caleb McLaurin aka Skintape

West African musician Diali Cissokho and songwriter Stephan Meyers, aka Breadfoot, entertained audiences in Building 2, swapping melodic kora songs and the first completed songs of a new banjo opera.

Photo of Diali Cissokho performing on the kora
Diali Cissokho
Photo of Stephan Meyers aka Breadfoot performing songs from his new banjo opera
Stephan Meyers aka Breadfoot

Julia Kennedy presented an interactive oil painting in the coming-soon Lilly Den deli, while Tanja Lipinski Cole offered two new mixed media canvases.

Photo of Tanja Lipinski Cole's new art pieces
Artwork by Tanka Lipinski Cole
Photos of JR Butler's wood sculpture from 3 different angles
Wood sculpture by JR Butler

JR Butler displayed two new wood sculptures, and Brenda Linton read excerpts from her new memoir in the tasting room at Fair Game Beverage Company.

Photo of JR Butler's wood sculpture
Wood sculpture by JR Butler
Photo of Brenda Linton reading excerpts from her new memoir
Brenda Linton

In Cataleya Jewelry Studio, artist Alexander Percy and wife Jenn Von Egidy presented a beautiful set of handcrafted jewelry for auction, featuring native Chatham agate from the Jordan Lake area.

Photo of Alexander Percy and his two jewelry pieces, a necklace and a ring
Alexander Percy of Cataleya Jewelry Studio

We are so grateful to be part of a county that embraces art and new ways of presenting it. This was an experiment on lots of levels, and to see so many brave the less-than-perfect weather to come out and support local artists made it a huge success in our book!

An event like this, with so many moving parts and pieces, takes a village to create. We’d like to thank theatre artist extraordinaire Derrick Ivey for his vision and direction, all our volunteers and board members who came out to help, Tami Schwerin and all the businesses at The Plant. Big thanks to the fine folks at Manbites Dog Theater Fund for sponsoring our first ever JumpstART Walkabout–and Chatham County and Triangle Community Foundation for their ongoing support of our creative placemaking work.

Logo for Manbites Dog Theater Fund, with a white graphic of a dog on a red background.

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By Andrea Akin | Filed Under: Arts for Resilient Kids, Arts in Education, Events, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Alexander Percy, Arts in the Public Sphere, bmc Brewing, Breadfoot, Brenda Linton, Caleb McLaurin, Cataleya Jewelry Studio, creative placemaking, Derrick Ivey, Diali Cissokho, Fair Game, Grants, Investing in Artists, JR Butler, Julie Kennedy, JumpstART, skintape, Stephan Meyers, Tanja Lipinski Cole, Taz Halloween, The Plant

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