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September 15, 2022

Arts for Resilient Kids 2022-23 Season

Members of Flamenco Vivo teach kids at Virginia Cross

We are thrilled to announce our 2022-23 Arts for Resilient Kids season! We’re kicking off Artists-in-Schools with new AIS educators Gaspard&Dancers. Truck-and-Trailer, ArtAssist for Kids, and ClydeFEST are all back,… Read More →

By Andrea Akin | Filed Under: Artists-in-Schools, Arts for Resilient Kids, Arts in Education, Events, Slideshow Featured |

April 4, 2022

Meet These Artists: Actors Huck Boone and Kinsey McCubbin

The Chatham Arts Council is investing in artists through our Meet This Artist series, introducing you to 12 Chatham County artists each year in a big way. The fine folks… Read More →

By Rachel Flanagan | Filed Under: Artist Close-Up, ClydeFEST, County Happenings, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: acting, actor, Chatham County, clydeFEST, Meet This Artist, pittsboro youth theater

February 20, 2022

Big Night In for the Arts

Big Night In for the Arts aired March 10 on WRAL-TV. You can still support here. We are thrilled to partner again with our friends at WRAL, United Arts Council… Read More →

By Andrea Akin | Filed Under: Events, Slideshow Featured |

December 28, 2021

Arts for Resilient Kids Season 2021-22

Artists-in-Schools 2021-22 Our 2021-22 season was a smashing success! We visited 15 Chatham County Schools through our Artists-in-Schools Initiative, 2 Chatham County neighborhoods with Truck and Trailer Roving Performances, and… Read More →

By Andrea Akin | Filed Under: Artists-in-Schools, Arts in Education, ClydeFEST, Events |

July 1, 2020

Go See This: The Talk, now available to view online

As new members of our Chatham County community, Chatham Park is powering our Go See This series this year because art is an integral part of Chatham County’s identity. They join us… Read More →

By Rachel Flanagan | Filed Under: Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Bulldog, Chatham County, Go See This, one man show, streetsigns, theater

January 4, 2020

Makani McKenzie

By Makani McKenzie | |

October 26, 2019

Phillip Gilfus

By Phillip Gilfus | |

April 17, 2018

Meet This Artist: Mike Wiley—The Busiest Man in Show Business

This month’s “Meet This Artist” is written by guest blogger Elisabeth Lewis Corley.  Multiple hyphenate Mike Wiley, an actor-playwright- director-arts educator, came to Pittsboro because he and his wife, Jodi… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Artist Close-Up, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: actor, Arts education, books, Chatham County, Community, memoir, Music, non-fiction, performance, Pittsboro, theater

April 18, 2017

Meet This Artist: Dorrie Casey is giving art to support art for children

Since she was a child, Dorrie Casey was all about theater  – writing, performing, designing, and making music. Then, quite by chance, a new art form grabbed hold of her… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured, Uncategorized | Tagged With: Artist, bones, collage, installation, lichen, metal, moss, recycle, repurposed, sculpture. texture, wool

March 28, 2017

Meet This Artist: Derrick Ivey is master-of-many theater magician

 This month’s Meet This Artist is by guest blogger Elisabeth Lewis Corley. Native North Carolinian Derrick Ivey was a Radio, Television and Motion Picture major at the University of North… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: acting, actor, directing, drama, Man Bites Dog, plays, playwright, theater

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Meet This Artist

Triptych of photos of Sanaiya

Meet This Artist: Sanaiya Cheek

The Chatham Arts Council is investing in artists through our Meet This Artist series, introducing you to 12 Chatham County artists each year in a big way. The fine folks at Hobbs Architects in downtown Pittsboro are powering our Meet This Artist … Read More →

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