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June 3, 2025

Meet This Artist: Visual Artist and Storyteller Nina Scott

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 Heather O'Shaughnessy | Filed Under: Arts + Equity Grants, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Arts + Equity, Deena Class, garden, garden haven and farm, herbalist, plant, Word & Plant

October 24, 2024

Go See This: 9th Annual Death Faire at The Plant

James Vose is a local business owner, US Army Veteran, and father. He currently serves as a Pittsboro Town Commissioner and is committed to generating a vibrant cultural community through… Read More →

By Heather O'Shaughnessy | Filed Under: County Happenings, Creative Placemaking, Events, Go See This | Tagged With: death faire, emily merletto, Paperhand Puppet Intervention, Pittsboro, Smelt, susan baker cartledge, The Plant

June 30, 2023

Meet This Artist: Lea Ciceraro, Photographer

Black and white photo of woman lying down with her eyes closed and one arm over her head. Encaustic pastels surround her.

Photographer Lea Ciceraro, with her cascade of curly hair and her meaning-full tattoos, nestles onto a plush couch. Lea delves into her life, artistic process, and love for encaustic photography.

By Heather O'Shaughnessy | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Chatham County, Encaustics, Lea Ciceraro, Meet This Artist, Photography

February 11, 2023

Images by Cliff Haac

By Cliff Haac | |

December 16, 2022

Chatham’s First Ever JumpstART Walkabout Brought the Art!

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… Read More →

By Andrea Akin | Filed Under: County Happenings, Events, JumpstART Grants, 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

September 6, 2022

Meet This Artist: Painter Amber Ross 

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, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Chatham County, Meet This Artist, Northwood High School, WEBB Squared, young entrepreneur

July 26, 2022

Meet This Artist: Alexander Percy and Jenn Von Egidy of Cataleya Jewelry Studio 

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, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Alexander Percy, Cataleya Jewelry Studio, Chatham County, jewelry, Meet This Artist, The Plant

May 5, 2022

Craig Greiner

By Craig Greiner | |

April 18, 2022

Apply Today for Grassroots Arts Grants: Cash Money to Do Amazing Work through the Arts!

Did someone say cash money grants? Yep! The Chatham Arts Council is thrilled to announce that online applications for our annual Grassroots Arts Grants are now available. Every single granting… Read More →

By Andrea Akin | Filed Under: ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Grassroots Grants, Resources for Artists, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: artists, Chatham County, Collaboration, Community, Pittsboro, Siler City, Visual Arts & Crafts

August 28, 2021

PIttsboro Gallery of Arts

By Pittsboro Art Gallery | |

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