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April 12, 2017

Go See This: Day of the Books / El Día de los Libros

“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”― Albert Einstein The annual Day… Read More →

By Danielle DuClos | Filed Under: ChathamArts News, Events, Go See This, Grassroots Grants, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: #ArtsEd, Advocacy, Arts education, Arts in Education, Chatham County, Chatham County Partnership for Children, Collaboration, Community, Creative Culture, Creative Process, Cultural Events, dance, Day of the Books, el Dia de los Libros, Go See This, Literary Arts, live music, Music, painting, performance, Recipients - Grassroots Arts Grants, Siler City, Visual Arts & Crafts

January 31, 2017

Meet This Artist: Ruth Moose is serving up words, ideas, memories

Ruth Moose was only three years-old when she first tried her hand at writing. “My grandfather was a Baptist preacher – tall, very charismatic. He baptized a lot of people,… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Uncategorized | Tagged With: author, collection, fiction, novel, poet, teacher, writer

October 3, 2016

Meet This Artist: Pain fueled creativity & spirit for Onicas Gaddis

Onicas Gaddis has only one photograph from his childhood. “This is me and my two brothers, Bart and Phillip, and my sister Josephine – before I was taken away,” he said…. Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Uncategorized | Tagged With: abstract, Artist, Chatham County, Chatham Mills, Collaboration, Community, Creativity, expressionism, Folk Art, hip hop, memoir, musician, North Carolina, painter, Pittsboro, rap, spirituality, writer

August 24, 2016

Resources for Poetry in North Carolina

When I first moved to North Carolina in 2007 I was preoccupied with a new job, closing on my first house, and learning where all the good restaurants were. Writing… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Events, Resources for Artists, Uncategorized | Tagged With: Bynum, Collaboration, Creative Culture, Creative Process, Literary Arts, Pittsboro, Poetry, Readings, writers, Writing

April 27, 2016

Meet This Artist: Young Authors, Bright Lights

When Chatham County’s media coordinators put out a call for original stories, more than 500 elementary and middle school students delivered. Autobiographies, works of fiction, pop-ups books, poetry – they… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: artists, Arts education, authors, books, Chatham County Schools, Literary Arts, Margaret Pollard Middle School, North Chatham Elementary, Siler City Elementary, students, writers

October 16, 2015

Meet This Artist: Serena Ebhardt Entertains, Educates & Enlightens

It’s not so much that you wouldn’t recognize Serena. It’s just that when you ask people if they know Serena Ebhardt, you’re likely to get so many different descriptions, you’d think… Read More →

By Gina Harrison | Filed Under: Artist Close-Up, Arts in Education, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Arts in Education, Arts Residencies, Collaboration, Creative Process, Music, performance, theater

April 13, 2015

Easy Writes, LLC

By Jessica Billings | |

December 9, 2014

Meet This Artist: Behind the Scenes with Elisabeth Lewis Corley

Elisabeth Lewis Corley of Pittsboro has been a writer and actor since age four. She started Atlanta Shakespeare Company while in her early twenties (still operating on Peachtree Street) and performed in the… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: elisabeth lewis corley, joseph megel, piedmont performance factory, Pittsboro, streetsigns, theater

November 18, 2014

Louise Hawes

By Louise Hawes | |

November 17, 2014

Moonstrike Press

By Shelia Bolt Rudesill | |

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Meet This Artist

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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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