Chatham Arts Council

We nurture creative thinkers

  • Arts Calendar
  • About
    • Our Who, What, Why, and How
    • Our Past
    • Our Friends
    • Our Press
    • Our Contact Info
    • Employment
  • Resilient Kids
    • Artists-in-Schools Initiative
      • Artists-in-Schools 2025/26 Season
    • ClydeFEST
      • Celebrating Clyde Jones
      • ClydeFEST 2025 was a Joy!
      • ClydeFEST Sponsor Benefits
  • Vibrant Communities
    • Creative Placemaking
      • Farm to Story
      • Stories in Blue
      • Robeson Creek Greenway
    • Grantmaking and Commissions
      • Grassroots Arts Grants (Open for 2026-27)
      • Artist Support Grants (Closed for 2025-26)
      • Emerging Artist Grants (Closed for 2025-26)
      • Arts + Equity Initiative Artists :: 2024-25 Season
    • Meet This Artist
    • Arts Directory
  • GIVE
    • Individuals & Families
    • Businesses & Groups
    • Who Values Arts

Search Chatham Arts Council

July 2, 2019

Artists-in-Schools: Curriculum Come to Life in Two Chatham County Elementary Schools

History, math, science – sometimes everyday curriculum can be difficult to grasp for elementary school students. The concept seems unfamiliar or too far removed from everyday life to grasp. But… Read More →

By April Starling | Filed Under: Artists-in-Schools, Arts in Education, ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Slideshow Featured |

June 26, 2019

Harry Lane Wurster

By harry lane wurster | |

February 4, 2019

Artists-in-Schools: Mike Wiley Inspires Student Confidence in Two Chatham County Schools

In early January, nationally known theater artist, Mike Wiley, made his way to Siler City Elementary and Silk Hope School as part of the Chatham Arts Council’s Artists-in-Schools initiative. His… Read More →

By April Starling | Filed Under: Artists-in-Schools, Arts in Education, ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Arts education, Arts in Education, Chatham County, Collaboration, Creative Process

January 21, 2019

Meet This Artist: Emma Skurnick Stumbles, Waits, Creates, and Shares

The fine folks at Hobbs Architects in downtown Pittsboro are powering our Meet This Artist series this year. Architecture is art, and the Hobbs crew values art in our community. They join… Read More →

By Selbe Bartlett | Filed Under: ClydeFEST, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Bynum, Chatham, Emma Skurnick, painting, Paperhand Puppet Intervention, Writing

August 13, 2018

Artists-in-Schools: Hobey Ford Taps Puppetry and Digital Animation to Engage Students in Science Curriculum

Children at an Artists-in-Schools performance in Chatham County.

Hobey Ford is a puppeteer known for excellence in puppetry performance and craft. But what made his June visit to Siler City Elementary even more notable was the way he… Read More →

By April Starling | Filed Under: Artists-in-Schools, Arts in Education, ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Arts education, Arts in Education, Chatham County, Collaboration, Creative Process

June 4, 2018

Meet This Artist: Gary Phillips, Poet Laureate & Multiple Hyphenate

Written by guest blogger, Elisabeth Lewis Corley. Gary Phillips, a life-long North Carolinian born in Appalachia and long-term resident of Chatham County, is the 2016-2018 poet laureate of Carrboro, North… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Artist Close-Up, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured, Uncategorized | Tagged With: Appalachia, fiction, full moon, memoir, Morehead-Cain, non-fiction, poem, poet, Poetry, Silk Hope, writer

March 17, 2018

Meet This Artist: Writer Michele Tracy Berger Celebrates Community in Speculative Fiction

This month’s “Meet This Artist” is written by guest blogger Elisabeth Lewis Corley.  Michele Tracy Berger describes herself as a writer, professor, and pug-lover. Reenu-You, Michele’s sci-fi novella, was published… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Artist Close-Up, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: authors, books, Chatham County, Community, feminism, gender studies, Literary Arts, Meet This Artist, non-fiction, Pittsboro, Poetry, speculative fiction, Writing

August 23, 2017

Go See This: Sunday Afternoon Poetry at the Joyful Jewel

This month’s “Go See This” is written by guest blogger Selbe Bartlett. Sunday, September 17th will mark the first in a regular monthly series of Sunday afternoon poetry readings at Pittsboro’s Joyful… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: ChathamArts News, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Chatham County, Community, Creative Culture, Go See This, Literary Arts, Pittsboro, Poetry

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

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • Next Page »

Become a Member

Help us invest in artists and educate kids through the arts in Chatham County. Will you renew your membership or join us for the first time today?

Join Now →


PO Box 418
Pittsboro, NC 27312
919-542-0394
Email Us

 

Subscribe to Our E-News

Proud member of Arts NC and Designated County Partner to the NC Arts Council
Copyright © 2026 Chatham Arts Council • Website by Tomatillo Design