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September 25, 2019

Go See This: The Chatham Experience

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 Selbe Bartlett | Filed Under: Artists-in-Schools, Events, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: #ArtsEd, Art Show, artists, Arts education, Arts in Education, Bluegrass Experience, Chatham Beverage District, Chatham County, Chatham Rabbits, Children, Craft cocktails, Creative Culture, Cultural Events, Diali Cissokho, live music, performance, Smelt, spirits, tommy edwards

July 15, 2019

The Chatham Experience 2019: Save the Date!

Chatham Rabbits, The Bluegrass Experience, and Diali Cissokho all on one stage in the Chatham Beverage District?! Yep! Save the date for The Chatham Experience: Benefit Concert for Chatham Arts… Read More →

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

June 29, 2019

Meet This Artist: The Multi-Hyphenate Felix Obelix (a.k.a. Wendy Spitzer)

Woman in glasses holding an electric bass guitar. Keyboard behind her.

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 Elisabeth Lewis Corley | Filed Under: Artist Close-Up, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: artists, assemblages, Chatham County, Children, Classical Music, Collaboration, collages, Community, Creative Process, Music, music festival, performance, visual art, wendy spitzer, woodwinds

June 24, 2019

Go See This: Rave On in the Lustron with The Straight 8s

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 Elisabeth Lewis Corley | Filed Under: County Happenings, Events, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Chatham County, Children, Creative Economy, Go See This, live music, ODDCO, Outsider Art, Pittsboro

June 24, 2019

Artists-in-Schools: The West African Kora Makes its Way to Three Chatham County Schools, Thanks to the Talented Diali Cissokho

This May, three Chatham County schools experienced an interactive performance of West African kora (a West African jumbo spike-lute with 22 strings made from fishing line), singing, and drumming with… Read More →

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

February 13, 2019

ClydeFEST: April 6, 2019

Are you ready to join us for a day FULL of FUN? The Chatham Arts Council’s 17th annual ClydeFEST is on April 6, 2019! Ok, ok. We’re excited and you… Read More →

By April Starling | Filed Under: ClydeFEST, County Happenings, Events |

November 5, 2018

GO SEE THIS: PICKIN’: A MUSIC CELEBRATION on November 11! Featuring The Bluegrass Experience. Sponsored by Opus Financial Advisors.

Pickin 2017

We’re trying something new with our Go See This series—a more intimate look at the behind-the-scenes of creating arts events in Chatham County. We hope you enjoy this, the second… Read More →

By Luis Melodelgado | Filed Under: Arts in Education, ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Events, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: artists-in-schools, Arts Ed, Bluegrass Experience, catherine hobbs, Chatham Central High School, choral music, Chorus, Megan Clark, Music, pickin', robena meek, snuffy smith, tommy edwards

October 25, 2018

Meet This Artist: Megan Clark Helps Kids Find Common Ground Through Singing

Megan Clark leads rehearsal in her classroom at Chatham Central High School. Photo by Gina Harrison.

Megan Clark is sharing her love for music and inspiring many at Chatham Central High School in Bear Creek. You can feel it as soon as you walk into her class…. Read More →

By Selbe Bartlett | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Arts Ed, Chatham Central High School, choral music, Chorus, David Clark, Megan Clark, Music, pickin'

October 9, 2018

Tickets Now Available for Pickin’: A Music Celebration

HOT OFF THE PRESSES! Tickets are now available for that awesome event you don’t want to miss: Pickin’: A Music Celebration, Chatham Arts Council’s Annual Benefit for Artists-in-Schools, featuring The… Read More →

By April Starling | Filed Under: Arts in Education, County Happenings, Events, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Artists in school, Bluegrass, Events, Music

August 22, 2018

Save the Date! Pickin’: A Music Celebration, November 11, 2018!

Get your pencils, pens, or smart phones out. That’s right – we have important news. SAVE THE DATE for Pickin’: A Music Celebration, Chatham Arts Council’s Annual Benefit for Artists-in-Schools,… Read More →

By April Starling | Filed Under: Arts in Education, County Happenings, Events | Tagged With: Artists in school, Bluegrass, Events, Music

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