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June 23, 2025

Meet This Artist: Makani McKenzie – Actor, Singer, Entrepreneur

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: actor, anakeesta, carowinds, dollywood, makani mckenzie, Musical Theater, princess parties, singer, special effects, wig stylist

June 9, 2025

Go See This: 2025 Juneteenth Black Arts Festival

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 Corbie Hill | Filed Under: County Happenings, Events, Go See This | Tagged With: Black Arts Festival, chatham county fairgrounds, CORE, Go See This, Juneteenth

May 18, 2025

Go See This: Arts Abound at PBO Pride 2025

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, Events, Go See This | Tagged With: chatham pride alliance, pride, The Plant

April 23, 2025

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

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: Chatham County Partnership for Children, Day of the Books, Diali Cissokho, el Dia de los Libros, Grassroots Arts Grant, makani mckenzie, Siler City

March 26, 2025

Go See This: ClydeFEST 2025

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: apple chill cloggers, bouncing bulldogs, Carolina Lightnin, clydeFEST, connie fenner with state farm, Diali Cissokho, school of rock, takiri folclor latino, the magic of african rhythm

March 13, 2025

Diali Cissokho Drums and Dances with Seventh-Graders at George Moses Horton Middle

“Diali is truly remarkable with the kids!” said a Bonlee custodian who watched the workshops and performance. “He makes me want to have this kind of joy every day.”

By Jessica Rigsbee | Filed Under: Artists-in-Schools, Arts for Resilient Kids, Arts in Education, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: African dance, AIS, artists-in-schools, Arts for Resilient Kids, Diali Cissokho, drumming, george moses horton middle school, Horton, Middle school, Pittsboro, seventh-graders

March 13, 2025

Black Box Dance Theatre Collaborates with the Chatham Middle “Ram-ily”

This February, seventh-graders at Chatham Middle experienced a Chatham Artists-in-Schools dance residency with the artists of Black Box Dance Theatre–and it was linked with math concepts, too! Made possible by… Read More →

By Jessica Rigsbee | Filed Under: Artists-in-Schools, Arts for Resilient Kids, Arts in Education, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: AIS, art residency, artists-in-schools, Arts education, black box, black box dance, black box dance theatre, Chatham Middle, Chatham Middle School, dance, dance residency, school performance, seventh grade, Siler City

February 6, 2025

Poet Phillip Shabazz Visits Silk Hope School

Creative words warmed up a chilly week at Silk Hope School as Phillip Shabazz conducted his Powers of Poetry residency with fifth- and seventh-graders. “Art is an opportunity to express… Read More →

By Jessica Rigsbee | Filed Under: Artists-in-Schools, Arts for Resilient Kids, Arts in Education, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: AIS, art residency, artists-in-schools, Arts education, phillip shabazz, poem creation, Poetry, poetry residency, poetry slam, shabazz, silk hope school, student poetry

January 29, 2025

Go See This: SUNNYLAND: A New Banjo Rock Opera 

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: banjo, Breadfoot, elisabeth lewis corley, joseph megel, Stephan Meyers, streetsigns, the process series, theater

January 28, 2025

Bennett School Explores African Art with The Magic of African Rhythm

An African arts extravaganza arrived at Bennett School this past December. For two days, fifth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade students traveled on a journey through Africa by dancing, drumming, storytelling, and… Read More →

By Jessica Rigsbee | Filed Under: Artists-in-Schools, Arts for Resilient Kids, Arts in Education, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Adrinka, African dance, AIS, artists-in-schools, Arts for Resilient Kids, chatham grove, chatham grove elementary, dancing, drumming, fifth grade, Magic of African Rhythm, print blocks, storytelling, teli shabu, the magic of african rhythm, tmoar

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