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February 11, 2023

Robin Hall

By Robin Hall | |

January 16, 2020

Go See This: Crime Scene – Mystery Bookfest

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… Read More →

By Rachel Flanagan | Filed Under: Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Author reading, authors, books, Chatham County, Community, Fearrington Village, Go See This, McIntyre's Books, Pittsboro, Writing

September 24, 2019

Dolly R. Sickles: Author, Freelance Writer, Book Reviewer, Creative Writing Instructor

By Dolly Sickles | |

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

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

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

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

Meet This Artist

Photo triptych of the Chatham Rabbits, Sarah and Austin McCombie.

Meet This Artist: Chatham Rabbits – Pioneering New Music from Traditional Roots

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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