We are thrilled to announce our 2022-23 Arts for Resilient Kids season! We’re kicking off Artists-in-Schools with new AIS educators Gaspard&Dancers. Truck-and-Trailer, ArtAssist for Kids, and ClydeFEST are all back, too! SEPTEMBER • Gaspard&Dancers at North Chatham Elementary Sept. 19-21 OCTOBER • Phillip Shabazz at Willow Oak Oct. 12-14 NOVEMBER • Truck-and-Trailer Roving… Read More →
Big Night In for the Arts
Big Night In for the Arts aired March 10 on WRAL-TV. You can still support here. We are thrilled to partner again with our friends at WRAL, United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, Durham Arts Council, and the Orange County Arts Commission to bring you Big Night In for the Arts 2022. This… Read More →
Arts for Resilient Kids Season 2021-22
Artists-in-Schools 2021-22 Our 2021-22 season was a smashing success! We visited 15 Chatham County Schools through our Artists-in-Schools Initiative, 2 Chatham County neighborhoods with Truck and Trailer Roving Performances, and 750 folks joined us to celebrate art at the 20th Annual ClydeFEST. We can’t wait to do it all again in 2022-23! We’ll have more… Read More →
Phillip Gilfus
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 when a student becomes an integral part of dissecting and reconstructing it in a different way, the ability to connect with curriculum concepts is more… Read More →
Meet This Artist: Derrick Ivey is master-of-many theater magician
This month’s Meet This Artist is by guest blogger Elisabeth Lewis Corley. Native North Carolinian Derrick Ivey was a Radio, Television and Motion Picture major at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, studying journalism and screenwriting. He moved to Atlanta briefly then returned to Chapel Hill and settled in Chatham County where he… Read More →
Go See This: “Goodnight, Death: A Banned Book Murder Mystery”
Do you consider yourself an astute observer? Do you listen carefully? How well do you know the people who live next door? And how do you know that the person who just passed your table at the restaurant isn’t a murderer? At the premiere of a one night only dinner theater performance of “Goodnight, Death:… Read More →
Liz Bliss
The Phoenix Theatre Company
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 they can’t possibly all be talking about the same woman. “She’s the petite, blond powerhouse—you know, the triple threat actor, singer, dancer, right? I saw her… Read More →