Whether you enjoy a floral honey or a juicy steak, your taste buds zing thanks to local farmers. Often there’s a disconnect in where our food actually comes from and the Chatham Arts Council and EbzB Productions are here to explore that! Commissioned by the CAC, EbzB Productions—led by the artistic duo of Serena Ebhardt and… Read More →
Clyde Jones Visionary Folk Artist
Folk artist Clyde Jones (1937 – 2025) of Bynum, NC, was recognized by scholars as a Visionary Outsider Artist. Clyde was a beloved community member, dedicating his life and work to children of all ages. Best known for his iconic, whimsical wooden “Critters”, sculpted with a chainsaw out of cedar logs, Clyde’s paintings are also widely collected. Clyde never… Read More →
Chatham’s First Ever JumpstART Walkabout Brought the Art!
We’re offering a big thank you to our JumpstART artists, the good folks of The Plant, and all of you who came out to the JumpstART Walkabout! The rain stopped just in time that first Saturday in December for our nine of our ten JumpstART grant recipients to come together, under the deft hand of… Read More →
Larger-Than-Life Art, Larger-Than-Life Bubbles, Larger-Than-Life Fun!
The sun streamed across Love’s Creek a few weeks ago, as performers and volunteers gathered for our season’s first Truck-and-Trailer Roving Performance. Cars stopped. People waved and called out, excited to see the giant puppets, as Paperhand Puppet Intervention prepared to lead our mini arts parade. Larry Bellorín and Joe Troop, known and loved as… Read More →
Apply Today for the JumpstART Grant: Designed by Artists for Artists
The CAC’s JumpstART grant was born out of the pandemic as a way to help get Chatham County artists and arts-workers back to work. JumpstART pays artists to make art–and to put the arts in the public sphere as we reconnect with one another in our public spaces. 2021 JumpstART was deeply impactful, so we’re… Read More →
New Jumpstart Grant Opp Designed by Artists for Artists
Last year, the pandemic shut down the arts economy in Chatham County. No one really thought that one year later, we’d still be wading through the pandemic, waiting for life to go back to “normal.” Because artists and arts-workers have been hugely impacted by the pandemic, we launched the Chatham Artists and Arts-workers Relief Effort… Read More →
Emily Eve Weinstein Fine Art
Meet This Artist: Jan Burger
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 series this year. Architecture is art, and the Hobbs crew values art in… Read More →
Lend a Helping Hand to Chatham Artists
This spring, we all find ourselves adjusting to a new normal. We are living in unprecedented times, and our hearts go out to all the people who have fallen ill due to COVID-19. While some are fighting for their lives, others are struggling for their livelihood. Small businesses, nonprofits, and restaurants have all been financially… Read More →
ClydeFEST 2020: Save the Date!
UPDATE: Like all of you, we are actively monitoring developments related to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and its impact on our beloved ClydeFEST. Due to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent recommendations to limit gatherings of more than 50 people, we will unfortunately not be holding ClydeFEST on April 25, 2020. With the recommendations… Read More →