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February 19, 2020

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… Read More →

By April Starling | Filed Under: Arts in Education, ClydeFEST, County Happenings, Events, Slideshow Featured, Uncategorized | Tagged With: #ArtsEd, Art Show, artists, Bynum, Chatham County, Children, Collaboration, Community, Creative Culture, live music, painting, performance, Visual Arts & Crafts

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 1, 2018

ODDCO

By Tim Lee | |

June 23, 2018

Meet This Artist: Sculptor Hamidou Sissoko

Written by guest blogger, Elisabeth Lewis Corley. Hamidou Sissoko found his way to Chatham County in search of an affordable house in which to raise a family. The path he… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: blacksmith, folkart, Mali, nature, recycling, sculptor, welding, whimsical

January 27, 2018

NC Arts Incubator

By NC Arts Incubator | |

August 31, 2016

Meet This Artist: Sculptor Eddie White is exploring on a large scale

Sculptor Eddie White starts with a piece of paper or a thin sheet of plastic. He cuts intricate lines – sometimes parallel, sometimes curved – and carefully twists the ribs apart…. Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist | Tagged With: Artist, Chatham County, Come Out & Play Sculpture Show, Creative Process, North Carolina, Public Art, sculptor, sculpture, Silk Hope, steel

May 19, 2015

Meet This Artist: JR Butler Makes an Impression

JR Butler laughing in his studio.

As a kid in rural New York, JR Butler wasn’t interested in becoming a fireman or a cowboy when he grew up. His dream was to become an artist. And… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: JR, JR Butler, nc arts incubator, pottery, Siler City

February 17, 2015

JR Butler

By JR Butler | |

November 29, 2014

Travis Cohn

By Travis Cohn | |

October 29, 2014

Reptire Designs

By Travis Cohn | |

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