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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, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: chatham pride alliance, pride, The Plant

May 14, 2025

Meet This Artist: Musical Theater Creator Creighton Irons

Photo of White man in dark shirt smiling

The Chatham Arts Council is investing in artists through our Meet This Artist (MTA) series, introducing you to 12 Chatham County artists each year in a big way. The fine… Read More →

By Heather O'Shaughnessy | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: community theater, creighton irons, factory girls, JumpstART, Musical Theater, NYU, the moon and the sea, woods charter, woodshed arts

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

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 10, 2025

Mike Wiley Brings Theatre and Writing to Siler City and Virginia Cross

Mike Wiley residency

Siler City Elementary (SCE) and Virginia Cross Elementary (VCE) students and teachers enjoyed actor and playwright Mike Wiley’s solo performance of “One Noble Journey” this past November. In addition to… Read More →

By Jessica Rigsbee | Filed Under: Artists-in-Schools, Arts for Resilient Kids, Arts in Education, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: acting, actor, AIS, art residency, artists-in-schools, Arts education, dance residency, fifth grade, Howard Craft, Mike Wiley, one noble journey, play, playwright, school performance, Siler City Elementary, theatre, Virginia Cross, virginia cross elementary, Writing, writing residency

November 20, 2024

Go See This: The Christmas Case of Hezekiah Jones

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: christmas, Howard Craft, Mike Wiley, playmakers repertory company

November 15, 2024

Music Production and Poetry at Bonlee School

“The assembly, as a whole, created a moment of unity and positivity for everyone, and students’ musical creations were the spark for that experience,” shared AIG Teacher, Mark Spring.

By Jessica Rigsbee | Filed Under: Artists-in-Schools, Arts for Resilient Kids, Arts in Education, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: AIS, artist residency, artists-in-schools, Arts education, beat making lab, Blackspace, bonlee school, fifth grade, music making, music production, music residency, pierce freelon, Poetry, Rem, seventh grade, songwriting, Writing

September 19, 2024

Mike Wiley Productions at Siler City Elementary

Photo of Mike Wiley, a Black man, standing in front of a projection of Henry "Box" Brown escaping from a crate

Kids in northwest Chatham will be awed by the daring adventures of Henry “Box” Brown, an enslaved man who shipped himself to freedom. Mike Wiley, with the help of audience… Read More →

By Andrea Akin | |

September 9, 2024

Artists-in-Schools 2024/25 Season

Triptych L to R: smiling boys with their hands raised, young boy stands reading from a page, smiling girl seated, playing drum

Artists-in-Schools (AIS) is ten years old! And we’re celebrating by expanding into all places Chatham!  We know the arts save lives, so we’re thrilled to continue bringing professional teaching artists… Read More →

By Andrea Akin | Filed Under: Artists-in-Schools, Arts for Resilient Kids, Arts in Education, Slideshow Featured |

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