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September 10, 2016

Vidabeth Bensen

By Vidabeth Bensen | |

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. The flat surface suddenly becomes dimensional. “What begins as a design consisting of two basic shapes can be manipulated in endless ways for different effects,”… 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

August 30, 2016

Steve Shafer

By Steve Shafer | |

July 30, 2016

Meet This Artist: Allison Tierney is exploring the objectness of paint

Artist Allison Tierney is known for applying paint in a “non-traditional”style. But paint isn’t the only thing she is applying to her canvases. “My pieces often employ found items that are embedded within the frame and these objects bring with them histories and stories of their past,” she said. Even the scraps from her paintings… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Uncategorized | Tagged With: Art Show, Artist, Arts education, Chatham Arts Council, Community, Creative Process, emerging artist grant recipient, exploration, explore, foraged, found objects, gallery show, mixed media, painting, Pittsboro, recycled

July 22, 2016

Allison Tierney

By Allison Tierney | |

July 21, 2016

State of Nature Metal Designs

By Christopher Johnson | |

July 19, 2016

New Home, New Board Members, New Year

Arts Council offices

In the last two years, the Chatham Arts Council introduced a new logo, new brand, new mission focus, and new website. As we enter the new fiscal year, there’s even more new, minty freshness to report. We recently moved to a new location while continuing to strengthen our presence in the county through programs that “invest in… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Arts in Education, ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Events | Tagged With: Arts Residencies, clydeFEST, Community, Pittsboro, Siler City

July 12, 2016

Go See This: The Small Museum of Art  

The corner of Small and East Streets in Pittsboro is a handmade hive of activity. Salvaged windows allow natural light to wash newly installed walls made of reclaimed wooden planks that glow a translucent milky white. A rusted tin ceiling above and a large sliding door bring to mind rural barns. Modern wiring and flooring appropriate for high traffic areas… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Go See This, Grassroots Grants, Uncategorized | Tagged With: Art Show, Arts education, Arts in Education, Chatham County Schools, Collaboration, Folk Art, Go See This, Pittsboro

June 21, 2016

Twin Birch Products @against his will studio

By Chris Liu-Beers | |

May 2, 2016

Go See This: Shakori Hills Stimulates the Senses

For four days in the fall and spring, the bucolic Chatham County community of Silk Hope is enhanced with an event that awakens all the senses. Celebrating its fourteenth year, the Shakori Festival of Music and Dance is a world of sights, sounds, smells, and feelings that helps make Chatham an especially amazing place. Bands from across the state and around… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Events, Go See This, Resources for Artists, Slideshow Featured, Uncategorized | Tagged With: Community, Creative Culture, Creative Economy, Cultural Events, dance, Go See This, Music, Silk Hope, Tourism

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