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September 24, 2019

Peyton Sickles

By Peyton Sickles | |

May 17, 2018

Meet This Artist: Andrew Wilson is creating electrified wall and wearable art

In the deep woods of Chatham County, sparked by his keen sense of the natural world, Andrew Wilson is exploring multiple pathways to creating art, among them photography, painting, wood-working, woodland gardening and jewelry-making. Most recently, he has taken on one of nature’s boldest elements – electricity. “In 2012, I created a spiral earring for… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured, Uncategorized | Tagged With: Artist, Chatham County, ear rings, earrings, electricity, gardener, massage therapist, nature, NC, painter, photographer, piedmont forest, Pittsboro, potter, pyrographer, stay-at-home dad, wall art, wood burning, woodburning, woodlands, woodworker

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

January 8, 2016

Kara Brown

By Kara Brown | |

November 26, 2015

Meet This Artist: Joey Howell Creates in Paints & Notes

In the deep woods of Chatham County, Joey Howell has found synchronicity between his two art forms. He plays music to create “visual imagery that transports the listener” and he paints visual images that “convey the rhythm, harmony and emotion of music.” There is a bold yen and yang flow between them – rather like… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Artist Close-Up, County Happenings, Events, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured, Uncategorized | Tagged With: Art Show, Artist, Chatham Artists Guild, Chatham County Studio Tour, Cultural Events, Joyful Jewell, Meet This Artist, musician, painter, Siler City, teaching artist

April 13, 2015

Greiner Studio – Photography by Craig Greiner

By Craig Greiner | |

January 20, 2015

Barry Udis

By Barry Udis | |

November 29, 2014

Travis Cohn

By Travis Cohn | |

October 29, 2014

Reptire Designs

By Travis Cohn | |

Meet This Artist

Meet This Artist: Painter Tiana Brooks

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 … Read More →

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