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April 21, 2023

ClydeFEST 2023 Is Now Sunday!

NEW DATE AND TIME! This SUNDAY, April 23 from 12pm-5pm After watching the weather all week, the forecast just isn’t improving the way we’d like. We’ve made the decision to… Read More →

By Andrea Akin | Filed Under: Arts for Resilient Kids, ClydeFEST, Slideshow Featured |

April 18, 2023

Go See This: ClydeFEST 2023

Photo of cups filled with brightly colored paints

As Chatham Park continues to develop its community, they remain dedicated to supporting local art in Chatham County. As part of that commitment, Chatham Park is powering our Go See… Read More →

By Andrea Akin | Filed Under: Arts in Education, ClydeFEST, Events, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Chatham County Schools, Clyde Jones, clydeFEST, Folk Art, Go See This, Kids Festival, Visual Arts

March 8, 2023

Go See This: Big Night In for the Arts 2023

Graphic of Big Night In logo; text reads THURSDAY, MARCH 9 7PM on WRAL TV

As Chatham Park continues to develop its community, they remain dedicated to supporting local art in Chatham County. As part of that commitment, Chatham Park is powering our Go See… Read More →

By Andrea Akin | Filed Under: Arts in Education, Big Night In for the Arts, Events, Go See This | Tagged With: Chatham Artists Guild, Chatham County Schools, Chatham Mills, Go See This, student art, Victoria Sylvestre, Visual Arts

March 7, 2023

Meet This Artist: Chatham Rabbits – Pioneering New Music from Traditional Roots

Photo triptych of the Chatham Rabbits, Sarah and Austin McCombie.

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… Read More →

By Andrea Akin | Filed Under: Artist Close-Up, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Big Night In for the Arts, Chatham County, Chatham Rabbits, Meet This Artist, Roots music

February 10, 2023

Big Night In for the Arts Returns!

Graphic with blue background with gold stars, the Big Night In for the Arts logo, headshots of Beth Leavel, Chatham Rabbits, Rissi Palmer, Dasan Ahanu, Larry & Joe, and Patrick Dougherty

For the third year in a row, the arts councils from Chatham, Durham, Orange, and Wake counties are partnering with WRAL to raise money to support the arts in the… Read More →

By Andrea Akin | Filed Under: Big Night In for the Arts, ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Events |

December 16, 2022

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… Read More →

By Andrea Akin | Filed Under: County Happenings, Events, JumpstART Grants, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Alexander Percy, Arts in the Public Sphere, bmc Brewing, Breadfoot, Brenda Linton, Caleb McLaurin, Cataleya Jewelry Studio, creative placemaking, Derrick Ivey, Diali Cissokho, Fair Game, Grants, Investing in Artists, JR Butler, Julie Kennedy, JumpstART, skintape, Stephan Meyers, Tanja Lipinski Cole, Taz Halloween, The Plant

December 9, 2022

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… Read More →

By Andrea Akin | Filed Under: Arts for Resilient Kids, Arts in Education, Events, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: arts parade, geoffrey the bubble guy, joe troop, larry & joe, larry bellorin, Love's Creek, Paperhand Puppet Intervention, Siler City, truck-and-trailer, Truck-and-trailer roving performance

December 2, 2022

Meet This Artist: Caleb McLaurin, Bending Sound Waves and Imagery to Create Audio/Visual Collages

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… Read More →

By Andrea Akin | Filed Under: Artist Close-Up, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Caleb McLaurin, Chatham County, JumpstART, Meet This Artist, Siler City, skintape

November 15, 2022

Go See This: JumpstART Walkabout :: An Experiment in Equilibrium

Photo of The Plant in Pittsboro, NC at night

As Chatham Park continues to develop its community, they remain dedicated to supporting local art in Chatham County. As part of that commitment, Chatham Park is powering our Go See… Read More →

By Andrea Akin | Filed Under: Events, Go See This | Tagged With: Alexander Percy, Breadfoot, Brenda Linton, Caleb McLaurin, Cataleya Jewelry Studio, Chatham County, Diali Cissokho, Go See This, JR Butler, JumpstART, Pittsboro, skintape, Tara Lipinski Cole, Taz Halloween, The Plant, Virgina Ralston

November 1, 2022

Phillip Shabazz Brings the Power of Poetry to Willow Oak

Photo triptych of Phillip Shabazz residency

NC poet Phillip Shabazz delighted the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade combined classes at Willow Oak Montessori Charter, making our second Artists-in-Schools residency of the season a smashing success. “Imagination… Read More →

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

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