You may remember that recently an extraordinary anonymous donor stepped forward with a matching challenge gift for the Chatham Arts Council. A $5,000 gift. One that challenged folks to join our Chatham Creative Society giving circle with gifts of $500 or more. And guess what? We did it! Or rather, you did it. Quite a… Read More →
ClydeFEST: Calling All Food Trucks and Nonprofit Superheroes!
So, we’ve got our beloved ClydeFEST coming up on Saturday, May 2, and we are already getting deep into the planning to celebrate creativity with the kiddos! If you don’t know about ClydeFEST yet, you can click here to find out more–or you can just know that a whole passel of parents have told us… Read More →
Dear Artists, We are Grateful
Thank you, artists of Chatham County. For paintings finally complete after a long stretch of 2AM bedtimes. For lines memorized on your lunch break at your day job. For words written on laptops, in notebooks, on old but beloved typewriters. For hours of rehearsal just to finally discover that the ballad you wrote really wants… Read More →
Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Maya Angelou
“Innovation is only way to succeed in these businesses. You can’t stand still.” That’s Steve Jobs. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” Maya Angelou. “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Yep. Albert Einstein is credited with that one. Want to support creativity, innovation, and imagination in Chatham County?… Read More →
11 Bright and Shining Bits for You
As if a photo of a pig in a Santa suit isn’t enough! (Photo credit: bobistraveling.) To add a little twinkle to the end of December, we bring you these 11 tidings of joy, fun, and festivity: 1: The fabulous vocalists of Pitch Please, Northwood High School’s a cappella singing ensemble, won $5,000 in a Triangle-wide… Read More →
And For Those of You Who Aren’t Yet Members of the Chatham Arts Council: A Matching Challenge, Too!
Our Board got inspired anew this week. And now we have a New Member Matching Challenge for those of you who believe in the arts and believe in Chatham County—but aren’t members of the Chatham Arts Council. The Chatham Arts Council Board dug deep and personally assembled $3,000 to match any new membership gifts of… Read More →
Matching Challenge: Your gift of $500 or more will be matched!
Fabulous news! A new anonymous donor is so excited about our newly focused arts council that she’s just challenged us—and you—with a $5,000 matching challenge gift to invest in artists and educate kids through the arts. This means if we raise $5,000, we get $5,000 more. This is huge! Here’s what she has to say… Read More →
How the Heck Did We Get Here?
Same canvas, bold new strokes. And it’s been two-year process getting here. Here to this new identity for the Chatham Arts Council, with our new logo, our new strategy, and our new website. In October of 2012, thanks to the foundation built for 30 years by Board members, volunteers, and staff, we had the luxury… Read More →
Save the Date for ClydeFEST : May 2, 2015!
We’re holding the 14th annual ClydeFEST, kids’ festival of folk art fun on May 2, 2015. Mark your calendar now for this beloved Chatham Arts Council tradition. Never been to ClydeFEST? Here’s what David, parent of a 3-year old had to say about last year’s festival: “This is the first time we’ve been, and we’ll… Read More →
One Person Can Be the Tipping Point
It’s been two-year process getting here. Here to this new identity for the Chatham Arts Council, with our new logo, our new strategy, and our new website. We had some help. Early on, when we had an inkling that maybe we weren’t being as impactful or sustainable as we could be, we got some serious… Read More →