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May 20, 2025

Meet This Artist: Deena Class of Word & Plant

Smiling woman with light brown skin and curly brown hair.

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… Read More →

By Corbie Hill | Filed Under: Arts + Equity Grants, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Arts + Equity, Deena Class, garden, garden haven and farm, herbalist, plant, Word & Plant

June 29, 2023

Meet This Artist: Steve Fagan, working with metal, wood, stained glass, and anything else that interests him

Smiling white man in gray henley shirt looking down at his drafting in his metal and woodworking shop.

Ever since he was a kid, Fagan has been a doer. Want to play punk guitar? He figured it out. Want to switch to old-time guitar? He figured it out. Want to build a cabin? He figured it out. Want to build a hydroelectric generator in a stream? Want to work with wood? Glass? Want to work with metal and wood and glass? Want to build high-dollar decks and mixed-media garden gates and trellises? Want to live as you wish without compromising your ideals? He figured it out.

By Corbie Hill | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Chatham County, Hoppin Johnnies, Meet This Artist, metal, Steve Fagan, woodworker

June 26, 2023

Go See This: Bynum Front Porch Summer Music Series

When Howie and his country band The Rosewood Bluff returned to the General Store on May 26 for his latest Bynum Front Porch Friday Night Music Series performance, the Hillsborough-based songwriter found the vibe alive and well. “It still very much feels like the country, and honestly in a way that where I grew up kind of doesn’t anymore,” he says.

By Corbie Hill | Filed Under: Creative Placemaking, Events, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Bynum, Bynum Front Porch, Durham Ukulele Orchestra, Go See This, John Howie, Music, Summer, The Rosewood Bluff

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