Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana Brings the Rhythm of Spain to Bennett and Bonlee Schools What happens when you bring a flamenco dancer, a guitarist, a percussionist, and a little Spanish magic into a school? You get three days of clapping, stomping, singing, dancing—and a whole lot of students discovering they have some pretty impressive moves!… Read More →
All That Jazz, and Then Some!: John’s Brown Little Big Band at Northwood and Seaford High Schools
John Brown’s Little Big Jazz Band Brings the Beat to Northwood and Seaforth High Schools What happens when you bring 11 talented jazz musicians, a little music history, and a whole lot of rhythm into a high school auditorium on a rainy Friday? At Northwood and Seaforth High Schools on October 9, the answer was… Read More →
Push. Pull. Leap. Fly: Black Box Dance Theatre at Siler City Elementary
Black Box Dance Theatre Brings Science to Life at Siler City Elementary What happens when force and motion leave the science book and land—quite literally—on the dance floor? For three colorful, high-energy days, September 21–23, the fifth graders at Siler City Elementary found out. Black Box Dance Theatre brought its signature mix of movement, storytelling,… Read More →
Announcing the 2026-2027 Artists-in-Schools Season
Chatham Arts Council Brings Professional Artists to All 20 Chatham County District Schools for Second Consecutive Year 2026–2027 Artists-in-Schools season brings flamenco, jazz, poetry, theater, African drumming, beatmaking, dance and more directly into classrooms Get ready for another year of creativity in Chatham County classrooms. The Chatham Arts Council’s 2026–2027 Artists-in-Schools season will once again… Read More →
Artists-in-Schools 2025–2026: A Year Filled with Rhythm, Stories, Movement, and Magic
If you listened closely across Chatham County this year, you might have heard the beat of a djembe drifting down a hallway, the stomp of flamenco shoes echoing through a gymnasium, a student poet finding their voice at the microphone, or a newly created beat pulsing through a classroom. That’s because the 2025–2026 Artists-in-Schools season… Read More →
“How do I join your band?” John Brown’s Big Band in Action
Like a New Orleans big band on the move, members of John Brown’s Little Big Band sauntered down the aisles of Jordan-Matthews High School—horns up, energy high—playing a jazzy rendition of “When the Saints Go Marching In.” You could feel it immediately: surprise, curiosity, a few wide eyes—and then smiles. For some students from Chatham… Read More →
They Were Poets and They Didn’t Know It!
From December 1–12, poet and teaching artist Phillip Shabazz led a powerful poetry residency with 7th grade students at Chatham Middle School, guiding students through the craft of writing, the courage of self-expression, and the belief that words matter. “The pen is mightier than the sword. What does that mean?” He asked the students on… Read More →
Beats, Bass, Big Vibes: Beatmaking Magic
It started with silence. The kind of silence that hums with curiosity and anticipation. Then—boom—the bass dropped. Heads started nodding. Feet tapped. A few eyebrows lifted.Just like that, creativity had a new rhythm at Moncure School and Chatham Early College, where artists Suzi Analogue and REM from Blackspace turned ordinary classrooms into music studios for a week of beatmaking magic.
History Steps on Stage: When One Man Becomes Fifteen
Our Northwood and Seaforth tenth-graders saw a performance–and they also what happens when storytelling meets history. Because in Mike Wiley’s hands, history doesn’t feel far away at all. It’s standing right there, center stage in front of you.
¡Olé, Chatham! A Flamenco Celebration at Perry Harrison and Silk Hope
If you wandered into Perry Harrison or Silk Hope schools between October 20 and 22, you might have heard it first—a rhythmic tap, a guitar string hum, a voice lifting in song, and then… the magic of Flamenco. Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana brought a swirl of sound, color, and culture to fifth- and seventh-grade students as part of the Chatham Arts Council’s Artists-in-Schools program.
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