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May 4, 2016

Save the Date for ClydeFEST: September 24, 2016

Painted Critter Cut-outs 2015. Photo by onfranklinandmain.com.

Judging by the lovely emails and phone calls we’ve been getting, kids and parents from Chatham and beyond have definitely missed their annual visit to Critterville this spring! We are… Read More →

By Cheryl Chamblee | Filed Under: Arts in Education, ClydeFEST, Events | Tagged With: clydeFEST, September 24

March 2, 2016

Arts Education Spotlight: March is Students’ Month to Shine

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It’s March! —That special month in the school year when we celebrate all things Arts. Youth Art Month (YAM), Theatre in Our Schools Month(TIOS), Music in Our Schools Month (MIOSM), and… Read More →

By Gina Harrison | Filed Under: Arts in Education, County Happenings, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Art Show, Arts education, Arts in Education, Arts Residencies, Bonlee, Chatham Middle, Community, Cultural Events, dance, Horton, Jordan-Matthews, Music, North Chatham Elementary, Northwood High School, Siler City Elementary, Virginia Cross, Visual Arts & Crafts

February 12, 2016

Arts Education Spotlight: Sharon Allen—Bit by Bit, Putting It Together

Sharon Allen, Chatham County Schools' Lead Art Teacher

Chatham County Schools’ (CCS) Arts Education faculty is a group of 42 educators—teaching visual arts, instrumental music, choral music, theatre arts, photography and dance—in 17 schools, in diverse communities, with… Read More →

By Gina Harrison | Filed Under: Arts in Education, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Arts Ed, Arts education, Arts in Education, Arts Residencies, Music

October 16, 2015

Meet This Artist: Serena Ebhardt Entertains, Educates & Enlightens

It’s not so much that you wouldn’t recognize Serena. It’s just that when you ask people if they know Serena Ebhardt, you’re likely to get so many different descriptions, you’d think… Read More →

By Gina Harrison | Filed Under: Artist Close-Up, Arts in Education, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Arts in Education, Arts Residencies, Collaboration, Creative Process, Music, performance, theater

September 16, 2015

Bringing Theatre Residencies to Chatham Elementary School Students

Distinguished Teaching Artists EbzB and Mike Wiley Bring Theatre Residencies to Chatham County Schools This Year

Imagine if Jackie Robinson, the all-star African-American baseball player, were still alive and able to share his first-hand account of how he pushed the color barrier in America. Would we… Read More →

By Gina Harrison | Filed Under: Artists-in-Schools, Arts in Education, ChathamArts News, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: #ArtsEdWeek, #EncourageCreativity, Arts in Education, theater

September 15, 2015

Chatham Joins State in National Celebration

2015 National Arts in Education logo

In 2010, US House Resolution #275 designated the second week of September as “Arts in Education Week,” a time to focus a national spotlight on arts education and publically recognize… Read More →

By Gina Harrison | Filed Under: Arts in Education, ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Uncategorized | Tagged With: #ArtsEd, #ArtsEdWeek, #CCNC, Arts in Education, Chatham County Schools, Pittsboro, Siler City

June 22, 2012

Annual Meeting: The State of ChathamArts

This is the address given by Board President Lesley Landis during the Annual Meeting for 2012: Welcome to the ChathamArts Annual Meeting. Your presence tonight makes you a shareholder of… Read More →

By Chatham Arts Council | Filed Under: Arts in Education, ChathamArts News, County Happenings | Tagged With: Arts in Education, Bynum Front Porch, Collaboration, Creative Economy, Economic Development, Literary Arts, Media Arts, NCArts Incubator, Siler City

June 20, 2012

An Immersion at the Arts Integration Institute

So I have to admit I was  a little hesitant about going to this year’s workshop at The United Arts Council Arts Integration Institute, provided by the United Arts Council… Read More →

By Chatham Arts Council | Filed Under: Arts in Education, ChathamArts News, Events, Resources for Artists | Tagged With: Advocacy, Arts in Education, Collaboration, Creative Culture, Creative Economy, Creative Process, Cultural Events, Literary Arts, Media Arts, Visual Arts & Crafts

April 18, 2012

Arts Advocacy Part I: Arts in Education

by Molly Matlock, Executive Director of ChathamArts This week, Gina Harrison and I presented to our County Board of Commissioner about the vital role of Arts in economic development, public… Read More →

By Chatham Arts Council | Filed Under: Arts in Education | Tagged With: Advocacy, Arts in Education, Community, Creative Economy, Economic Development

March 13, 2012

Do we know what we mean when we say “Partnership?”

by Molly Matlock, Executive Director of ChathamArts Last night, ChathamArts convened our quarterly Arts-in-Education committee meeting. We learned that about many new arts integration efforts across the county. Of course,… Read More →

By Chatham Arts Council | Filed Under: Arts in Education, ChathamArts News | Tagged With: Arts Residencies, Collaboration, Partnership

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Meet This Artist

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

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

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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