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May 17, 2016

Natural Chatham Releases Inner Artist

The Carolina blue sky was dotted with white as the clouds swirled and shifted, shaped and morphed. It was a perfect day to take in the natural beauty of Chatham County…. Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: County Happenings | Tagged With: Advocacy, Arts education, Bynum, Community, Creative Culture, Creative Process, dance, Literary Arts, Music, Photography, Visual Arts & Crafts

May 2, 2016

Go See This: Shakori Hills Stimulates the Senses

For four days in the fall and spring, the bucolic Chatham County community of Silk Hope is enhanced with an event that awakens all the senses. Celebrating its fourteenth year, the Shakori Festival of… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Events, Go See This, Resources for Artists, Slideshow Featured, Uncategorized | Tagged With: Community, Creative Culture, Creative Economy, Cultural Events, dance, Go See This, Music, Silk Hope, Tourism

March 2, 2016

Arts Education Spotlight: March is Students’ Month to Shine

Arts Education Banner

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 1, 2016

Go See This: 4th Annual Mardi Gras Party

A recent six-alarm fire on Canal Street has worried Crescent City revelers that Mardi Gras might be curtailed this year. But Chathamites need not be concerned. The 4th Annual Mardi… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: County Happenings, Events, Go See This, Slideshow Featured, Uncategorized | Tagged With: Creative Culture, Creative Economy, Cultural Events, Go See This, Music, performance, Siler City, Visual Arts & Crafts

November 26, 2015

Meet This Artist: Joey Howell Creates in Paints & Notes

In the deep woods of Chatham County, Joey Howell has found synchronicity between his two art forms. He plays music to create “visual imagery that transports the listener” and he… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Artist Close-Up, County Happenings, Events, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured, Uncategorized | Tagged With: Art Show, Artist, Chatham Artists Guild, Chatham County Studio Tour, Cultural Events, Joyful Jewell, Meet This Artist, musician, painter, Siler City, teaching artist

November 25, 2015

Go See This: Sisters’ Voices Winter Concert

Days end sooner. Nights grow longer. The air is crisper and songs sung by Sister’s Voices in their annual Winter Concert weave through the bare trees of Chatham County. Sisters’ Voices is a choral… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Events, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Chorus, Community, Creative Process, Go See This, Music, performance, Pittsboro, Recipients - Grassroots Arts Grants, Singing

October 25, 2015

Announcing: Arts Grant Recipients

The Chatham Arts Council continues its mission to invest in artists and educate kids through the arts with the announcement of this year’s Grassroots Arts Grants. As the North Carolina… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Grassroots Grants, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Children, Chorus, Community, Grassroots Arts Grants, Literary Arts, Music, performance, Pittsboro

September 22, 2015

Go See This: Find Your Sparkle at Art in the Park

** Postponed to Sunday, October 4, 2015 due to a forecast of rain ** The original advertisement was not much bigger than a postage stamp. But in the back of the The… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: County Happenings, Events, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Art Show, Creative Culture, Cultural Events, Fearrington Village, painting, Pittsboro, Visual Arts & Crafts

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

August 25, 2015

Go See This: Come Out & Play

80 Artists on 17 Acres

While attending high school, Debbie Meyer remembers, “walking around campus and discovering art in unexpected places in nature. I decided that when I graduated, I would make my home like that.”… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: County Happenings, Events, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Art Show, Creative Culture, Cultural Events, Go See This, sculpture

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