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October 9, 2018

Tickets Now Available for Pickin’: A Music Celebration

HOT OFF THE PRESSES! Tickets are now available for that awesome event you don’t want to miss: Pickin’: A Music Celebration, Chatham Arts Council’s Annual Benefit for Artists-in-Schools, featuring The… Read More →

By April Starling | Filed Under: Arts in Education, County Happenings, Events, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Artists in school, Bluegrass, Events, Music

August 22, 2018

Save the Date! Pickin’: A Music Celebration, November 11, 2018!

Get your pencils, pens, or smart phones out. That’s right – we have important news. SAVE THE DATE for Pickin’: A Music Celebration, Chatham Arts Council’s Annual Benefit for Artists-in-Schools,… Read More →

By April Starling | Filed Under: Arts in Education, County Happenings, Events | Tagged With: Artists in school, Bluegrass, Events, Music

May 9, 2018

Go See This: The “Art of Rural” Reception

On Tuesday, May 29th, the North Carolina Rural Center will host an evening reception in Raleigh focusing on the economic impacts of the arts in rural North Carolina.  The reception… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Events, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Community, Creative Culture, Creative Economy, innovation, rural

May 2, 2018

A Local Hero and His Chainsaw: A Quick Look Back at ClydeFEST 2018

ClydeFEST 2018 was full of laughter, creative art, cool critters, fun games, and a welcoming community spirit! Even while we’re still smiling and excited about all of that, we’re looking… Read More →

By April Starling | Filed Under: ClydeFEST, County Happenings, Events, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Bynum, Clyde Jones, clydeFEST, Folk Art

February 1, 2018

Save the Date! ClydeFEST: April 14, 2018!

ClydeFEST 2018 is in the works for Saturday, April 14! (Ahem. Rain date is April 15.) We’ve been hearing your hope-tinged voices on the phone, via email, in line at… Read More →

By Cheryl Chamblee | Filed Under: ClydeFEST, Events, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: clydeFEST

June 29, 2017

Go See This: Old-Time, Celtic, and World Music

This month’s “Go See This” is written by guest blogger Elisabeth Lewis Corley. “The show always goes on, even if it’s six months later,” says Pittsboro musical artist, Sue Wilson.   Wilson recalls that the… Read More →

By Elisabeth Lewis Corley | Filed Under: Events, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Chatham County, Collaboration, concert, Cultural Events, Go See This, Music, performance, Pittsboro

April 12, 2017

Go See This: Day of the Books / El Día de los Libros

“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”― Albert Einstein The annual Day… Read More →

By Danielle DuClos | Filed Under: ChathamArts News, Events, Go See This, Grassroots Grants, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: #ArtsEd, Advocacy, Arts education, Arts in Education, Chatham County, Chatham County Partnership for Children, Collaboration, Community, Creative Culture, Creative Process, Cultural Events, dance, Day of the Books, el Dia de los Libros, Go See This, Literary Arts, live music, Music, painting, performance, Recipients - Grassroots Arts Grants, Siler City, Visual Arts & Crafts

October 18, 2016

Go See This: Celebrate the Bluegrass Experience

With 45 years of shows, recordings, beloved fans, and international accolades, where does one start with The Bluegrass Experience? Just as he does on stage with the Bluegrass Experience, the band’s lead guitarist Tommy Edwards serves as… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Events, Go See This | Tagged With: Artist, Bluegrass, Bynum, Chatham County, Creative Economy, Cultural Events, Music, Recipients - Grassroots Arts Grants

September 13, 2016

Go See This: ClydeFEST Celebrates 15 Years

ClydeFEST is an ol’ timey carnival based on colorfully painted cedar creatures (a.k.a. “critters”) and the former woodsman who makes them. Self-taught folk artist Clyde Jones and his ever-present Stihl chainsaw… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: ChathamArts News, ClydeFEST, County Happenings, Events, Go See This | Tagged With: Art Show, Artist, Arts education, Bynum, Clyde Jones, clydeFEST, Community, Creative Culture, Go See This, Sustainability, Tourism, Visual Arts & Crafts

August 24, 2016

Resources for Poetry in North Carolina

When I first moved to North Carolina in 2007 I was preoccupied with a new job, closing on my first house, and learning where all the good restaurants were. Writing… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Events, Resources for Artists, Uncategorized | Tagged With: Bynum, Collaboration, Creative Culture, Creative Process, Literary Arts, Pittsboro, Poetry, Readings, writers, Writing

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