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Nancy Trovillion, Assistant Director for the NC Arts Council, calls Chatham County an “arts goldmine.” We have more artists per capita than just about any other county in the tarheel state. These spotlight articles help you learn more about our unique local talents and creative voices.

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 25, 2015

Meet This Artist: Diali Cissokho Blazes a New Chapter

Musician and songwriter Diali Cissokho was born into a long line of West African griots, who have been passing down history through song for seven centuries. From a small fishing… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: kora, Music, Senegal, West Africa, world music

June 26, 2015

Meet This Artist: The Passions and Preoccupations of Painter Julia Kennedy

Julia Kennedy has known for some time that she has a passion for vintage muscle cars (she drives a 1967 Chevy Impala SS 3964), Korean pickled crab, dark mystery novels… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: abstract, Julia Kennedy, painting

May 19, 2015

Meet This Artist: JR Butler Makes an Impression

JR Butler laughing in his studio.

As a kid in rural New York, JR Butler wasn’t interested in becoming a fireman or a cowboy when he grew up. His dream was to become an artist. And… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: JR, JR Butler, nc arts incubator, pottery, Siler City

April 28, 2015

Meet This Artist: Lisbeth Hickey Dances with a New Generation

For Lisbeth Hickey as a child, summer time meant a four-hour sojourn to the small Colombian town of Natagaima, where her maternal grandparents lived and farmed. There she watched her cousins… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: clydeFEST, dance, Folkloric Dance, Latin Dance, lisbeth hickey, Spanish, takiri, takiri academy

March 10, 2015

Meet This Artist: Cuttin’ Up with Clyde Jones

Clyde Jones on a Critter

More than anything, Bynum folk art legend Clyde Jones likes to make children smile. He has an unconventional way of going about it – by revving up his chainsaw. It… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Clyde, Clyde Jones, clydeFEST, Critter, Critterville

February 10, 2015

Meet This Artist: Jonathan Davis Plays with Fire

With a 5,000 degree sabre of flame made of liquid oxygen and propane, Jonathan Davis spins, shapes, and blows molten glass into elaborate works of art at his studio in… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: glass blowing, Jonathan Davis, Locally Grown Art

January 13, 2015

Meet This Artist: The Meticulous, Plant-Loving Jody Cedzidlo

Artist Jody Cedzidlo is the founder of Flytrap, a line of hand-printed botanically-themed dresses, scarves, tees, and accessories that she operates from her backyard studio in Pittsboro. Like many passions,… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: botanical, flytrap, jody cedzidlo, liquidambar, plants, prints

December 9, 2014

Meet This Artist: Behind the Scenes with Elisabeth Lewis Corley

Elisabeth Lewis Corley of Pittsboro has been a writer and actor since age four. She started Atlanta Shakespeare Company while in her early twenties (still operating on Peachtree Street) and performed in the… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: elisabeth lewis corley, joseph megel, piedmont performance factory, Pittsboro, streetsigns, theater

November 18, 2014

Meet This Artist: Kickstarting it with Breadfoot

“Spawn of the East River delta, Breadfoot is as much a game of checkers as a cold beer on the stoop. Inclined to wear Red Wing boots, he likes his… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Breadfoot, Kickstarter, Stephan Meyers

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Go See This

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Go See This: ClydeFEST 2023

As Chatham Park continues to develop its community, they remain dedicated to supporting local art in Chatham County. As part of that commitment, Chatham Park is powering our Go See… Read More →

Meet This Artist

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Meet This Artist: Sanaiya Cheek

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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