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 →
Go See This: The Day of the Book Festival / Vaya Ver Esto: El Día de los Libros Festival
Este es un artículo en inglés y español. Por favor busque abajo para la versión en español. This is a dual-language article. For the Spanish version, please scroll down. … Read More →
Meet This Artist: Cuttin’ Up with Clyde Jones
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 →
One Challenge Met, One to Go!
You may remember that recently an extraordinary anonymous donor stepped forward with a matching challenge gift for the Chatham Arts Council. A $5,000 gift. One that challenged folks to join… Read More →
Go See This: Pop on over to Pop! Siler City
Like Alice’s visit to Wonderland, Siler City residents of a hundred years ago would find quite a different place were they to show up downtown today. But for three spring… Read More →
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 →
ClydeFEST: Calling All Food Trucks and Nonprofit Superheroes!
So, we’ve got our beloved ClydeFEST coming up on Saturday, May 2, and we are already getting deep into the planning to celebrate creativity with the kiddos! If you don’t… Read More →
Go See This: Visions to Behold at the Fearrington Folk Art Show
This is the Chatham Arts Council’s third in a monthly series focusing on arts events in Chatham County that are not to be missed. In 1974, R. B. Fitch and his… Read More →
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 →
Dear Artists, We are Grateful
Thank you, artists of Chatham County. For paintings finally complete after a long stretch of 2AM bedtimes. For lines memorized on your lunch break at your day job. For words… Read More →