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 written on laptops, in notebooks, on old but beloved typewriters. For hours of rehearsal just to finally discover that the ballad you wrote really wants… Read More →
Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Maya Angelou
“Innovation is only way to succeed in these businesses. You can’t stand still.” That’s Steve Jobs. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” Maya Angelou. “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Yep. Albert Einstein is credited with that one. Want to support creativity, innovation, and imagination in Chatham County?… Read More →
11 Bright and Shining Bits for You
As if a photo of a pig in a Santa suit isn’t enough! (Photo credit: bobistraveling.) To add a little twinkle to the end of December, we bring you these 11 tidings of joy, fun, and festivity: 1: The fabulous vocalists of Pitch Please, Northwood High School’s a cappella singing ensemble, won $5,000 in a Triangle-wide… Read More →
Go See This: Moncure’s Sprott Youth Center Mural Celebrates Community and Kids
This is the Chatham Arts Council’s second in a monthly series focusing on arts events in Chatham County that are not to be missed. During this time of year, people’s thoughts and deeds are especially focused on family, community, and children. In Southeast Chatham County, a painted mural serves as the centerpiece for a gathering place that… Read More →
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 inaugural season of the Signature Theatre Company in New York City while in her thirties (still operating on 42nd Street). “Now I live in the woods of Chatham… Read More →
And For Those of You Who Aren’t Yet Members of the Chatham Arts Council: A Matching Challenge, Too!
Our Board got inspired anew this week. And now we have a New Member Matching Challenge for those of you who believe in the arts and believe in Chatham County—but aren’t members of the Chatham Arts Council. The Chatham Arts Council Board dug deep and personally assembled $3,000 to match any new membership gifts of… Read More →
Matching Challenge: Your gift of $500 or more will be matched!
Fabulous news! A new anonymous donor is so excited about our newly focused arts council that she’s just challenged us—and you—with a $5,000 matching challenge gift to invest in artists and educate kids through the arts. This means if we raise $5,000, we get $5,000 more. This is huge! Here’s what she has to say… Read More →
How the Heck Did We Get Here?
Same canvas, bold new strokes. And it’s been two-year process getting here. Here to this new identity for the Chatham Arts Council, with our new logo, our new strategy, and our new website. In October of 2012, thanks to the foundation built for 30 years by Board members, volunteers, and staff, we had the luxury… Read More →
Go See This: Our Friends at the Chatham Artists Guild host the 22nd Annual Chatham Studio Tour
This is the Chatham Arts Council’s first in a monthly series focusing on arts events in Chatham County that are not to be missed. Painting: Peony, by Cindy Bainbridge. There’s something special about stepping into the spaces where makers create. The 22nd Annual Chatham Studio Tour offers visitors a peek into those places where that magic… Read More →
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 Whiskey neat and his eggs are always sunny side up with Tabasco.” Firecracker hats. Industrial hemp. A redneck clown noire. These things have all provided… Read More →