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December 5, 2014

And For Those of You Who Aren’t Yet Members of the Chatham Arts Council:  A Matching Challenge, Too!

Mosaic

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 →

By Cheryl Chamblee | Filed Under: Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: challenge gift

December 2, 2014

Matching Challenge: Your gift of $500 or more will be matched!

Bounty

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 →

By Cheryl Chamblee | Filed Under: Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: matching challenge

November 18, 2014

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 →

By Cheryl Chamblee | Filed Under: Slideshow Featured |

November 18, 2014

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 →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Chatham Artists Guild, Chatham Studio Tour

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 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 →

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

November 17, 2014

Save the Date for ClydeFEST : May 2, 2015!

We’re holding the 14th annual ClydeFEST, kids’ festival of folk art fun on May 2, 2015. Mark your calendar now for this beloved Chatham Arts Council tradition. Never been to ClydeFEST? Here’s what David, parent of a 3-year old had to say about last year’s festival: “This is the first time we’ve been, and we’ll… Read More →

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

November 16, 2014

One Person Can Be the Tipping Point

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. We had some help. Early on, when we had an inkling that maybe we weren’t being as impactful or sustainable as we could be, we got some serious… Read More →

By Cheryl Chamblee | Filed Under: Slideshow Featured |

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