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November 5, 2018

GO SEE THIS: PICKIN’: A MUSIC CELEBRATION on November 11! Featuring The Bluegrass Experience. Sponsored by Opus Financial Advisors.

Pickin 2017

We’re trying something new with our Go See This series—a more intimate look at the behind-the-scenes of creating arts events in Chatham County. We hope you enjoy this, the second offering in this experiment, by Luis Melodelgado. Catching a moment While driving the back-county roads on route to my appointment with Catherine Hobbs and Robena… Read More →

By Luis Melodelgado | Filed Under: Arts in Education, ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Events, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: artists-in-schools, Arts Ed, Bluegrass Experience, catherine hobbs, Chatham Central High School, choral music, Chorus, Megan Clark, Music, pickin', robena meek, snuffy smith, tommy edwards

October 25, 2018

Meet This Artist: Megan Clark Helps Kids Find Common Ground Through Singing

Megan Clark leads rehearsal in her classroom at Chatham Central High School. Photo by Gina Harrison.

Megan Clark is sharing her love for music and inspiring many at Chatham Central High School in Bear Creek. You can feel it as soon as you walk into her class. She breathes soul into a quote in her chorus room: “Be Somebody Who Makes Everybody Feel Like Somebody”. Hearing her talking and joking with students,… Read More →

By Selbe Bartlett | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Arts Ed, Chatham Central High School, choral music, Chorus, David Clark, Megan Clark, Music, pickin'

March 23, 2017

Go See This: Once Upon A Mattress

image with princess gowns, harp, crown, and two pictures of couples in cast

When Pittsboro’s Northwood High School Arts students take the stage at the end of March to present the annual spring musical, they are not only continuing a long NHS tradition, but joining thousands of peers across the country for whom the term “spring musical” is, if not redundant, at least, synonymous. “Opening for A Princess”… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Arts in Education, County Happenings, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: #ArtsEd, #CCNC, Art Show, Arts Ed, Arts education, CCSArts, Chatham County, Collaboration, Creative Culture, Cultural Events, Music, Musical Theatre, Northwood High School, NorthwoodArts, theater

February 12, 2016

Arts Education Spotlight: Sharon Allen—Bit by Bit, Putting It Together

Sharon Allen, Chatham County Schools' Lead Art Teacher

Chatham County Schools’ (CCS) Arts Education faculty is a group of 42 educators—teaching visual arts, instrumental music, choral music, theatre arts, photography and dance—in 17 schools, in diverse communities, with students across a ten+ year age span. In addition to a teacher’s particular specialty, they also teach their discipline’s history, technique, performance, critical evaluation, and… Read More →

By Gina Harrison | Filed Under: Arts in Education, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Arts Ed, Arts education, Arts in Education, Arts Residencies, Music

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