As new members of our Chatham County community, Chatham Park is powering our Go See This series this year because art is an integral part of Chatham County’s identity. They join us in inviting you to Go See This . . . Mike Benson is a rock ‘n roll artist. His drawings and photographs and posters of… Read More →
Go See This: Rave On in the Lustron with The Straight 8s
As new members of our Chatham County community, Chatham Park is powering our Go See This series this year because art is an integral part of Chatham County’s identity. They join us in inviting you to Go See This . . . The Straight 8s will rock ODDCO’s circa 1951 Lustron home—number 2144 of only 2500 manufactured… Read More →
Go See This: Storytelling at Bynum
As new members of our Chatham County community, Chatham Park is powering our Go See This series this year because art is an integral part of Chatham County’s identity. They join us in inviting you to Go See This . . . As I prepare my digital voice recorder to interview Cindy Raxter, organizer of the Bynum… Read More →
Go See This: Whirlikids Book Festival
We’ve had rain and some bone-cold days lately. And it’s been beautiful. As seen through any window, the dreadful days outside could very well be another painting on the wall: a portrait of a cold rainy day in the North Carolina Piedmont. Old farmhouses enveloped in fog; half blurred evergreens standing tall; crows, almost smudges… Read More →
Meet This Artist: Deep River Mercantile’s Hannah Brown Transforms Our Community and Our Homes
The fine folks at Hobbs Architects in downtown Pittsboro are powering our Meet This Artist series this year. Architecture is art, and the Hobbs crew values art in our community. They join us in inviting you to take a look. Meet your very inspiring neighbors. Meet This Artist . . . My trip to meet our featured… Read More →
Artists-in-Schools: Mike Wiley Inspires Student Confidence in Two Chatham County Schools
In early January, nationally known theater artist, Mike Wiley, made his way to Siler City Elementary and Silk Hope School as part of the Chatham Arts Council’s Artists-in-Schools initiative. His goal was to weave literacy and history curricula into school-wide performances of Jackie Robinson: A Game Apart and classroom workshops. But what he accomplished, was… Read More →
Dorrie Casey’s Pop-Up He(art) Event Spreads Love (and Hearts!) All Around
Do you He(art) hearts and Valentine’s? If you do, you’re in for a treat. Pop in to the Chatham Arts Council’s pop-up show featuring new He(art) works by local artist, Dorrie Casey. The event is taking place Saturday, February 9 from 1-4pm at the Chatham Arts Council gallery space (118 West Street, Pittsboro) to celebrate… Read More →
Who Values Arts: Beverly Browne
Beverly Browne, a newly retired elementary school principal for nearly 20 years, comes from a long line of teachers. She, herself, started out as a classroom teacher before moving on to become a principal. Through her many years inside schools – and most of them in Chatham County – she’s seen first-hand the critical impact… Read More →
Calling All Art Lovers for the I He(art) Art Campaign
Art. It’s more than beauty and conceptual ideas. It’s more than visual works and performances. It’s something that can connect us all. Think about a designer, who is by nature, an artist. He or she has the opportunity to work across disciplines, blending the best aspects of art, engineering, research, and science. Making them all… Read More →
One More Year of Reveling in the Fiddle: Pickin’ 2018 Sure Was Fun!
Well, it’s come and gone – Pickin’: A Music Celebration, that is. It’s so hard to believe Chatham Arts Council’s Annual Benefit for Artists-in-Schools is over. All who gathered in mid-November at the Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center were in for a treat as they listened to Chatham County’s own Tommy Edwards and The… Read More →
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