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October 18, 2016

Go See This: Celebrate the Bluegrass Experience

With 45 years of shows, recordings, beloved fans, and international accolades, where does one start with The Bluegrass Experience? Just as he does on stage with the Bluegrass Experience, the band’s lead guitarist Tommy Edwards serves as our guide through a bit of bluegrass history, Chatham County, and a few song titles popular in the band’s repertoire. [All videos of live performances are thanks to Carol… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Events, Go See This | Tagged With: Artist, Bluegrass, Bynum, Chatham County, Creative Economy, Cultural Events, Music, Recipients - Grassroots Arts Grants

October 3, 2016

Meet This Artist: Pain fueled creativity & spirit for Onicas Gaddis

Onicas Gaddis has only one photograph from his childhood. “This is me and my two brothers, Bart and Phillip, and my sister Josephine – before I was taken away,” he said. The photo is blurry, his siblings’ faces like a misty dream. When he said good-bye to his family, he had only his memory to keep… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Uncategorized | Tagged With: abstract, Artist, Chatham County, Chatham Mills, Collaboration, Community, Creativity, expressionism, Folk Art, hip hop, memoir, musician, North Carolina, painter, Pittsboro, rap, spirituality, writer

August 31, 2016

Meet This Artist: Sculptor Eddie White is exploring on a large scale

Sculptor Eddie White starts with a piece of paper or a thin sheet of plastic. He cuts intricate lines – sometimes parallel, sometimes curved – and carefully twists the ribs apart. The flat surface suddenly becomes dimensional. “What begins as a design consisting of two basic shapes can be manipulated in endless ways for different effects,”… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist | Tagged With: Artist, Chatham County, Come Out & Play Sculpture Show, Creative Process, North Carolina, Public Art, sculptor, sculpture, Silk Hope, steel

March 6, 2016

Meet This Artist: Linda Booker fuses art and issues through documentaries

As a child, Linda Booker was especially drawn to these three things:  art, reading and the little brook that trickled near her home.  The latter provided a quiet retreat where her creativity and her passion for learning flourished. Thus when she founded a company in 2005, she chose the name By the Brook Productions through which… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist | Tagged With: art, beach, Chatham County, conservation, documentary, film, Media Arts, non-fiction, North Carolina, Pittsboro, plastics, video

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