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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…. 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

September 24, 2016

15th Annual ClydeFEST

Our kids’ festival of folk art fun!

By Cheryl Chamblee | | Tagged With: Bynum, Clyde Jones, clydeFEST, Community, Music, painting, Visual Arts & Crafts, Volunteer

September 13, 2016

Go See This: ClydeFEST Celebrates 15 Years

ClydeFEST is an ol’ timey carnival based on colorfully painted cedar creatures (a.k.a. “critters”) and the former woodsman who makes them. Self-taught folk artist Clyde Jones and his ever-present Stihl chainsaw… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: ChathamArts News, ClydeFEST, County Happenings, Events, Go See This | Tagged With: Art Show, Artist, Arts education, Bynum, Clyde Jones, clydeFEST, Community, Creative Culture, Go See This, Sustainability, Tourism, Visual Arts & Crafts

July 30, 2016

Meet This Artist: Allison Tierney is exploring the objectness of paint

Artist Allison Tierney is known for applying paint in a “non-traditional”style. But paint isn’t the only thing she is applying to her canvases. “My pieces often employ found items that… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Uncategorized | Tagged With: Art Show, Artist, Arts education, Chatham Arts Council, Community, Creative Process, emerging artist grant recipient, exploration, explore, foraged, found objects, gallery show, mixed media, painting, Pittsboro, recycled

July 19, 2016

New Home, New Board Members, New Year

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In the last two years, the Chatham Arts Council introduced a new logo, new brand, new mission focus, and new website. As we enter the new fiscal year, there’s even… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Arts in Education, ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Events | Tagged With: Arts Residencies, clydeFEST, Community, Pittsboro, Siler City

June 2, 2016

Meet This Artist: Leandra Strope is empowering girls to find their voices

While other toddlers were smearing yogurt in their hair and coloring on the walls with crayons, Leandra Strope at age two was learning to play the violin. “My mother was… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist | Tagged With: auditions, choir, Chorus, Community, concert, ensemble, girls, Music, performance, Recipients - Grassroots Arts Grants, Sisters' Voices, summer camp

May 17, 2016

Natural Chatham Releases Inner Artist

The Carolina blue sky was dotted with white as the clouds swirled and shifted, shaped and morphed. It was a perfect day to take in the natural beauty of Chatham County…. Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: County Happenings | Tagged With: Advocacy, Arts education, Bynum, Community, Creative Culture, Creative Process, dance, Literary Arts, Music, Photography, Visual Arts & Crafts

May 2, 2016

Go See This: Shakori Hills Stimulates the Senses

For four days in the fall and spring, the bucolic Chatham County community of Silk Hope is enhanced with an event that awakens all the senses. Celebrating its fourteenth year, the Shakori Festival of… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Events, Go See This, Resources for Artists, Slideshow Featured, Uncategorized | Tagged With: Community, Creative Culture, Creative Economy, Cultural Events, dance, Go See This, Music, Silk Hope, Tourism

March 15, 2016

Go See This: New Era Gospel in Historic Haywood

As he extends a hand of welcome, a church member offers, “We’re a noisy church.” The drum kit and electric and bass guitars on the altar at Rosehill American Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in the… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Events, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Community, Go See This, Gospel, moncure, Music, performance

March 2, 2016

Arts Education Spotlight: March is Students’ Month to Shine

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It’s March! —That special month in the school year when we celebrate all things Arts. Youth Art Month (YAM), Theatre in Our Schools Month(TIOS), Music in Our Schools Month (MIOSM), and… Read More →

By Gina Harrison | Filed Under: Arts in Education, County Happenings, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Art Show, Arts education, Arts in Education, Arts Residencies, Bonlee, Chatham Middle, Community, Cultural Events, dance, Horton, Jordan-Matthews, Music, North Chatham Elementary, Northwood High School, Siler City Elementary, Virginia Cross, Visual Arts & Crafts

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Meet This Artist: Fiber artist Sue Szary 

The Chatham Arts Council is investing in artists through our Meet This Artist series, introducing you to 12 Chatham County artists each year in a big way. The fine folks at Hobbs Architects in downtown Pittsboro are powering our Meet This Artist … Read More →

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