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April 20, 2022

ClydeFEST Silent Auction In Progress! Get your bid in!

Canvas, paint, glitter folk art umbrella by Clyde Jones.

We’ve got a folk art auction in progress, y’all! This is ClydeFEST 20th Anniversary edition, and we’ve never opened the bidding before ClydeFEST before, so you’re in on a big experiment with some rare opportunities. First up, the Clyde Jones Umbrella . . .

By Cheryl Chamblee | Filed Under: ClydeFEST, Events | Tagged With: artists, Chatham County, Clyde, Clyde Jones, clydeFEST, Community, Creative Culture, Cultural Events, Folk Art, painting, Peter Loose

February 22, 2020

Fearrington Folk Art Show

The Fearrington Folk Art Show features the work of self-taught artists who are deeply influenced by the spirit of folk art, raw vision, naïve art, primitivism and outsider art. You’ll… Read More →

By Aimee Henderson | | Tagged With: Fearrington Barn, Fearrington Village, Folk Art, Visual Arts & Crafts

February 7, 2019

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… Read More →

By Heather Jester | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured, Uncategorized | Tagged With: bed and breakfast, Chatham County, Community, Creative Economy, Creative Process, Downtown Revitalization, Folk Art, interior design, Pittsboro, retail, workshops

February 1, 2019

Go See This: NCAI Artshop opens with Folk Art Show

It’s the beginning of the new year. Another opportunity to go out and see more beauty. Thankfully, January’s cold in North Carolina isn’t too bad. Right now, for instance, as… Read More →

By Luis Melodelgado | Filed Under: County Happenings, Events, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Art Show, Cultural Events, Downtown Revitalization, Folk Art, Go See This, Grassroots Arts Grants, Incubator, live music, nc arts incubator, NCAI, Recipients - Grassroots Arts Grants, Siler City, Visual Arts & Crafts

May 2, 2018

A Local Hero and His Chainsaw: A Quick Look Back at ClydeFEST 2018

ClydeFEST 2018 was full of laughter, creative art, cool critters, fun games, and a welcoming community spirit! Even while we’re still smiling and excited about all of that, we’re looking… Read More →

By April Starling | Filed Under: ClydeFEST, County Happenings, Events, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Bynum, Clyde Jones, clydeFEST, Folk Art

March 21, 2018

Go See This: ClydeFEST for Kids is Saturday, April 14!

Pop Quiz! Does your little one like to run around in open spaces? Do your kids love to get messy? Make crafts? Play games? Does listening to live music put… Read More →

By April Starling | Filed Under: ClydeFEST, Go See This | Tagged With: Bynum, Clyde Jones, clydeFEST, Folk Art

February 3, 2018

FolkArt February Show Opening

Join us for this local Folk Art Spectacular! Varying styles and mediums of folk art will fill the PAF Gallery and be displayed throughout the Incubator. 16 North Carolina Artists… Read More →

By NC Arts Incubator | | Tagged With: artists, Folk Art, nc arts incubator

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

July 12, 2016

Go See This: The Small Museum of Art  

The corner of Small and East Streets in Pittsboro is a handmade hive of activity. Salvaged windows allow natural light to wash newly installed walls made of reclaimed wooden planks… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Go See This, Grassroots Grants, Uncategorized | Tagged With: Art Show, Arts education, Arts in Education, Chatham County Schools, Collaboration, Folk Art, Go See This, Pittsboro

January 20, 2015

Go See This: Visions to Behold at the Fearrington Folk Art Show

This is the Chatham Arts Council’s third in a monthly series focusing on arts events in Chatham County that are not to be missed. In 1974, R. B. Fitch and his… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Fearrington Folk Art Show, Fearrington Village, Folk Art, Go See This, Outsider Art, Visionary Art

Meet This Artist

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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