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September 17, 2025

Check Out the 2025-26 Artists-in-Schools Season Lineup!

Do you remember the first time something a teacher said to you “clicked?” That moment when you finally understood the difference between a metaphor and a simile? That’s what the… Read More →

October 20, 2024

Meet This Artist: Emmett “Mouse the DJ” Davenport

The Chatham Arts Council is investing in artists through our Meet This Artist (MTA) series, introducing you to 12 Chatham County artists each year in a big way. The fine… Read More →

July 9, 2024

Triangle Jazz Orchestra @ The Plant

Calling all dancers! The Triangle Jazz Orchestra returns to The Plant this month! The Triangle Jazz Orchestra is a big band composed of enthusiastic musicians from across the Triangle area… Read More →

June 26, 2023

Go See This: Bynum Front Porch Summer Music Series

When Howie and his country band The Rosewood Bluff returned to the General Store on May 26 for his latest Bynum Front Porch Friday Night Music Series performance, the Hillsborough-based songwriter found the vibe alive and well. “It still very much feels like the country, and honestly in a way that where I grew up kind of doesn’t anymore,” he says.

June 23, 2022

Diali Cissokho Brings More Than Drumming to Chatham Grove and Chatham Charter

It’s not hard to understand why Diali (pronounced Jelly) Cissokho is one of the most memorable teaching artists we have here in Chatham. With his brilliantly colored dashiki, booming voice,… Read More →

June 22, 2022

John Brown Band Jazzes Up Learning at Bonlee and Willow Oak

Most kids think of jazz as “old-people music,” if they think of it at all. Thanks to Artists-in-Schools, the students at Willow Oak and Bonlee School learned there’s a lot… Read More →

June 10, 2022

Math and Science Meet Dance in Siler City and Silk Hope

You expect a company called Black Box Dance Theatre to know a lot about dance. But they know a lot of other stuff, too! Perfect example–when they arrived at Silk… Read More →

June 10, 2022

Bennett Students Explore the Art and History of Masks

Masks created by students at Bennett School

The ongoing pandemic has had masks at the top of nearly everyone’s mind, including teaching artist Serena Ebhardt of EbzB Productions. “During the height of masking for the pandemic, I… Read More →

June 9, 2022

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana Dances into Chatham County Schools

Members of Flamenco Vivo teach kids at Virginia Cross

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana is no stranger to our Artists-in-Schools program. This season, we were thrilled to bring them into three Chatham County schools to teach the art and history… Read More →

March 3, 2022

North Chatham Elementary and Moncure School Meet Jackie Robinson

It’s Monday morning, and there’s a lot of energy in the room. Artists-in-Schools artist Mike Wiley is about to perform his play Jackie Robinson: A Game Apart for the second… Read More →

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