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June 29, 2019

Meet This Artist: The Multi-Hyphenate Felix Obelix (a.k.a. Wendy Spitzer)

Woman in glasses holding an electric bass guitar. Keyboard behind her.

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 . . . The uncertainties—or open possibilities—begin with her… Read More →

By Elisabeth Lewis Corley | Filed Under: Artist Close-Up, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: artists, assemblages, Chatham County, Children, Classical Music, Collaboration, collages, Community, Creative Process, Music, music festival, performance, visual art, wendy spitzer, woodwinds

December 7, 2018

Meet This Artist: Painter Sarah Graham in Conversation with Mystery

Sarah Graham's work space at 123 Studios. Photo by Heather Jester.

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 . . . Driving down a gravel road to… Read More →

By Selbe Bartlett | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: 123 Studos, Chatham Artists Guild, Meet This Artist, Music, mystery, painter, Sarah Graham, Studio Tour

November 5, 2018

GO SEE THIS: PICKIN’: A MUSIC CELEBRATION on November 11! Featuring The Bluegrass Experience. Sponsored by Opus Financial Advisors.

Pickin 2017

We’re trying something new with our Go See This series—a more intimate look at the behind-the-scenes of creating arts events in Chatham County. We hope you enjoy this, the second offering in this experiment, by Luis Melodelgado. Catching a moment While driving the back-county roads on route to my appointment with Catherine Hobbs and Robena… Read More →

By Luis Melodelgado | Filed Under: Arts in Education, ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Events, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: artists-in-schools, Arts Ed, Bluegrass Experience, catherine hobbs, Chatham Central High School, choral music, Chorus, Megan Clark, Music, pickin', robena meek, snuffy smith, tommy edwards

October 25, 2018

Meet This Artist: Megan Clark Helps Kids Find Common Ground Through Singing

Megan Clark leads rehearsal in her classroom at Chatham Central High School. Photo by Gina Harrison.

Megan Clark is sharing her love for music and inspiring many at Chatham Central High School in Bear Creek. You can feel it as soon as you walk into her class. She breathes soul into a quote in her chorus room: “Be Somebody Who Makes Everybody Feel Like Somebody”. Hearing her talking and joking with students,… Read More →

By Selbe Bartlett | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Arts Ed, Chatham Central High School, choral music, Chorus, David Clark, Megan Clark, Music, pickin'

October 9, 2018

Tickets Now Available for Pickin’: A Music Celebration

HOT OFF THE PRESSES! Tickets are now available for that awesome event you don’t want to miss: Pickin’: A Music Celebration, Chatham Arts Council’s Annual Benefit for Artists-in-Schools, featuring The Bluegrass Experience on their 47th anniversary. This shindig, sponsored by Opus Financial Advisors, will take place on Sunday, November 11, where you’ll be treated to… Read More →

By April Starling | Filed Under: Arts in Education, County Happenings, Events, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Artists in school, Bluegrass, Events, Music

August 22, 2018

Save the Date! Pickin’: A Music Celebration, November 11, 2018!

Get your pencils, pens, or smart phones out. That’s right – we have important news. SAVE THE DATE for Pickin’: A Music Celebration, Chatham Arts Council’s Annual Benefit for Artists-in-Schools, featuring The Bluegrass Experience on their 47th anniversary. This shindig, sponsored by Opus Financial Advisors, will take place on Sunday, November 11, where you’ll be… Read More →

By April Starling | Filed Under: Arts in Education, County Happenings, Events | Tagged With: Artists in school, Bluegrass, Events, Music

June 26, 2018

Go See This: Hot & Blue Folk and Roots Revue

The 2nd Annual Hot & Blue Folk and Roots Revue and Spicy Wing Cook-off at the City Tap in Pittsboro on Sunday, July 15 promises to be much more than a mouthful! Starting with a Spicy Wing Cook-off at 1 p.m., the afternoon rolls right into a summer shindig of 5 fabulous musical performances sure… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: benefit, blues, Community, competition, culinary, Music, performance

April 17, 2018

Meet This Artist: Mike Wiley—The Busiest Man in Show Business

This month’s “Meet This Artist” is written by guest blogger Elisabeth Lewis Corley.  Multiple hyphenate Mike Wiley, an actor-playwright- director-arts educator, came to Pittsboro because he and his wife, Jodi Neely Wiley, were living in Apex and expecting a second child when their first was almost four and they needed more room. And Jodi Neely… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Artist Close-Up, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: actor, Arts education, books, Chatham County, Community, memoir, Music, non-fiction, performance, Pittsboro, theater

March 9, 2018

Go See This: Saturdays in Siler City

March 17th is a time for celebration all over downtown Siler City and the NC Arts Incubator is at the hub of all the fun! What’s the ruckus all about? The evening of March 17th  is the opening night of Saturdays in Siler series. This means that every month there will be PAF Gallery exhibit openings… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Go See This, Slideshow Featured, Uncategorized | Tagged With: Collaboration, Creative Culture, Creative Economy, live music, Music, Siler City, Visual Arts & Crafts

November 10, 2017

Meet This Artist: Experience Bluegrass with bass fiddler Snuffy Smith

Thomas Lee “Snuffy” Smith, bass fiddler with the Bluegrass Experience, grew up on a one-horse tobacco farm in rural Lee County listening to his father play guitar in a square dance band. “He showed me some chords so I started messing with the guitar,“ he said. In addition to playing music, living on the farm… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: antiques, artifacts, bass, bass fiddle, Bluegrass, Bluegrass Experience, Chatham County, concert, cultural event, Cultural Events, Fearrington Barn, Fearrington Village, folk music, live music, McIntyre's Books, Music, musician, performance, Pittsboro, traditional music

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