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May 29, 2020

Meet This Artist: Guitar maker Terry McInturff

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 series this year. Architecture is art, and the Hobbs crew values art in… Read More →

By Rachel Flanagan | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: artists, Chatham County, guitar maker, Music, nc arts incubator, NCArts Incubator, Siler City

May 15, 2019

Meet This Artist: Syd of Siler City

Portrait of Syd Ginsberg

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 . . . Syd Ginsberg is a 90-pound, 90-year-old,… Read More →

By Scott Lucas | Filed Under: Events, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: bronze, nc arts incubator, painting, sculpture, Siler City, Syd Ginsberg

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 I work on my notes from my visit with the NC Arts Incubator’s director, April Weaver, the sun’s light lends life to all sorts of… 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

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 participating. Music by Sheamus “Skyebaby” Davey of Winston-Salem.

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

November 17, 2017

NC Arts Incubator Annual Holiday Art Market Opening

Photo of the front of the NC Arts Incubator

Shop for handmade holiday gifts by local artists. Paintings, pottery, jewelry, fiber products and more! Opening night is Friday, November 17th during the 3rd Friday Artwalk. Live music inside at Courtyard Coffee, Art Market in the PAF Gallery. Refreshments served, door prizes and a raffle. Support local art and shop small! Market runs through Christmas,… Read More →

By Aimee Henderson | | Tagged With: art, artists, ceramics, Community, Downtown Revitalization, gift, holiday, nc arts incubator, Siler City

May 19, 2015

Meet This Artist: JR Butler Makes an Impression

JR Butler laughing in his studio.

As a kid in rural New York, JR Butler wasn’t interested in becoming a fireman or a cowboy when he grew up. His dream was to become an artist. And this dream never faded. A few years ago, when he was at a crossroad in his life, he decided to take a leap and pursue… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: JR, JR Butler, nc arts incubator, pottery, Siler City

February 17, 2015

Go See This: Pop on over to Pop! Siler City

Like Alice’s visit to Wonderland, Siler City residents of a hundred years ago would find quite a different place were they to show up downtown today. But for three spring months starting on March 21, one thing they wouldn’t be surprised to see is a multitude of rabbits. The Chatham Rabbit, to be exact. That’s right. Chicago… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Go See This, Grassroots Grants, Slideshow Featured, Uncategorized | Tagged With: Grassroots Arts Grants, J.R. Butler, nc arts incubator, open art society, Pop Siler City, Pop!, Recipients - Grassroots Arts Grants, Roger Person, Siler City

December 23, 2014

11 Bright and Shining Bits for You

A pig by folk artist Clyde Jones all dressed up for the Christmas holiday in a Santa suit. Photo by bobistraveling.

As if a photo of a pig in a Santa suit isn’t enough!  (Photo credit:  bobistraveling.)  To add a little twinkle to the end of December, we bring you these 11 tidings of joy, fun, and festivity: 1:  The fabulous vocalists of Pitch Please, Northwood High School’s a cappella singing ensemble, won $5,000 in a Triangle-wide… Read More →

By Cheryl Chamblee | Filed Under: Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: galloway ridge, holiday, matching challenge, nc arts incubator, northwood, open art society, pitch please, Siler City

Meet This Artist

Meet This Artist: Fiber Artist Tanja Lipinski Cole

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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