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July 19, 2016

New Home, New Board Members, New Year

Arts Council offices

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 more new, minty freshness to report. We recently moved to a new location while continuing to strengthen our presence in the county through programs that “invest in… Read More →

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

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 that glow a translucent milky white. A rusted tin ceiling above and a large sliding door bring to mind rural barns. Modern wiring and flooring appropriate for high traffic areas… 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

March 6, 2016

Meet This Artist: Linda Booker fuses art and issues through documentaries

As a child, Linda Booker was especially drawn to these three things:  art, reading and the little brook that trickled near her home.  The latter provided a quiet retreat where her creativity and her passion for learning flourished. Thus when she founded a company in 2005, she chose the name By the Brook Productions through which… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist | Tagged With: art, beach, Chatham County, conservation, documentary, film, Media Arts, non-fiction, North Carolina, Pittsboro, plastics, video

February 16, 2016

Go See This: “Goodnight, Death: A Banned Book Murder Mystery”

Do you consider yourself an astute observer? Do you listen carefully?  How well do you know the people who live next door? And how do you know that the person who just passed your table at the restaurant isn’t a murderer? At the premiere of a one night only dinner theater performance of “Goodnight, Death:… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Events, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Go See This, performance, Pittsboro, theater

November 25, 2015

Go See This: Sisters’ Voices Winter Concert

Days end sooner. Nights grow longer. The air is crisper and songs sung by Sister’s Voices in their annual Winter Concert weave through the bare trees of Chatham County. Sisters’ Voices is a choral community of girls in two ensembles — nine girls from 2nd and 3rd grades, and 14 girls from 4th through 8th grades. Their Winter Concert… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Events, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Chorus, Community, Creative Process, Go See This, Music, performance, Pittsboro, Recipients - Grassroots Arts Grants, Singing

October 25, 2015

Announcing: Arts Grant Recipients

The Chatham Arts Council continues its mission to invest in artists and educate kids through the arts with the announcement of this year’s Grassroots Arts Grants. As the North Carolina Arts Council’s designated county partner, the Chatham Arts Council will distribute the 2015-2016 Grassroots Arts Grants to three local organizations: Child Care Networks, Sisters’ Voices,… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Grassroots Grants, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Children, Chorus, Community, Grassroots Arts Grants, Literary Arts, Music, performance, Pittsboro

September 22, 2015

Go See This: Find Your Sparkle at Art in the Park

** Postponed to Sunday, October 4, 2015 due to a forecast of rain ** The original advertisement was not much bigger than a postage stamp. But in the back of the The New Yorker magazine, the ad captured the eyes of a unique bunch of people. Many residents of Fearrington Village were lured here from jobs in prestigious educational institutions, international outposts,… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: County Happenings, Events, Go See This, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Art Show, Creative Culture, Cultural Events, Fearrington Village, painting, Pittsboro, Visual Arts & Crafts

September 15, 2015

Chatham Joins State in National Celebration

2015 National Arts in Education logo

In 2010, US House Resolution #275 designated the second week of September as “Arts in Education Week,” a time to focus a national spotlight on arts education and publically recognize and celebrate the positive impact arts education has for our students, schools, and communities. This week the Chatham Arts Council and Chatham County Schools join millions of… Read More →

By Gina Harrison | Filed Under: Arts in Education, ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Uncategorized | Tagged With: #ArtsEd, #ArtsEdWeek, #CCNC, Arts in Education, Chatham County Schools, Pittsboro, Siler City

December 9, 2014

Meet This Artist: Behind the Scenes with Elisabeth Lewis Corley

Elisabeth Lewis Corley of Pittsboro has been a writer and actor since age four. She started Atlanta Shakespeare Company while in her early twenties (still operating on Peachtree Street) and performed in the inaugural season of the Signature Theatre Company in New York City while in her thirties (still operating on 42nd Street). “Now I live in the woods of Chatham… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: elisabeth lewis corley, joseph megel, piedmont performance factory, Pittsboro, streetsigns, theater

August 29, 2012

Celebrate the Spirit at the Joyful Jewel

The Joyful Jewel has already become a local landmark and destination in downtown Pittsboro — and soon they’ll celebrate their 2nd year anniversary! Patrons come in often for their own inspiration, to adorn themselves, and their homes, and to bring their out of town company to show off the beauty that local artists are creating…. Read More →

By Chatham Arts Council | Filed Under: County Happenings, Events | Tagged With: Art Show, Community, Creative Culture, Creative Economy, Economic Development, Pittsboro, Tourism

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