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August 15, 2012

Mosaic Mural Hatching at the Old Hatchery

LaNelle Davis, artist, and Steve Carr, building owner, have teamed up to offer Pittsboro a mural mosaic! The installation (in progress) is located at the corner of West Street (Hwy 64) and Rectory Street. The design will honor the building’s former life as a hatchery with a rooster facing Rectory Street and two hens facing… Read More →

By Chatham Arts Council | Filed Under: Artist Close-Up | Tagged With: Community, Creative Culture, Creative Process, Mosaics, Murals, Pittsboro, Public Art, Visual Arts & Crafts, Volunteer

June 13, 2012

Details Delight as Compositions Unfold

I spend a lot of time observing the beauty and strangeness of the natural world, and I know that my paintings- mere snapshots in time- can ever do justice to the intricacy that I see around me. The pleasure I derive from spending the hours, days, and weeks to study my portrait subjects- noting the… Read More →

By Chatham Arts Council | Filed Under: Artist Close-Up, ChathamArts News | Tagged With: Art Show, Bynum, Creative Process, Media Arts, Pittsboro, Visual Arts & Crafts

April 19, 2012

New Perspectives on Chatham County

by Molly Matlock, Executive Director of ChathamArts So, ChathamArts President, Lesley Landis, is participating in the current session of the regional class of Leadership Triangle. A recent class focused on Pittsboro. A variety of leaders from across county lines spent the day on guided tours of Historic Chatham Mills, Piedmont Biofuels, Carolina Tiger Rescue, and the Sustinability Programs… Read More →

By Chatham Arts Council | Filed Under: ChathamArts News, County Happenings | Tagged With: Community, Pittsboro, Sustainability

December 9, 2011

Coccoo for Coconauts: Chatham County’s Improv Squad Kicks off Circle City Late Night Second Friday

by Molly Matlock, Executive Director of ChathamArts You’ve seen Second City (Dan Akroyd, Mike Myers, Tina Fey & the like). You’ve spent countless hours watching “Who’s Line Is it Anyway?” (while secretly believing that you too could be that funny if only given the chance). But you have NOT yet experienced the likes of the… Read More →

By Chatham Arts Council | Filed Under: ChathamArts News, County Happenings | Tagged With: Improv, Pittsboro, Steampunk

September 30, 2011

Everyday Art and Extraordinary People

by Lesley Landis-Voller, President of ChathamArts Uncle Bill collected postage stamps from the time he was a youngster. But he’d moved on from the collection housed in three huge books so he loaned them to my brother and I. We found postage stamps were a fun way to learn about countries, flora, fauna, and events… Read More →

By Chatham Arts Council | Filed Under: ChathamArts News, County Happenings | Tagged With: Community, Pittsboro

September 20, 2011

This week’s ChathamArts “What If?”

by Molly Matlock, Executive Director of ChathamArts On Saturday, I was at a friend’s brunch. As I sampled some “Maple & Bacon” flavored ice cream for Locopops (thank you, Paul Mihas), I grew transfixed by some prints on my friend’s turquoise wall. He told me that the pieces were by Seth Patrick, who somewhat recently… Read More →

By Chatham Arts Council | Filed Under: ChathamArts News | Tagged With: Architecture, Goldston, Murals, Pittsboro, Public Art, Siler City

July 15, 2011

Pittsboro Gets Main Street Status; Raleigh Unveils Steampunk Public Art

This just in from Beth Turner and Samantha Birchard: Pittsboro wins Main Street Status!!! This status has been a boon for revitalization in many small towns. So, the possibilities are more open than ever before. And speaking of possibilities, Emma Cabrera of Davenport Winkleperry Steampunk Gallery in PBO just sent me an announcement about the… Read More →

By Chatham Arts Council | Filed Under: County Happenings | Tagged With: Creative Culture, Downtown Revitalization, NC Main Street Program, Pittsboro, Steampunk

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