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December 27, 2020

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 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: Chatham County, fiber artist, quilting, sewing, Silk Hope

June 4, 2018

Meet This Artist: Gary Phillips, Poet Laureate & Multiple Hyphenate

Written by guest blogger, Elisabeth Lewis Corley. Gary Phillips, a life-long North Carolinian born in Appalachia and long-term resident of Chatham County, is the 2016-2018 poet laureate of Carrboro, North Carolina. He is a writer, naturalist, and entrepreneur with a special interest in conservation and land-protective strategies. He is also a real estate broker with… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: Artist Close-Up, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured, Uncategorized | Tagged With: Appalachia, fiction, full moon, memoir, Morehead-Cain, non-fiction, poem, poet, Poetry, Silk Hope, writer

August 31, 2016

Meet This Artist: Sculptor Eddie White is exploring on a large scale

Sculptor Eddie White starts with a piece of paper or a thin sheet of plastic. He cuts intricate lines – sometimes parallel, sometimes curved – and carefully twists the ribs apart. The flat surface suddenly becomes dimensional. “What begins as a design consisting of two basic shapes can be manipulated in endless ways for different effects,”… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist | Tagged With: Artist, Chatham County, Come Out & Play Sculpture Show, Creative Process, North Carolina, Public Art, sculptor, sculpture, Silk Hope, steel

May 2, 2016

Go See This: Shakori Hills Stimulates the Senses

For four days in the fall and spring, the bucolic Chatham County community of Silk Hope is enhanced with an event that awakens all the senses. Celebrating its fourteenth year, the Shakori Festival of Music and Dance is a world of sights, sounds, smells, and feelings that helps make Chatham an especially amazing place. Bands from across the state and around… Read More →

By Lesley Landis | Filed Under: ChathamArts News, County Happenings, Events, Go See This, Resources for Artists, Slideshow Featured, Uncategorized | Tagged With: Community, Creative Culture, Creative Economy, Cultural Events, dance, Go See This, Music, Silk Hope, Tourism

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Meet This Artist: Dance Studio Owner Ebony Grissett-Delgado

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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