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April 22, 2025

Meet This Artist: Author and Weaver Robin Hall

The Chatham Arts Council is investing in artists through our Meet This Artist (MTA) 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… Read More →

By Heather O'Shaughnessy | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: anna ferrin, author, clydeFEST, JumpstART, robin hall, textiles, weaving

March 21, 2024

Go See This: JMArts presents Frozen: The Broadway Musical

Connie Fenner is a local business owner, community connector, and proud breast cancer survivor. She’s committed to supporting orgs that bring people together to create healthier communities, including powering our Go See This series this season. The spring thaw has arrived to warm the hearts of Chatham County, and we invite you to Go See… Read More →

By Heather O'Shaughnessy | Filed Under: County Happenings, Go See This | Tagged With: ceramics, Fearrington Barn, Fearrington Folk Art Show, Fearrington Village, Folk Art, found objects, local artists, painting, sculpture, textiles

February 14, 2024

Go See This: The Fearrington Folk Art Show

Connie Fenner is a local business owner, community connector, and proud breast cancer survivor. She’s committed to supporting orgs that bring people together to create healthier communities, including powering our Go See This series this season. Folk art is alive and thriving in Chatham County, and we invite you to Go See This . …. Read More →

By Heather O'Shaughnessy | Filed Under: County Happenings, Go See This | Tagged With: ceramics, Fearrington Barn, Fearrington Folk Art Show, Fearrington Village, Folk Art, found objects, local artists, painting, sculpture, textiles

May 9, 2023

Willa Brigham Stitches Together Songs, Poems, and Stories at Woods Charter

Triptych of students sewing and Willa Brigham assisting one student

  November brought cooler temperatures to Chatham County, but in a classroom at Woods Charter, the warmth of two-time Emmy award winner Willa Brigham was a welcome change. Students were introduced to the art of story-telling through textiles in this brand-new Artists-in-Schools residency. Willa demonstrated the basics of sewing, including how to correctly hold scissors,… Read More →

By Andrea Akin | Filed Under: Artists-in-Schools, Arts for Resilient Kids, Arts in Education, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: AIS, artists-in-schools, Arts for Resilient Kids, textiles, willa brigham, woods, woods charter

September 5, 2019

Meet This Artist: Miki Adams

Meet This Artist: Miki Adams

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 . . . Miki Adams is a quilter, a… Read More →

By Scott Lucas | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Carol Kroll, Chatham County, Colleen Black-Semelka, Cy Twombly, Dorrie Casey, Improvisational, Joan Mitchell, Miki Adams, nature, painting, quilting, Richard Diebenkorn, stitchery, textiles, Wolf Kahn

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