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Apr 07 2017

Arts Matter: Can the Arts Save Rural NC?


Last week I participated in ArtsDay in Raleigh, an annual convening of arts leaders across the state coordinated by our state arts advocacy group, Arts North Carolina. The point of… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Blog Posts, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: arts advocacy, Arts Matter, Arts North Carolina, Arts of the Albemarle, Arts of the Pamlico, artsday, blog, Columbia, Elizabeth City, Grassroots Program, Karen Wells, Kinston, Little Washington, North Carolina Arts Council, Pasquotank County, Penland, Pocosin Arts, smART, smART Kinston, State Arts Resource, Stephen Hill, The ArtsCenter, Thomas Sayre, Turnage Theatre, Vollis Simpson, Whirligig park, Wilson

Mar 03 2017

Arts Matter: A Day without Arts


Several weeks ago, immigrants across our country observed the Day without Immigrants to illustrate what our communities would look without them.  It was a way to showcase their impact, and… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Blog Posts, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: Ackland, Americans for the Arts, arts day, Arts Matter, Arts North Carolina, blog, Carolina Performing Arts, FRANK gallery, hillsborough arts council, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Endowment for the Arts, Playmakers, Ryan Fox, The ArtsCenter, UNC, Winston Churchill

Feb 02 2017

Arts Matter: Meg McGurk Gets the Arts


A recent blog post explained how Orange County is an under-cover arts mecca.  How, in almost every category in which you can gauge the significance of the arts in a… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Blog Posts, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: 2nd Friday ArtWalk, art, Arts Matter, chapel hill, Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership, chapelhill, events, happenings, Meg McGurk, orange county, SHIMMER, visual arts

Jan 06 2017

Arts Matter: My only enjoyable visit to a hospital


West King East oil on linen by Tom Stevens

Wondering where to view an impressive art collection in Hillsborough? Be sure to check out our eight galleries, our local arts council, and the hospital. Wait, what? Yep, only in… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Blog Posts, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: alice levinson, art, Arts Matter, blog, chapel hill, chapelhill, elaine o'neil, exhibits, heather delisle, hillsborough, Hillsborough Hospital, jennifer miller, lolette guthrie, michael brown, orange county, shows, tom stevens, tourism, UNC, UNC Hospital, visual arts

Dec 03 2016

Arts Matter: Orange County – Arts Mecca Hidden in Plain Sight


Everybody knows that Asheville is an arts mecca for North Carolina.  But after you read this post, you’ll realize you can save yourself a three hour drive; if you’re a resident… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Blog Posts · Tagged: art, Arts Matter, asheville, blog, carrboro, chapel hill, giving, hillsborough, orange county, theater, volunteer

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