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Artist Profiles

Sep 30 2021

“Out of chaos, music will find a way” with Joe Troop


At the beginning of last year, the way forward for Joe Troop seemed clear. He and his Argentina-based “Latin Grass” band Che Apalache had a Grammy-nominated album out (produced by… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Artist Profiles, Down on Copperline, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: chapel hill, Joe Troop, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill

Feb 03 2021

Orange Crush on The Digital Commons Festival


—article by Brian Howe The Commons, the four-weekend local performing-arts festival that just got underway at UNC’s Carolina Performing Arts, is unique in many ways. One is just a social-distance… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Artist Profiles, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features, Orange Crush · Tagged: Brian Howe, Carolina Performing Arts, chapel hill, CPA, Orange Crush, The Commons, UNC

Nov 30 2020

Artist of the Month: Designing for Process with Mike Tambashe


—Article by Emilie Menzel After talking to the wonderfully abstract thinker and local artist Mike Tambashe, one is pushed to think about design as a genre more broadly: design as a… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Artist Profiles, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: Immaculate Taste, Mike Tambashe, Poor Dad, This Human Way

Oct 31 2020

Down on Copperline: Musicians and Murals: Scott Nurkin and Libba Cotten


—Article by David Menconi Chapel Hill resident Scott Nurkin has always led something of a double life – rock-band drummer by night, mural painter by day. While he makes most… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Artist Profiles, Down on Copperline, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: carrboro, chapel hill, david menconi, down on copperline, Libba Cotte Mural, Libba Cotten, Murals, North Carolina Musicians Mural Project, Scott Nurkin, The Mural Shop

Oct 07 2020

Reclaiming Narratives: Soteria Shepperson, Emily Baxter, and the Our Lens, Our Voice Project


—Article by Emilie Menzel Soteria Shepperson and Emily Baxter understand the transformative power of putting language and visibility into action. They’ve both spent their lives helping others speak up and be… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Artist Profiles, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: Caitlin Fenhagen, Emily Baxter, Orange County Criminal Justice Resource Department, Our Lens Our Voice, Soteria Shepperson, This Human Way

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