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Monthly Features

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 30 2020

Arts Educator Grant Recipients Announced


The Orange County Arts Commission has selected five arts educators to be recipients of its 2020/21 Arts Educator Professional Development Grant Program. This grant program was created in 2018 to… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Grants, Monthly Features, News, Press Release · Tagged: arts educator grants, Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools, Chelsea Kutner, grants, Matt Laird, Meagan Kimbrough, orange county public schools, paul estrada, Rome Buttner

Oct 30 2020

Local Arts Organizations Awarded Operation Support Grants


The Orange County Arts Commission is please to announce the recipients of the Operational Support Grant Program. This new program was approved by the Board of County Commissioners in September,… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Grants, Monthly Features, News · Tagged: Art Therapy Institute, COVID-19, Daylight Community Arts Foundation, FRANK gallery, grants, Hidden Voices, hillsborough arts council, Music Maker Relief Foundation, North Carolina Arts in Action, relief support, Sister's Voices, The ArtsCenter, The Chelsea Theater, Triangle Youth Ballet, VOICES Chapel Hill

Oct 20 2020

Paint it NC Virtual Exhibit Now Open


Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Exhibits, Monthly Features

Oct 07 2020

Down on Copperline: Step It Up & Go


—Article by David Menconi Orange County figures prominently in my new book, Step It Up and Go: The Story of North Carolina Popular Music, from Blind Boy Fuller and Doc Watson… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Down on Copperline, Monthly Features · Tagged: david menconi, down on copperline, music

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