By Alicia Stemper/Vitamin O Karen and Greg Mack’s interest in folk art began with well-known folk artist Reverend Howard Finster who designed album covers for R.E.M. and the Talking Heads…. Read More →
Monthly Features
Vitamin O: Meghan Magdalene
By Alicia Stemper/Vitamin O Tattoo artist Meghan Magdalene’s favorite designs lean toward geometric, occult, astrology and “mystical kind of stuff.” She named her parlor, up a steep flight of stairs… Read More →
Vitamin O: Floraffiti
By Alicia Stemper/Vitamin O Through her Floraffiti project, founder and event-coordinator Carter Hubbard works with spoken word poet Josephus Thompson and local youth. Floraffiti’s tagline is “Bringing Words to Life… Read More →
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 →
Vitamin O: PopUp Chorus
By Alicia Stemper/Vitamin O PopUp chorus is a twice a month ‘show-up-and-sing’ event celebrating music, community and fun. “We don’t just inflict the songs on [conductor] Amelia Shull,” says arts… Read More →
