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Monthly Features

Jul 04 2025

Jaki Shelton Green’s High School Poet Laureate Program Champions Self-Discovery


  —Arshia Simkin, The Underline In 2021, Amanda Gorman—America’s first ever National Youth Poet Laureate —captured the public imagination in her canary yellow suit as she delivered an original poem… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: Featured Blogs, Monthly Features, The Underline · Tagged: Alyssa Haithcock, Arshia Simkin, jaki shelton green, Miranda Silva Corro, NC Poet Laureate, Olivia Carotenuto, Orange High School, Partnership Academy High School, The Underline

Jun 25 2025

Call for Art: Common Good Mutual Aid Auction


The Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC) planned to present the Common Good Mutual Aid Auction to benefit artists in Western North Carolina and Orange County in August at the Eno… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Calls for Art, Exhibits, Monthly Features · Tagged: call for art, common good, mutual aid

Jun 05 2025

The Indefatigable Chris Stamey


—David Menconi, Down on Copperline Among many other things, Chris Stamey is a master of multi-tasking. Best-known as a singer/songwriter in bands including The dB’s, he’s also a producer, arranger,… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: Down on Copperline, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: A Spy in the House of Loud, Anything Is Possible, Cat's Cradle, Chris Stamey, david menconi, down on copperline, Label 51 Recordings, Modern Recording, New Songs for the 20th Century, Occasional Shivers, The Lemon Twigs

Jun 05 2025

Can Sculptures Embody Feminist Rage? Artist Diana Newton Says “Yes”


—Arshia Simkin, The Underline Sometimes you have to be in the right place at the right time. That’s what happened to Diana Newton, a local Carrboro artist who specializes in… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: Featured Blogs, Monthly Features, The Underline · Tagged: Arshia Simkin, carrboro, Diana Newton, The Three Sisters of Roe, The Ties That Bind, The Underline, tori reynolds

Jun 02 2025

2025-26 Artist Project Grant Application Now Open


Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Grants, Monthly Features, News · Tagged: artist grants, Artist Project Grants

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