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Press Release

Feb 04 2021

For Immediate Release: Save the Date for Big Night In for the Arts


JANUARY 27, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Contact: Katie Murray Director, Orange County Arts Commission kmurray@orangecountync.gov 919/245-2335   SAVE THE DATE FOR BIG NIGHT IN FOR THE ARTS, FEATURING ARIANA… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Events, News, Press Release · Tagged: Ariana DeBose, arts relief, Big Night In for the Arts, Branford Marsalis, Chatham Arts Council, COVID-19, durham arts council, mandolin orange, Mike wiley, United Arts Council of Raleigh Wake Co, WRAL

Jan 15 2021

Kelly Starling Lyons Selected as 2021 Piedmont Laureate


Kelly Starling Lyons holds several of her children's book titles

Kelly Starling Lyons, a Raleigh-based children’s literature writer, has been selected as the region’s 2021 Piedmont Laureate. During 2021, Starling Lyons will appear at virtual programming, including workshops, reading programs… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Monthly Features, News, Press Release · Tagged: Kelly Starling Lyons, piedmont laureate, writing

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 07 2020

2020-21 Arts Grants Recipients Announced


The Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC) is pleased to announce recipients of the 2020-21 Grassroots Arts Program and Artist Project Grants. The OCAC awarded thirty-four grants to eighteen artists and… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Grants, Monthly Features, News, Press Release · Tagged: artist grants, Artist Project Grants, Arts Grants, grants for artists, Grassroots Program

Sep 02 2020

Piedmont Laureate Program Issues Call for Writers of Children’s and Young Adult Literature


The Piedmont Laureate program is accepting applications from writers of children’s and young adult literature. Authors must be residents of Wake, Durham or Orange counties. The deadline to apply is… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Monthly Features, News, Press Release · Tagged: call for writers, piedmont laureate

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