—Arshia Simkin, The Underline Hillsborough writer and musician John Claude Bemis is no stranger to the creative arts, although his latest artistic endeavor may be a surprising one: mask making…. Read More →
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Ginny Robinson’s Award-Winning Quilt “School Supplies” Grapples with the Pervasive Threat of Gun Violence in American Schools
—Arshia Simkin, The Underline Chapel Hill resident Ginny Robinson is a quiltmaker and a local middle school English teacher. In February 2024, she won QuiltCon’s most prestigious award—”Best in Show”—for… Read More →
Fred Joiner’s Interdisciplinary “Mirror in Our Music” is a Different Kind of Debut Poetry Collection
—Arshia Simkin, The Underline Fred Joiner is a Carrboro poet and curator, whose debut poetry collection, “Mirror in Our Music” (Birds, LLC) is coming out this year. For Joiner—an… Read More →
Chapel Hill’s Award-Winning Fantasy Author Natania Barron’s Double Debut
—Arshia Simkin, The Underline Natania Barron is a fantasy author and a fashion historian in an unusual situation: she has not one, but two three-book series coming out within months… Read More →
Meet Tyamica Mabry, the 2024 Eno Arts Mill BIPOC Artist in Residence
—Arshia Simkin, The Underline Tyamica Mabry first fell in love with art because of her elementary school daughter’s enthusiasm for it. At first, just to get a feel for… Read More →
