Orange Co. Arts Commission

LUNCH AND LEARN: Fundraising in a Small Shop
2026-06-05 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom, United States
Are you part of a small nonprofit team or even doing it all on your own? Do you find yourself managing fundraising on top of everything else with limited time and capacity?
Fundraising is essential for arts organizations, especially now. But how do small teams do it without dedicated fundraising staff? Join Sara Maria Blanton of The Raleigh Music Collective and Maggie Clay Love of Maggie Clay Love Consulting, for this workshop, as they explore practical strategies for building and sustaining fundraising efforts without a dedicated development team. Plenty of time will be provided for Q&A, so that attendees can share and learn from discussing real issues facing small nonprofits.
Topics will include:
fundraising basics and data on the current fundraising landscape,
identifying and prioritizing different revenue streams,
how corporate sponsorship differs from individual giving,
leveraging board and volunteer support to get the most impact, and
ways to build consistent giving
Whether you’re just getting started or simply looking for a bit more structure in your current processes, this session will offer tools, framework and real-world approaches that you can implement right away.
EARLY BIRD PRICING THROUGH June 4, 2026, $10
GENERAL PRICING June 5TH THROUGH June 25TH, 2026, $15
Registration is limited. This virtual session meets on Thursday, June 25, 2026 from 12 – 1:30PM EST. The class meets on Zoom and you will receive login information in your registration email. The session will be recorded. However, we encourage you to join live to ask questions and engage in the conversation. Registrants will have access to an event recording for 30 days after the event. During registration, you’ll be asked a few questions about your organization, and you’ll also have the opportunity to submit 1–2 questions in advance to help the presenters tailor the session.

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Community Art Box Grand Opening
2026-05-29 18:00 - 21:00 | Margaret Lane Gallery, 121 W. Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC, 27278, United States
Join Cadettes from Girl Scout Troop 1226 at Margaret Lane Gallery for the opening of the new community Art Box during May’s Last Friday from 6-9pm. Come learn about the art box from the Cadettes. Art supply donations will also be accepted for stocking the Art Box.

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Art Box Launch
2026-05-29 18:00 - 21:00 | Margaret Lane Gallery, 121 W. Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC, 27278, United States
Girl Scout Cadettes from Troop 1226 have created and installed a free art library in front of Margaret Lane Gallery. We need art and art supplies to fill it with. The official launch of our Art Box will take place during the Art Walk in May. Some of the Girl Scouts who built the Art Box will be at the Art Box that evening collecting supplies! Please bring supplies to share if you can! If you need to drop them off before the Art Walk, there is a donation box on the front porch.
See you at the Art walk!

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Chelsea Classics Kick-Off
2026-05-30 12:00 - 16:00 | Chelsea Theater, 1129 Weaver Dairy Road (Timberlyne Shopping Center), Chapel Hill, 27514
FREE + OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Join us SATURDAY afternoon on MAY 30th from 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
We will have live screen printing free posters! local vendors! new merch! food! & more information and details about our summer programming!
COME HANG OUT!

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Classic Movie Series
2026-06-07 14:00 - 16:30 | Passmore Center, 103 Meadowlands Dr., Hillsborough, NC, 27278
The Hillsborough Classic Film Society will present Robert Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar at 2pm, Sunday, June 7, at the Passmore Center. There will be a short introduction beforehand and a discussion afterwards. Tom Whiteside will lead the discussion. Admission is free. All are welcome. More information at the website, hillsboroughclassicfilms.com.

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Durham Greek Festival
2026-05-16 11:00 - 20:00 | St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, 8306 NC Hwy 751, Durham, 27713
Enjoy authentic Greek food and fabulous desserts in the dining tent or for take-out. This family-friendly annual festival will be held rain or shine and feature continuous Greek music and regular folk dance performances. Admission is FREE. Opa!
Sample Greek wines and beer at the Taverna. Shop the Marketplace for Greek grocery items, original artwork, jewelry, home decor, Greek ceramics and souvenies, Ukrainian crafts and more, plus the award-winning community cookbook THE GRECIAN PLATE (over 50,000 copies sold!). Browse the Attic Treasures Sale for collectibles and other treasures for every budget. Tours of the landmark Byzantine-style, domed church will feature new iconography. A portion of festival proceeds will benefit Ukraine relief and local charities.

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MUSE
2026-06-08, 2026-06-09, 2026-06-07, 2026-06-06, 2026-06-01, 2026-06-02, 2026-06-03, 2026-06-04 and 7 more dates | Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, 121 North Churton Street, Hillsborough, NC, United States
Sterling silver and gemstone jewelry by Arianna Bara, nature and figurative watercolor paintings by Ryann Carey, artistic handcrafted fine furniture by Pete Rodrigues.
Muse will be in the gallery May 26th through June 21st with an opening reception during Hillsborough’s Last Friday Art Walk on May 29th from 6-9pm. During the art walk Steve Fishman & The Pied Vipers will play stringy, swingy blues and original music on the front patio.
The show will include an artist talk by Bara, Carey and Rodrigues in the gallery on Saturday, June 20th at 4pm.
Jeweler Arianna Bara’s muse has always been nature: pattern, texture, shape, color, tone and shadow. Her new work incorporates stones from her travels to Tucson, where yearly gem shows attract sellers and buyers from around the world. Some of Bara’s favorite pieces in the show include Morrisonite jasper, a rare and highly sought after jasper with strong patterns and color; dendritic limestone, which is characterized by delicate trickling lines often resembling plant fossils; and subtle but striking Australian boulder opal. Much of Bara’s recent work includes an ancient Korean gilding technique called Keum-boo which she has also used for some pieces in this show.
Initially painter Ryann Carey felt the title “Muse” would cause her to focus her work in a single direction. “I admire artists who dedicate themselves in this way,” said Carey “because it offers the opportunity to develop not only technical skill but also an intimacy with an idea or subject. Yet whether from a lack of discipline or scattered mind, the moment I try to settle on a singular muse, I feel an immediate sense of confinement. It is as if choosing one thing requires me to turn away from everything else. That feeling of being boxed in makes me resist the very structure I desired to attain.”
Still, what she creates is a cohesive body of work in a less obvious way, showing what strikes her in the visual environment surrounding her. Says Carey, “My work is an attempt to honor and share these pauses. That moment of awareness when the world feels briefly heightened and clear.”
For woodworker Pete Rodrigues the definition of Muse is someone or something that provides creative inspiration. “As I continued to think about creative inspiration, I realized that having some type of curve within my work always inspires me,” he said. “So, I decided to have a curved form within every piece. My mind immediately started to design, and I’m excited to display wall hanging pieces and furniture that have this curved form within their design.”
The Hillsborough Gallery of Arts is owned by 21 local artists featuring painting, sculpture, photography, glass arts, jewelry, turned wood, handcrafted furniture, pottery, scratchboard, and mixed media. 121 N. Churton Street, Hillsborough NC. Hours: Monday through Saturday 10-6, Sunday 12-4. For more information about the show visit www.HillsboroughGallery.com

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Anastasia the Musical
2026-06-06 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-06-07 15:30 - 18:00, 2026-06-05 19:30 - 22:00 | The Justice Theater Project, 8208 Brownleigh Dr, Dr, Raleigh, NC, 27617, Philippines
Running June 5-21, 2026
Anastasia the musical
Book by Terrence McNally | Music by Stephen Flaherty | Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
What happens when “home” becomes somewhere you’ve never gone before?
A revision of the hit animated 1997 film, Anastasia follows a young orphaned immigrant’s journey to uncover the mystery of her past. In the midst of Russia’s political upheaval and Soviet pursuers hot on her trail, Anya flees her country to find her “home” with help from a charming con-man and an ex-aristocrat on this journey to the past.
Catch it at The Justice Theater Project through June 21st!

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LUNCH AND LEARN: Using Public Domain Works in Your Artwork
2026-05-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom, United States
Iconic works from the 1920’s have entered the US public domain. The first iteration of the character Betty Boop, the book The Maltese Falcon and classic Gershwin tunes are now eligible for use by artists. These works with expired copyrights can be freely used, modified, and sold commercially without permission or royalties. Artists can remix, reframe, or digitize these works for new creations, using these early 20th century staples to inform their own work.
Join us for a free Lunch and Learn with Jennifer Jenkins, from the Duke Law Center for the Study of the Public Domain, to learn how you can legally use these works in your own artwork and creative projects. Discussion topics will include Copyright Expiration, Best Practices, and what types of copyrights will apply to your own work when using IP in the public domain.
Jennifer Jenkins is Clinical Professor of Law at Duke Law School. She writes the Center’s annual Public Domain Day website and has been quoted on intellectual property and the public domain in outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, LA Times, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Variety, Billboard, the Associated Press, Planet Money, CBS News, the BBC, and NPR’s Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, and Marketplace. She is the author of Music Copyright, Creativity, and Culture (Oxford University Press, 2025) and co-author (with James Boyle) of Intellectual Property: Cases and Materials (6th ed, 2024), Theft! A History of Music (CSPD 2017), and Bound By Law? (CSPD 2006).
This is an online event.
Registration is free for this event. You will receive a link to the event with your registration.
The event will be recorded and participants will have access to the recording for 30 days after the event.

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Orange - Chatham African American Cultural Festival
2026-05-23 11:30 - 16:00
Cultural festival featuring art, music, dance and poetry.. Open to the public

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ORGAN MONK – Durham Debut at Magnetic Sound Studios
2026-05-09 20:00 - 22:00 | Magnetic Sound Studios, 2020 Chapel Hill Road, Suite #27, Durham, 27707
On Saturday, May 9, Hammond organist and Thelonious Monk specialist Gregory Lewis will bring Organ Monk to Durham for the first time, appearing at Magnetic Sound Studios with vocalist Raina Welch, known professionally as Ms. Raina. The concert follows the Sunnyside Records release of Organ Monk Sings and presents Monk’s music through Hammond organ, voice, saxophone, and drums in an intimate listening-room setting.

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Ackland Art Adventures
2026-06-06 10:30 - 12:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own artwork inspired by the art on view in the Ackland Art Museum galleries.
Space is limited and registration is required; email AcklandRSVP@unc.edu to register. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.
Check out https://ackland.org/visit/ for visitor information, including parking details, gallery maps, and accessibility resources.

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Drawing in the Galleries
2026-05-02 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-06-06 10:00 - 12:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
Join the Ackland Art Museum for our popular Drawing in the Galleries program this month during Studio Saturday! Amanda Hughes leads participants in a creative exploration of a particular object in the Ackland’s collection.
Participants all draw from one object using their own gallery-safe materials (paper/notebooks and dry media like crayons and pencils), then discuss what they’ve noticed through the process of drawing.
This is a free public program. No registration required; all skill levels are welcome.
Check out https://ackland.org/visit/ for visitor information, including parking details, gallery maps, and accessibility resources.

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