Promoting and strengthening the artistic and cultural development of Orange County, North Carolina
The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough and Mike’s Art Truck are hosting a summer exhibit and sale of folk art at the Alexander Dickson House in Hillsborough, NC. “Outsider Art in the Visitors Center” is a diverse collection of art from nine self-taught artists. The show is on display now through August 29, 2019, inside the... Read More →
"Way Out West: Celebrating the Gift of the Hugh A. McAllister Jr. Collection" marks the transformational bequest of over twenty examples of art related to the American West and Southwest to the Ackland Art Museum. Displayed together with artworks already in the Museum’s own permanent collection, the exhibition features nearly eighty works spanning over 150... Read More →
Please join us in FRANK Gallery for an artist talk led by two of the artists in the July featured show, Mary Stone Lamb and Jim Oleson. Mary's current work in the gallery is a collection of encaustic pieces with a socially conscious and yet whimsical meaning. Also, while having honed his skills as a... Read More →
In the FRANK community gallery, from July 3-27th, please come and see the exhibit, "Kaleidoscope: Art of the Triangle" presented by Arts for Life. This exhibit showcases the work of pediatric patients from Duke Children's Hospital and the opening reception will be on July 12th from 6-8pm. Event is free.
Experience Way Out West after hours during the Chapel Hill-Carrboro 2nd Friday ArtWalk. The Museum will stay open until 9 PM. 6-8:30 PM | Art Library Pop Up @ the Ackland View rare and unique items from the Sloane Art Library’s special collections relating to themes in Way Out West 6:00 PM | A Reader’s... Read More →
High school students produce the award-winning musical, “Bright Star,” written by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell.
Stoner Morning Show (comedy / parody) is unlike any other morning news show... because the hosts have overslept. Headlines, interviews, comedy & more through the eyes of "stoner" friends. Official Selections • 2nd Best Comedy Fest • Buffalo Infringement Festival • NYC Living Room Comedy Experience We're all about peace, love and fun.
Bettye LaVette is no mere singer. She is an interpreter of the highest order. Whether the song originated as country, rock, pop, or blues, when she gets through with it, it is pure R&B. She gets inside a song and shapes and twists it to convey all of the emotion that can be wrought from... Read More →
We explore wetlands, from frogs, dragonflies, reeds and grasses to mythical swamp beings. Participating local artists include Ashley Armstrong, Sharon Barnes, Kevin Flynn Bell, Beverly Currence, Debi L. Drew, Phillip Howard, Mark Kingsley, David Knox, Ray LaMantia, Carol McCanna, Jacqueline Rimmler and Sam Williams. Light refreshments and free children's art activity. Show runs through August... Read More →
2-part workshop. With Charlie Dupee, workshop participants will make pieces in oil and resin that will be on display at the 2ndFriday ArtWalk on August 9. Preregistration required;
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