Promoting and strengthening the artistic and cultural development of Orange County, North Carolina
This is no ordinary store: All of the products that line the shelves are just plastic bags. There are bottles of bags, cans of bags, boxes of bags, and, of course, bags of bags, each product an original design, made from discarded plastic stuffed inside other discarded plastic, creating an endless cacophony of packaging. ... Read More →
3:00pm – 4:00pm Wilson Library’s Fearrington Reading Room (3rd floor) Free and open to the public Curated by Abigail Washburn, banjo player and Carolina Performing Arts DisTIL Fellow, these gatherings will explore silence as a mechanism for deeper understanding. Students, faculty, staff and community members will join together to provide a soundscape of silence. Music... Read More →
The Commons is a new initiative devoted to supporting performance artists and fostering local creative community and discourse in and around the Triangle, in partnership with UNC Summer Arts, UNC Department of Communication, and INDY WEEK. Three performing artists/artist groups were selected for proposals that particularly challenged performance conventions, invited audience co-creation, took artistic risks,... Read More →
As American Ballet Theatre’s first African-American principal dancer, ballerina Misty Copeland has become renowned for breaking barriers. In this evening of conversation, she will explore her path to the ABT, finding her voice as an artist, and the ongoing challenges within the world of ballet and the arts. Please note: Ms. Copeland will not be... Read More →
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