By Alicia Stemper / Vitamin O “I follow my visions more than I ever have before,” reports artist and recently retired UNC professor Francesca Talenti. Wants Upon a Time is… Read More →
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Click here to subscribe and receive news items delivered to your inbox.Local Arts Sector a $130M industry
The findings from the Arts & Economic Prosperity Survey 5 (AEP5), a nationwide study conducted by Americans for the Arts, shows that the nonprofit arts and culture sector in Orange County… Read More →
Call for Artists: Banned Books
Call for Art: Gold Park Bee Hotel
Request for Qualifications: GOLD PARK BEE HOTEL Public Art Project Introduction: The Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC) in partnership with the Town of Hillsborough, NC, and the Hillsborough Tourism Development… Read More →
ORANGE COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES PUBLIC ART UNVEILING JUNE 29, 2017
The Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC), in partnership with Orange County Animal Services (OCAS) unveiled a new public art piece, Calypso Cat by Chapel Hill artist Mark Elliott. The unveiling… Read More →
Vitamin O: Morgan Moylan
By Alicia Stemper/Vitamin O Morgan Moylan grew up obsessed with color and texture. She expresses those fascinations through flowers. With an undergraduate degree, experience in corporate America, and an associate’s… Read More →
Vitamin O: Karen and Greg Mack
By Alicia Stemper/Vitamin O Karen and Greg Mack’s interest in folk art began with well-known folk artist Reverend Howard Finster who designed album covers for R.E.M. and the Talking Heads…. Read More →
Call for Art: The Carolina Inn
Introduction: The Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC) is excited to assist the historic Carolina Inn in their purchase of an original piece of art to hang in the Crossroads Chapel… Read More →
2017 4th Congressional District High School Art Competition Winners Announced
The Orange County Arts Commission, together with United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, Durham Arts Council, and the office of Congressman David Price, presented an awards reception Tuesday, May… Read More →
Vitamin O: Lynette Omar Scholarship
Nassar Omar recalls his mother as “the hardest working person I knew;” she was passionate in her efforts to close the racial achievement gap in the local school. She died… Read More →
