By Alicia Stemper/Vitamin O for the Orange County Arts Commission In Mark Eichinger-Wiese’s required blacksmithing class at Emerson Waldorf (EW) School, he gives students a piece of hot metal to… Read More →
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Click here to subscribe and receive news items delivered to your inbox.Vitamin O: Extraordinary Artists
By Alicia Stemper / Vitamin O A special group of Extraordinary Artists meets every other Friday night in Chapel Hill. These artists, led by the team from HappyMess Art Studios,… Read More →
The OCAC and N.C. Arts Council present State of the Arts of NC and Orange County
Did you know that the nonprofit arts and culture sector is a $130M industry that employs 5,0001 full-time equivalent jobs in Orange County? Learn more about the impact of the… Read More →
Vitamin O: FIT on Main
“Colin Brough and I have the same vision,” says Gayle Silver about the new personal training studio the pair opened recently in Carrboro called FIT on Main. Notes Brough, “We… Read More →
Vitamin O: Carrboro Music Festival
When music professionals heard Jim Dennis agreed to coordinate the free Carrboro Music Festival, they asked him, “Are you insane?” This will be Dennis’s third festival since taking over from… Read More →
Vitamin O: Wilton Dubois
“Where in the world can you go and have the opportunities you have here in the United States?” asks musician Wilton Dubois. From Trinidad, a country smaller than Delaware, Wilton… Read More →
Paint it Orange Plein Air Paint-out
The Orange County Arts Commission and the Hillsborough Arts Council will present Paint it Orange: Plein Air Paint-out and Wet Paint Sale in October. Plein air (open air) painters are invited… Read More →
David Hinkle selected for Gold Park Bee Hotel Project
The Orange County Arts Commission, in partnership with the Town of Hillsborough and the Hillsborough Tourism Development Authority, announces the selection of David Hinkle for the Gold Park Bee Hotel… Read More →
Call for Novelists: 2018 Piedmont Laureate
2017-18 Arts Grant Recipients Announced
The Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC) is pleased to announce recipients of the 2017-18 Grassroots Arts Program and Artist Project Grants. The OCAC awarded twenty-five Grassroots Arts Program Grants and… Read More →
