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Apr 17 2017

“Abstract Vision” Exhibit Showcases Sam Ezell’s New Style


Virtual gallery Mike’s Art Truck, in cooperation with the Orange County Arts Commission, is presenting an exhibit of new paintings by local self-taught artist Sam Ezell in Orange County’s Richard… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Press Release · Tagged: Abstract, folk art, hillsborough, mike's art truck, Sam Ezell, Whitted Building

Apr 10 2017

The Living Room installation opens April 22


The Hillsborough Arts Council is sponsoring “Art in the Heart of Hillsborough” on April 22, 2017. The 9th Annual Arts & Crafts Show will again be held on the lawn of… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Press Release · Tagged: hillsborough, hillsborough arts council, the living room

Apr 10 2017

Freedom Book Festival to be held May 6


On Saturday, May 6, 2017, Free Spirit Freedom will host A Freedom Book Festival, in order to launch its first book of historic photographs. The book, Freedom through Knowledge, incorporates… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Press Release · Tagged: free spirit freedom, freedom book festival, hillsborough, hillsborough arts council

Apr 07 2017

Arts Matter: Can the Arts Save Rural NC?


Last week I participated in ArtsDay in Raleigh, an annual convening of arts leaders across the state coordinated by our state arts advocacy group, Arts North Carolina. The point of… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Blog Posts, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: arts advocacy, Arts Matter, Arts North Carolina, Arts of the Albemarle, Arts of the Pamlico, artsday, blog, Columbia, Elizabeth City, Grassroots Program, Karen Wells, Kinston, Little Washington, North Carolina Arts Council, Pasquotank County, Penland, Pocosin Arts, smART, smART Kinston, State Arts Resource, Stephen Hill, The ArtsCenter, Thomas Sayre, Turnage Theatre, Vollis Simpson, Whirligig park, Wilson

Apr 03 2017

Vitamin O: PopUp Chorus


By Alicia Stemper/Vitamin O PopUp chorus is a twice a month ‘show-up-and-sing’ event celebrating music, community and fun.  “We don’t just inflict the songs on [conductor] Amelia Shull,” says arts… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Featured Blogs, Monthly Features, Vitamin O · Tagged: alicia stemper, Amelia Shull, carrboro, events, happenings, Lauren Bromley Hodge, live music, music, Patrick O'Neil, performing arts, Spencer Harrison, The ArtsCenter

Apr 03 2017

Vitamin O: Emily Weinstein


By Alicia Stemper/Vitamin O Emily Eve Weinstein lived in a van for three years during her twenties, painting outside wherever she was. Other travelers would show interest; Emily found herself… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Featured Blogs, Monthly Features, Vitamin O · Tagged: alicia stemper, art, book maker, Emily Weinstein, painter, visual arts, vitamin o

Apr 03 2017

OCAC Announces 2017 Arts Grants


ORANGE COUNTY, NC – The Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC) announces the 2017 Arts Grants Application Period. Nearly $60,000, funded by the North Carolina Arts Council and Orange County, will fund… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Press Release · Tagged: grants

Mar 31 2017

FRANK GALLERY LAUNCHES APPRENTICE PROGRAM FOR EMERGING ARTISTS


CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 15, 2017 — The Franklin Street Arts Collective (FRANK Gallery) will begin accepting applications for a one-year emerging artist apprentice program on April 1, 2017. The… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Press Release · Tagged: chapel hill, emerging artist, frank, FRANK gallery

Mar 31 2017

Weekend Culture Fix for March 31-April 2


It’s #WeekendCultureFix time!! Here’s what’s happening around the #OCNC… *^*^*^*^*^LIVE MUSIC*^*^*^*^*^ >>>Hillsborough • Soul with Emily Musolino at Mystery Public House tonight starting at 8pm • Party band Molly Mayhem… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Weekend Culture Fix · Tagged: art, carrboro, chapel hill, chapelhill, comedy, concerts, dance, exhibits, happenings, hillsborough, hillsborough arts council, live music, music, orange county, performing arts, shows, The ArtsCenter, theater, visual arts, weekend culture fix

Mar 30 2017

Arts leaders participate in ArtsDay


Leaders from local arts organizations including the Orange County Arts Commission, Playmakers Repertory Company, The ArtsCenter and FRANK Gallery, participated in ArtsDay 2017 in Raleigh March 28-29.  They met with… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Press Release · Tagged: arts advocacy, artsday, artsnc, Donovan Livingston, FRANK gallery, H97, John Brown, NC Arts Council, phillip shabazz, Playmakers, Rep Graig Meyer, Rep Verla Insko, The ArtsCenter

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