Arts in Education
How Art Creates Community: Sarah Cornette’s Fulbright Journey
An introduction to Sarah Cornette’s Fulbright Inquiry Project The OCAC has long been a fan of Sarah Cornette, the art teacher at Mary Scroggs Elementary School, and her choice-based classroom philosophy (read about Sarah in this Vitamin O story). Sarah continues to wow us; in 2018, she was the recipient of a Fulbright Distinguished Award… Read More →
Vitamin O: Sarah Cornette’s Choice Based Classroom
By Alicia Stemper/Vitamin O “Happy Art Day!” is the greeting Sarah Cornette gives students when they arrive at the Mary Scroggs Elementary School art studio. Visitors are greeted with a brochure. The choice-based arts education here is so different, adults need help making sense of what they are seeing. Every aspect of the studio supports… Read More →
Vitamin O: Ben Hamburger
“Social practice is part of what I do,” says artist Ben Hamburger. “I am pretty influenced by sense of place.” Hamburger arrived in Orange County last August, just as the protests about Confederate monuments, particularly Silent Sam on UNC’s campus, erupted. As an artist interested in painting landscapes, especially southern landscapes, his exploration of the… Read More →
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 seven Artist Project Grants, totaling $57,713, to the following organizations and artists: Boomerang Youth: The Citizen Artist Carrboro Elementary School PTA: Cultural arts in-school performances… Read More →