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Arts Matter

Aug 02 2019

An Ode to Hillsborough


Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Blog Posts, News · Tagged: Arts Matter, Handmade Parade, hillsborough, hillsborough arts council, hillsborough visitors center, Last Fridays Hillsborough, Stephanie Trueblood, tom stevens, Town of Hillsborough

Jun 05 2019

Arts Matter: When it comes to the arts, it’s about more than UNC


Prior to serving as director of the Orange County Arts Commission, I was the director of an arts center near the Outer Banks. Northeast NC is the “forgotten child” of… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Blog Posts · Tagged: Ackland Art Museum, arts economy, arts ecosystem, Arts Matter, Carolina Performing Arts, carrboro, chapel hill, creative economy, setting the stage, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill

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

Mar 03 2017

Arts Matter: A Day without Arts


Several weeks ago, immigrants across our country observed the Day without Immigrants to illustrate what our communities would look without them.  It was a way to showcase their impact, and… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Blog Posts, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: Ackland, Americans for the Arts, arts day, Arts Matter, Arts North Carolina, blog, Carolina Performing Arts, FRANK gallery, hillsborough arts council, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Endowment for the Arts, Playmakers, Ryan Fox, The ArtsCenter, UNC, Winston Churchill

Feb 02 2017

Arts Matter: Meg McGurk Gets the Arts


A recent blog post explained how Orange County is an under-cover arts mecca.  How, in almost every category in which you can gauge the significance of the arts in a… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Blog Posts, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: 2nd Friday ArtWalk, art, Arts Matter, chapel hill, Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership, chapelhill, events, happenings, Meg McGurk, orange county, SHIMMER, visual arts

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