#OCNCARTS IN THE NEWS ‘I’m the same person I was before.’ Michelle Obama’s portrait artist is a star. | News and Observer Michelle Obama Painter Amy Sherald Visits Chapel Hill for a Portrait Exhibit that Looks Refreshingly Like America Today | The Indy Carrboro Kicking Off Pride Month with ‘Pride Piper Walk’ | WCHL Rainbow flags all around:… Read More →
This Week in the Arts: May 26-31, 2018
#OCNCARTS IN THE NEWS UNC’s Ackland Art Museum Hosting “The Outwin: American Portraiture Today” | Chapelboro.com Tar Heel Tripping | Winston-Salem Journal Your guide to (mostly free) outdoor summer movies | News and Observer YOUR WEEKEND CALENDAR ART John and June Allcott Gallery: Untitled, 2018 All Weekend | Hanes Art Center A Conversation with Amy Sherald,… Read More →
This Week in the Arts: May 18-25, 2018
#OCNCARTS IN THE NEWS Carrboro High School production opens in shadow of Santa Fe, Texas, school shooting | The Herald-Sun Tragic coincidence: Santa Fe shooting happened on day of Carrboro High play about gun violence | WRAL Has Carrboro felt more peaceful than usual lately? It’s probably thanks to these monks | The Daily Tar Heel Mary Lattimore’s Weightless Waves Are Unlike… Read More →
This Week in the Arts: May 11-17, 2018
#OCNCARTS IN THE NEWS Longleaf Film Festival showcases North Carolina filmmakers | The News & Observer Photography exhibit of southern musicians coming to Portsmouth Art and Cultural Center | The Virginian-Pilot A Home Filled With 1,200 Miniature Buildings In Hillsborough Captures History | The State of Things on WUNC YOUR WEEKEND CALENDAR ART Tibetan Buddhist Monks construct sacred… Read More →
This Week in the Arts: May 4-10, 2018
#OCNCARTS IN THE NEWS This public art uses flowering words to show just how much the Triangle is blossoming| The News and Observer A Documentary on Astronaut Program Training Launches Kickstarter Campaign | Digital Journal They’ve collected 1,200 tiny buildings inside their home. It’s a very small world after all. | The News and Observer The Cave… Read More →
This Week in the Arts: April 27-May 3, 2018
#OCNCARTS IN THE NEWS Fascination and Delight: Q&A With Marsha Gordon, Co-Director of ‘Rendered Small’ | NC State News The Cave Is Closed After Fifty Years, Marking the End of an Era for Music in Chapel Hill | INDY Week Local 506 Gets New Ownership But Keeps Its Local Roots Intact | INDY Week Local Creators and… Read More →
Vitamin O: Jimmy Carter
By Alicia Stemper for Vitamin O James “Jimmy Carter” runs a jewelry school in Carr Mill Mall, but he warns, “I don’t teach the easy stuff. I teach old traditional metalsmithing skills like soldering, hammering, metal forming, and stone setting.” His personal specialty is cloisonné, an enameling technique. Departing from jewelry, he is currently ‘making… Read More →