13 Poets Laureate to Receive More Than $1 Million in Grants
What Is the Poet’s Role in Society Today?
Jaki Shelton Green Inducted NC’s Poet Laureate by Governor Roy Cooper
This Week in the Arts: June 15-21, 2018
#OCNCARTS IN THE NEWS NC names its first African-American Poet Laureate to be ambassador for spoken word | News & Observer OdysseyStage Theatre and OdysseyStage Present ‘NC 10 By 10: A Festival Of 10-Minute Plays’ | Broadway World YOUR WEEKEND CALENDAR ART FRANK presents Brumley Forest Travel Journal Session Tomorrow, 9am | Brumley Forest Trails Untitled, 2018 Tomorrow 8am-5pm | John and June Allcott… Read More →
Vitamin O: Poet Jaki Shelton Green
By Alicia Stemper/Vitamin O for the Orange County Arts Commission Jaki Shelton Green, named the inaugural Piedmont Laureate in 2009 and inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame in 2014, is obviously a poet. But she is also a story teller, writer, teacher, creativity coach, and change agent in the lives of others…. Read More →
Fall 2016 Arts Grants Awarded
The Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC) is pleased to announce recipients of the 2016 Fall Arts Grants. The OCAC awarded twenty-three arts grants, totaling $25,440 to the following projects taking place from January 1 – December 31, 2017: Carrboro Elementary School: North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble and Mike Wiley in-school performances Cedar Grove Neighborhood Association:… Read More →