Orange Co. Arts Commission

This Week in the Arts: June 16-28, 2018

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#OCNCARTS IN THE NEWS Popular Music Holds Power Over Popular Literature | The State of Things on WUNC The Cave Is Coming Back to Life. What Do Its New Owners Have Planned for its Next Chapter?| Indy Week Mebane’s Green named N.C. state poet laureate | Burlington Times-News YOUR WEEKEND CALENDAR  ART artistUNITED present The Walls We Build Hillsborough… Read More →

This Week in the Arts: June 15-21, 2018

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#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 →

This Week in the Arts: June 9 – 15, 2018

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#OCNCARTS IN THE NEWS University of North Carolina Students Accuse Administration of Artwashing | Hyperallergic Typewriter to Macbook: technology’s influence on the craft of writing | The News of Orange YOUR WEEKEND CALENDAR  ART The Contemporaries 2018 Tonight, 6pm | LIGHT: Art + Design Gayle Stott Lowry Reception Sunday, 12:30pm | Eno Gallery HISTORY Historic Hillsborough Saturday Walking Tours Tomorrow, 11am | Downtown Hillsborough… Read More →

This Week in the Arts: June 1-8, 2018

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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 →