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Friday Fun: Sometimes you just want to feel pretty…
I was at a Clayton Public Art Board meeting last night and we were talking about all of the various forms of public art and this came up. I really appreciate art that makes me laugh!
Sheep have wool to keep them warm during the cold winter months, but what about the trees? How do they keep warm? [...]
What the NC Gubernatorial Candidates Have to Say About Art…
For those of you that don’t know, ARTS NC is the advocacy arts organziation for the state of North Carolina. On Tuesday, they sent out a Call to Action to the arts organizations across the state to send in questions for Tuesday night’s gubernatorial debate, and as always, North Carolina artists, arts councils, theatre organizations, [...]
El Greco to Velazquez
In an earlier post, I mentioned the Nasher Museum at Duke University. Their current exhibit, El Greco to Velázquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III is their biggest exhibit yet in the short history of the museum and you should make plans to see it before it leaves town (August 21 through November 9, [...]
An Evening With Shawn Colvin at The Clayton Center
CLAYTON, N.C. – Spend an evening with multi-GRAMMY award winner Shawn Colvin at The Clayton Center, located at 111 E. 2nd Street, on Friday, September 26, 2008, at 8 p.m.
A longtime critical favorite, Colvin became known worldwide with the success of 1996’s platinum selling album, A Few Small Repairs. The number one radio single [...]
For those local artists that use Etsy…
Nice article in the Financial TImes about Rob Kalin, 27, founder of Etsy, the online craft store for handmade items. From teen runaway to a degree in classics, Kalin, a furniture maker, started the site with $50,000 from an angel investor and now has support from other internet entrepreneurs (like the founders of Flickr and [...]
Friday Fun: Unique Public Art Idea
I just thought this was awesome and pretty fun. Nothing like having the community come together to participate in public art. I think I’m going to pick a lightpole in Downtown Clayton and start doing this-Guerilla Public Art! Who’s with me?
From Damaris Pierce’s Blog:
Like many coastal cities, South Carolina’s Charleston has a fabulous covered market [...]
Art. Ask for More.
The Americans for the Arts is an organization that generally promotes and supports the arts in America. I particularly like the campaign they have for increasing arts in our schools. They have video, radio, print ads, and web banners that you can download and use in your community as Public Service Announcements and as I [...]
September 18 “Battle of the Bands” Lineup
From Downtown Clayton:
Five bands from the Triangle region have been selected for the Clayton Town Square Concert Series “Battle of the Bands” on September 18. A dozen bands from Boone to Rocky Mount applied for the five slots in which only the top 3 bands will receive the prize money of $1000, $500, and $250 [...]
Carrboro Named Top Arts Town
Writer John Villani calls Carrboro “one of North America’s most vibrant art communities,” in his new book “The 100 Best Art Towns in America: A Guide to Galleries, Museums, Festivals, Lodging and Dining.”
Villani is communications director with the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and a former art critic with The [...]
Local Organizations get grants from North Carolina Arts Council
The North Carolina Arts Council recently announced the awarding of grant funding to three Johnston County organizations. Johnston Community College was awarded $5,000 for the development of an International Artists performance series, the West Johnston Band Parents Association was awarded $6,000 for two artist residencies that will result in the composition of new high school [...]
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