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Executive Director of the JCAC Resigns

The Johnston County Arts Council Board of Directors today announced the resignation of Jessica Meadows as its executive director. Jessica informed the board that she will leave her position on October 6 to pursue new challenges as a Community Content Liaison with NBC 17.
Jessica Meadows was employed by the Johnston County Arts Council as Executive [...]


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 [...]


Free Art for Download!

I got this from the Art News Blog, which is fast becoming one of my favorite places to find out about off-the-wall things happening in the art world.  I have to admit that hearing a visual artist would offer free downloads of their work is a bit surprising, until I think about all of the musicians that [...]


How many Art Museums have you visited?

Most Popular Art Museums in the World
The Art Newspaper has released their annual list of the most popular art museums in the world, with the Louvre in Paris coming in first place with an estimated 8,300,000 visitors.
The most popular exhibition was at the Tokyo National Museum in Japan which attracted more than 10,000 people each [...]


Local Bands that Rock

As I mentioned in an earlier post, the Johnston County Arts Council MySpace page introduced me to a whole music scene that I had previously been unaware.  Not only are there a fair amount of local venues that support live music, there are a number of bands that are from right here in Johnston County.
 Jakt [...]