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Joseph Bathanti Named N.C. Poet Laureate
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Joseph Bathanti Named N.C. Poet Laureate

Award winning poet, professor and advocate for literacy, Joseph Bathanti, …

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Take a Stroll Through the Heart of Soul

Musical treasures are waiting to …

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Authentic Cultural Experiences

From the Blue Ridge Mountains and the homegrown music rising out of them, to the breathtaking vistas and sacred …

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Boggs Connects Students in Exploration of Place and Identity

Boggs Connects Students in Exploration of Place and Identity
An interdisciplinary residency by 2011–2012 N.C. Arts Council Literature Fellowship recipient Belle Boggs, entitled “Where I’m From: Science Writing and Memoir” is exploring with students the ways in which where they live influences who they are. Students use direct observation, description, and memory to produce a memoir grounded in nature and the place they come from—including climate, natural resources, and environmental issues—...

Posted by ncarts on 10 17th, 2012 | No Comments
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Happy Valley’s Chapel of Rest Hosts Bathanti Reading

Happy Valley’s Chapel of Rest Hosts Bathanti Reading
N.C. Poet Laureate Joseph Bathanti will read from his works at the historic Chapel of Rest in Happy Valley, Sunday, Oct. 28 at 4 p.m. A reception will follow this premiere “Reading at the Chapel” event, co-hosted by the Chapel of Rest Preservation Society and the Caldwell Arts Council. An admission fee of $8 will benefit the two organizations. Bathanti is a professor of creative writing at Appalachian State University, where he is...

Posted by ncarts on 10 16th, 2012 | No Comments
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Reynolda House Premieres Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey

Reynolda House Premieres Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey
Reynolda House in Winston-Salem is the first stop on the national tour of Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey, on view now through Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. The traveling exhibition reunites 20 collages originally installed in 1977 at New York’s Cordier & Ekstrom gallery under the title “Odysseus,” based on characters and episodes in Homer’s Greek epic, The Odyssey, while expanding the scope of the original exhibition with...

Posted by ncarts on 10 15th, 2012 | No Comments
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Lenard D. Moore’s “At the State Fair”

Lenard D. Moore’s “At the State Fair”
Raleigh poet Lenard D. Moore captures the sights and sounds of the 2012 North Carolina State Fair, at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh now through Sunday, Oct. 21, in a poem entitled “At the State Fair.”  Read the poem in the Raleigh News & Observer at http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/10/11/2406545/at-the-state-fair.html The founder and executive director of the Carolina African American Writers’ Collective and a past president of the...

Posted by ncarts on 10 15th, 2012 | 4 Comments
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Pearlman Keynotes NC Writers Network Conference

Pearlman Keynotes NC Writers Network Conference
Lookout Books author Edith Pearlman will give the keynote address at the North Carolina Writers Network fall conference, held Friday, Nov. 2 through Sunday, Nov. 4 at the Embassy Suites in Cary. Pearlman’s collection of short stories, Binocular Vision, won the 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction and was a Finalist for the National Book Award, among many other honors. The fall conference is the Network’s biggest annual...

Posted by ncarts on 10 11th, 2012 | No Comments
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Artist Opportunities – 10/11/12
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Artist Opportunities – 10/11/12
The N.C. Arts Council is pleased to share the following opportunities for artists that have recently been submitted to us. Please contact the organization listed if you have any questions. Artist opportunities may be submitted to Burdette.Southerland@ncdcr.gov. From the N.C. Arts Council N.C. Arts Council Artist Fellowships Applications are now being...
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New York Times Nod to Saxapahaw
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New York Times Nod to Saxapahaw
The arts and cuisine of Saxapahaw, the small former mill town located between Chapel Hill and Burlington were spotlighted by the New York Times in an article entitled, “Saxapahaw, N.C., Middle of Somewhere, Becomes a Draw.” The article features the Haw River Ballroom, a music venue on the site of the historic mill; Saxapahaw Artists, a gallery featuring the works of 50 regional artists; the cuisine of...
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Spotlight on Creative Asheville
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Spotlight on Creative Asheville
Asheville’s creative workforce is highlighted in a recent UNC-TV feature. The “North Carolina Now” segment focuses on the revitalization of downtown Asheville and the River Arts District and includes interviews with John Cram, owner of fine art and craft galleries including Blue Spiral 1, New Morning and Bellagio; artists Randy Shull and Hedi Fischer, co-founders of Pink Dog Creative; and Kit Cramer,...
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Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture
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Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture
551 South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28202 (704) 547-3700 http://www.ganttcenter.org/ The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture in Charlotte has a 35-year history beginning as Charlotte’s Afro-American Cultural Center. Today, its new location at the Levine Center for the Arts is the permanent home for the John and Vivian Hewitt Collection, which includes 58 works by 20 renowned...
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