Tag Archives: N.C. Arts Council

Poetry Out Loud

 
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Aimee Elizabeth Isbell, 2007 NC Poetry Out Loud Champion recites a poem, and talks about her experiences.  The competition was sponsored in North Carolina by the North Carolina Arts Council.
April is National Poetry Month, and the North Carolina Arts Council is featuring poets from around the state on its Writers and Books page.

Curator Conversations

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Today’s show features a conversation between the North Carolina Museum of Art’s Kinsey Katchka and artist Brigitte NaHoN (:36), whose work is featured in the museum’s upcoming exhibit “Far From Home.”  The exhibit, which runs through July 13, includes art that addresses the global displacement of people and populations […]

Stories & Love Stories

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First up, a conversation between Cultural Resources Fay Mitchell and children’s book author Eleanora Tate.  Ms. Tate will take part in “History Stories for Children” at the North Carolina Museum of History on Saturday, Feb. 16, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. (:34) Next, the North Carolina Symphony’s Scott […]

Far From Home

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Today’s show features a conversation between the North Carolina Museum of Art’s Kinsey Katchka and artist Maria Elena Gonzalez (:40), whose work is featured in the museum’s upcoming exhibit “Far From Home.”  The exhibit, which opens Feb. 17 and runs through July 13, includes art that addresses the […]

Sixteen Receive Artist Fellowships

RALEIGH - Sixteen artists - including three poets, three fiction writers, two nonfiction writers, two playwrights, three composers, two screenwriters and a songwriter - are recipients of the North Carolina Arts Council’s 2007-08 North Carolina Fellowship Awards.  The Arts Council announced the Awards on December 5.  For more information about the Fellowship Award program, click here.

NEA Taps N.C. for Education Institute

(RALEIGH)—A team of education and arts leaders from North Carolina has been selected by the National Endowment for the Arts for an arts education institute that could lead to statewide reform on how arts education is provided to students in K–12 public schools, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the Department of Cultural […]