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New Cultural Guidebooks Coming

The North Carolina Arts Council will launch three new cultural tourism guidebooks for residents and visitors this year.

Take a Stroll Through the Heart of Soul

Musical treasures are waiting to …

Authentic Cultural Experiences

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

Tales from the Trails: On Making Noise and Movie Stars

Spivey’s Corner is a small North Carolina town famous for hosting an unusual national competition. What is the competition’s name? Once a year, Spivey’s Corner, featured in Tour 8 of the Literary Trails of Eastern North Carolina, rolls out the welcome mat for participants in the National Hollerin’ Contest, a competition that comes around each June. There are separate categories for kids, teenagers, women, and men, with an overall best...

Posted by ncarts on 05 20th, 2013 | No Comments

Poet Laureate: Thirty Ways of Looking at a Blackbird: National Poetry Month

Since 1996, our nation has celebrated April as National Poetry Month. Established by the Academy of American Poets, the aim of the month-long celebration is to increase poetry’s visibility and accessibility, call attention to its diverse practices and incarnations, and spotlight its rich tradition in our national literature. During National Poetry Month, I visited (one of them virtually) 15 of North Carolina’s 100 counties – a number of...

Posted by ncarts on 05 17th, 2013 | 3 Comments

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. Visual Arts Dave Bown Projects, Provo, Utah Dave Bown Projects will be buying works of art from artists who are 18 years of age or older as submissions are received. All...

Posted by ncarts on 05 16th, 2013 | No Comments

Locales & Literature of the N.C. Coast (Part 1)

This is no ordinary mailbox. It sits on one of North Carolina’s beaches stuffed full of pens and paper, waiting for some beachcomber who’s been visited by a muse while wandering the sands. Dubbed the “Kindred Spirit,” the mailbox accepts messages and scribblings from everyone and anyone who feels so inspired while passing by. Where is the Kindred Spirit located? The Kindred Spirit makes its home on Bird Island, one of the southernmost...

Posted by ncarts on 05 15th, 2013 | No Comments

Where can you find a North Carolina town that is only one block wide? Our first jam spot for today’s post is located in Marshall, which sits 22 miles northwest of Asheville and is indeed only one block wide. The town stretches long between the French Broad River and a steep mountain face. Built up around the Norfolk-Southern Railroad, today Marshall is reinventing itself as a small hub for arts and culture: the old high school has been...

Posted by ncarts on 05 15th, 2013 | No Comments

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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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Destination North Carolina

North Carolina is a place to experience authentic arts adventures. Find them during the winter holiday season on our Arts Trails. Even when you’re not venturing outside you can experience North Carolina as a destination in books. According to the new website Small Demons there are 1,632 digitized books mentioning North Carolina. The site is building a knowledge base about the people, places and...

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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...