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UNC Press Author Awarded MacArthur Grant

UNC Press author Tiya Miles has been awarded a 2011 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, popularly known as the “Genius Grant.” A public historian, Miles explores the complex interrelationships between African and Cherokee people living and working in colonial America and is the author of The House on...

Posted by ncarts in Art Matters on 10 5th, 2011 | No Comments

Greensboro poet John Thomas York is the recipient of the inaugural 2011 James Applewhite Poetry Prize for his poem Lamp. York earned his M.F.A. from UNC Greensboro and has taught English in the public schools for more than 30 years. He is the author of the chapbook Naming the Constellations and the...

Posted by ncarts in Art Matters on 10 4th, 2011 | No Comments

Latin American Film Festival Marks 25th Year

The N.C. Latin American Film Festival marks its 25th anniversary with a program of films, dance, music and other cultural events running from Monday, Oct. 3, through Saturday, Nov. 19, at venues in Chapel Hill, Durham, Greensboro and Raleigh. Entitled “Unfinished Visions,” the series includes the film...

Posted by ncarts in Art Matters, Miscellaneous on 09 28th, 2011 | No Comments

NC Glass Artists Named “Living Treasures”

(L to R) Mark Peiser, Richard Ritter Longtime studio glass artists Mark Peiser and Richard Ritter will be honored as 2011 North Carolina Living Treasures in a ceremony at the Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington on Tuesday, Nov. 29, from 5 to 6 p.m. Penland School of Crafts also will receive special recognition...

Posted by ncarts in Art Matters, Arts News on 09 23rd, 2011 | No Comments

Poets Share Their Bounty: Poems and Recipes

Raleigh poet Richard Krawiec unveils a new cookbook called The Sound Of Poets Cooking ($15.95). The poetry anthology/cookbook features a wide range of poems and recipes including ones from former state poet laureates Fred Chappell and Kathryn Stripling Byer. The book is a fundraiser and the proceeds will...

Posted by ncarts in Art Matters on 11 19th, 2010 | No Comments

How Arts Councils Can Incorporate Literary Heritage In Their Programs

Literary Trails of the North Carolina Piedmont, a guidebook authored by Georgann Eubanks, and a Web site, Literary Trails of North Carolina (www.ncliterarytrails.org), are the latest cultural tourism projects of the North Carolina Arts Council. Resources are now available for local arts councils to use...

Posted by ncarts in Art Matters on 11 19th, 2010 | No Comments

The Arts Council is tweeting and actively posting on Facebook and YouTube as a way to connect and reach out to arts-inclined individuals, as well as younger audiences. We’d like to invite you to join us! Follow us on Facebook Sign up to receive our tweets Subscribe to our YouTube account Also, if...

Posted by ncarts in Art Matters on 11 19th, 2010 | No Comments

Craft in America Producer Visits Sylva

Sauvion Carol Sauvion, executive producer of the acclaimed PBS series Craft in America, came to western North Carolina in October to view the exhibition Hand + Craft: A Jackson County Celebration. Fifteen Jackson County craftsmen participated in the month-long exhibition sponsored by the Jackson County...

Posted by ncarts in Art Matters on 11 19th, 2010 | No Comments

John Salmon’s new CD Salmon Is A Jumpin’ was recently released from Albany Records. The recording features original compositions by Salmon, who is best known as a classical and jazz pianist. The style of his work can be described as “third stream” since it combines jazz and classical languages,...

Posted by ncarts in Art Matters on 11 19th, 2010 | No Comments

North Carolina Author Awarded $25,000 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award

Abrams Wilmington writer Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams received a 2010 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award, which is given annually to six women writers who demonstrate excellence and promise in the early stages of their careers. Celebrating its 16th year, the Rona Jaffe Awards have helped many women build...

Posted by ncarts in Art Matters, Miscellaneous on 10 8th, 2010 | No Comments

Author Lee Smith Receives 2010 Thomas Wolfe Prize

Award-winning Hillsborough author Lee Smith will receive the 2010 Thomas Wolfe Prize and deliver the free annual Thomas Wolfe Lecture at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 7, at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Carroll Hall auditorium. Smith grew up in Grundy in the mountains of southwest Virginia in a family of storytellers....