From the N.C. Arts Council
The North Carolina Arts Council invites you to share ideas and suggestions on how we can better serve arts organizations and artists, how citizens can have more arts experiences in their daily life and how we can work together to build a stronger state through the arts.
We had a succesful public meeting in Greensboro last month. The following meetings are scheduled in other locations in the state:
<>Waynesville: Tuesday, April 17: Haywood Arts Regional Theatre
<>Rocky Mount: Tuesday, April 24: Imperial Center for the Arts & Sciences
<>Wilimington: Tuesday, May 1: Cameron Art Museum
All meetings start at 7 p.m. and will be facilitated by Executive Director Mary Regan.
We invite you to join us for the meetings and to visit our Web log to continue the discussion!
For more information, you can contact us at (919) 807-6500.
Filed under: General
The following is a poem by Feather Phillips presented at the public meeting in Rocky Mount on April 24. (Reprinted with permission)
GOOD BIRDS
Like birds on a tether
we keep the arts close
to count and measure their effectiveness,
good birds.
I remember the day I saw them.
All of the swans left on the same wind that year,
vee after vee after vee
after vee after vee,
forming, reforming
in response to the rhythm of the winds
untethered
revealing the invisible.
I am here to ask the NC Arts Council to make accommodations for the uncountable, the immeasurable, the invisible, a realm in which the arts have always led civilizations. And to ask that you provide funding for programming on the basis of what is “in response to the rhythm of the winds” of the local communities.
Feather Phillips, April 24, 2007