African American Dance Ensemble Residency (in Video!)

If any of you read our previous post regarding the African American Dance Ensemble’s tour across North Carolina in American Masterpieces and wanted to know more about what a residency experience would look like, you can view our video of the experience at http://www.ncarts.org/press-videos/AM-AADE.wmv.
You’ll see artistic director Chuck Davis and his company in blue shirts [...]

March 3 Deadline for Organizational Grants

The North Carolina Arts Council ensures a wide array of rich arts experiences for residents and visitors of the state through grants to non-profit organizations working in their communities. This year, a new online application, North Carolina ARTS Grants Online (AGO), and broader grant categories streamline the process for applicants. The deadline for 2008–09 grant [...]

NC Among Five States for National Education Leaders Institute

The North Carolina Arts Council announced recently that a team of educational and arts leaders from North Carolina were 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.
Selected from a field of 20 [...]

Literary Trails of Western North Carolina - Book Signing

Literary Trails of North Carolina
Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007
3 p.m.
Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh
We are delighted to announce the release of our guidebook, Literary Trails of the North Carolina Mountains, focusing on the literary history and inspirational landscapes of western North Carolina.
A reading and book signing with author Georgann Eubanks is scheduled at Quail Ridge Books in [...]

The State of the Arts: Addressing the Arts in 21st Century Education

Welcome to North Carolina: the State of the Arts, Addressing the Arts in 21st Century Education Blog
The conference may be over but the real work begins. Let’s use this as a forum to transform our vision into action steps for the future.