Latino Arts & Culture Summit on TV

On Tuesday, May 20, the Latino Arts & Culture Summit will be featured on the television program OPEN/net in Spanish.
The program will discuss the second annual Latino Arts & Culture Summit on OPEN/net for Spanish speaking audiences. Airing from 8-9 p.m., the program is hosted by Yasmin Wurts-Metivier in a conference-room style discussion. As part [...]

Students Across N.C. Compete in Poetry Out Loud February 23

Students from 17school districts statewide will compete in Poetry Out Loud, a national initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, on February 23 in Raleigh. The statewide competition is coordinated by the North Carolina Arts Council.

The free event will include performances by several of the state’s most prominent spoken word artists and professional poets. [...]

African Dance Comes to N.C. Communities

If you have a chance to see Chuck Davis and the African American Dance Ensemble, take it! Better yet, if you are in Beaufort, Robeson, Lenoir or Halifax counties, go and be a part of a unique community experience. This year, the African American Dance Ensemble will conduct four one-week residencies as part of the [...]

NC Folklife Heritage Awards, 2007

Finest Folk Artists Honored in Free Night of NC Culture

Frank Stasio, host of the popular radio show, The State of Things, will emcee an exciting and free evening packed with North Carolina culture including performances by bluegrass pioneer George Shuffler, Joe Thompson, African American string band musician, and legendary storyteller Orville Hicks on
Thursday Oct. 25.
The [...]

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 [...]