Several of Vidabeth Bensen’s screen prints will be in a group show at the North Carolina Botanical Gardens in January. A new batch of her cards are heading to the gift shop as well.
2023 Studio Tour is Here!
The 2023 Studio Tour is taking place this weekend* and next – Saturdays, December 2nd and 9th from 10am-5pm, and Sundays, December 3rd and 10th from noon-5pm. Visit our website to access Artist Profiles, the 2023 Studio Tour Interactive Brochure, and to subscribe to the newsletter for Tour updates. Relax as you drive through Chatham County visiting […]
CAG Welcomes 6 Emerging Artists
The 2023-2024 CAG-EAP Program Welcomes Six Emerging Artists. The Guild’s Emerging Artists Program welcomes six talented visual arts students from high schools in Chatham County. This juried program pairs students with mentors who are members of the Guild for the entire school year. Its primary focus is to create hands-on experiences where these young artists can […]
Nash, Comellas & Boder Soft Pastel Exhibition in January at Carrboro
Jody Nash, Bridgette Comellas, and Daphne Boder are exhibiting at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro January 10 thru February 6. Their show is called “The Rhythm of Color in Soft Pastels.” You are invited to their opening reception on Friday, January 12 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
February Reception in RTP: Steevie Parks Exhibition
Steevie Parks is one of three artists chosen to exhibit at The Research Triangle Foundation in Durham from November 19th through May 2024. There will be a reception at 700 Park Offices Drive, Research Triangle Park (Durham), NC. from 5:30 to 7:00 pm on February 8th, 2024. The other two artists are Robyn Scott and Bryan Crabtree. Steevie […]
Winter / Spring Art Classes
Kathy A. FloodPortrait Artist/Art InstructorSignature Member of WSNC910-818-9505website: www.kathyfloodartist.comFB: Kathy Flood Watercolor ArtistInstagram: watercolor_portrait_artist
New CAG Exhibit at the Plant
NOVEMBER 23rd, 2023 thru JANUARY 30th, 2024 THE PLANT | CHATHAM BEVERAGE DISTRICT | 213 LORAX LANE PITTSBORO, NC
CAG Artists Exhibit in Downtown on First Sunday
Minnie Gallman in Durham Art Guild’s 69th Exhibition
Minnie Gallman‘s photograph, “Peacock Feather Swirl” was juried into the Durham Art Guild’s 69th Annual Juried Exhibition. There were over 550 entries and only about 80 were selected. The exhibit is available to view at the DAG Truist Gallery, 120 Morris Street Durham, NC until January 5th.
Barry Udis at OpenEye Cafe
CAG member Barry Udis is exhibiting his photographs at the OpenEye Cafe in Carrboro, NC in a solo show which runs thru the end of January.
Darcy Szeremi Artist Interview
Interview by Vidabeth Bensen and Forrest Greenslade April 7, 2022 Darcy Szeremi will make her Chatham Studio Tour debut the first two weekends in December 2022, but her journey started in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her father was an entomologist at LSU. The family soon moved to Athens, Georgia, where he continued his research at UGA. […]
Nancy Ann Moore Artist Interview
Interview by Vidabeth Bensen and Forrest Greenslade April 11, 2022 Painter Nancy Ann Moore shares a rural Chatham County home and studio with her photographer husband Timothy Dowdall. They will exhibit their art together the first two weeks in December at the 2022 Chatham Studio Tour. “As long as I can remember I have been […]
Timothy Dowdall Artist Interview
Interview by Vidabeth Bensen and Forrest Greenslade April 11, 2022 Photographer Timothy Dowdall shares a rural Chatham County home and studio with his painter wife Nancy Ann Moore. They will exhibit their art together the first two weeks in December at the 2022 Chatham Studio Tour. Timothy started taking pictures as early as age of […]
Daphne Boder Artist Interview
Chatham Artist Guild Member Interview, March 3, 2022 by Vidabeth Benson and Forrest Greenslade Pastel artist Daphne Boder will make her debut in the Chatham Studio Tour the first two weekends in December 2022. Having enjoyed drawing and painting since childhood, she has specialized in pastels for about five years. “My son was working in […]
New 2022 Member Artists
The Guild is pleased to welcome ten new members for 2021: • Claire Bezy—Drawing/Painting/Mixed Media • Daphne Boder—Drawing/Painting • Morgan Dreese—Painting • Ellison Goodwin—Ceramics/Sculpture • Patricia Martin—Drawing/Painting • Nancy Ann Moore—Drawing/Painting • Alexander Percy—Jewelry/Metals • Elizabeth Roberts—Painting/Mixed Media • Michael Stano—Photography • Darcy Szeremi—Jewelry/Metals To see more works by new members as well as all of […]
Guild’s 2021 Annual Report
Expanding Opportunities, Making Connections, Building Community, the Guild’s 2021 Annual Report is available online. In addition to documenting the Annual Studio Tour and exhibitions, it highlights the Guild’s wide array of educational activities and collaborations with community and state-wide organizations. The report gratefully acknowledges the sponsors and donors vital for the year’s achievements.
Artist Interview: Kathleen Millikan
“I was chatting with my friend just before church,” Kathy reflects. “She was contemplating doing something different and interesting and I was excited by the idea.” The something different and interesting turned out to be painting classes given by Chatham Artists Guild member Kathy Flood, who lived nearby. The two friends attended watercolor classes and […]
Artist Interview: Kristin Bergsten
Kristin Bergsten – Handwoven Originals Fiber artist Kristin Bergsten has been weaving since she was 6 years old. “I was at home sick, and my mother went to the Woolworth’s Five and Dime. She came back with little kits to make potholders.” Born in Evanston Illinois, Kristin was living at the time with her adoptive […]
Artist Interview: Hamidou Sissoko
Hamidou Sissoko immigrated to the US in 2001 from the Francophone West African country Mali. “I grew up fixing cars and bikes. As I got older, I learned more and more, I started fixing more complex equipment. We never wasted any materials in Mali and would always find creative ways to repair things.” In the US, […]
Artist Interview: Anna Julian
Anna Julian hails from Cherryville, NC, about 40 miles west of Charlotte. “My fascination with pottery and art started as a young girl.” Anna’s grandmother lived in the mountains of Montreat, NC and took her to the Southern Highland Craft Guild’s Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville. “It was there that […]
Artist Interview: Steevie Parks
When Brooklyn born Steevie Parks was growing up on Long Island, she dreamed of being either an artist or an actress. She studied classical oil painting as well as theater from the ages of 9 to 22. Then studied anatomy, sculpture, printmaking, painting and drawing at the Arts Student’s League of New York, Syracuse University, and Sarah […]
Artist Interview: Lynn Flyer
Nestled in the rolling hills near Chatham’s Bear Creek is Inspired Earth Pottery. There, ceramic artist Lynn Flyer, responding to her surrounding natural beauty, creates her own world of flowers, butterflies, dragonflies, birds, and other delights in the form of functional pottery. She has been seriously making pottery for about 12 years. She and her […]
Artist Interview: Boots Quimby
Working as a Molecular Biologist at the University of Maryland, Quimby had always had a strong interest in creative avenues. “As a child my mother took me to museums and plays, instilling in me a life-long love of the arts,” she recalls “I think that I had always wanted to be an artist.” Boots (her father’s […]
Artist Interview: Carolyn Rhinebarger
Carolyn is a creative that has been involved in some form of art all her life. Her degree is in Fashion Merchandising and she worked in retail, becoming a buyer for a women’s clothing chain in Chicago. After her children came along, she switched to a more family-friendly career in marketing. Upon moving to North […]