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 […]
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Guild’s 2021 Annual Report Now Available Online
Expanding Opportunities, Making Connections, Building Community, the Guild’s 2021 Annual Report is now 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.
Guild Collaborates with 4H Club
The Chatham County 4-H Leatherworks Club held its first meeting on January 11. A cooperative effort between Chatham County 4-H and the Chatham Artists Guild, the club will teach participating youth (ages 11-18) the basics of leatherwork and tooling. The club is led by Ric Harber of the Guild and Rob Burgmueller another Chatham leatherworker and 4-H volunteer leader. […]
Color Outside the Lines
Cat Mahin is offering a watercolor course, All About Color with Cat Mahin, which focuses on helping you become very confident in using color. The course will show students what is needed to confidently paint in watercolor using the three primary colors—red, yellow and blue. Each week students will create a new color wheel and chart of colors while […]
Emerging Artists Program Launched in Partnership with Calico Makers Market
In 2022, the Guild is partnering with Calico Makers Market to launch a new Emerging Artists Program for High School visual arts students in Chatham and Orange counties. This exciting art education opportunity is jointly coordinated by Cally Curtis and Heather Washburn. Both are professional visual artists in fine art. Cally is a member of the Chatham Artists Guild and Heather is a […]
Curtis Receives 2022 United Arts Grant
Cally Curtis has been awarded a 2022 Artist Support Grant by the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County. Cally plans to use the financial support for supplies to create new works of art and for IT support to help her widen the reach of her website. Her $1500 grant is the maximum awarded to any […]
Final 2021 Tour Weekend
It’s your last chance to visit our members Saturday, December 11th 10 am—5 pmSunday, December 12th noon—5 pm The 29th Annual Chatham Artists Guild Studio Tour welcomes the public into member artists’ studios this weekend. Hours are 10AM to 5PM on Saturday, December 11, and Noon to 5PM on Sunday, […]
Greenslade’s Avians Delight
Forrest Greenslade had two exhibits featured at the 2021 North Carolina Botanical Garden Sculpture in the Gardenshow. One popular display, “Ornithocracy: Celebrating the Aristocrats of the Avian World,” was a selection of birds sculpted in galvanized steel and decorated with exterior house paint. The other, “Designer Dragons,” featured a kaleidoscope of colorfully painted steel dragonflies mounted on stakes, […]
Chaves Watercolors in Spring Show
Lani Chaves will be exhibiting a new collection of original watercolors entitled The Color of Water at the Pittsboro Gallery of Arts. The new Spring Show at the gallery will open on Tuesday, February 8 and run through the Spring. Also exhibiting at the gallery are fellow Guild members Barry Udis, Karen West, Cathylee Mahin, and Lee Kazanas. Lani ChavesLaniChaves.com
Park’s Abstracts Featured in Two Shows
Painter Steevie Parks currently has ten brightly colored abstracts hanging in the COLOR Exhibition at Pittsboro’s Smelt Art Gallery through February 27. COLOR is a group exhibition show bringing vivid, colorful artists to a dark winter. In addition to Park’s abstracts, the show features work by Cheryl McCardle, fellow Guild member Alexander Percy, Eliza Wiora, and Sandra Lett. Steevie will also have a solo show at theUnitarian […]
Self-Guided StudioTour Tools
We have made it easier than ever to plan your Self-Guided Tour of your favorite artist’s studios. The links on our website connect you directly to the tools you need to take the 2021 Chatham Studio Tour. To assist you easily in finding your way, you can bookmark any of these links on your phone. […]