United Arts is now accepting applications for the 2011 Regional Artist Project Grant Program. Artists from Franklin, Johnston, Vance, Warren and Wake Counties can apply for grants up to $1500 to support projects which will further their professional and artistic development. More
In the morning, Ella Mae announced, “We going to church,” to which I replied. “Oh Lord!” and slightly tortured laughter erupted from my throat; and then the hook:... More
Every Spring, the 4th Congressional District, represented by U.S. Representative David Price, and the 13th Congressional District, represented by U.S. Representative Brad Miller, join hundreds of Congressional districts throughout the country in hosting an arts competition for high school students. More...
Award-winning Irregardless Cafe has been a passionate patron of local artists since 1975. Please support them by enjoying a wonderful meal surrounded by local art and music. Click HERE for a complete calendar of the Irregardless Cafe Music.
Thanks Irregardless Cafe for all your support!
Exhibition Opportunities in Wake County
United Arts of Raleigh and Wake County sponsors exhibitions in the Wake County Commissioners Office in downtown Raleigh and at Wake Medical Center on New Bern Ave. If you are interested in exhibiting your two-dimensional work in either location in 2010, please send inquiries to Jennifer McIntyre at jmcintyre@unitedarts.org or 839-1498, ext 301.
Introduction
United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, based in Raleigh, NC, was incorporated in 1990. Our vision is one of a community that values the arts, and we work toward building better communities through support and advocacy of the arts. The United Arts Council is a united arts fund, offering grants in support of arts programming to organizations, schools, communities and individual artists. United Arts also provides services to the community such as advocacy, resource development, professional/leadership development and special projects. The grants, programs and services of United Arts reach over 1.5 million people annually in Raleigh, Apex, Cary, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Holly Springs, Knightdale, Morrisville, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wendell and Zebulon, NC. Of these, 39% are youth; 21%, seniors; 64%, white; 16%, African-American; 9%, Asian/Pacific; 9%, Latino; and 2%, other.United Arts provides grants in support of arts programming presented in the NC Museum of Art, NC Museum of History, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Marbles Kids Museum, Visual Art Exchange, Artspace, K-12 school auditoriums, WakeMed, City of Raleigh Arts Commission (National Art Exhibition), major venues such as the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh, smaller venues such as the Garner Historic Auditorium, Holly Springs Cultural Center, Raleigh Little Theatre, Meredith College and Peace College auditoriums, Cary’s Bond Park Amphitheatre and Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park, other municipal parks and senior centers.
Types of art represented among grant recipients include: vocal and choral music, orchestral, symphonic and chamber music, bluegrass and traditional music, theatre and youth theatre, opera, modern dance, festivals, visual art, mime, puppetry, jazz music, ballet, quilting, storytelling, street painting, murals, origami, cultural/ethnic dance and music, writing, public art, printmaking, bookmaking, pottery, wire art, video sculpture, photography, film, and computer-generated art. Additionally, United Arts supports the work of Arts Access and Triangle Reading Radio Service that brings the arts closer to those with disabilities.
Piedmont Laureate:
Zelda Lockhart
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Zelda Lockhart's Reflections on Serving as the Piedmont Laureate
I am honored and excited to sharing my passion for literature and the arts it encompasses with the Piedmont community. During my tenure as Laureate, I plan to design and participate in programs that will help individuals self-define through the experience of literature. I also intend to offer and participate in literary programs that help us explore the diversity and kinship in our life experiences. I believe that the creative process is complete when an audience receives one’s work; like any other spontaneous creation in nature, our writing is food, medicine or kinship for an often-anonymous recipient. With this philosophy in mind, I also foresee many programs that bring the voices of the Piedmont people to the awaiting public. I look forward to the many new people I am bound to meet and share precious time with over the next year. Zelda Lockhart |
 Photo Courtesy of Kerry Lockhart
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