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491
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The combined efforts and joint sponsorship of art groups and preservationists in North Carolina have yielded spectacular results.
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2078
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Support for the arts in North Carolina is a rare blend of public and private monies and individuals. This has encouraged the growth of a diverse community of creativity in such areas as filmmaking, music, painting, literature, and folk crafts
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16013
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In recent years, economic development practitioners and planners have begun to recognize the role of the arts in regional economies and their use in downtown revitalization and other aspects of economic sustainability, particularly for rural areas and small towns. This article examines Chatham County, North Carolina and its residents' attempts to create and envision arts-based economic development strategies.
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22577
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina, long-known as a hub for the arts, is also stealing the show with numerous stage theaters, a nurturing arts council, and a nationally recognized film festival.
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24010
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LEAF Community Arts helps manage the Easel Rider program, which consists of an art truck that services about 41,000 youth with art services and afterschool programs.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 11 Issue 6, June 2014,
p116-117, il
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24014
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The author presents the various ways artists over a span of 200 years in Western North Carolina have used the medium to inspire others to protect the wilderness in order to instill a sense of place, home, and community in the region.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 11 Issue 8, August 2014,
p62-63, il
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24079
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Eight piano teachers founded Asheville Area Piano Forum twenty years ago to offer more musical opportunities to students. The organization helps fill the gap left by North Carolina's diminishing funds for arts education.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 10 Issue 9, September 2013,
p112-113, il
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24095
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The Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) sparked a non-profit organization created by Jennifer Pickering in 1995. LEAF was created as a global music festival, and because of this, Jennifer started LEAF International, an organization that encourages musicians from different countries around the world to facilitate arts programming in their own communities.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 9 Issue 3, March 2012,
p84-85, il
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28270
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North Carolina in the 19th century developed its art and architecture in a different fashion than Virginians. Because of the lack of wealthy individuals in North Carolina during the early 1800s, residents tended to self-decorate their homes.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 5 Issue 2, Feb 1962,
p3-5, il
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28872
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Historic buildings in North Carolina are finding new uses in housing the arts. Adaptive use projects have restored and re-purposed historic buildings as spaces for performance arts, community development, museums, art centers and galleries.
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28907
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The North Carolina Arts Council is working with schools and community groups to connect art, science and the environment. Artists are also conducting workshops for teachers in rural areas to develop curriculum that incorporates hands-on arts and new methods of teaching.
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28910
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The North Carolina Arts Council developed a plan framework of key issues to consider in 1995-1997. The identified priorities include support for artists and organizations, racial and cultural equity, arts in communities and education.
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28929
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Located in Columbia, Tyrrell County, Pocosin Arts uses the arts to connect culture to the environment. Pocosin Arts has taken on a number of ambitious projects, including 7000 Juniper, An Art Action for the Millennium. This project aims to restore the juniper, an endangered tree of cultural significance, by planting 7,000 junipers in the coastal plain.
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36169
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Ketie Memory Jones’ walk home alone ended in a tragic death, but not a tragic ending. Remembrance prompted those left behind to live fully, see good in the world, and financially help UNC-Charlotte students with passion for the arts.
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36191
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Reuse, recycle, and renew are buzz words generated by the ongoing environmental crisis. Ways wine bottles can be used after the party ends are ecologically conscious, creative, and practical. Uses included plant labels, row covers securers, and floral wreath additions.
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Carolina Gardener
(NoCar SB 453.2 N8 C37), Vol. 29 Issue 1, February 2017,
p23-26, 28
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