ChathamArts Gallery December Excitement

December in the ChathamArts Gallery: Over 100 Items Under $100! Local art items with gift giving in mind.

As the holiday season fast approaches, the ChathamArts gallery showcases locally made art items for the gift giver in mind. This enables collectors and gift seekers, new and seasoned, to acquire something distinctly individual. Buying local art also helps bolster the local economy, and it represents a valuable & tangible investment.

At the first Sunday opening reception on December 7th from noon to 5pm, Lynell Dodge will discuss her life as an artist and how that intersects with her former life sailing around the globe with her husband. The show runs from December 1st – December 31st.

Other December featured artists include:

Siglinda Scarpa, pottery http://www.siglindascarpa.com/

Tamera Mulanix, metalwork http://gypsysky.com/about.shtml

Rita K.Spina, multi-media http://www.ritakspina.com/

Eric Saunders, photography http://www.ericsaunders.com/

Candace King, unique felt work for walls or for wearing

And 85 other artists.

The ChathamArts gallery is a program of the Chatham County Arts Council, and it exhibits the work of more than 90 Chatham County artists. This lends professionals a highly respected venue for exhibiting their work & for growing creatively. Many artists have received commissions from visitors who have noticed their work for the first time at one of our shows. The ChathamArts Gallery has also won "Best Place to See Local Art" from the Chatham Journal for two consecutive years. It additionally received a “Best of the Triangle” Award from the Weekly Independent in 2007.

Perhaps most importantly, the gallery also serves an educational role. The Council strives to foster greater arts appreciation via artist presentations on first Sunday, press articles & media interviews, and via their website at www.chathamarts.org. We let people know how much work goes into carving a wooden letter opener, forging a metal sculpture, sculpting with bronze, painting detailed shadows, etc. The works mean a lot more to visitors when they understand what they are experiencing.

The gallery underwent major renovations in July & August of 2008, and all of the work was done by volunteers (David Wehrenberg, El Tremblay, Florence Johnson, Elaine Rhoades, Bill Lahtinen, Linda Anderson, Efrain Ramirez, & Doug Trimble). They knocked out walls, erected display panels, built a new storage area, painted the interior and exterior, extended the track lighting, etc. An employee commissioned the whimsical new outdoor hanging sign designed and crafted by Kimberli Matin.

ChathamArts Gallery

Open: Tuesday- Saturday 11-5

First Sunday 12-5

115 Hillsboro St.

Pittsboro, NC 27312

919.542.4144

info@chathamarts.org