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JOIN US · Sat. Sept. 15, 2007!
Steamed Blue to Red-Hot, Lively! Hard Crab Dinner & Art Auction
Over 100 North Carolina fine art and craft artists are represented during our
annual art auction, attended by 300 art lovers and supporters from the Outer
Banks, Elizabeth City, Edenton, Windsor, Plymouth, Williamston, Washington,
Engelhard and Ocracoke Island. Those who joined us for our hard crab dinner and art auction were witness
to the wonder of community shared by Pocosin Artists, our donors, our bidders
and buyers, and volunteers. Click here for tickets...
(photo at right: Ray & Walter Davenport)
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(photos left to right: Feather Phillips, Laura Martier & Mick Vaughn,
Joan Brumbach & Sharon Spencer) |
COMMUNITY ARTS CONNECTION
Since 1997, the Community Arts Connection has sponsored
artists-in-residence in the schools and community. The objectives of
the CAC are:
- Improving
cross-cultural respect and understanding among Tyrrell County students
and residents of European-American, African-American, Hispanic and
Vietnamese descent.
- Teaching local residents to interpret their culture for visitors, and
Enlivening the North Carolina curriculum.
- Guest
artists are selected on the basis of the cultural heritage and the
cross-cultural traditions represented in our community and include:
The Community Arts Connection is funded by Pocosin Arts in
partnership with the North Carolina Arts Council, the North Carolina
Rural Center, The Conservation Fund, The Ford Foundation, Tyrrell
County Schools and proceeds from admissions to public concerts and
special events like, the Folkways Jamboree.
The North Carolina Rural Center for Economic Development recognized the
Community Arts Connection in 1999 as a model of economic development.
For a copy of our video, email info@pocosinarts.org.
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