The ArtsCenter

Since 1982 the artscenter has provided summer Arts enrichment opportunities for children. Artscamp employed teaching artists who instructed campers, aged 5 -17, in movement, drama, music, photography, ceramics, sewing, sculpture, painting, drawing, cartooning and creative writing. Hundreds of campers attended with the majority taking part in at least 2 programs. Additionally, the artscamp teen volunteers gained valuable work experience, and enjoyed Arts enrichment, while earning commuinty service hours. Artscamp provides the youth of our community age appropriate opportunities to explore, develop, and refine artistic expression while supporting artists both established and emerging who instruct and inspire campers and their families.

The artscenter's concerts program is an integral part of our mission to inspire creativity and community through Arts education, performance, and exhibition. We present touring artists as well as local performers, aiming to create a positive theater experience for both artists and patrons. Our space is also available as a resource to outside presenters, including event promoters, Arts partners, and a weekly religious fellowship.

The artcenter's artschool provides non-degree Arts education to adults in a variety of disciplines. We offer beginning, intermediate and advanced classes in drawing, painting, digital Arts, writing, ceramics and sculpture, jewelry making, glass-working and photography. Classes run year round with four quarters: fall, winter, spring and summer. Since we provide options in several art forms, we are better able to offer participants a comprehensive Arts experience. The artschool increases community participation in, and appreciation of the Arts, encourages emerging artists, and employs a significant number of teaching artists. The program serves not only the residents of carrboro and chapel hill, but the greater triangle area, including residents of durham, hillsborough, pittsboro, cary, apex and raleigh.

As the area's only art-based afterschool program, the artscenter afterschool Arts immerison (aai) program employed approximately 6 teaching artists per shcool year to conduct two-week residencies in a variety of art forms. This unique program, in its 18th year, serves a maximum of 65 young artists in grades k-5 by providing instruction both visual and performing Arts with styles such as hiphop dance, ceramics, improv acting, and mixed media painting. Participants choose from full or part time options. We offer 7 full time scholarships to families each year. The school and family programs provide art based experiences to 1800 youth. The school and family programs aim to provide programs of high artistic quality that are accessible to all children in the 4 title one schools. The artscenter makes art learning opportunities available to these youth through direct contact with teaching artists from a variety of art disciplines. The Arts in residence program provided 10 hands on Arts integration residencies to over 1200 under served children in 4 title one schools in orange county and appromately 18 teachers and teaching artists. The residencies aim to provide programs of high artistic quality that are accessible, have education merit and strenghten community partnerships. The artcenter's two galleries for art exhibition rotate exhibits monthly and are avialable free of admission to all. The nicholson gallery, located inside the main entrance, serves as a common area for patrons on their way to classes or performances. Two months of the year, this gallery host groups of the commuity and student art. The remaining months are open to all applicants and exhibits include a wide variety of artwork and installations from a diverse group of local artists. The smaller corridor gallery rotates for all 12 months of the year. The space provides new and emerging artists a smaller intimate space to exhibit their work. Each month, the 2nd friday artwalk brings hundreds of visitors into our galleries, exposing art lovers to the labors of both new and seasoned artists in a variety of disciplines and art forms.