Durham Arts Council - Artist Information

Come face-to-face with the arts in Durham.

Artists In The Schools

other arts education opportunities

If you are an artist seeking arts-in-education opportunities outside of Durham County you may want to contact the following organizations for further information on programs in neighboring counties and statewide.

Wake County Opportunities
The United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County (UAC) works as a clearinghouse for artist residencies and performances in Wake County (Pre-K-12) Schools. If you are interested in applying please call UAC of Raleigh and Wake County to get on the Arts-in-Education mailing list.

Ginny Zehr, VP For Education & Community Programs
United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County
336 Fayetteville Street Mall, Suite 440
Raleigh, NC 27601-1743
(919) 839-1498 ext. 230

Chatham County Opportunities
Chatham County reviews projects for the schools. It has limited funds but is working towards arts education opportunities.

Director
Chatham County Arts Council
Post Office Box 418
Pittsboro, NC 27312
(919) 542-0394

Orange County Opportunities
Orange County Arts Commission responds to performances, lecture-demos and residencies. It has limited funds but is working towards arts education opportunities.

Director
Orange County Arts Commission
PO Box 1177
Hillsborough, NC 27278
(919) 967-9251 ext. 2335

Josephine Harris, Director of Instruction
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
Lincoln Center
Merritt Mill Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
(919) 967-8211

Brooke Williams, Director of Children & Family Programming.
The ArtsCenter
300-G East Main Street
Carrboro, NC 27510
(919) 929-2787
(also works with arts programming for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools)

Statewide Opportunities
North Carolina Arts Council offers several opportunities to be involved in arts education; including the touring roster and artist-in-schools and arts-in-education project grants. Grants for arts-in-education usually come from the school or from a community service organization.

Linda Bamford, Director
Arts-In-Education
North Carolina Arts Council
Department of Cultural Resources
Raleigh, NC 27601
(919) 733-9044

The NCAAE is a nonprofit organization which serves to promote quality arts education statewide by offering information resources and advocacy.

Director
North Carolina Alliance for Arts Education
336 Fayetteville St. Mall #418
Raleigh, NC 27601
(919) 856-0933