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WELCOME TO THE ARTS
IN NORTH CAROLINA
The arts help make North Carolina a great place to live, work, or visit. Whether it's contemporary art, crafts, dance, the folk arts, historical drama, literature, music, or theater, we have something for everyone. The North Carolina Arts Council celebrates those who create and enjoy art in all 100 counties of the state.
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The Triangle's Steady Growth Has Fueled Culture
There are a number of museums:the NC Museum of History, NC Museum of Art and the Museum of Natural Science, to name a few.The Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh hosts the NC Symphony and many Broadway shows come here.In the last few years the city has played host to productions of "Cats," "Phantom of the Opera," "Riverdance" and "Les Miserables"
A State of the ArtsNorth Carolina is a state dedicated to the arts. It was the first state in the country to fund a symphony orchestra and to purchase works of art with public funds. It was also the first state to create a state-funded school for the performing arts and establish a cabinet-level state agency devoted exclusively to the arts.
Triangle, Center of the State's Cultural ResourcesRaleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and Cary present a variety of cultural and entertainment opportunities unparalleled anywhere in the state, and almost anywhere in the country. The Triangle is also home to the North Carolina Writer's Network, the only state-wide writer's network in the country.
The National Humanities Center, which resides in the Research Triangle Park, is an institute for the advanced study of history, literature, and philosophy, and has 40 international scholars interned each year.
Many of the Triangle towns and cities annually host city-wide art festivals featuring the work of local craftsmen, as well as providing a center stage for dancing, singing, puppetry, and mime.
    
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RALEIGH -Raleigh, the capital city, is home to the state-owned and funded Museum of Art. The museum features an outstanding collection of works that range from European paintings and decorative arts to the impressive Kress Collection of Renaissance and Baroque art.
Also in Raleigh are the North Carolina Museum of History and the North Carolina Natural Sciences Museum which offer educational and entertaining exhibits to stimulate the mind and imagination.
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Artspace - Located in downtown Raleigh, provides studio space for many of North Carolina's finest artists
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DURHAM-In the city of Durham is the Duke University Museum of Art.This museum features medieval sculpture; extensive pre-Colombian exhibits; American and European paintings and sculpture; as well as Greek and Roman antiquities.
The North Carolina Central University Art Museum specializes in collections of African-American art. Durham has two arts centers: the Durham Arts Council and Hayti Heritage Center.
The Museum of Life and Sciences offers the "Magic Wings" Butterfly House providing a close look at dozens of butterfly species.
CHAPEL HILL - The Ackland Art Museum, located in Chapel Hill, is ranked as one of the nation's finest university art museums.
LINKS TO ARTS IN THE TRIANGLE
North Carolina Arts Council www.ncarts.org
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources http://web.dcr.state.nc.us
North Carolina Museum of Art www.ncmoa.org
Arts Carolina-UNC CH www.artscarolina.org
Carolina Union-UNC www.unc.edu/depts/unioh/chab
LINKS TO MUSEUMS IN THE TRIANGLE
N.C. Museum of Natural Scienceswww.naturalsciences.org
N.C. Museum of Art www.ncartmuseum.org
N.C. Museum of History
Museum of Life and Sciences (Durham) www.ncmls.org
Morehead Planetarium (Chapel Hill) www.moreheadplanetarium.org
Play Space www.playspacemuseum.com
Raleigh City Museum www.raleighcitymuseum.org
ARTS IN EDUCATION
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During the past quarter century, literally thousands of school-based programs have demonstrated beyond question that the arts can not only bring coherence to our fragmented academic world, but through the arts, students' performance in other academic disciplines can be enhanced as well."Ernest L. Boyer, former president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
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OVERVIEW The arts take you straight to the heart of education. When you dig your thumbs into wet clay to create a water jug just like the ones early Native Americans used to carry water from the stream (before water came from faucets) — history comes alive. When you understand how heat turns that soft clay and liquid glaze into a jug that can actually carry water, science makes sense. Music teaches you the math of intervals, half notes, and time. Performing a poem gives you that poem forever. Create a dance of verbs and adjectives, and your writing is suddenly much more real.
This is true for all students. It's equally true for the adults who care for these students: their parents, teachers, administrators, custodians, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and members of the community. When an arts in education program is most successful, it touches every aspect of the school through residencies and field trips for students, workshops for adults, and performances and exhibits for everyone.
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When you integrate the arts into education, students become more excited about learning (and perform better in school!), teachers and administrators become more engaged, and families become closer. Artists become part of the community, working with students and teachers to choreograph dances, write stories and poems, and paint murals on the walls to become part of your school forever
Think in these terms. Think of your school, school system or organization as a community of creative people. You are encouraged to contract with artist-educators to share their talents and understanding with members of your community. Work with them to design an experience that will make learning deep and fulfilling for everyone involved.
The North Carolina Arts Council believes that arts programs are essential to the intellectual and personal growth of every young person. Whether in the schools or the communities, the arts help our young people develop self-confidence, higher order thinking skills, discipline, interpersonal skills, academic success, and creativity.
As we have increased our knowledge of the way people learn and the lasting, positive impact of arts education, the North Carolina Arts Council has moved from supporting primarily performances with study guides in the schools and communities, to performances with study guides and follow up hands-on workshops, to weeklong or more residencies that feature artist based, hands-on work with students, families, and educators.
The North Carolina Arts Council has progressed from "exposure-based" programs to "immersion-styled" projects. We insist that arts in education projects be curriculum related and have professional performing, visual or literary artists at the core of the educational experience.
We welcome schools and non-profit organizations that want to strategically plan for their arts in education programs; provide professional development for their educators; offer afterschool and summer programs for underserved youth; involve families; sponsor extended residencies; showcase student work; evaluate; develop arts integrated curriculum; and/or take youth on arts related field trips.
ARTS INEDUCATION ISSUES AND TOPICS -If you're involved with the arts in education, you probably want to know what the current education landscape looks like, and how the arts fit into that landscape. The following is a list of hot topics for education in North Carolina and the nation. This information, along with the section on notable North Carolina and national programs, will help you know how to plan really effective arts in education programs.
LINK TO FOLLOWING TOPICS
No Child Left Behind Act
Arts Integration
After School Programs
The Arts as a Core Subject
Preschool Programs
Summary of the NC ABC Program
Writing Across the Curriculum
Closing the Gap & Parental Involvement
Arts Education Requirement for Graduation
ENTERTAINMENT IN THE TRIANGLE
From art fairs to dance festivals, summer brings out the best of art and entertainment in the Triangle.
During the summer, the North Carolina Symphony moves from its winter home at Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh to Regency Park in Cary to fill the night air with music and merriment.
Alas, summer does not last forever. Fortunately, the three major universities in the area, Duke, North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, work to keep our winter nights full of a variety of fine entertainment: from chamber music to jazz, and toe-tapping musicals to drama.
RALEIGH ENTERTAINMENT
Home of the North Carolina Symphony, the nation's first state-supported symphony, Raleigh is the home for several widely recognized theatres and art galleries including the state's museums of art, natural sciences and history.
On the theatrical scene, Raleigh has one of the country's oldest and most successful community theaters, the Raleigh Little Theater, which began during the Great Depression as a WPA project.
The North Carolina Theater performs at Memorial Auditorium in downtown Raleigh.
North Carolina State University houses Stewart and Thompson Theatres, and Theatre in the Park, a resident theatre offering numerous local premieres and children's programming, performs throughout the year. The City of Raleigh's nationally acclaimed parks systems contain 7,541.28 acres of parks and green ways, that include more than 40.39 miles of greenway trails.
DURHAM ENTERTAINMENT
Duke University is home to the American Dance Festival every summer.
The Duke Broadway Series attracts audiences to view pre-Broadway plays. North Carolina Central University hosts performances by jazz artists and theater groups.
In 1979, the American Dance Festival moved its home from Connecticut to establish permanent residence in Durham. Attracting dancers and dance students from all over the world, the American Dance Festival brings the best known and most innovative dancers and choreographers of modern dance to Durham each summer. For six weeks each year, Durham becomes a world center for dance bringing in more than two dozen dance companies from all over the globe.
Durham hosts several first-run pre-Broadway productions featuring such stars as Jack Lemmon and Jason Robards
North Carolina Central University hosts performances by jazz artists and theater groups. The Museum of Life and Sciences offers the "Magic Wings" Butterfly House providing a close look at dozens of butterfly species.
Durham also boasts eleven golf courses, over 70 public tennis courts, three lakes for fishing and boating, and 26,000 acres of open space for hiking and outdoor activities.
CHAPEL HILL ENTERTAINMENT
Chapel Hill has the nationally recognized Paul Green Theatre, the Playmakers Repertory Company, and the Laboratory Theatre.
SPORTS IN THE TRIANGLE
UNC, Duke and NC State offer Triangle residents a full variety of collegiate sports. Additionally, two professional baseball teams, AAA Durham Bulls and the Carolina Mudcats, and the NHL Carolina Hurricanes hockey team are located in the Triangle area.
For the sports fan, Durham is home to the Durham Bulls. And, collegiate teams from Duke and North Carolina Central University provide a wealth of entertainment.
LINKS TO SPORTS IN THE TRIANGLE
Carolina Hurricanes www.caneshockey.com
Carolina Mudcats www.gomudcats.com
Duke Blue Devils http://goduke.collegesports.com
N.C. Central Eagles www.hccu.eagles
N.C. State Wolfpack http://gopack.com
Shaw Bears www.shawbears.com
St. Augustine's Falcons www.st.aug.edu
UNC Tarheels http://tarheelblue.collegesports.com
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