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Volunteer Meet & Greet July 27
Renaissance Center manager Debbie Dunn reveals a not-so-secret side of her personality, when she takes the stage (and the microphone) with her husband, guitarist Harry Teuting, to perform a selection of heartfelt songs. After earning her music degree from Meredith College, Debbie performed professionally in theater as well as and fronting a band on tours throughout the Southeast, even opening for the Charlie Daniels Band. Join us for an intimate mini-concert on March 8!
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Helping creators to find an outlet and fans to find creators.
For more than 30 years, ARTS Wake Forest has been supporting local artists and existing art programs throughout the Wake Forest community, while encouraging new arts ventures as well. Events we have presented through the years include the Six Sundays in Spring concert series, the Wake Forest Dance Festival, the Neck of the Woods variety show, and the Wake Forest Holiday Artisans’ Market. We also assist with the Town of Wake Forest’s Mardi Gras Festival and Dirt Day Festival, as well as the Wake Forest Youth Connect conference, and the Mad Hatters’ Artist & Garden Tour. As a non-profit, all-volunteer organization, ARTS Wake Forest is funded through individual contributions and corporate sponsorships, along with grants from the Town of Wake Forest, United Arts of Raleigh & Wake County, and others.
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NC Arts: Artist Opportunities
The N.C. Arts Council website is a great resource for artists and art lovers alike, with lots of information on what's going on arts-wise in North Carolina. They regularly post a list of opportunities for artists on their website; the most recent of these lists is...
National Endowment for the Arts Funding
Once again, the budget of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is facing cuts. Earlier this week, a U.S. House of Representatives appropriations subcommittee began the funding cycle for Fiscal Year 2012 by approving legislation to cut the NEA's funding by 13%, to...
Artists Night at VAE: Sales, use and property tax
July 19, 2011 at 7 pm at the Visual Art Exchange in Raleigh expert Alex Lehman will be speaking about tax issues for artists, specifically: sales tax, use tax and business tangible personal property tax. This session will be a look into some important tax information...