NC Arts Council Featuring Black History Month Arts-Related Events
02/03/2010
Contact Info :  Bridgette A. Lacy
Email :  bridgette.lacy@ncdcr.gov
Phone :  (919) 807-6520

Visit the NC Arts Everyday Web site to find out what's happening in North Carolina during African-American History Month. North Carolina is not only the birthplace of many famous African-American artists such as painter Romare Bearden, sculptor Selma Burke and saxophonist John Coltrane, the state continues to be a place where black culture and the arts thrive.

The Web site offers information about theater and dance performances, lectures, art gallery exhibitions and other events through the end of February that celebrate the rich tradition and contributions of African-Americans.

The listings include a concert by the Harlem Gospel Choir, featuring the finest singers and musicians from Harlem's black churches and throughout the New York region, scheduled at North Carolina Wesleyan College's Dunn Center for the Performing Arts in Rocky Mount this Saturday, Feb. 6, at 8 p.m., and the play The Life and Times of Fannie Lou Hamer, about the daughter of a Mississippi sharecropper turned civil rights activist, produced and performed by the Touring Theatre of North Carolina, which runs through Saturday, Feb. 6, in the UpStage Cabaret at Triad Stage in Greensboro.

Visit http://ncartseveryday.org/blackhistorymonth for a comprehensive listing of Black History Month events throughout the state. February may be the shortest month of the year, but if you like to experience the arts in North Carolina there's plenty to keep you engaged and busy.


About the North Carolina Arts Council

The North Carolina Arts Council works to make North Carolina The Creative State where a robust arts industry produces a creative economy, vibrant communities, children prepared for the 21st century and lives filled with discovery and learning. The Arts Council accomplishes this in partnership with artists and arts organizations, other organizations that use the arts to make their communities stronger and North Carolinians—young and old—who enjoy and participate in the arts. For more information visit www.ncarts.org.

The N.C. Arts Council is a division of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, the state agency with the mission to enrich lives and communities and the vision to harness the state's cultural resources to build North Carolina's social, cultural and economic future. Information on Cultural Resources is available at www.ncculture.com