ARTrageous ART EVENT

Sponsored by the Arts Council of Carteret County

Attention Artists:

The Fifth Annual Arts Council of Carteret County (ACCC) waterfront ARTrageous Art Show in conjunction with the Crystal Coast Boat Show in Downtown Morehead City, NC is now accepting applications from artists who would like to display and sell their work. Show dates are Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18, 2014. This will be a juried art show and the jury fee is $15. Booth space is $50 for ACCC members and $75 for non-members. Booth space is 10’ X 10’. Deadline for space reservations is April 12, 2014. You will need to provide your own tent, tables, chairs, etc for your booth. There is no commission charged on the sale of artists’ artworks. We accept original works of fine art and master craftsmanship in a variety of media. No commercial art will be accepted.

In addition to the Crystal Coast Boat Show, the ARTrageous Art Show and an Antique Car Show, a number of family oriented activities and live music are planned. The May 17-18,2014 weekend on the Crystal Coast promises to be fun for the entire family.

Download a JuryApplication and an ARTrageous Contract from www.artscouncilcarteret.org (located below). Please enclose two separate checks, one for the jury fee and one for the booth contract by April 12 2014 to:

Arts Council of Carteret County
PO Box 2294
Morehead City, NC 28557-4223

For more information please contact Sandi Malone at sandimalone@ec.rr.com 252-728-7550 or Tim Bradford at timbradford88@gmail.com 252-240-1699.

Please use the links below to download the cooresponding documents:

PRESS RELEASE RE: SCHOLARSHIPS

For the purpose of these scholarships “arts” are defined to encompass vocal and instrumental music education, performance, music theory, composition, dance, art, art history, arts education, architecture and design, creative writing, theatre, drama, media arts, sculpture, film studies and photography. Applicants must be high school seniors attending a public or private high school in Carteret County, NC. Homeschooled applicants residing in Carteret County will also be considered as eligible.

Applicants who have been accepted to attend or who are attending Carteret Community College (CCC) and pursuing a degree in the arts either at CCC or as a transfer student from CCC to an accredited educational institution in the United States are also eligible.

Applications may be made through high school guidance counselors, and art teachers, the guidance office at Carteret Community College or directly to the Arts Council of Carteret County a PO Box 2294, Morehead City, NC. 28557. No applications received by E-mail will be accepted.

Application forms are available through high school and Carteret Community College guidance counselors. They may also be downloaded via the link below.

High school student applications are due to high school guidance offices by noon, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. Applications submitted through the guidance office at Carteret Community College are due by Wednesday, April 9th.

Applications submitted directly to the ACCC must be postmarked by Wednesday, April 9th, 2014.

The Arts Council’s scholarship program was initiated in 2012. Since that time over $7000 has been awarded in college scholarships. The Council raises money for this program through projects dedicated solely to scholarships and private donations. The Council has also set aside ten percent of its net income for the past two years for the scholarship program.

»» Download Scholarship Form Here ««

Art From The Heart 2014 Awards Announced

The Arts Council of Carteret County (ACCC) has announced its winners from the Council’s 24th annual Art From The Heart art show which closed on March first.

Raleigh artist Bob Rankin judged the show which was on display at Morehead Plaza for two weeks and featured 405 pieces of original artwork created by artists from Carteret, Craven, Onslow and Pamlico counties.

Awards were presented in two categories – photography and non-photography. This year, the ACCC presented over $5000 to artists who received awards of excellence and honorable mention.

Photography Awards of Excellence were presented to Ryan Adrick, Patrick Field, Beth Kohutek, Lee Lumpkin, Scott Taylor and Bill Meserve.

Honorable mention awards in photography were received by Evie Chang Henderson, Ike Terrell, Karen Mault, Schuyler Munden, Scott Taylor, and David Vogt.

The non-photography category featured two and three dimensional artwork including painting, drawing, pottery, sculpture, jewelry, woodworking, fiber art and mixed media. Awards of excellence in this category were presented to Sally Anger, Deanna Grant, Chris Stetson, Diana L. Coidan, Mark Brown, Cora Mae Pipkin, Georgia Mason, Sandi Malone, David C. Slyck, Terry Greene, Lanny Pelletier, Stan Harmon, Romaine Riddle, Gwen Jordan, Steve Underwood and Carol Stens.

Honorable mention recognitions in the non-photo category were presented to Ann Etheridge, Nancy Gorr, Carol Gatchel, Dixie Leibert, Ruth Heppler (two awards), Janet Chambliss, and Christina Berner.

Carol Stens received additional recognition by winning Art From The Heart’s People’s Choice Award, presented annually to the artist whose piece of artwork receives the most votes from members of the public who viewed the gallery and voted during the show. The winning piece was fiber art entitled “Quilt Country.”

For more information regarding Art From The Heart 2014 including a full gallery guide and other links please go to the ACCC’s website at www.artscouncilcarteret.org

Art from the Heart

The Arts Council of Carteret County (ACCC) announces Art From the Heart 2014 from February 14 - March 1, a show and sale of original artwork created by artists from Carteret, Craven, Pamlico and Onslow counties.

Registration for Art From the Heart begins February 7 and ends on February 9. Artists from those four counties may participate and are NOT required to be members of the Arts Council of Carteret County. Artists from counties other than Carteret, Craven, Pamlico and Onslow may participate provided they are members of the ACCC.

The judge for AFH 2014 is Raleigh artist Bob Rankin.

Please use the links below to download the cooresponding documents:

The Arts Council, representing a consortium of five 501(c)3 Arts Organizations in Carteret County—Arts Council of Carteret County, Carteret Community Theatre, American Music Festival, Carteret Arts Forum, and the Down East FolkArts Society—received a grant for $6,000 from the Tourism Development Authority in May 2013. The grant funding is directed to advertising our combined activities in Our State Magazine—an estimated total of 68 events between the five arts organizations for the program season July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014. Our goal through advertising is to bring people from outside of our area to Carteret County for our arts offerings. The grant Project Name is "The Season Is The Reason To Be in Carteret County," and this theme will be the focus of our six one-quarter page ads. The first ad that appeared in the September issue of Our State Magazine is posted on this home page.

The Arts Council is excited about the opportunity to promote and support the wonderful arts offerings in our county. We believe this will promote Carteret County as the Arts Destination on the Crystal Coast.

Download the latest Arts Council of Carteret County newsletter from  Fall 2012. To subscribe, join the ACCC.Click here for membership information.

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