Arts

The Caswell Council for the Arts recently moved from its 2,750-square-feet space to a new, 500-square-feet gallery and office in the Co-Square complex in downtown Yanceyville. This move posed the challenge of what to do with valuable artwork collected from the most talented artists in the area for over 40 years. The collection, which includes approximately 120 original works in ...

By William Spivey Miniature artists play a hidden role in our daily lives and yet we are surrounded by their work. The money that we spend, postage stamps, book covers, jewelry, and product labels are all examples of miniature art in our everyday lives. (Can you find the spider on the one-dollar bill?) I don’t think that many people have ...

By Marie Pridgen For 12 years, Milton Studio Art Gallery in Milton has featured art works, in many forms, by juried and regional artists. According to owner and artist Shirley Cadmus, visitors enjoy browsing through framed and unframed canvases and one-of-a-kind items such as carved wooden bowls made from pine, maple, or oak and handmade baskets crafted from staves, pine ...

An 87 Foot Journey By William Spivey These days there are a number of options for creating retaining walls. The appropriate materials must be chosen for the location and environmental functionality, and the most common of these are wood, stone, brick and concrete. (See our 2019 article, “Making a Cliff,” by Joe Wilkerson, at www.HycoLakeMagazine.com.) Although there are many aesthetic ...

By Sue Seamon Regardless of the obstacles that may have altered the path of progress, the Caswell Council for the Arts (CCFTA) has managed to endure and flourish for over 40 years. The latest challenge to the organization, as well as to the rest of us, has been the Coronavirus. Many current programs and projects had to be halted as ...

A Journey of Faith, Perseverance and Triumph by Sonja B. Vaughan Book review by Phyliss Boatwright Reading this Book is Like Sitting on the Porch, Chatting with the Author. Every now and then, I find a book that touches my heart in a way that is hard to describe. That’s exactly what happened when I read Person County native Sonja ...

by Karla Mitchell Diggs Book review by Phyliss Boatwright Person Native Tells Powerful Story of 1920s Harlem in her Cotton Club Princess, Person County native Karla Mitchell Diggs, who grew up in Woodsdale, tells a heartbreaking, heartwarming, ultimately uplifting and inspiring historical tale set in New York during the Harlem Renaissance. The book won the 2017 Indie Human Relations Book ...

Sense of Place: A Creative Community Dialogue about the places in Caswell County that mean the most to us. There are so many stories to be told about this place we call home. Is there a place in Caswell County that has special meaning to you? If you were going to tell someone about this place, what would you tell ...

Caswell Council for the Arts The Southern Roots Festival was to return on May 16,  from 12 to 5 p.m. at Warren’s General Store in Prospect Hill.   <<< Rescheduled for October 17th!  >>> On the quiet streets of downtown Yanceyville on a cold winter afternoon, there is a stillness in the air that says it is time to turn inward, ...

The South Boston – Halifax County Museum of Fine Arts and History By Jennifer Bryant The South Boston – Halifax County Museum of Fine Arts and History welcomed the general public to the grand opening of their newest exhibit “200 Years of Food Preservation: 1750-1950,” on October 3rd. Since the exhibit’s recent opening, it is well on track to become ...