Our friends at Trophy Brewing, in collaboration with artist Georges Le Chevallier, created a new craft beer – Art Unfiltered - to benefit local artists through our Artist Support Grants. These grants fund professional and artistic development for emerging and established artists to create work, improve their business operations, or bring their work to new audiences.   Not only did Trophy want to brew a beer that…

We are extremely grateful to the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) Board of Education for passing an Arts ARE Education Proclamation at their meeting on September 21, 2021. This proclamation reaffirms the importance of creative instruction in our schools.   At the meeting, Edward McFarland (WCPSS Chief Academic Advancement Officer) introduced Enloe High School’s…

United Arts’ fiscal year runs July 1 to June 30 each year. Thanks to all of our supporters and partners who made this work possible!  

Dear Friends, My heart is still full from Big Night In for the Arts last Thursday! What an amazing outpouring of support for our arts community after what has been an extraordinarily challenging year. It was inspiring to see not just our artists and organizations from Wake County, but all throughout the Triangle, come together for one night! Big Night In for the Arts was…

by Lisa McIntosh Despite the challenges of a global pandemic, artists and schools are still finding ways to bring extraordinary arts programming to Wake County students. The Artists in Schools program at United Arts may look and feel different this school year, but the goal is the same: To help schools hire professional teaching artists…