Today is United Arts President Charles Phaneuf’s last day before he leaves to assume the role of Vice President of Strategy with South Arts, a regional organization with a mission of advancing Southern vitality through the arts.   The board of directors and staff thank Charles for his leadership during the pandemic which enabled United Arts to pivot and continue the mission of building better communities through support and…

    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…