Arts Council of Moore County 22/23 Program Guide ~ Sept.- Feb. Issue

Welcome to YOUR Arts Council

Thank you for your interest in the fourth edition of our program guide. We created this guide to share information about upcoming exhibits, opportunities for children, and high caliber artists. Our hope is that your curiosity is rewarded as you learn about our work throughout Moore County – thanks to our advertisers and patrons like you.

Founded in 1973, the Arts Council of Moore County is a nonprofit, charitable organization whose mission is to inspire and strengthen our community through the arts. Our offerings are reflective of our rich diversity, facilitating affordable access to the arts.

Our galleries and offices are at Campbell House, located in a picturesque 14-acre park at 482 East Connecticut Avenue in Southern Pines. For more than 100 years, Campbell House has been a beacon of culture, enhancing and influencing civic life. Once a part of the Weymouth estate, Campbell House is among our region’s most significant landmarks, listed on the National Register for Historic Places. In addition to the Arts Council, the manor is also home to the Boy Scouts of America, Southern Pines Garden Club, and Southern Pines Recreation and Parks Department.

The Arts Council hosts hundreds of artists annually, showcasing local, regional and national artists working in various media. Artwork changes frequently, making every gallery visit fresh and new, and a great place to find the perfect gift.

We serve over 15,000 children each year through our youth programs in every public, private, charter, and home school. Programs encompass visual and performing arts, scholarships to children pursuing their creative talents, and a partnership with ArtistYear, the first national AmeriCorps program for artists dedicating themselves to a year of service to our country.

Other programs include a chamber music series and premier jazz gala featuring world-class musicians, Artours to destinations of cultural interest, Autumnfest in partnership with the Town of Southern Pines, and support for local arts organizations with grants, ticket sales, and publicity.

This is YOUR Arts Council and we invite you to help sustain our work by becoming a member today. Joining is easy. Just visit www.MooreArt.org to learn more. Your support makes this a strong and beautiful community – resilient with the arts at its core.

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JEAN SKIPPER: Her Business is Art

Nov. 4 - Dec. 17, 2022 | Campbell House Galleries

Some people are a joy to be around. Maybe it’s their obvious talent, valuable expertise and encouraging spirit that radiates outward. With artist Jean Skipper, you get all of these and more.

Born in Pittsburgh, PA, as a child Jean was exposed to great masters at museums and ovation-worthy performances. Art was all around, her father being a maintenance foreman for J&L Steel who created sculptures from scrap metal. According to Jean, he would never have referred to them as “sculpture” or “art.” Her mother exercised creativity in the kitchen and in the manner she cared for others. Aunts and uncles drew, painted, decorated, performed music, danced, and sang – creative practices that continue to inspire Jean’s generosity of spirit.

Now living and working as a professional artist and metalsmith in Vass, NC, she incorporates solid copper, sterling silver and other treasures into one-of-a-kind jewelry and assemblages. One of her students pointed out that a German meaning for her maiden name (Kessler) is “coppersmith,” something she was unaware of despite working with copper for over seventeen years.

Throughout the generations, family stories of surviving poverty and the Great Depression “instilled the values of appreciating what we have, fixing what we can, and reusing things in hundreds of different and creative ways,” she says. As a result, common themes run through her work: storytelling, reinvention, honoring everyday objects – seeing things in new and interesting ways.

“I love imperfections in art and life,” she explains. “They make things more interesting and I often elevate the broken or forgotten as unlikely focal points in the pieces that I create.”

Before becoming a professional artist, Jean worked in the banking world for fifteen years and now uses her accounting degree in arts businesses. One such endeavor is ReMe Retreats, which began as a collaboration with fellow artist and friend, Jodi Ohl. ReMe Retreats specializes in small, intimate retreats for those who share a love of creativity, peacefulness, good food, laughter, and a desire for more than just art classes.

ARTworks Vass is another one of her businesses, a labor of love that is part gallery, part classroom and part artist studios. It is a place where artists and art lovers can gather for inspiration, creativity and conversation, located one mile from U.S. Hwy. 1 in Vass, NC.

True to her nature, Jean sees gallery management as a form of creative expression and this is apparent when you walk into the space. She enjoys being surrounded by amazing work, the artists who created it, and guests who are the most interesting people you can imagine. “Their approach to life, the creative practices, and their generosity of spirit inspire me daily,” states Jean.

Often times, visitors are surprised to learn that Jean is an artist, too. She enjoys hearing their candid responses to her work when they’re unaware she’s the one who made it. “For better or worse, I (continued next page)

Hand-Forged Jacks & Kinetic Solid Copper Cuff Bracelet by Jean Skipper

(continued from previous page) never tire of hearing ‘You made that?!?’ Without exception, it provides me with the opportunity to share a story about the piece or my process.”

In 2021, Jean was the recipient of an Artist Support Grant from the Arts Council of Moore County and the North Carolina Arts Council. Revamped in 2020 to support individual artists during COVID, the grant allowed Jean to purchase camera equipment to elevate photographs of her work and to film high-quality promotional videos. This led to an increase in sales of artwork and classes. “After a challenging year, it’s helped to shift my focus to future possibilities,” she says.

To learn more about Jean and ARTworks Vass, find her on Facebook at Facebook.com/ARTworksVass, Instagram @ARTworkVass and on Twitter @JeanSkipper.

Don’t miss Jean’s work at Campbell House Galleries in the exhibit Passages & Perspectives , November 4December 17, along with fellow artists Betty Hendrix, Ken McNeill and Beth E. Roy. The show will be on view weekdays (10am-5pm) and Saturdays, November 19 and December 17 (2-4pm). Campbell House is free and open to the public, located at 482 E. Connecticut Avenue in Southern Pines.

Learn more at www.MooreArt.org

Inch Time Flies Found Object Brass & Copper Necklace by Jean Skipper

FLOREEN MARONCELLI

With her upbeat personality, boundless energy, and Boston accent, Floreen Maroncelli has been volunteering for the Arts Council since 2016. She was born in Haverhill, MA, just across the border from New Hampshire. She worked as a teacher for 35 years, with 25 years as an art teacher. After retiring in 2006, the love of horses brought her to Southern Pines. As a volunteer, Floreen is a member of the Arts Council’s Board of Trustees and has judged the Young People’s Fine Arts Festival. She can often be found at Campbell House helping with a mailing or pitching in anywhere there is a need. For this, we are honored to spotlight Floreen, one of our many volunteers who make the Arts Council a fun place to be.

To learn more about Floreen, we asked her several questions...

What are your favorite activities? I enjoy reading, walking, gardening, and rug hooking.

What chore do you absolutely hate doing? Paperwork.

If you could learn to do anything, what would it be? Learn another language.

What is your favorite place in Moore County? The off-the-track natural places that I have been privileged to see from the back of a horse or on a carriage. Being outdoors gives me a great feeling of thankfulness and peace.

If you could meet anyone, living or dead, who would it be? Maya Angelou.

What is your favorite thing about volunteering at the Arts Council? The people that work and volunteer there. They are all very special.

What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever recieved? My father gave me great advice—not always in words, but in watching the way he lived his life.

Thanks, Floreen, for making the Arts Council a great community asset!

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Check out the art classes and workshops offered on our website. Now is a great time to explore a new medium, brush up skills, and have a wonderful artistic time! Many classes are suitable for beginners.

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Triangle Visual Artists: On The Move

September 2-30, 2022 | Campbell House Galleries

Triangle Visual Artists: On the Move is the Arts Council’s September exhibit. The show features a community of professional artists who team together in a virtual space at TriangleVisualArtists.com. Beyond an internet presence, they present “pop up” exhibits at various galleries in the North Carolina Triangle and beyond. The group’s artists work in a wide range of mediums including photography, oil, watercolor, hydro-printing on silk, mixed media, collage, fiber, and metal. Their art covers the gamut of styles from realism to a more expressionistic style. The current members include Sharon Barnes, Jillian Goldberg, Chrystal Hardt, Tomasz Hueckel, James Keul, Henri Lorie, Joan Meade, Dennis Szerszen, David Taylor, and Trudy Thomson.

Triangle Visual Artists: On the Move will be on display September 2-30 (weekdays, 10am-5pm) and Sat., September 17 (2-4pm). The exhibit is free and open to the public. Campbell House is located at 482 E. Connecticut Ave. in Southern Pines. Learn more at

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Classical Concert Series Celebrates 41 Years

What do you get when you hire the world’s best classical musicians to perform in an intimate chamber music series at an affordable price? You get the Classical Concert Series (CCS) presented by the Arts Council of Moore County.

In 1982, a local group of music enthusiasts joined the community concert movement that began as a way to expand culture from bigger cities into smaller towns. Managed by Columbia Artists Management, Inc. (CAMI) in New York, nearly 1,200 nonprofit associations existed in the U.S. at its height. For ten years, CAMI and the Moore County series ran successfully as the “Community Concert Association.”

Wanting to choose artists from other agents, the local series severed ties with CAMI in 1992 and changed its name to the “Classical Concert Series.” Over the next decade CCS did quite well, increasing the artist quality and outgrowing the Sunrise Theater, which prompted a move to the larger auditorium at Sandhills Community College. As can happen, the audience did not follow CCS to Sandhills and in 2005, the CCS board asked the Arts Council to take over the series. Within two years of the merger, CCS was again selling out concerts.

Over the years, CCS has served its audiences well with musical experiences that would rival any city. In 40 years, CCS has presented 150 concerts featuring some amazing artists, including the Tokyo String Quartet, Vienna Boys Choir, Empire Brass, Chanticleer, and several Van Cliburn-winning pianists.

For its 41st season, CCS opens with one of the world’s best brass ensembles, the American Brass Quintet (10/3/22), followed by up-and-coming violinist Risa Hokamura (11/14/22). Featured next will be a couple of amazing local pianists, Kristina Henckel and her student Kangqi “Newnew” Hong (2/6/23). The finale will feature the award-winning Balourdet Quartet (3/13/23).

Get your subscription to all four concerts at $115 per person ($96 for Arts Council members). A single concert is $35 per person. Tickets can be purchased at the Arts Council (Campbell House, 482 E. Connecticut Ave.,

American Brass Quintet opens 41st season on October 3 at Sunrise Theater

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Layers of Art: Textures & Clay

Campbell House Galleries

Art in all its forms contains many layers. Artists combine these layers in ways that express a feeling, thought, or point of view that an audience can hopefully relate to. Leslie Bailey, Tommy B. McDonell and Irene Russell are featured in the Arts Council’s October exhibit, Layers of Art: Texture & Clay, each with a flair for using layers to maximum effect.

Leslie Bailey was born in Blue Island, IL, and spent most of her childhood in Raleigh, NC. Her early love of art led her to a career as an art teacher. After 30 years and three “Teacher of the Year” awards, she loved giving her students an opportunity to be creative and experience the joy of the art – something she has experienced with her own work.

True to the show’s title, Leslie’s art focuses heavily on layers, usually starting with mark making, a color scheme and experimentation. She works in mixed media, mostly acrylic paints, and a wide variety of tools such as graphite, pastels, crayons, and more. According to Leslie, “The addition and subtraction of the layers reveals unexpected surprises and mirrors the ups and downs of everyday life.”

Born in Detroit, MI, Tommy B. McDonell moved to New York City in 1979 after marriage. She earned her master’s and doctorate at New York University and then taught English to non-English speakers at several universities. In 1995, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, just three years after the death of her first husband. She and her second husband retired to Pinehurst in 2008.

Tommy also works with layers, expressing her creativity in mixed media, alcohol inks and encaustics. Some works have over 27 layers and may contain more than 21 products and processes to achieve her desired effect. Paintings in this show represent the growth of her art from 2020 to now.

A native of Virginia Beach, VA, potter Irene Russell moved to Southern Pines in 1969. Her family’s home was filled with paintings by her great-aunt and older sister. In 1970, she enrolled in her first pottery class at Sandhills Community College under the tutelage of Carlie Tart. She returned to SCC in the 1980s to study pottery with Cliff Stuckey.

Layers of colors and texture are a hallmark of her pottery. In addition to throwing clay, she hand builds pots using old wooden bowls, then presses things like antique lace and shell into the clay to add texture. “One of my favorite items to press in the clay is a crocheted piece made by my mother around the time I was born.”

Don’t miss the fascinating layers of these three artists in Layers of Art: Textures & Clay at Campbell House Galleries during October 7-28 (weekdays, 10am-5pm) and Sat., October 15 (2-4pm). The exhibit is free and open to the public. Campbell House is located at 482 E. Connecticut Ave. in Southern Pines.

Lagoon by Tommy McDonell

Excitable by Leslie Bailey

Hand built bowl by Irene Russell

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25 Years of Missoula Theatre Magic

Auditions: October 10 (3:45pm-5:45pm)

Shows: Oct. 14 (7pm) & Oct. 15 (11am)

Moore Montessori School Auditorium

It seemed impossible 25 years ago, too good to be true... How can a theatre company drive 2,395 miles in a little red truck and bring with them everything it takes to put on a show — except the cast? That's what Arts Council director Chris Dunn thought when he first hired the Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) in 1997. “I wanted our children’s first theatre experience to be fun,” explains Dunn, “and Missoula seemed to be a great option. After the first audition, I was a believer.”

Based out of Missoula, Montana, MCT has become the nation’s largest touring children’s theatre, visiting all fifty states, five Canadian Provinces and sixteen countries. They accomplish this by removing barriers such as language, culture, financial resources, and unique needs to transform lives by actively engaging children in theatre. MCT will visit nearly 1,100 communities this year with 44 pairs of actor/directors, who are professional actors highly trained to work with children. In addition to performing on stage with the young actors, the actor/directors lead the children from auditions to final curtain. All MCT shows are original adaptations of children’s stories and fairytales, with a twist on the classic stories you know and love.

Over the years, Dunn has many wonderful memories of MCT’s visits. One that stands out involves his son’s friend, Wyatt, who was a very shy boy. So, it came as a surprise when he joined over 50 other children to audition for the show. During the auditions, there was a booming voice from a child who was clearly having fun and not afraid of anything, which is perfect for theatre. As Dunn made his way from backstage, he was shocked to see that booming voice coming from “shy” Wyatt. “I was lucky enough to capture the very moment during the audition when Wyatt introduced himself to the directors, his fellow actors, and what seemed to be the entire world,” he recalls. “Wyatt’s moment had arrived.”

Experiences like these are the very reason the Arts Council brings MCT to Moore County each year. Theatre gives children a stage to find their voice. Within each cast, there are no small parts and anyone can participate. The lesson they learn is that everyone is necessary for the show to go on. Few arenas exist where responsibility is taught and learned so clearly.

Fast forward 25 years and MCT will again drive their little red truck to Moore County with sets, costumes, props, lights, and make-up for the show, The Frog Prince. Auditions are set for Monday, October 10 (3:45-5:45pm) and two public shows will be presented on Friday, October 14 (7pm) and Saturday, October 15 (11am). All activities will take place at Moore Montessori School Auditorium (255 S. May St., Southern Pines).

Participation is free and open to any child in grades K-8. No theatre experience is necessary, but any interested child needs to attend the full 2-hour audition. The cast list and rehearsal schedule will be announced at the end of the auditions. Tickets to each show are $10 per person ($5 per Arts Council member) and will be sold at the door.

For additional information, please contact Kate Curtin at 910-692-2787 or kate@mooreart.org.

Wyatt’s big moment!

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Passages & Perspectives

Nov. 4 – Dec. 17, 2022 | Campbell House Galleries

The artists in the Arts Council’s November/December feature exhibit, Passages & Perspectives , will be Betty Hendrix, Ken McNeill, Beth E. Roy, and Jean Skipper, and each has a unique perspective on how change –rites of passage linking past and present – impacts their lives and creativity. With the twists and turns of the past few years, works in this show are visual representations of that process.

Betty Hendrix is a native of Richmond, IN, who has called North Carolina home for 33 years. Before moving to Whispering Pines, she raised sons, worked at a corporate job and finished her degree in economics – all while carving out time to draw and paint. She has been creating ever since.

Not being one to put her eggs in just one basket, Betty modestly says, “I play with many mediums.” In fact, she is an award-winning artist who excels in drawing, watercolor, colored pencil, pastel, scratchboard, silver point, gouache, watercolor silk screens, and photography. Her work is mostly nature oriented and always done from life or from her own photos. She is a signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, an invited member of the Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society, and has been juried into countless national and international exhibits.

Ken McNeill was born in Sanford, NC, and grew up in central North Carolina’s tobacco country where he took for granted the natural beauty around him. It was only after becoming an adult that he began painting his surroundings and truly started seeing color in play of light and shadows.

He breaks the scientific constraints of his day job as an electrical engineer by painting nights and weekends, filling canvases with bold swirls of color, using oils and acrylics. In addition to rural landscapes, his renderings contains farm and fiber animals inspired by his wife’s obsession with spinning, knitting and all things fiber. This has inspired him to paint sheep, goats, alpacas, and bunnies, with the goal of capturing an animal’s personality on canvas.

Beth E. Roy was born in Jackson, MI and grew up on a farm. After discovering a love for oil painting in her early twenties, she joined the Army as a way to afford studying art in college. In the Army, she first came to Southern Pines after being stationed at Fort Bragg. She likes to tell people, “I wasn’t born here, but I got here as fast as I could.”

Working mostly in oils, Beth’s paintings are mainly of animals and landscapes. Growing up in rural Michigan gave her the foundation to capture the essence of animals and people in her work. Her life-long relationship with horses allows her to translate them on canvas beautifully, as body language is a critical component of her compositions.

For information about Jean Skipper, please find her feature article on page 5.

Don’t miss Passages & Perspectives at Campbell House Galleries, November 4-December 17 (weekdays, 10am-5pm) and Saturdays, November 19 and December 17 (2-4pm). The exhibit is free and open to the public. Campbell House is located at 482 E. Connecticut Ave. in Southern Pines.

Family Dressage by Beth E. Roy

Barnaby by Ken McNeill

Carolina Garden by Betty Hendrix

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Cloth, Canvas & Clay

January 6 – February 18, 2023 | Campbell House Galleries

TheArts Council’s January/February exhibit, Cloth, Canvas & Clay, will feature work by the members of the Sandhills Quilters Guild, along with painter Patricia Thomas and potter Marge Holmquest. The Sandhills Quilters Guild was founded in 1982 as a non-profit organization whose membership has grown to over 100 people. One of the goals of the Guild is to promote and perpetuate the art of quilting through education. Every year, each member donates a quilt to a Sandhills organization, such as Habitat for Humanity of the Sandhills, Sandhills Children’s Center, and various nursing homes.

In addition to this exhibit, the Guild’s biennial quilt show will be September 23-24, 2022 at the Fair Barn in Pinehurst. New members are always welcome. They meet at 9:30 a.m. on the third Tuesday of the month and sometimes Saturday at various locations in Moore County. You can learn more at SandhillsQuilters.org.

A native of Cameron, NC, Patricia Thomas divides her time between Quebec City, Canada, Chapel Hill, NC, and international destinations for her work as a consultant in gender equality and social inclusion. She earned a degree in studio art from UNC-Chapel Hill with a concentration in painting. Just before graduation, a chance meeting with a Peace Corps recruiter resulted in a five-year stint in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Afterwards she settled in Quebec City, completing her master’s in Sociology from Université Laval and has worked for over 25 years in international development, both as a private consultant and as staff at UN headquarters in New York City.

Wherever Patricia has lived, art has been an integral part of her life. Through painting, sketching, photography, and journaling, she records impressions from the countries she has experienced. Now her focus is to capture these experiences in her creative work. As she puts it, “My work gives viewers a glimpse of what my story is…and hopefully connects in some way to their own.”

Marge Holmquest was born in Bayonne, NJ, and taught mostly math and science in elementary and middle schools for 32 years. In addition to teaching, she has also been involved in riding horses and music. With horses, she learned how to fox hunt and competed in dressage, cross country and stadium jumping. In music, she is a member of the New Horizons Band in the Pines and the Corona Tooters, a group that played a couple of Saturdays a month during Covid.

Marge began creating functional stoneware after seeing a pottery demonstration by an artist-in-residence at that last school where she taught. “I took some lessons with her and when I retired, my fellow teachers gave me a wagon full of clay as a present!” Since moving to NC in 2013, Marge has had other great mentors, including Anne Crabbe, potter and owner of One of Kind Gallery in Pinehurst, and Anne Jorgeson, instructor at Montgomery Community College and owner of Raven Pottery & Craft Gallery in Southern Pines.

Don’t miss Cloth, Canvas & Clay at Campbell House Galleries during January 6-February 18 (weekdays, 10am-5pm) and Saturdays, January 21 and February 18 (2-4pm). The exhibit is free and open to the public. Campbell House is located at 482 E. Connecticut Ave. in Southern Pines.

Mother’s Day Flowers by Patricia Thomas

Piece by Mary Holmquest

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Heart ‘n Soul of Jazz Returns!

February 10-11, 2023 | SCC’s Owens Auditorium

Heart ‘n Soul of Jazz (formerly Jazz ‘n January) burst onto the local music scene in 1986 at the Sunrise Theater as a fundraiser for the Arts Council. In 1992, the event moved to the Cardinal Ballroom at Pinehurst Resort and changed its date in 2006 to Valentine’s Day weekend (hence the new name). Up until the 2020 pandemic, one thing remained constant—Heart ‘n Soul of Jazz presented the best jazz artists available. On February 10-11, 2023, the event returns to the tradition of presenting great jazz performances as a joint event by the Arts Council and Sandhills Community College.

The list of artists who have graced the stage at Heart ‘n Soul of Jazz reads like a veritable “who’s who” in the jazz world. Artists like Shirley Horn, Marian McPartland, Ellis Marsalis, Freddie Cole, John Pizzarelli, and Preservation Hall Jazz Band would be headliners in any jazz club. Our audiences have welcomed a movie star (Molly Ringwald), waited for an answer to a marriage proposal, and joined a conga line throughout the ballroom.

Heart ‘n Soul of Jazz weekend will begin on Friday, February 10 at 6:30 p.m. with a free concert by the Sandhills Community College Jazz Band, under the direction of Dr. Larry Arnold. The SCC Jazz Band is a traditional big band with 15-20 volunteer musicians from Moore County and beyond. Since the 1960s, the group has had toes tapping and hands clapping.

On Saturday, February 11 at 7:30 p.m., vocalist Clint Holmes will headline with the Heart of Carolina Jazz Band, under the direction of Dr. Gregg Gelb. Opening this concert will be the Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble—one of only 15 groups in the U.S. to compete in the 2022 Essential Ellington High School Jazz Competition in New York City.

Clint is a consummate entertainer, writer, recording artist, and one of the country’s finest vocalists. His 40+ year career has taken him from the top of the charts to an Emmy award for his own TV show, a Grammy nomination for his album, Rendezvous , and headlining in Las Vegas.

Tickets for the Saturday concert go on sale December 1. Ticket will be $45-$75 each and can be purchased at the Arts Council (Campbell House, 482 E. Connecticut Ave., So. Pines), by calling 910-692-2787, or online at TicketMeSandhills.com. All concerts will be presented at SCC’s Owens Auditorium (3395 Airport Rd., Pinehurst).

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