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This is a great temporary use for what some of you think of as The Old Chapel Hill Museum, although it's still The Old Chapel Hill Library to me. It's an exhibit curated by UNC professor elin o'Hara slavick about the meaning of place. The show opens January 28 and runs through April 28th with special events on February 11th, March 18th, and April 4th.
Read on or visit their web site to learn more...
“Local Histories: The Ground We Walk On”
an exhibition of over 50 artists from across the U.S. exploring Alfredo Jaar’s idea that “place can not be global,” curated by artist elin o’Hara slavick + art historian Carol Magee
January 28 – April 29, 2011
OPENING RECEPTION: February 11, 5-9pm
523 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA (the old Chapel Hill Museum)
Hours: Tuesday-Friday 2-7pm; Saturday 12-7pm; closed Sunday + Monday
Performances by Cathy McLaurin, Neill Prewitt and Lance Winn March 18, 7pm
Mildred’s Lane Goes Elsewhere: a collaboration between artist J. Morgan Puett and Elsewhere, a living museum in Greensboro, North Carolina, a conversation, April 4, 7pm
Artists: Alexis Bravos, Lauren F. Adams, Sophia Allison, Dave Alsobrooks, Patricia Bellan-Gillen, Erik Benjamins, Joshua Bienko, Lynn Bregman Blass, Molly Brewer, Ian Brownlee, Ann Chwatsky, María DeGuzmán, Lee Delegard, Travis Donovan, Jordan Essoe, Ashley Florence, Matthew Garcia, Gail Goers, Heather Gordon, Michael Gurganus, Elizabeth Hull, Brett Hunter, Michelle Illuminato, Michael Itkoff, Andrew Ellis Johnson, Ann Pegelow Kaplan, Susan Alta Martin, Mario Marzan, Cathy McLaurin, Morgan Muhs, Shaw Osha, Lillian Outterbridge, Freddie Outterbridge, Allyson Packer, Jessica Almy-Pagán, John Douglas Powers, Neill Prewitt, Susanne Slavick, Leah Sobsey, Spectres of Liberty, Tracy Spencer, Cici Stevens, Mary Carter Taub, Julie Thomson, Montana Torrey, Paul Valadez, Jeff Waites, Michael Webster, Cathy Weiss, Amy White, Ripley Whiteside, Lance Winn, Denis Wood
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People should be living
People should be living there instead. People around here talk about walkability and using less energy and driving less and then when a piece of land comes open that the town isn't using anymore, instead of using it for housing for some of the thousands of people that have a long commute to and from UNC each day, we use the land for something else instead. Oh wait, I forgot, it has been designated as a "historic building" or whatever for it's unique architecture. Yeah, it's a building from a time known for ugly buildings in a town where you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a "historic building," but let's declare it to be an historic building too so that more people will have to drive to UNC from Chatham and Cary and Durham, while we in CH/C talk about how much better we are than them because our town is walkable and bikable. It all makes perfect sense. The actions speak louder than the words.