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Three members of the Cabarrus Arts Council staff joined more than 300 other arts advocates from across North Carolina in Raleigh Wednesday for Arts Day. Noelle Rhodes Scott, president and CEO; Pat Verner, communications director; and Sara Heiser, theatre manager visited the North Carolina legislative office building where they met with Cabarrus representatives Jeff Barnhart and Linda Johnson, Rowan representative Fred Steen and Rockingham representative Nelson Cole to talk about the importance of the arts in North Carolina. They encouraged the representatives to retain the governor’s recommended Grassroots and arts program grant levels as well as to encourage an arts requirement for high school graduation.

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A new group exhibition, Through the Rabbit Hole,, will be on display June 7-July 29 at The Galleries at the Cabarrus Arts Council. It includes paintings, bronze and clay sculptures and photo illustrations by 15 artists: Linda Luise Brown, Marilee Hall, Jayne Harris, Duy Huynh, Nan Jacobsohn, Murray Johnston, Lesley Keeble, Ruth Ava Lyons, Roger Martin, Pat Pilchard, Linda Plaisted, Peggy Rivers, Wanda Steppe, Cynthia Tollefsrud and Ginger J. Williamson.

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The deadline for community organizations and schools to apply for Cabarrus Arts Council grants is June 1 at noon. Grants are available in three categories: Organization Support, Project Assistance and Arts Education. The grants are partially funded by Grassroots Funds from the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency. For applications or more information, please visit www.CabarrusArtsCouncil.org or call 704-920-ARTS (2787).

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Summer may be a month away, but you’ll feel like it’s here already when Union Street Live kicks off its season Thursday night with the Tim Clark Band. The popular series presents a free beach music concert on the third Thursday of each month, 6-9 p.m., on the historic courthouse lawn at 65 Union Street S. You’ll also want to mark your calendar for the diverse Kannapolis concert series which will bring six nights of free concerts to Village Park beginning Saturday, June 5, with Kannapolis Rocks the ‘80s.

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With outstanding artists, wonderful musicians, hands-on children’s activities and delicious food and drink, the Spring into Arts Festival on Saturday, May 15, in beautiful downtown Concord will give people of all ages the opportunity to immerse themselves in the arts. The outdoor event on Union Street will open at 10 a.m. and end at 6 p.m. Art collectors and art lovers will find plenty to enjoy. For more information, visit www.springintoarts.com or call Concord Downtown Development at 704-784-4208.

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Kannapolis artist Walter Stanford will present a free gallery talk on “Painting North Carolina Century Farms” Thursday, May 13, at 7 p.m. at The Galleries at the Cabarrus Arts Council. In his talk, Stanford will talk about the development of the “Century Farm” series, including the role that photography played in the design of the paintings. The series includes depictions of the George Pless and Sons Dairy Farm and M & M Farm Fresh in Cabarrus County, Indigo Farms in Brunswick County and Brushy Mountain Farm and Orchard in Wilkes County. Richly detailed paintings show cows in the milking barn and holding pen, apples being picked and sorted, children at the strawberry stand, sheep being shorn and goats in the pasture.

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