Via the Orange County Arts Commission
The Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC) announced today the grand opening of the Eno Arts Mill on Friday, October 1, from 6-9PM. The event will feature the work of Eno Arts Mill studio artist Kennedi Carter, music by XOXOK, and the opportunity to visit the working studios of the Mill’s additional studio artists.
ADMISSION IS FREE, but to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, timed entry is requested by registering HERE. Masks and social distancing will be required.
Kennedi Carter is a Durham native whose subjects include Beyoncé, Simone Biles, and Erykah Badu. Her striking photography primarily focuses on Black subjects, highlighting the Black experience: skin, texture, trauma, peace, love and community, and aims to “reinvent notions of creativity and confidence in the realm of Blackness.” In December 2020, she became the youngest cover photographer in the history of British Vogue, capturing Beyoncé for the cover shoot. Other clients include GQ, Essence, The New York Times, and TIME. The British Journal of Photography included Carter in their “2020 Ones to Watch” and in May, the New York Times named her as one of four “Next Great Image Makers.”
Carter joins a talented pool of resident artists at the Eno Arts Mill:
- Austin Cathey, mixed media artist
- Ryann Carey, visual artist and teacher
- Judy Maloney, fiber artist
- Mango Martinez and Jessie Dib, mixed media artists
- Shaeri Mead, textile artist and fashion designer
- Kelly Oakes, visual artist and teacher
- Audrey Pinto, book artist
- Mary Ann Rozear, visual artist
- Mike Tambashi, textile artist and fashion designer
- Esten Walker, mixed-media artist
The Arts Mill is a 7,000 square foot multi-purpose arts space located within the historic Eno River Mill in Hillsborough. The space adjoins the 3,000 square foot Eno Mill Studios which opened in February, 2020, offering affordable work space for eleven artists. The new addition provides teaching space for classes in the visual, performing, and literary arts, a gallery, four artist studios, and a new Hillsborough office for the Carrboro-based Art Therapy Institute. The Board of County Commissioners approved the project in May, 2021, in response to the lack of physical space for the arts in Orange County, particularly working and teaching space.
Chapelboro.com has partnered with the Orange County Arts Commission to bring more arts-focused content to our readers through columns written by local people about some of the fantastic things happening in our local arts scene! Since 1985, the OCAC has worked to to promote and strengthen the artistic and cultural development of Orange County, North Carolina.
