Art’s taken some pretty interesting forms in Carrboro of late, with the yarn bombing that hit downtown last month and the guerrilla gardening efforts that decorated the fence surrounding the old WCOM building at the corner of Weaver and North Greensboro streets. Meanwhile, our annual spring crop of flowers has popped up a bit earlier than in years past, making for a pretty colorful Carrboro landscape.
Inside our galleries – and our unconventional spaces too – that explosion of artistic expression continues, with a myriad of works by a number of artists on display at locales throughout Carrboro, Chapel Hill and beyond. The less artistically inclined of us might find this abundance easy to forget, even in the Paris of the Piedmont.
So when you notice that yarn-bombed bench, seed-bombed lawn or graffiti on the sidewalk, take it as a reminder of all the blood, sweat and tears that artists in our community are putting out there, and make a point to go see some. The 2ndFriday Artwalk, to be held April 13 from 6 to 9 p.m., is always a great chance to meet the artists in our community – and to learn what that painting really means. –Susan Dickson
Cover photo by Duncan Hoge