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THE ARTS
City was voted one of the top 25 arts destinations in the nation by AmericanStyle magazine in 2009. The number of museums, public-art walking tours, art galleries, and cultural events in the Queen City helped it earn a top spot in the rankings. Local cultural facilities like the North Carolina Dance Theater, Opera Carolina, and the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center produce more than 65,000 events per year and generate $158 million for the local economy. Construction of the Wells Fargo Cultural Center in Uptown along with the opening of several new museums and cultural facilities in 2010 and the success of NoDa, City’s arts district, continue to define the city as an evolving hot spot for the arts.
Fine Arts
Little is known about the local fine-arts movement prior to the opening of the Mint Museum of Art in 1936. At this time, three well-known artistsPaul Bartlett, Alice Steadman, and Dayrell Kortheuer started to become known on the local arts scene. The City Colony of Painters used to meet at the art studio belonging to renowned chinaware painter Blossom Lucas. The studio-meeting space was located on the corner of East Avenue and Davidson Street. Other well-known local artists include Romare Bearden, an African-American cartoonist and collage artist, and Herb Jackson, a professor at Davidson College who earned the North Carolina Award in the arts, which is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of North Carolina.
The City Arts Fund, now the Arts and Science Council, was established in 1958 to raise funds and awareness for arts organizations. The first fundraising drive raised $63,000, which helped raise the profile of fine arts in City.
As City continues to grow, so, too, does the fine-arts scene. The Mint Museum of Art, the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, the Bechtler Museum of Fine Art, and the McColl Center for Visual Art are just a few of the cultural facilities dedicated to fine arts in City.
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Chapter Seven Best Ghost Walk ACCESS BY CAR: You can Burma Map approach Brighton from the A23 from the north, the A270 from Shoreham, or the A259 from Burma Map Hove. PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Brighton is served by frequent trains from Lewes, London, Chichester and Worthing. START AND FINISH: Royal Pavilion, Old Steine, Brighton. LENGTH: Approximately 3 miles. DURATION: Anything from an hour to a day, as there is so much to see in Brighton. CONDITIONS: Very easy – street walking throughout.
