News - Arts

Renown Musician, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Coming to Whiteville

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022

Jamaaladeen Tacuma, the American free jazz bassist, composer, and interdisciplinary artist whose work with Ornette Coleman during the 1970s and 1980 put him on the international map, is tracing his own origin story with a residency project he is calling The Dirt Road Xperience. To support the composition of a new musical suite, Tacuma will reflect on his career arc and musical journeys while revisiting the stomping grounds of ...

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N.C. Poet Laureate to speak at SCC

Wednesday, February 12th, 2020

Jaki Shelton Green, North Carolina Poet Laureate, will speak at Southeastern Community College on Tuesday, February 18 at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium free to the public. SCC Director of Institutional Advancement Lisa Clark said that the community college is pleased to host a cultural enrichment event for the community. “That’s part of our mission,” she said. “And for our students to have exposure to someone of her stature is amaz...

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Wyche Gallery Welcomes Fiber Artist

Monday, January 13th, 2020

The Wyche Gallery exhibition, "A Stitch in Time" features the work of fiber artist, Anita Jacques. The exhibit runs from January 13 - February 14. Anita's reception will be from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 23 at Southeastern Community College. Anita began creating her fiber art pieces in 2001 after viewing a program of an artist who created their art from fabric and thread verses traditional paints. ...

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