# @chapelboronews on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-05-15T14:25:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Chapelboro.com (@chapelboronews) — https://gondola.cc/chapelboronews

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This weekend, a big celebration is planned for a new resource to the Chatham County community. After several years of planning, the new county-run Arts Center is now open and offering workshops to people – and will hold a grand opening ceremony Saturday, May 17 to give people the chance to learn what to expect.

The arts center is located at 964 East Street in Pittsboro, sharing a building with the county’s parks and recreation cultural resources division – which oversees the project – and other Chatham County departments. The space opened up after the county moved its fitness classes to the new community center built at Chatham Grove Elementary School, creating a big spot for Arts and Cultural Program Supervisor Leigh Babcock to begin developing what the arts center could offer.

Babcock arrived in Chatham County a couple years ago, taking up the role last January after working as a mixed-medium artist in Virginia and the City of Norfolk’s Parks and Recreation Visual Arts Center. Her expertise in clay, stained glass, mosaic art and painting guided much of the buildout of the arts center, but she said she also relied upon feedback from Chatham County’s arts scene and culture to drive the initiative.

“I’m definitely enjoying getting to know the local artists and the community,” Babcock said. “It’s been wonderful – it’s such a special place, for sure, and I’m just really happy to be here.”

Full story on Chapelboro.com.
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