Orange County’s Uproar Festival of Public Art announced its juried winner and its people’s choice winner. Both artists will receive $10,000. The festival, which has been held in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough annually since 2023, wrapped up with an awards party on Saturday, August 23. This year, it featured 60 public works of art in various mediums and sizes. Artists could win either by being selected by the festival’s judges or by winning a public vote. Mike Roig of Carrboro won the juried contest with his sculpture titled “Swimming in an Ocean of Air.” The large metal sculpture was displayed in the Carrboro Town Hall lawn. It features kinetic elements, allowing it to move in surprising ways. Roig is a metal artist who maintains the Heartworks Studio in Carrboro with his wife Clay Carmichael, who is also an artist. “I’ve been making art since I was small, it’s what I came in hard-wired to do,” he said on his website. “Working with steel satisfies me in a way that no other...