Uproar Festival to close with awards party

Following a month of dozens of outdoor, bold works of art being displayed throughout the downtown areas of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough, the Uproar Festival of Public Art will close with an awards party on Saturday, Aug. 12 at Eno Arts Mill (437 Dimmocks Mill Road, Suite 17, Hillsborough) from 6 to 9 p.m.
Posted 8/10/2023, 12:57:38 PM Updated 8/11/2023, 12:58:08 PM

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>> THE UPROAR IS THE FIRST

EVENT OF ITS KIND IN NORTH

CAROLINA. IT IS A MONTH-LONG

COUNTY WIDE FESTIVAL OF PUBLIC

ART THAT PRIORITIZES

ACCESSIBILITY. IT IS COMPLETELY

FREE. BASICALLY FOR UP FOR WE

HAVE 60 WORKS OF ART FROM

ARTISTS ALL OVER THE SOUTHEAST

SPREAD THROUGHOUT ORANGE

COUNTY. WE HAVE 60 IN EACH OF

OUR 3 DOWNTOWN'S CARRBORO

CHAPEL HILL AND HILLSBORO AND

OVER THE COURSE OF THE MONTH,

YOU WALK AROUND, YOU SEEK OUT

ALL THE DIFFERENT WORKS OF ART.

WE SCANNED THE QR CODE THAT'S

PLACE WITH EACH WORK OF ART.

AND YOU SCORE THAT WORK ONE

THROUGH 10 AND THEN AT THE END

OF THE FESTIVAL, THE WORK WITH

THE HIGHEST SCORE WINS A

$10,000. PEOPLE'S CHOICE PRIZE.

THE BEST THING ABOUT THE UPROAR

IS THAT IT IS A FESTIVAL THAT

EVERYONE CAN PARTICIPATE IN.

WE HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF MEASURES

TO ENSURE THAT ALL PEOPLE NO

MATTER THEIR ABILITY CAN

PARTICIPATE. WE HAVE AUDIO

DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE LOW VISION

COMMUNITY THAT ARE PLACED AT

EVERY SINGLE WORK OF ART.

AND WE'VE MADE SURE TO PLACE

ALL 60 WORKS OF ART

INACCESSIBLE. OUTDOOR LOCATIONS

WHERE ANYBODY CAN DO THE WORK.

WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH

OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE

FEEDBACK. I THINK THAT IT'S

SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY REALLY

>> WANTED TO SEE IN THE IN THE

DEAD OF SUMMER. YOU KNOW,

PEOPLE ARE USED TO GOING OUT OF

TOWN THIS TIME OF YEAR. BUT

PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN

BRINGING FRIENDS INTO THE

COMMUNITY FOR THE FESTIVAL.

IT GIVES PEOPLE SOMETHING TO DO

FOR FREE.

WHERE DOES A COUPLE THINGS FOR

THE ARTS COMMUNITY? FIRST, IT

BRINGS ARTISTS FROM ALL OVER

THE SOUTHEAST INTO OUR

COMMUNITY TO SHOW THEM THAT WE

VALUE THE ARTIST AND THAT WE

VALUE THE ARTS HERE BUT IT ALSO

CELEBRATES THE ARTS OF ORANGE

COUNTY AND THE TRIANGLE, A

REALLY LARGE NUMBER OF OUR 60

ARTISTS ARE ACTUALLY FROM THE

TRIANGLE, WHICH IS INTERESTING.

WE HAD NO WAY OF OF KNOWING

THAT WHEN WE STARTED IT.

SO IT REALLY IT'S KIND OF

SERVED AS A BIG TESTAMENT TO.

TALENT AND THE RANGE OF STYLES

AND MEDIUMS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT

HERE IN THE TRIANGLE AREA.

>> THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO

TO PAINT A VERSION OF OF.

THESE. A HARRIET TUBMAN 20'S

THAT HAVE BEEN STEWING IN MY

MIND FOR A LONG TIME. I'M JUST

GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO

BE ABLE TO MAKE THESE.

>> THAT'S EXCITING FOR US.

AND THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE

TO TO SHOWCASE ALL WORK.

AND YOU KNOW, AN AUDIENCE THAT

WE DON'T NORMALLY WE ARE ABLE

TO GET SPECIALLY WELL THE SIZE

THAT I DO.

>> BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD

REMINDER OF WHAT KIND OF ENERGY

IN CHARACTER.

A CITY WITH A VIBRANT ARTS

SCENE HAS WE'RE LUCKY. AND

ORANGE COUNTY. WE WE HAVE A

HUGE ARTIST COMMUNITY HERE.

BUT I DO THINK THE UPROAR IS

A GOOD REMINDER OF WHY WE NEED

TO MAKE THE ARTS A PRIORITY.

YOU'RE AROUND ALL THE TIME.

SO THERE'S JUST A FEW DAYS LEFT

TO PARTICIPATE IN AN UPROAR,

VOTING IS OPEN THROUGH 09:00PM

ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN ON

SATURDAY WE INVITE EVERYBODY

TO JOIN US FOR THE AWARDS PARTY

IS FROM 06:00PM TO 09:00PM AT

THE, YOU KNOW, ARTS MILL IN

HILLSBOROUGH AND WILL FEATURE 2

BANDS. WE'VE GOT FOOD TRUCKS

AND BREWERIES KIDS ACTIVITIES.

IT'S COMPLETELY FREE AND WILL

BE ANNOUNCING ALL THE WINNER.

SO IT COULD BE REALLY EXCITING.

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