Our State Features Durham Letterpress Designers

"A trio of Durham printers finds satisfaction in — and a new demand for — the original methods of a 500-year-old craft."

—"The Art of Letterpress Finds a Home in Durham," Iza Wojciechowska, Our State

High Heeled Traveler - Durham Arts & Culture

"After such a wonderful reception to the first Art Scene Guide, let's do some more exploring, shall we? This week we will go to Durham, North Carolina with Lindsay Gordon the Artist Services Manager at the Durham Arts Council...'I was witnessing the city of Durham commence a period of cultural and downtown growth that is still going strong today.  I wanted to be a part of that.'" 

- DA+AH: A Guide to the Durham Art Scene, High Heeled Traveler

NBC 17 - The Scrap Exchange

"There's everything under the sun in this place.The Scrap Exchange takes what some people may see as trash like industrial discard and allows you to turn it into green gold. You can also shop the artist's marketplace for clothing and accessories. If you're crafty, there's a variety or threads and yarns and fabrics to choose from. Or if you're quirky, perhaps you'll make a project from old computer parts. But some of the most fun is back in the Make-and-Take room."

- Visiting the Scrap Exchange, NBC 17

Washington Post - Artist Todd Drake at Duke University

"Artist Todd Drake [is] trying to build interfaith bridges by asking Muslims to turn the lens on themselves. Drake’s traveling exhibit, “Muslim Self Portraits,” started after he decided he needed to learn more about his Muslim neighbors. 'I just started cold-calling mosques,' Drake said during an exhibition of his work at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy. 'I had an intuitive feeling that they would be interested in this project. I asked them to represent themselves, not to let me define them.'"

- Muslim self portraits defy stereotypes, The Washington Post

Holden.UNC.Edu - Cool Corner of the Triangle

"Having a strong artistic presence also increases a town’s hipness. Some believe Durham is overtaking Chapel Hill and Carrboro as the cool corner of the Triangle. We can’t let that happen. We can’t let the Southern Part of Heaven and the Paris of the Piedmont outsource their cool to the Bull City."

- The art of downtown and beyond: Office of the Chancellor, Holden.UNC.edu

The Fayetteville Observer - Durham

"With its music halls, thriving culinary scene and chic galleries, the Bull City is the place to be in 2011."

-Durham a destination for performing arts, tasty restaurants, The Fayetteville Observer