Mural #7: Lady Attercop/Cafe Diem/2019
Cafe Diem is the creation of Emmett Davenport. It sits on the hill top north of downtown Pittsboro--across from Chatham Marketplace,...
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lyleestill9
- Apr 25
- 1 min
Angel Chair
LaNelle Davis 1954- Virginia Bullman 1938- We bought this piece from Laura Baldwin, when she was closing Reba's and Rose's in...
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lyleestill9
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Murals of Pittsboro
There’s a new kid in town. Thomas Begley, former art teacher, just moved to Pittsboro from Vermont. He came down to the Plant where I...
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lyleestill9
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Mural #13: Thomas Begley/Dance Party@ The Plant
This mural does not yet exist. It’s about to cover the walls of the Bath House down at the Plant. Put it in the “Coming Soon” bucket....
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lyleestill9
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Mural #12: David Wilson/Truth, Justice, Reconciliation/2023
This is a fascinating glass printed mural on the back of Horton Middle School. I found a write up about it on the Chatham Arts Council...
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lyleestill9
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Mural #10: Claire Alexander/Chatham Cider Works/2022
Jim Crawford and Maureen Ahmed were the owners of Chatham Cider Works down at the Plant when they commissioned this mural. It was...
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lyleestill9
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Mural #11: Michael Brown/Page Vernon Park/2022
Across the street from Circle City Book and Music is Page Vernon Park, operated by the Town of Pittsboro. Page was my divorce attorney. ...
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lyleestill9
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Mural #9: Loren Pease/Yoga Garden/Breathe/2021
This mural makes me happy every time I drive by it. I don’t know Loren Pease—but this is a fantastic addition to our town. It’s on the...
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lyleestill9
- Apr 24
- 3 min
Mural #8: Michael Brown/Pittsboro Visitor Center/2020
When I called up Michael Brown to get the story behind his Pittsboro murals, he reminded me that he and I have talked about murals on...
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lyleestill9
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Mural #6: LaNelle Davis/Beth Goldston/Blue Bird Rising/2014
Sometime when you are stuck in traffic at the circle downtown, check out LaNell’s mosaic mural on Pam and Snuffy Smith’s “Beggars and...
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lyleestill9
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Mural #5: B. Friedman & E. Kerscher/Circle City Book and Music/2013
This mural was commissioned by Myles Friedman, the owner of Circle City Book and Music. It’s the one that greets people coming into...
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lyleestill9
- Apr 24
- 2 min
Mural #4: LaNelle Davis/The Old Hatchery/2012
LaNelle Davis was a serious mosaicist before she started putting up mosaic murals. She and Virginia Bullman created the “Southern...
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lyleestill9
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Mural #3: Michael Brown/Story Time Room/2010
Chatham County, Central Carolina Community College, and the Town of Pittsboro spent ten years building our fabulous library. The...
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lyleestill9
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Mural #2: Stacye Leanza/Pittsboro Haw River Mural/2008
Diane Swan was the instigator of this project. She’s an accomplished wood worker and artist who tells the story of this mural...
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lyleestill9
- Apr 24
- 2 min
Mural #1: Clyde Jones/BLAST Software/1996
Mural #1: Clyde Jones/Blast Software In 1996 Tami Schwerin and I moved the BLAST software company to downtown Pittsboro. We rented an...
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lyle estill
- Oct 11, 2023
- 2 min
8th Annual Death Faire
10/09/2023 CONTACT: Tami Schwerin 919-444-9300 https://www.sanctuaryattheburrow.com/deathfaire tami.schwerin@gmail.com The Plant, Lorax...
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lyleestill9
- Sep 12, 2023
- 1 min
Tour Guide Barbie
Years ago we gave thousands of tours of the Plant. People came to see the hydroponics, the aquaponics, and to see how biodiesel was made....
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lyle estill
- Aug 23, 2023
- 2 min
The Paw Paws are Coming!!
The Paw Paws are Coming… The undisputed champion of paw paw production in the North Carolina Piedmont (and beyond) was a man named Wynn...
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lyle estill
- Aug 23, 2023
- 2 min
Chestnut Carnival 2023
08/20/2023 CONTACT: Lyle Estill, lyle.estill@gmail.com (919) 200-5549. The Plant in Pittsboro Announces Chestnut Carnival On October 15,...
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Tami Schwerin
- Feb 23, 2022
- 2 min
Improving Water Quality and Beauty!
It feels like somedays, we are building a town. The Plant is our playground. We are this really weird post cold-war industrial,...
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