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Johnston County Creates: 50 Years of Creativity
Johnston County Creates is a unique collaboration featuring 13 creative organizations, businesses, and educators and spotlighting over 50 creative individuals in celebration of the Johnston County Arts Council’s 50th anniversary. Among these pages is a wealth of creative resources, including local libraries and museums. Johnston County Creates also pays tribute to the legacy artists and leaders who continue to shape the county’s creative landscape.
Discover a wealth of enticing photography, inspirational stories, and valuable resources, including libraries, museums, legacy artists, and leaders that have shaped Johnston County’s creative landscape.
Johnston County Creates belongs on every home's coffee table and in every professional's creative space.
"Johnston County Creates is an attractive, engaging, comprehensive, and delightful book featuring painters, dancers, potters, musicians, chefs, educators, and writers produced by a very talented group in Johnston County, North Carolina."
– Donna Bailey-Taylor, president and CEO, Johnston County Visitor’s Bureau.
"Johnston County has grown and changed from a largely rural population of 65,000 in the early 1970s to an urban community with an estimated population of 230,000 today. We are building on a marvelous foundation. As one can see in the pages of this book, the future of the arts in Johnston County looks bright."
– K. Todd Johnson, executive director, Johnston County Heritage Center
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Johnston County Creates provides opportunities for artists throughout the community to share their stories, publish their creative work, connect with yet-to-be discovered creatives, and highlight 50 years of creativity in and around the community.
Join the creative conversation on
@JohnstonCountyCreates
Proceeds from book sales fund Johnston County Arts Council programs and artist support grants.
This project is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Discover a wealth of enticing photography, inspirational stories, and valuable resources, including libraries, museums, legacy artists, and leaders that have shaped Johnston County’s creative landscape.
Johnston County Creates belongs on every home's coffee table and in every professional's creative space.
"Johnston County Creates is an attractive, engaging, comprehensive, and delightful book featuring painters, dancers, potters, musicians, chefs, educators, and writers produced by a very talented group in Johnston County, North Carolina."
– Donna Bailey-Taylor, president and CEO, Johnston County Visitor’s Bureau.
"Johnston County has grown and changed from a largely rural population of 65,000 in the early 1970s to an urban community with an estimated population of 230,000 today. We are building on a marvelous foundation. As one can see in the pages of this book, the future of the arts in Johnston County looks bright."
– K. Todd Johnson, executive director, Johnston County Heritage Center
___________________________________
Johnston County Creates provides opportunities for artists throughout the community to share their stories, publish their creative work, connect with yet-to-be discovered creatives, and highlight 50 years of creativity in and around the community.
Join the creative conversation on
@JohnstonCountyCreates
Proceeds from book sales fund Johnston County Arts Council programs and artist support grants.
This project is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
290 pages, Hardcover
Published June 24, 2023
About the author
Evelyn Wool
5 books3 followersEvelyn Wool is the author and illustrator of the series, Stories from The Wool Family Farm. Winner of Johnston Now magazine’s 2022 Excellence in the Arts award, Evelyn is also the author/editor of Johnston County Creates highlighting many of Johnston County, North Carolina's creative organizations and individuals.
The former industrial engineer owns The Wool Family Farm, producing goat milk soap, beef and Mangalitsa pork, and registered Nubian dairy goats.
Evelyn serves on the Johnston County Arts Council, Triangle East Writers, and the Johnston County Goat Producers Association and is an active member of the North Carolina Dairy Goat Breeders Association.
The former industrial engineer owns The Wool Family Farm, producing goat milk soap, beef and Mangalitsa pork, and registered Nubian dairy goats.
Evelyn serves on the Johnston County Arts Council, Triangle East Writers, and the Johnston County Goat Producers Association and is an active member of the North Carolina Dairy Goat Breeders Association.
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August 5, 2023
I enjoyed volunteering to work on this book project and learning about how everyday people in a basically rural county become artists and make an impact on local lives and the world. Legacy artists from Johnston County, North Carolina are honored within these pages, including actress Ava Gardner, award-winning mystery novelist Margaret Maron, and musicians Algia Mae Hinton and Bill Joe Austin.
July 18, 2024
What a wonderful tribute to the artists in Johnston County featuring abut every genre I can think of. Stories, Interviews, samples of their work. It could not be better!
August 15, 2023
Coordinating and producing this collaborative volume was a pleasure and a privilege. The Committee for Johnston County Creates solicited applications for artists to participate through social media and was overwhelmed by the responses received. The final product is visually appealing and highly inspirational. Artists shared personal journeys of challenge, success, heartache, and joy. The included selection of legacy artists and featured organizations prove Johnston County, North Carolina is culturally rich. I hope Johnston County Creates becomes a blueprint for other communities to share their creativity.
July 30, 2024
Johnston County Creates is an artistic treasure that includes tips to create your own book! It takes you on an eye-opening adventure about creative individuals and resources in a NC county.
In the section called The Creative Process, the author explains how the book was funded, designed, written, formatted, produced, and marketed. You can follow the steps and create a book of your own that highlights your community, profession, business, or school.
Johnston County Creates is genuinely a one-of-a-kind, full-featured artistic resource. I love it and highly recommend it!
In the section called The Creative Process, the author explains how the book was funded, designed, written, formatted, produced, and marketed. You can follow the steps and create a book of your own that highlights your community, profession, business, or school.
Johnston County Creates is genuinely a one-of-a-kind, full-featured artistic resource. I love it and highly recommend it!
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