/blog/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:40:17 +0000 Arts Council & Friends Partner on New Murals http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/arts-council-friends-partner-on-new-murals/ http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/arts-council-friends-partner-on-new-murals/#comments http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/arts-council-friends-partner-on-new-murals/ Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:00:00 -0400


Over the past year, the has worked in partnership with the on an outdoor mural project. With financial assistance from the Arts Council,

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Mule Sculpture Installed in Benson http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/mule-sculpture-installed-in-benson/ http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/mule-sculpture-installed-in-benson/#comments http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/mule-sculpture-installed-in-benson/ Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:00:00 -0400


The Town of Benson is excited to announce the installation of its mule sculpture on the pedestal at the intersection of Highways 27 and 50 is now complete.

This installation is the culmination of

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Activate Selma Involves Citizens in Town Growth http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/activate-selma-works-to-involve-citizens-in-town-growth/ http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/activate-selma-works-to-involve-citizens-in-town-growth/#comments http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/activate-selma-works-to-involve-citizens-in-town-growth/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 15:00:00 -0500

In 2018, the Selma Historical Museum was awarded an arts grant from the North Carolina Arts Council to do four projects in Selma. Out of the meetings to organize and execute those projects came the

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A Potter. A Preacher. A Process. http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/a-potter-a-preacher-a-process/ http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/a-potter-a-preacher-a-process/#comments http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/a-potter-a-preacher-a-process/ Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:00:00 -0500


"Go down to the potter's house, and there I will give you my message." Jeremiah 18:12


As a child in Duplin County, Frank Grubbs remembers digging in the clay at creek beds to mold little works of

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Stanfield's Stores a Little Bit of the Past in the Present http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/stanfield-s-stores-a-little-bit-of-the-past-in-the-present/ http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/stanfield-s-stores-a-little-bit-of-the-past-in-the-present/#comments http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/stanfield-s-stores-a-little-bit-of-the-past-in-the-present/ Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:00:00 -0400


In 1914 it was Massengill's Store & Warehouse.

In 1944 it was RA Temple's O-Kay Groceries.

In 1965 it was Austin's General Store.

Now Stanfield's General Store, this piece of real estate in

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Local Artist Takes Clayton on a Journey http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/local-artist-conspires-to-take-clayton-on-a-journey/ http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/local-artist-conspires-to-take-clayton-on-a-journey/#comments http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/local-artist-conspires-to-take-clayton-on-a-journey/ Thu, 02 Jul 2015 14:00:00 -0400

Anyone venturing down Main Street in Clayton, NC last Wednesday night, June 24th, would have heard the familiar notes of an iconic rock song. A song that stretches across generations and genres with a

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Sculpture Trail lands in Downtown Clayton http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/sculpture-trail-winds-through-downtown-clayton/ http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/sculpture-trail-winds-through-downtown-clayton/#comments http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/sculpture-trail-winds-through-downtown-clayton/ Thu, 14 Nov 2013 09:00:00 -0500

If you have walked or driven around Downtown Clayton these past few months you have probably noticed the different art sculptures located around town. The sculptures are part of the first-ever

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