DCAC to move to courthouse

  DARE COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL will move into the old courthouse in downtown Manteo after the group renovates it. Already, work on the first floor has prepared it to house DCAC galleries and administrative offices. Plans for the second floor include renovations for a multi-use center for the arts, housing space for educational workshops, performances and community gatherings to respond to the broad range of local needs that community residents identified during a feasibility study.

  KITTY DOUGH, DCAC president, and Bobby Outten, Dare county manager and attorney, signed a multi-year lease recently to occupy the historic 1904 Dare County Courthouse in downtown Manteo.  DCAC will open the doors of the courthouse and welcome the public at 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 2. The first celebration will take place on First Friday, Aug. 6, 6-8 p.m. Two major exhibitions will be featured in the special exhibits room. In The Vault, ”The Man Show: Men Behind the Lens” will exhibit the distinct styles of three well-known North Carolina photographers, Chris Bickford, Jeff Linn and Bill Lease. In the front gallery, ”The Beach and Beyond” will feature original works of Hatteras Island artistStephanie Kiker in ink and colored pencil, as well as a number of her wall hangings and other collectibles.