The Assemblagist

In North Car­olina, we’re com­bin­ing his­tory with art and cre­at­ing delight­ful com­bi­na­tions. Kudos and hats off to Linda Carlisle for her role in this. Per­son­ally, I think the Moon Pie Eat­ing Con­test will high­light our visit, but ya’ll can go and choose your own stel­lar moment. Look for Rob and me, I’ll wear a pink car­na­tion and drive a pick-​up truck.

Take, for exam­ple, this year’s Tobacco Har­vest and Horn­worm Arts Fes­ti­val in Durham.

This year’s fes­ti­val has the added ben­e­fit of artists’ demon­stra­tions and dis­plays, which was the idea of Linda A. Carlisle, the sec­re­tary of the Depart­ment of Cul­tural Resources. She sees State His­toric Sites and the Arts Coun­cil work­ing together to cre­ate oppor­tu­ni­ties for artists to reach new audi­ences. The Tobacco Har­vest and Horn­worm Arts Fes­ti­val is a pilot pro­gram that also pro­vides the oppor­tu­nity to edu­cate new audi­ences for his­tory and the arts.

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