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community projects
The mission of Cape Fear Studios is "to involve, educate and enrich Cumberland County and surrounding communities with the opportunity to create and freely view art."
Some of our community projects include:
heroes homecoming celebration ~
November 2011
This event is now closed but please continue reading to learn what a special celebration it was for the city of Fayetteville!
See www.heroeshomecoming.com for complete list of events/dates/times/venues.
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Vietnam War Veterans Photography Exhibit
This Exhibit will focus on the individual experiences, memories, images, and words of those who served us all during the vietnam War.
Please click here for venue and opening date information:
List of Venues and Opening Dates for Vietnam War Veterans Photography Exhibit
@ Cape Fear Studios:
Those Who Served ~ Family
above photo ~
Captain Howard Rhoads, U.S. Air Force
*flew 90 missions over North Vietnam in 1965
Father of Christine Kastner, Executive Director
Cape Fear Studios
above photo ~
Sgt. Laird O. Sparks, U.S. Army ~ The Old Guard
*served as casket team leader at
Arlington National Cemetery throughout the war
Brother of Ellen Olson Brooks, Gallery Manager/Marketing Director
Cape Fear Studios
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Other veterans, other stories...
Homer R. Steedly, Jr.
(Hendersonville, North Carolina)
2Lt. Homer R. Steedly, Jr. ~ 30 March 1969
XO, Bravo 1st of the 8th Infantry
..returning from Hill 467
Artillery Base Polei Kleng
...waiting to fly to Hill 467
This is my story, as I remember it. It is also the story of some of the most
remarkable, ordinary young men called forth by their country.
words by
Homer R. Steedly, Jr.
www.swampfox.info
(Mr. Steedly's website)
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original Call for photographs is below.
Over 700 images, slides, films, and artifacts were received and reviewed for this exhibit.
We regret that only a small portion will be seen
by the public due to space limitations.
Cape Fear Studios, Museum of the Cape Fear,
and Fayetteville State University's visual arts department thank all the veterans for their time, effort, and willingness to tell their
individual stories for this exhibit.
Cape Fear Studios and the Museum of the Cape Fear call for photographs, slides, negatives, or film from Vietnam War Veterans or others who experienced that time in America's history. The photography exhibit will be part of the City of Fayetteville's Heroes Homecoming event scheduled for next November during the ten days preceding Veterans Day, 2011. If you are a veteran or know veterans, please contact Cape Fear Studios (Chris Kastner @ capefearstudios@yahoo.com or 910.433.2986 or Ellen Brooks @ brooksel@mindspring.com ~ also Cape Fear Studios) or the Museum of the Cape Fear (910.486.1330). This is a celebration being planned by the City of Fayetteville to thank and honor all of the men and women who served in any capacity during this complex time.
See www.heroeshomecoming.com for more details and information on this special city of Fayetteville event
Albert Kittredge
(Fayetteville, North Carolina)
Captain, Special Forces
1968 ~ 1969 Mekong Delta
served 2 1/2 tours (also 1971 ~ 1973)
Everyone has their own war and their own stories. I wasn't a hero but I did see a few things and was there when alot of history, both good and bad, was being made.
words by
Albert Kittredge
Captain Philip Dean Sharp
KIA ~ May 23rd, 1971
(Fortuna, California)
Do you remember where you were on Mary 23rd, 1971?
Captain Sharp was the pilot of the lead scout helicopter. He was my best friend. Ten seconds after I took the above picture, his helicopter pitched straight up, flipped upside down and crashed into the trees, rotor blades first. There was no radio call so we had no idea what had happened to him. We spent the next seven hours trying to get him out, not knowing if he was alive or dead. We inserted ground troups but they immediately came under fire and couldn't get to the crash site. We made a low pass over the site to try to see movement by the crew, took three hits, and our cockpit filled with smoke. We made a dash back to a support base for a new helicopter. Darkness fell. We waited, not knowing if our friends were dead or alive.
When the crash site was finally reached the next day, both the Captain Sharp and his observer were dead. A young kid named Henry Dale Adkins from Lorain, Ohio, was the observer. He was twenty years old and will forever be twenty.
Phil had been shot in the face.
I've had a great career, a wonderful marriage, and managed to live without many of the problems faced by my veteran friends and peers. But at the same time, the image of that helicopter flipping over and crashing into the trees
is forever burned into my memory.
photo and words by
John Mercadante
LTC, U.S. Army Retired
(Lawton, Oklahoma)
This photography exhibit will tell as many stories as possible, including those of everyone above. Please contact us at
Cape Fear Studios.
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Ashton Woods Kids Art Program
Ashton Woods Transitional Housing Program provides housing to families in Cumberland County. Families may live in Ashton Woods for up to two years while striving to save money, pay past debts, and work their way towards reestablishing themselves as independent and productive members of the community.
The week long Ashton Woods Art Camp (generously funded by the Cumberland Community Foundation) is held during the summer and focuses on a single art theme. Each theme is unique, fun, and also educational. Past ideas have included a "wonders of the world" theme which worked with global art and creativity.
This important program focuses on improving the children's self-image and self-confidence, helping them express their own unique voice, giving them the opportunity to express their creative side, and reveal themselves through the arts.
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The Lois Ferrari Memorial Art Scholarship
The Lois Ferrari Memorial Art Scholarship is given in memory of former Cape Fear Studios member artist Lois Ferrari, who was an integral part of our vision and mission. It is in the amount of $500 and is awared each year to a college student or the purpose of purchasing art supplies and tools.
In addition to the $500 monetary scholarship, the scholarship recipient is also featured as the Artist of the Month for a 4th Friday exhibit.
The Lois Ferrari Memorial Art Scholarship is open to any student majoring in fine arts at Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville Technical Community ColleUNC-Pembroke, Meredith College, and Methodist University.
For more information, please see our Call for Entries Page.
2011 Lois Ferrari Memorial Scholarship Recipient:
to be announced soon!
2011 Scholarship Sponsor ~
Frank and Glenda Till
Brynn and Kenneth manning
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Heritage Place Art Shows
Heritage Place is a continuum-of-care community located on North Cool Springs Street in historic downtown Fayetteville, and offers seventy-six independent living apartments. Each month, Cape Fear Studios features one of our member artists in a special gallery exhibit in the lobby of Heritage Place. The residents there are exposed to quality original art and our artists enjoy the experience of their art being seen by a new audience. Art is for everyone!
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