To say the coronavirus has had a devastating impact on our partner artists would be an understatement. All Spring concerts have been cancelled and with the bars and restaurants closed the smaller gigs are done too. Our most elder artists are holed up in their homes with what small supply of groceries they could afford, […]

Dear supporters, As the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise we are communicating with our partner artists on a daily basis to ensure they are aware of this rapidly developing situation. According to the CDC, older adults that suffer from chronic health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and lung disease are at the highest risk when […]

MUSIC MAKER PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT HONORING BLUES & ROOTS MUSICIANS TRAVELS TO THE CAPE FEAR MUSEUM On March 26th at 6pm, Cape Fear Museum will host an opening reception for We Are the Music Makers!  The exhibition features the work of photographer and Music Maker Relief Foundation Executive Director Timothy Duffy.We Are the Music Makers! tells the powerful […]

Music Maker partner artist Freeman Vines was featured in a recent Guardian article about the group exhibition We Will Walk, currently on view at the Turner Contemporary in Kent, UK. Hanging trees and hollering ghosts: the unsettling art of the American deep south From lynching and slavery to the civil rights movement, Alabama’s artists expressed the […]

TURNER CONTEMPORARY TO SHOWCASE ARTISTS AND MAKERS FROM AMERICA’S DEEP SOUTH IN GROUND-BREAKING EXHIBITION WE WILL WALK Turner Contemporary will showcase the work of artists and makers from the Deep South in We Will Walk – Art and Resistance in the American South (7 February 2020 – 3 May 2020). The exhibition is the first of its kind […]