Event will bring together members of all NC tribes for a day of competitive dancing, music, food, vendors, and fun & partnership with North Carolina Museum of Art.
Explore Janet Cowell's transformative leadership journey at Dix Park Conservancy, spanning her impactful roles, insights on women in leadership, and a visionary outlook for community empowerment and inclusivity in 2024.
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Over the past 45 years, J. Myrick Howard has saved nearly 900 structures that tell the stories of North Carolina. He’s the News and Observer 2023 Tar Heel of the Year & the National Trust's Louise du Pont Crowninshield Award recipient.
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We are pleased to announce two of Raleigh’s leading advocates for the arts, community, and culture – Nick Neptune and Janet Cowell of the Dix Park Conservancy – are joining Artsplosure as this year’s Honorary Chairs of WRAL’s First Night Raleigh!
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A pair of ordinary power poles that have long stood over the rolling hills of Dix Park will soon transform into enormous sunflowers. The innovative foray into ‘creative infrastructure’ comes courtesy of a collaboration between Dix Park Conservancy, Duke Energy and Raleigh-based artist Thomas Sayre.
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The Conservancy has been awarded a $100,000 grant from Google to create and install WiFi-enabled benches throughout the park.
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The City of Raleigh recognizes the Dorothea Dix Park site as “broad contemporary” Indigenous land, and the park has held the Inter-Tribal Pow Wow ceremony for three years, showcasing the legacy and culture of Indigenous people living in North Carolina. But Dix Park is planning to honor Native Americans in a bigger way.
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The Dix Park Conservancy is seeking multi-faceted partners experienced in “grab and go environments” to operate concessions at Dix Park. The search is a ‘first step toward a menu as wonderful as the rest of the park.’
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For the third year, members of North Carolina’s eight Native American tribes will gather on Dix Park’s Big Field for one of the state’s largest Inter-Tribal Pow Wows.
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