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Fatwood

a collaborative campus in chapel hill - carrbo

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FATWOOD


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FATWOOD is a collaborative workspace for independent media, art and design. It’s a peaceful landscape – part forest, part meadow – and only minutes from downtown Carrboro, NC.

Here, we plan to bring together a dynamic and diverse community for learning about, making, and sharing inventive projects, creating opportunities for collaboration across disciplines.



Five large, private workspaces.

Ideal for artists, designers, independent media makers, as well as small shares and start-up cooperatives, the studios are 200-300 sq. ft with high ceilings, split between two recently renovated buildings. We seek members who have ideas to activate and events to make happen.

Beyond space for work, membership.

Super high speed internet

1 Gigabit /second up and down over wifi and a dedicated ethernet connection in each studio, a rarity in this rural setting.

Lots of amenities

Membership includes 24/7 access, parking, electric utilities, access to a common kitchen and two large bathrooms with showers, discounted booking at the on-site residency, as well as access to a multi-purpose workshop / exhibition / meeting space and lots of outdoor space.

& more coming!

Solar power, a community garden, a mobile recording studio, an onsite residency for six to twelve guests, and a screening room with 7.1 surround sound are in the works.


In the country, but so close to town, FATWOOD is at the end of Ivey Road, just off Old Greensboro.



PAST EVENTS:

FILMS for ONE to EIGHT PROJECTORS
with Roger Beebe

March 4th, 6:30 PM

EVENT INFO

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Birthday times with family friends. Birthday times with family friends.
We wanted to shoutout the incredible program put t We wanted to shoutout the incredible program put together by the folks at @cosmicraysfilmfest taking place today and tomorrow. There’s no place we’d rather be. 

Everything starts tonight and we will see you there at 8:00PM for Program 1: LIGHT LEAK and at 10PM for Program 2: IN THE WEEDS at the rainy day venue, VARSITY THEATRE [ @varsitytheatre ].

Tomorrow programs 3 & 4 head outdoors to the THE FOREST THEATER and there are two more not to miss lineups also at 8 and 10PM: FLOWERS BLOOMING IN OUR THROATS and SPACE IS THE PLACE.

We’re delighted to host you back here for the after party tomorrow with live music from Judge Schreber and Her Cosmic Band! 

Navigate to 2300 Ivey Road, Chapel Hill, just off Old Greensboro.  Park at the fence on Ivey Road and walk up the gravel drive until you find the fire. 

Festivities start at midnight! One-off Cosmic Rays iteration of Crowmeat Bob’s ever-shifting Judge Schreber project. Channeling the microtonal minimalism of the Dream Syndicate, the Cosmic Band will feature Emma Dunlap-Grube (Gown, Pool Boy), Evan Morgan (Magic Tuber Stringband), Libby Rodenbough (solo, Mipso), Justin Morris (Weirs, sluice), and Oliver Child-Lanning (Weirs). With accompaniment from a single channel 16mm loop.

We’ll keep the energy moving with the music and a small cash bar and snacks by The Studio Building! Can’t wait to host and to toast the festival and all this work! Huge thanks to Bill Brown [ @billbrown4666 ] and Sabine Gruffat [ @mi55hi55 ] for all their work to pull this together. 

Program features so many inspiring and mindbending works from some of the most exciting folks making films today 👁👁 the comments for the full list.
UnionDocs is hiring at Fatwood! We’re seeking UnionDocs is hiring at Fatwood! 

We’re seeking an organized, efficient and detail-oriented administrator to support our grant application calendar, maintain basic online bookkeeping records, tracking invoices, online sales, bills, expenses and bank reconciliations reports, aid with budgeting, and the creation of other financial documents, and oversee transactions in the fiscal sponsorship accounts of about about 50 documentary film projects, communicating directly with filmmakers and producers.

This position will work out of Fatwood, minutes from downtown Carrboro, NC. 

They will have monthly in-person work sessions with management and connect regularly to the Brooklyn-based team, but must be comfortable working independently alongside the artists at Fatwood.

See more details here: https://uniondocs.org/hiring/grants-finance-assistant-2021/

#ncarts #trianglearts #hiringnc #carrboro #chapelhill #durham #durhamarts #nonprofithiring #hiringnonprofits #uniondocs
A week ago we christened the space with an early d A week ago we christened the space with an early days mostly small-gauge expanded cinema extravaganza featuring the one and only @rogerwarrenbeebe 

Thanks to him for putting on a spectacular show for a sold out audience and making this first night of convening here a special one. We always admire the unpredictable and ever-changing nature of FILMS FROM ONE TO EIGHT PROJECTORS and this time did not disappoint. Looking forward to hosting for future tours too!

Swipe through to catch a glimpse of the show 👉👉

Plus some of the behind-the-scenes setup. 

Big thanks to helping hands from @uniondocs @thefrizzbiz @cekayallen and @cosmicraysfilmfest ❤️

More to come! Stay tuned for the next one 👀👀

#carrboronc #carolinafilm #carolinafilmcommunity #ncfilm #ncfilmmakers #uniondocs #documentary #microcinema #studios #ncstudios #ncartists #fatwoodnc #fatwoodstudio #ncartscouncil #sparktheartsnc #durhamarts #supportartists #chapelhill #chapelhill #artscenterlive #carrborofilm #rogerbeebe #16mm #smallgaugefilm
We are over the moon to be hosting our inaugural e We are over the moon to be hosting our inaugural event at the space, put together with the wonderful folks at Cosmic Rays Film Festival [ @cosmicraysfilmfest ] and UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art [ @uniondocs ], this Friday, March 4th!

It’s a celebration to light up a first cinematic and mostly small-gauge offering for one night only from experimental filmmaker and programmer Roger Beebe [ @rogerwarrenbeebe ] 

He’s bringing us his singular, traveling, and ever-changing program: FILMS for ONE to EIGHT PROJECTORS, called “a single, man-powered, medium-specific spectacle” by The Brooklyn Rail [ @brooklynrail ] and “both erudite and punk, lo-fi yet high-brow shorts that wrestle with a disfigured, contemporary American landscape” by Wyatt Williams in Atlanta’s Creative Loafing [ @creativeloafingatlanta ]. 

At this point, we are almost at capacity, but do invite you to reserve one of the few spots left online if you go to our link in bio. 

Excited to share in this spectacular evening in community to kick off early days in our zone.

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Swing on by! We invite folks to fill out a form on Swing on by! We invite folks to fill out a form on our site to come scope out our available workspaces in THE ANNEX and THE STUDIO BUILDING.

Swipe through to sneak a peek 👀 at the available sun-drenched studio spaces, recently renovated to be ready for anything. More than just a room!
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Start 2022 with the space and community you need to make new moves. LEARN MORE @ link in bio: fatwood.studio. 
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STUDIO C is now taken! Excited to share this momen STUDIO C is now taken! Excited to share this moment from our first STUDIO MEMBER move-in…

Multidisciplinary Artist / Organizer / Filmmaker AJ Williams getting set up and organizing his gear. 

We can't wait to see and hear all the great things that will happen in this bright room. 

Welcome AJ! [ @_adrifter ] 

4 more studios available. Submit your applications today. Link in bio.

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We couldn’t resist the combo of this lichen and We couldn’t resist the combo of this lichen and leaves on a walk around the lot. 🍂🌾 

Sign up to join us for a walk around and hear all about STUDIO MEMBERSHIPS at FATWOOD. 
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It's beyond a space for working. Learn more at our site about how to apply and come on out to say hi and for a tour. 

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We love painterly light and haze on this morning w We love painterly light and haze on this morning walk. And all the different colors and hues we find across the lot at different times of day and year. 
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Come through today or tomorrow for a walk with us around to explore and see what it's all about. 
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Local roots, international connects.

FATWOOD springs from local roots, but is established with a strong connection to UnionDocs Center For Documentary Art. The celebrated Brooklyn-based nonprofit is dreaming up possibilities for programming in early 2022, and in the design phased for the building out of a workshop space, a small cinema and multipurpose venue, and a mobile recording booth.

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