Still in the rescue business: Chicamacomico Shake Exhibit opens at Dare Arts, salvaging cedar shakes from historic structure - The Coastland Times

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Still in the rescue business: Chicamacomico Shake Exhibit opens at Dare Arts, salvaging cedar shakes from historic structure - The Coastland Times

The Chicamacomico Shakes Exhibit opened in the Courthouse Gallery at Dare Arts last Friday evening, celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the U.S. Life-Saving Service in North Carolina through a creative display of artwork. One hundred artists donated their talents to create 100 unique painted or decorated red cedar shakes from the cookhouse building built in 1911. Last year, the Chicamacomico Historical Association reroofed and resided the struc…