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Elyse Johnson

The Tall Poppy

By Morgan Brown

Mixed media artist Elyse Johnson is also a Harnett County since left the school system to teach privately: individual
Arts Council board member, business owner, and teacher. lessons and home school groups.
She stays busy juggling these endeavors, but does so quite
successfully. Johnson is the only board member on the Harnett Coun-
ty Arts Council who is also an artist. She said “We hope
Johnson’s husband, Wesley, is from Dunn, where they cur- to change that soon,” and works to create social meet-ups,
rently live on his family’s land. It has remained a farm, as and coordinate art related events. The meet-ups are scat-
it was when Wesley was growing up there, complete with tered all over the county, opportunities for new artists of all
chickens and pigmy goats. Her primary business, Artifac- types to network and become involved with the Council.
tual, is simply Johnson as an artist selling her artwork. Her
degree from Meredith College is in Studio Art and Educa- A transplant from the Apex/ Holly Springs area, her jour-
tion; she taught in Wake County for a few years, but has ney to Harnett County began she said when she wasn’t hap-

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