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New pop-up art exhibit will pay tribute to the Art Hole in NoDa featuring several talented local artists and playful installations
By CLTure News April 8, 2021 Pabst Blue Ribbon and Charlotte-based design studio, Imek Studios, have announced a new free pop-up art exhibit at The Underground on April 30 through May 3. The “Good Times” art show will bring together a variety of talented Charlotte...
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Carolina Complexions: Celebrating Black artists and creatives in North Carolina
By Courtney Napier April 5, 2021 This month we are celebrating a new slate of artists. Several have large and exciting projects underway, like Dare Coulter’s Wilmington monument and John W. Love’s The Cathedral of Messes performance art piece. Others are deeply embedded in their...
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Carolina Complexions: Celebrating Black artists and creatives in North Carolina
By Courtney Napier February 25, 2021 This month, CLTure introduces a new series, Carolina Complexions. My name is Courtney Napier, journalist, founder of Black Oak Society, a collective for Black creatives in the greater Raleigh area that fosters mutual development as artists, entrepreneurs, and change...
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‘We Are Hip Hop’ mural reveal event celebrates Charlotte’s bright hip-hop culture
By Jose Mujica October 21, 2020 (updated) As the hip-hop music scene in Charlotte grows more and more visible, so does its surrounding art and fashion. After the successful run of the Breakin’ Convention, hosted at the Knight Theater from 2015 to 2017, We Are...
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Three CMS Teachers awarded with ASC Lifetime Achievement Award
By CLTure News October 20, 2020 Often our educators don’t receive the credit they deserve, especially in these trying times during the pandemic. Since 2012, the Arts & Science Council has celebrated the works of our educators through their Lifetime Achievement in Teaching Award honoring...
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National Artist Relief Fund will be extending $5,000 grants for artists
By CLTure News September 24, 2020 Back in April, a coalition of national arts organizations including Creative Capital, Academy of American Poets, Artadia, United States Artists, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, MAP Fund, and National YoungArts Foundation, announced a Covid-19 relief fund for artists. Providing rapid...
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Several of Charlotte’s museums are reopened, here’s how they will operate
By Charlie Leonard September 21, 2020 (updated) Update 1/13/2021: Several Charlotte museums including Discovery Place, Mint Museum, Levine Museum of the New South, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, and McColl Center for Art and Innovation will...
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T.J. Reddy’s story and artwork are more important than ever
By Mark I. West June 16, 2020 Long before the phrase “Black Lives Matter” became a rallying cry for civil rights activists across the nation and world, T.J. Reddy had already established himself as one of Charlotte’s leading civil rights activists. As a student at...
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Goodyear Arts will host first drive-thru visual and audio art experience in Charlotte
By Shirley Griffith May 14, 2020 Goodyear Arts (GYA) is a non-profit, artist-led residency and multi-disciplinary collective that brings some of the most refreshing, avant-garde, and thoughtful artwork to the front of Charlotte’s burgeoning arts scene. Their mission is to provide local visual, performing, and...
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Artist Relief Fund will award $5,000 grants to artists impacted by COVID-19 nationwide
By CLTure News April 8, 2020 (Updated) A coalition of national arts advocates including Creative Capital, Academy of American Poets, Artadia, United States Artists, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, MAP Fund, and National YoungArts Foundation, have announced a new relief campaign to help artists nationwide during these...
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