Painters Ruth Ava Lyons and Katherine Ace have an exhibit through this Friday, Dec. 23 at Hidell/Brooks Gallery in Charlotte that encourages contemplation. At first glance these two artists are quite different. Yet look deeper and see there are similarities between their work. Both explore dichotomies and have metaphors embedded within their paint layers. Although […]

Friday, Dec. 16 The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art (in partnership with American Institute of Architects Charlotte) presents “Koolhaas HouseLife.” It is this month’s Architecture + Film Series screening at The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art (a Knight arts grantee). Koolhaas is a creator of modern, yet contextual, designs. The 2008 documentary takes a look […]

Ever driven through a place and said “Wow, this neighborhood has changed. I remember when …” Change can be bittersweet, watching the old get replaced with new. That can also be said about Charlotte’s oldest arts district, NoDa. NoDa is the North Davidson Street historic neighborhood that was turned into a well-known arts district. This […]

We’re all creative and the local not-for-profit “Women Centered Art” celebrates this fact. Women Centered Art is a laid-back gallery, but especially noteworthy are its different offerings for the artist inside all of us. Whether you are a professional artist looking for a new experience or place to share your current work or you haven’t […]

In a city our size, there is always something happening. This rings true for the art scenes as well. But, when December rolls around, there’s a little something extra squeezed into the calendar. Especially, in the visual arts, the focus is on more group shows with smaller affordable works and lots of open studios, where […]

Performances by Caroline Calouche & Co. may appear light and magical, with dancers literally suspended in the air. But under Caroline Calouche’s artistic and executive direction, this talented dance company stands on its own merits long before any aerial apparatus is added. In 2006, Calouche began her explorations of blending contemporary dance with aerial dance […]

This is a fascinating 1800’s tale of the well-to-do and a master craftsman, who was also an entrepreneur and a free man of color. All of this right here in North Carolina. How interesting it is that Thomas Day — a black man in the South during the 1800s — is one of North Carolina’s […]

Charlotte ARTery is a small, but growing, local, artist-run collective leveraging marketing and business resources to provide a venue for emerging and mid-career Charlotte area artists. It has core members and guests who exhibit in each of its handful of shows throughout the year. This month, you can experience an excellent new group exhibit called “Momentum” […]

In South End, there are currently a couple of outstanding shows of local artists. Within blocks of one another,  is a concentration of some of the best art being created in the Charlotte area. Charlotte Art League, in conjunction with the energy company Siemens, presents “The Power of Innovation: Art Inside the New Energy Age.” (In the […]