“Multiplicity” at the Rowe Galleries, UNCC. University of North Carolina Charlotte alumni, Daniel Allegrucci, Austin Ballard, Leigh Brinkley, Lorraine Turi, Banks Wilson and the duo Lilya Zalevskaya and David Scott Sackett, have returned to their alma mater for an art showcase. These seven artist have embarked on vastly different trajectories and explored varied media since […]

The Mint Museum of Art is well known for its outstanding contemporary craft collection as well as its holdings of North Carolina pottery, but a lesser known treasure of the Mint Museum is its collection of glass.  Now on view at the Randolph location, “American Glass” explores the variety and style of American glass companies […]

Tonight, the Neighborhood Theatre presents “Genealogy,” an evening of dance and live music, with performances by the Triptych Collective, Juliana Tilbury Dance Projects and the Dance District. Modern jazz will be performed by the Nano Trio. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show begins at 8 p.m. Admission is $7 at the door and […]

Romare Bearden Park opens this weekend with special events taking place August 30 through September 1. The 5.4-acre park located at 300 South Church Street pays homage to Charlotte-born artist Romare Bearden, who is best known for his textured collages and modernist blending of abstraction and representation. Although Bearden spent most of his adult life […]

“Sketching the Drawdown,” art by Rob Bates. “Sketching the Drawdown,” an exhibition at UNC Charlotte’s Center City Building, features freelance war artist Rob Bates’ drawings for American Public Media. In December 2012, Bates received invitational travel orders to embed with the United States Marines as a war artist. He spent 10 days in Afghanistan with […]

As Charlotte Pride brings the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and queer pride festival to the Queen City, the LGBT community’s creativity in film, art, music and performance will also be on display in a festival-within-a-festival called Flourish. This two-day event, August 24-25, will be held at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in […]

The North Carolina Dance Theatre’s 2013-2014 season promises to be just as riveting, just as ecstatic and just as innovative as the 2012-2013 season. Tickets for the 2013-2014 season are now on sale. Subscriptions at the Premium, Deluxe or Super level offer the best deals, with tickets starting at $77 for up to three performances. […]

“Artistic Relationships: Partners, Mentors, Lovers” at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art. The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art (a Knight Arts grantee) will launch its new film series, Modernism + Film, this Friday August 16 with the screening of “Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely: The Bonnie and Clyde of Art.” The new series […]

This year’s Charlotte Shakespeare Festival will wrap up with murder, mayhem and blood in the post-apocalyptic world of Elise Wilkinson’s reinterpreted “Macbeth.”  Performances run from August 15-25 at the Booth Playhouse in Founder’s Hall. In its eighth season, the Charlotte Shakespeare Festival will continue its pre-show series and admission by donation. The Festival’s “Macbeth” (also […]

The Light Factory’s 6th Juried Annuale, now on view, was judged by the president and CEO of the Mint Museum of Art, Dr. Kathleen V. Jameson. She selected the six finalists out of 110 entries. The exhibition opened at the end of May and will run until September 15. Tonight, in the Light Factory’s Knight […]

The streets were packed this past Friday night in Charlotte’s historic Southend. Art lovers and foodies flocked to the Southend’s First Friday Gallery Crawl and Food Truck Friday events. In fact, it was hard to determine who was there for what, but then that is the appeal of the Southend’s Gallery Crawl; you can experience […]