Due to overwhelming attendance at the Bechtler’s jazz concerts, the museum has expanded this series to include two full concerts. Now audiences can choose between one of two shows: a 6-7:30 p.m. concert and a 8:15-9:30 p.m. concert. Kicking off this new option, the Ziad Jazz Quartet will be performing Latin jazz. Latin jazz fuses […]

We all know NoDa rocks, but at a festival this Saturday, July 27, NoDaRioty, the neighborhood’s nonprofit arts committee, will celebrate that fact with a new festival- NoDa Roxx. Taking place on Cullman Avenue from 12-8 p.m., the festival is free and open to all ages. There will be live music, field day contests, artist […]

“Self-Portrait with Flowered Wallpaper” by Richard Caton Woodville at The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Widely known during the 19th century and acclaimed by the American Art-Union as “perfectly American,” Richard Caton Woodville’s paintings and drawings are receiving much deserved attention in the twenty-first century with the first exhibition of his work in 45 years. Organized […]

Lori Vrba “Self Portriat” “I was raised in a small, back-woods Southeast Texas town. I did not grow up with an exposure to art. I did not have an uncle with a darkroom. I did not hold a camera until I was a grown woman.” These lines at the beginning of Lori Vrba’s personal statement […]

At least one Saturday a month, artists in residence at the McColl Center for Visual Art (a Knight Arts grantee) open their studio doors to the public, offering visitors the chance to learn about the creative process. With the goal of making contemporary art more accessible, Open Studio Saturdays help engage the community with art. […]

The second summer experiment at UNC Charlotte’s Projective Eye Gallery will be revealed tomorrow Friday, July 12. Dedicated to the collaboration and experimentation of UNCC’s College of Arts + Architecture faculty, this year’s exhibition, “Aggregation Transformation,” is a site-based art installation designed to interact with viewers.  The exhibition will run until September 13th. Four faculty […]

“Dior, Balmain, Saint Laurent: Elegance & Ease” at the Mint Museum of Art Randolph. “Elegance & Ease” explores the fashions of Dior, Balmain and Saint Laurent to be found in the Mint Museum’s fashion collection. This new exhibition at the Mint’s Randolph location opened on April 27th and will close January 12th, 2014. These three […]

Maria Howell, jazz singer and actress, will perform Friday July 5th and Saturday July 6th at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art. Known for her sultry, smooth voice and mixing R&B, gospel and soul in her renditions of jazz classics, Howell will sing a variety of jazz standards like Nat King Cole’s “Straighten Up and […]

The work of Mel Chin is back at the McColl Center for Visual Art (a Knight Arts grantee) in the exhibition “Mel Chin: Recap,” opening June 28th and running until August 17th. Chin’s work is multi-disciplinary, collaborative and crosses boundaries of medium, style and method.  His main goal is to use art as an invocation […]

The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art hosts another inspiring documentary, “Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect,” for its Architecture + Film series on Friday, June 21 at 6 p.m.  Produced in 2008, “A Kind of Architect” explores the sensational architect, Rem Koolhaas, and his visionary ideas. Koolhaas has created some of the most intriguing modern […]

The Light Factory 345 North College Street. The Sixth Juried Annuale is now on view at the Light Factory in uptown Charlotte.  This year’s juror, Dr. Kathleen V. Jameson, president and CEO of the Mint Museum of Art, selected six finalists from 110 entries as winners of the Annuale. The winners include: Rachel E. Andrews […]