Arts Features
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Carla Aaron-Lopez Applies Her Vision To Talking Walls Mural Festival
It’s important to have goals to work toward, and as Carla Aaron-Lopez’s experience shows us, you don’t always have to…
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New Elder Gallery Exhibits Explore Joy, Collaboration and Identity
The Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art is currently running two exhibits that are made up of work by five local…
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UNC Charlotte’s First Latinx Play Investigates Migration and Community
In a video posted by an Al Jazeera correspondent on Sept. 20, a Border Patrol agent on horseback looks down…
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The 2021 Charlotte Fall Arts Guide: A Return to the Stage
It remains a precarious time for arts locally and across the country. As performers, venues and organizers continue to grapple…
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Kenny Nguyen’s Art Is an Epic Tale Sculpted With Silk
After a decade-long process, Kenny Nguyen and his family — father, mother, two sisters — made their way to the…
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Van Gogh Residency Program Inspires Artists To Build off Each Other
A traumatic experience has the power to change our perspective on life. For artists, it can reshape how their interpretation…
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Open Door Studios Makes a New Charlotte Home Inside Eastway Crossing
Upon moving to Charlotte in 1997, Jacqueline White arrived at NC Dance Theatre excited by the prospect of a growing…
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Margaret Boykin Talks ‘Werewolves Within,’ Adapting Video Games to Film
In Werewolves Within, a film adaptation of Ubisoft’s popular video game, naïve and lovable forest ranger Finn Wheeler has a…
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Nouveau Sud Traces Migrants’ Route to a New Life in ‘La Bestia’
In a cloud of smoke, the train will fly through the air above the stage as aerialists and acrobats depicting…
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Mint Museum’s It Takes a Village Exhibit Highlights Local Collectives
In a sign of how Charlotte’s oldest arts institution is shifting focus to support more local and diverse artists, The…
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Immersive Van Gogh Charlotte Exhibit Surrounds Itself with Local Talent
Kicking off a preview of the new Immersive Van Gogh Charlotte exhibit, the walls inside Camp North End’s Ford Building…
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Local Actress Maritalyn Frazier Launches Never Too Young Productions
As 2020 came to a close, Charlotte-based actress Maritalyn Frazier was having a conversation with her manager Donna Rentz about…
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Debate Over Arts Funding Continues As Budget Vote Nears
There’s no shortage of things to get engaged with when it comes to current Charlotte-area politics. There’s the overwhelming mission…
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Queen City Nerve Mother’s Day 2021 Gift Guide
After the year small businesses have been through, it’s more important than ever that Charlotteans support local makers. This means…
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Good Times Art Pop-Up Acts as Prep for the Reopening
The Underground hosted a slew of Charlotte’s best visual artists over the weekend with Good Times, a pop-up organized by…
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Virtual Reconstruction Project Rebuilds Black Communities Lost to Displacement
Once a lively neighborhood whose streets were filled with bustling businesses and rich culture, Charlotte’s Historic West End neighborhood is…
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