The Knight Arts program is now seeking grant opportunities in Charlotte that can create transformational and sustainable change through artistic excellence and collective cultural experiences. If you’re interested in learning more about working with Knight in the arts, please contact Program Director Susan Patterson.
North Carolina has a well-known craft tradition and glass art in an integral part of this rich genre. One can find amazing glassworks in many places, especially in the N.C. mountains in spots like Penland School of Crafts. There’s also a small, yet growing, glass community in Charlotte. Of course, there are many places — [...]
By Aaron Fiedler, Arts & Science Council During our first year producing Random Acts of Culture™ we have been fortunate to bring opera, dance and orchestral music to venues as diverse as a Belk department store and Charlotte Douglas International Airport. As planning began for the next year we saw a wonderful opportunity to expose [...]
Saturday, Oct. 29 started out grey with lingering wet on the ground. However, very quickly, a beautiful fall Carolina day blew in, and we were left with crisp, breezy air, along with sprays of contrasting yellows, reds and orange leaves against that perfect blue sky. The sound of dry leaves rustling and the palpable excitement [...]
By Eva Mowry Lewis, Charlotte Symphony Synesthesia is a condition in which a stimulus of one sense leads to a secondary reaction from another sense. These ‘secondary impulses’ result in relationships between numbers, language, taste, colors and music. People who experience synesthesia (synesthetes) see inherent relationships between numbers and colors, days of the week and personalities, [...]
Sept. 2 marked the beginning of the centennial celebration of 20th century American master artist Romare Bearden. Charlotte, N.C. was his birthplace, as well as an underlying influence in much of his art. There are a number of exhibitions here sharing why Bearden is an artist to be honored, but one highlighting his Charlotte influence [...]
On October 7th, Community School of the Arts’ students and their families enjoyed their first free concert as part of the new Knight Artistic Engagement Fund. The Fund connects underserved music and art students with outstanding professional music concerts and art exhibitions at no cost to children or their parents. Two dozen students in the [...]
The second TEDxCharlotte conference was recently held on Saturday, Oct. 15 at Queens University. This independently organized TED event was of the same “TED” non-profit that started in 1984 as an event bringing together people from the technology, entertainment and design worlds. Each TED event — and there are now many throughout the world — [...]
The Van Every/Smith Galleries of Davidson College (a Knight arts grantee) have a long tradition of collecting and exhibiting some major artists. For more than a decade this reputation has expanded under the leadership of Davidson Galleries Director and Curator Brad Thomas. The Van Every/Smith Galleries play a fundamental role in the life of Davidson College, [...]
The best traditional Italian opera utilizes dramatic energy woven throughout passionate timeless stories. Opera Carolina’s “Il Trovatore” (The Troubadour) is a must-see powerful and memorable performance of this tale of romance, bitterness and revenge. This is the first of three operas in the Opera Carolina 2011-2012 season. Opera Carolina, a Knight arts grantee, begins its season with [...]
By Susan Jedrzejewski, McColl Center for Visual Art What’s an Air-O-Gram? It’s a silent performance-based artwork by a group of actors playing “air-instruments” and conducted by Knight Artist-in-Residence, Susan Lee-Chun. The Air-O-Gram experience lasts around five minutes and can be delivered to recipients in Charlotte for the low price of $20. What a steal for this [...]
