Planning is under way for a range of projects that aim to help local artists and small businesses struggling with the impacts of COVID-19.
Category: Art NoDa
For the love of cinema
The Charlotte Film Society has announced plans for an arthouse cinema in NoDa.
New mural gives nod to NoDa’s textile history
Artist Darion Fleming recently completed a textile-inspired mural in front of Heist Brewery, at the intersection of North Davidson and Brevard streets.
NoDa NBA plans to help artists, small businesses with $150k grant
A grant from the city of Charlotte will help local artists and small businesses struggling with the impacts of COVID-19.
Explore the neighborhood anew with art and history audio walking tour
We are extremely excited to announce the launch of our first audio walking tour: NoDa Streetwalkers – An Art and History Tour.
New street art installation pays homage to legendary NC-born musicians
Eight neighborhood trash cans are being turned into pieces of art as part of the North Davidson Street Art Installation Project.
New art brings ‘something bright’ to NoDa during difficult time
A new project is turning NoDa’s trash cans into pieces of art.
Charlotte Art League member spotlight: R. Sumner Fine Art Photography
Everyone has a story. Some people are great storytellers. But not all of our stories are oral or written.
Black and white photo exhibit highlights NoDa’s colorful past
The NoDa Company Store is re-hanging a photo exhibit that was arguably the best and most popular art show and exhibit at the store to date.
Arts advocate brings the community to the stage
Arlethia Hailstock values the arts and wants to make sure Charlotte experiences them on a large scale.
NoDa Artist at Large: Janis Schneider
Classy, classic, and cultured. Anyone who knows Janis Schneider would attest she fits this description.
Krampusnacht
Find out all you need to know for the 2019 NoDa Krampus Krawl (December 7).
Courtney Salton: Charlotte Art League Spotlight
When viewing Salton’s oil paintings, you are struck by large, ambitious canvases covered with bold, confident brushstrokes, thick textures, and a rich use and juxtaposition of colors. Salton’s style has been described as “aggressive impressionism.”
Clever Photographer Shows a Different Side of the Lens
Meet photographer Gavin Boulware. His personality and message comes through in his photos and much more.
Carl Childs: Charlotte Art League Spotlight
Carl Childs is both a Master Leather Craftsman and a fine artist who uses both traditional and non-traditional materials (like chocolate!) to create his unique award-winning work.
Hart Witzen Gallery: New Location & Fall Free for All event
After 17 years on 36th Street in NoDa, Hart Witzen Gallerypacked up and moved eight blocks down the road to the corner of 28th Street and North Tryon. Check out the new digs on 10/19/19 at the Fall Free For All exhibit.
Getting Under Your Skin
Tattoo Artist Matt Terry has long been a fixture in NoDa’s body art community.
The Artisan’s Palate
If you love art, coffee, food, and adult beverages, we have great news for you. All these exciting elements will be brought together into one gathering space when The Artisan’s Palate opens.
Ariel Perry Photography
In high school, Ariel Perry wanted to take a photography elective but couldn’t fit it in because of her graduation tract. So her first semester at Temple University, she enrolled in Photography. “And my teacher was an asshole,” she grinned. After their first class critique, he point blank told her, “I don’t think it’s for…
Drawn From Life: C.M.Wells
C.M. Wells (@cmwells_art), co-founder of the National Association of Collaborative Artists, is one of the many artists calling the new NoDa location of the Charlotte Art League home. The young artist works in several traditional art media: charcoal, sanguine (reddish-brown chalk), oil-paint, and clay. Wells calls her style Representational Realism, which she explains as “sort…
Bloom is Back to Bring Fringe Dance and Performance Arts
Dance, fire, circus arts, and more at this year’s Bloom: Return to Roots Satarah Productions is excited to announce that its annual cultural festival Bloom will be back for its seventh year. Performance artists from across the United States and Canada will once again come together with local performers to share their art and passion…
Marie Walker and the Gift of Art
Can NoDa be the arts district without galleries? If NoDa is Charlotte’s arts district, then where are all the artists? You only have to scratch the surface to find creativity and freedom of expression alive and well here, and Marie Walker is a gateway to the flourishing local arts culture just beneath the obvious. She…
Optimist Park Market
If you have lived in or around the area for any significant amount of time, you are familiar with that famously quiet stretch of land in Optimist Park between Uptown and NoDa. Between high-speed Parkwood Avenue and desolate North Brevard Street, it is typically used as a cut-through for drivers on their way to NoDa….
Charlotte Art League: an introduction
The Charlotte Art League, Charlotte’s oldest nonprofit art gallery, reopened in NoDa North at 4100 Raleigh Street in October 2018. Charlotte Art League, or “CAL” as its members refer to it, is the anchor tenant at the Station House, a mixed-use development campus located at the Sugar Creek Lynx Light Rail stop. The Station House…
Let Your Inner Artist Out at Salud
Think of a traditional paint and sip–a couple dozen people in front of canvases with a drink in hand, led through a painting by a local artist–but NoDa style….