public art

The city of Charlotte has announced new funding for projects aimed at revitalizing and reshaping public spaces. One group that feels left out of the city’s Corridors of Opportunity says the funds are a way to bring beauty into the neighborhood.

A mural depicting Frederick Douglass in a chunky wristwatch, a slim-cut suit and crisp white Converse has divided the town of Easton, Md., in his birth county of Talbot.

In the last 10 years, dozens of murals, walking tours, festivals and national commissions have turned Charlotte into a city of talking walls. Now, with help from a red 1969 Volkswagen Beetle, a pair of artists is experimenting with light to make murals move.

Charlotte will get a little more colorful on Saturday when the CLT Edge Fest gets underway in NoDa. Dozens of artists and performers with showcase their work in displays, demonstrations and live painting — some will even try new techniques.

Art Search Charlotte's anniversary celebration will send social media followers across the Queen City in a hunt to find 10 hidden works of art. Whoever finds art gets to keep it. Smaller-scale scavenger hunts are held every week.

Charlotte artist Bunny Gregory is turning an old school bus into a mobile art and music studio that she'll take to different neighborhoods to help more children flex their creative skills in their own environments.

A new mural in Charlotte's Historic West End pays homage to eight legendary Black musicians with North Carolina roots. It's just the latest piece of public art in the area that seeks to preserve and promote history as development encroaches.

The coronavirus pandemic left artists, performers and restaurateurs reeling. Between that and the social justice protests that overtook the U.S. after George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis, creatives were finding new ways to reach audiences and make an impact. In fact, there were too many stories to tell in our arts and entertainment newsletter. Here are a few of the ones that stuck out the most to us.

The city of Charlotte has extended until Sept. 30 the closure of South Tryon Street around the "Black Lives Matter" street mural that was painted during…

Passengers this week began flying in and out of Charlotte Douglas International Airport's $200 million expansion of Concourse A. As they stroll to nine…