///COMMUNITY PROJECTS & OUTREACHES

The Center and Our Community

The Outreach Program is led by Artists-in-Residence and Affiliate Artists and is designed to engage the community in a direct and meaningful way.  Each artist performs at least two outreaches bringing the total number of programmed outreaches to 24 to 30 a year.  Through this program, McColl Center for Visual Art serves as a bridge between artists and the community.  The Center has built strong relationships with many organizations in the community including Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, UNC Charlotte, Carolinas Healthcare, Winthrop University, The Art Institute of Charlotte, The Mint Museums, Urban Ministries, Neiman Marcus and The Light Factory.

• During his residence, John Osorio Buck worked with 30 students from a Myers Park High School photography class to create a collaborative work of art.

• One environmental art outreach project involved science and nature-based entry experiences for children that culminated in art-making projects which will live on in their neighborhood.
  

• Lauren DiCioccio worked with individuals during Open Studio Saturday and at Shamrock Senior Center to create hand-sewn letters that were mailed to those serving in the military. 

• Students in one Summer Arts Institute class were inspired to make their own unique connection with the community through various hands-on projects lead by alumni artist Annabel Manning.

• If you haven't had the opportunity to check out the environmental installation project by Daniel McCormick, you have been missing out. Read about his unique and groundbreaking project as well as some of the other outreaches having a profound effect on your community.