Students from different parts of the world collaborated in a cross-cultural photo exchange thanks to an education grant from the Arts & Science Council. Keep reading to learn how university students from the Dominion Republic and high school students from Mallard Creek High School partnered to create digital collages that showcase each culture.

"It was incredibly meaningful to be able to share tangible resources and tools with a young artist who is in a very similar position to where I was at a certain point." says Knight Artist-in-Residence Dawit L. Petros who played the role of mentor for his community outreach project.

In her community outreach project, Knight Artist-in-Residence Margarita Cabrera engages with local Latin American immigrants in a sewing and embroidery workshop. They are collaborating to create sculptural likenesses of desert plants native to the most traveled route of immigration across the US border. The relationship of using a craft informed by Mexican tradition with its immigrant makers on US soil is significant to Cabrera's overall goal: to open up cultural conversation among our diverse social groups.

Current resident Matthew Steele is working with students from the UNC Charlotte College of Art and Architecture to explore options for modest dwellings, all while keeping an aesthetic appeal. How modest? Under $700.

Mary Giehl, Carolina HealthCare Artist-in-Residence, is working with staff participants from Carolinas Medical Center to transform medical scans into textile sculptures.