McColl Center for Visual Art has received a $400,000 grant from Art Place America for a community revitalization project. Artists will lead the placemaking initiative in Charlotte's Brightwalk community at Historic Double Oaks. Keep reading to learn more.

Your support is needed to fund our project "Coloring Outside the Lines" which promotes pride and the power of self discovery for local LGBTQ youth and young adults along with their families. Keep reading to learn and how you can show your support this project.

In partnership with Charlotte Mecklenburg Housing Partnership, McColl Center for Visual Art will implement a three-year placemaking initiative at Historic Double Oaks in the Brightwalk Community. An Environmental Art Master Plan was developed by McColl Center to address Brightwalk’s green-space opportunities to restore and preserve the community’s natural resources.

McColl Center for Visual Art is pleased to announce Lisa Hoffman as the organization’s Director of Environmental Art and Community Engagement, effective December 1, 2012. This new position will provide enhanced oversight of McColl Center for Visual Art’s Environmental Artist-in-Residence Program including the expansion of partnership opportunities, curriculum development, and more in-depth measurement and evaluation of conservation and education outcomes.

Students from Charlotte Country Day School worked with current resident Susannah Mira to create sculpture that combine the students’ hands. Keep reading to learn more about this project made possible by a grant from the Target Foundation.