CHARLOTTE, NC — McColl Center is excited to welcome our Fall 2025 Artists-in-Residence: (as pictured left to right) Hai-Wen Lin (Chicago, IL), Jason Lord (Winston-Salem, NC), Leigh Suggs (Richmond, VA), and Rebecca Lipps (Charlotte, NC).
This session brings together artists whose practices engage systems of structure and transformation, from ritual and repetition to movement and materiality. Spanning sculpture, works on paper, video, and immersive installation, these artists will be in residence from September 9 through December 15
Hai-Wen Lin invites the company of naturally occurring phenomena to unsettle static markers of identity and attune the body to its environment. Wind, sun, and sky act as relational anchors for kites that speak the language of clothing. Lin gestures toward a liberatory future while staying rooted in gratitude, connection, and the practice of being present. Lin is a 2025 Luminarts Fellow, 2024 American Craft Council Emerging Artist, and Skowhegan alum, with recent exhibitions at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, Pittsburgh Glass Center, and the Chinese American Museum of Chicago.
Jason Lord’s expansive, interdisciplinary practice is a rigorous inquiry into time, repetition, and attention. Moving fluidly across sculpture, sound, installation, and performance, his work pushes at the boundaries of craft, art, and design while returning to the essential questions: What does it mean to be a human being, and what can art do?” Lord holds an MFA from UNC-Greensboro, has exhibited widely, and has been awarded fellowships at Penland School of Craft, Vermont Studio Center, and the Peter Bullough Foundation. While in residence, Lord will also teach Sculpture at CPCC.
Leigh Suggs reimagines the grid as a flexible and ambiguous framework, asking viewers to remain active participants in the experience of the work. Through meticulous, hand-cut patterns, drawings, and shifting reflections, her work oscillates between veiling and revealing, transfixing viewers in the delicate space between structure and transformation. Her work is held in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Weatherspoon Art Museum, and Deutsche Bank Collection, with recent exhibitions at The Mint Museum, Massey Klein (NYC), and Main Projects (Richmond, VA)
Rebecca Lipps creates immersive works that explore the dynamic relationship between moving images and physical environment. Combining painting, sculpture, and video, she uses rhythm and repetition to create meditative spaces. Here viewers are invited to take part in a happening pushing the boundaries of technology and art in a new form of expression.
The Fall residency offers multiple opportunities for the public to engage with the artists, including an Artist Talk on October 16. Additional programs such as Open Studios, workshops, and curator-led tours will be announced throughout the season.
Follow along at McCollCenter.org for updates and more ways to connect with our Fall 2025 artists-in-residence.