Between Form and Feeling: Paintings by Francisco Alvarado
Thursday, May 8 - Monday, May 12, 2025
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Francisco Alvarado is a self-taught painter who approaches art as a kind of joyful escape from his work as an engineer and businessman.
Contemporaries Wrap Party
Thursday, May 8
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The Contemporaries is turning 1! Let's celebrate Charlotte’s new art collecting community.
Family Day
Saturday, May 10
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Family Fun Blooms in May!
The Paglees: Between Reason and Madness, Opening Reception
Thursday, May 22
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The Paglees investigate – with fierceness, beauty, and wit – the impact on women of generations of patriarchy, religion, white supremacy, colonialism, violence, capitalism, and environmental plunder.
REVERBERATE | Edge and Elegance
Thursday, May 29
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Pairing wine and art with an exclusive, first-access opportunity to collect artwork from SE CLT Gallery’s spring show, Reverberate.
REVERBERATE | EXHIBITION OPENING
Friday, May 30
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Reverberate is the inaugural event for SECLT x McColl Center’s commemoration of the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death, and the movements, developments and reactivity resulting from May 25, 2020.
The Paglees: Guest Talk with Melia Belli Bose
Thursday, June 12
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Join us for a guest talk by art historian Melia Belli Bose, who contributed the catalog essay for The Paglees: Between Reason and Madness. She’ll explore how the artists connect feminism, identity, and cultural histories across the South Asian diaspora.
CREATIVITY CAMP: Digital Illustration
Monday, June 16 - Friday, June 20, 2025
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Learn how to create unique artwork using a digital platform.
CREATIVITY CAMP: Mixed Media
Monday, June 23 - Friday, June 27, 2025
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From traditional paints and brushes to unconventional elements, Mixed Media camp provides a dynamic environment for expression.
The Paglees: Between Reason and Madness, Closing Reception
Saturday, June 28
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Featuring mixed-media works on paper, fabric, and canvas, sculpture, performance, photography, installation, and moving image, The Paglees: Between Reason and Madness, questions and reframes the labeling of non-conforming women as crazy and the marginalization of immigrant women of color.
CREATIVITY CAMP: Ceramics
Monday, July 7 - Friday, July 11, 2025
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Unleash your inner sculptor and discover the joy of molding, shaping, and glazing as we embark on a journey of ceramic sculpture.
CREATIVITY CAMP: Drawing + Painting Fundamentals
Monday, July 14 - Friday, July 18, 2025
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Build a solid foundation in the essential techniques of drawing, from mastering lines and shading to understanding proportions.
CREATIVITY CAMP: Fashion Design (Session A)
Monday, July 21 - Friday, July 25, 2025
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Students will create wearable works of art while learning design techniques, fabric selection, and accessory crafting.
CREATIVITY CAMP: Fashion Design (Session B)
Monday, July 28 - Friday, August 1, 2025
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Young designers will bring their style visions to life in our Fashion Design camp! Students will create wearable works of art while learning design techniques, fabric selection, and accessory crafting.
Big Ink - Participant Registration
Saturday, October 18 - Sunday, October 19, 2025
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Join BIG INK at the McColl Center in Charlotte, NC, for a relief printmaking workshop of epic proportions! Learn how to carve a woodblock, then print your carving on a custom-built giant printing press. Beginners are welcome.