Charlotte Arts Journalism Alliance (CAJA)

04/15/2018

Check out Larry’s story on upcoming BOOM Festival.

Charlotte’s ambitious BOOM festival brings avant-garde arts experiences into Plaza Midwood for the third year, and adds more artists. Think fringe and a bit of mainstream, too, with pop-up performances amid other venues.

04/11/2018

3 days of art, performance and good times. April 20-22 in Plaza Midwood. Get your tickets now
http://boomcharlotte.org/

09/20/2017

https://illumination.duke-energy.com/articles/a-stunning-tribute-to-native-son-romare-bearden

Charlotte’s newest public art – a swirling sculpture to make the city fall in love with a native son all over again – thrusts a gentle steel spear point into the sky above Romare Bearden Park. The name “Spiral Odyssey” is a triple tribute. It honors...

07/21/2017

https://illumination.duke-energy.com/articles/on-this-tour-you-can-touch-the-art

When macular degeneration forced Beverly Carter to retire from an accounting career she loved, she spent months sitting around her home, lamenting a lifestyle lost to failing vision. She slept too late, watched too much television and felt...

07/18/2017

https://illumination.duke-energy.com/articles/latino-culture-thrives-in-charlotte-through-the-arts

Who turned out to be the target audience for Latino initiatives at the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte? Orozco and O’Rourke. Martinez and Martinelli. Maybe even Santamaria and Steinberg. Three ongoing programs – bilingual storytelling, film...

01/29/2016

Exhibition, which includes work from ‘famous, if not infamous’ Sally Mann, illustrates fears, hopes, quirks of loved ones.

01/29/2016

Charlotte Observer | Review: ‘Kindred’ is at once personal and insightful | By Mark Leach

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article57103113.html

In a social-media-alert society that often equates photography with truth, it’s more and more difficult to believe we can ever tell the difference between the authentic self and the publicly displayed one.

01/29/2016

Charlotte Observer | Paper pieces take wing | By Page Leggett

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article57073343.html

Ingrid Erickson wanted to be an ornithologist when she was little.

01/29/2016

Qcitymetro | In ‘The Children of Children Keep Coming,’ Quentin Talley tells the story of black history in America | By Michaela Duckett

http://qcitymetro.com/2016/01/28/children-children-keep-coming-quentin-talley-tells-story-black-history-america/

Directed and narrated by Quentin Talley, "The Children of Children Keep Coming" is based on the epic poem by Russell L. Goings and spans generations of black Americans, from slavery to present day. (Photo: Gena J. Photography)

01/27/2016

Oscar Wilde’s light comedy about weighty ideas still resonates after more than a century.

01/27/2016

Charlotte Observer | Watch a painter mature in this Davidson exhibition | By Mark Leach

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article55881275.html

You’ll see vibrant evidence of a painter maturing and developing in “Russ Warren: Works 1971-2015,” a 44-year survey of the longtime Davidson College art professor’s career. It’s now on view at the college’s Van Every/Smith galleries.

01/27/2016

Charlotte Viewpoint | Natural, Architectural Forms Blend in Estévez Art | By Joshua Peters

http://www.charlotteviewpoint.org/article/3531/LaCa.Estevez

Joshua Peters looks into Carlos Estévez's art at the LaCa gallery.