Past Featured Artist

Angela Lubinecky February’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: My family is from Germany and Spain. When I was 6 years old my adventurous parents moved our…

Emily Berger November’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Emily Berger is a multi-discipline artist focusing on printmaking and small sculptures using wood and ceramic.  Her work,…

Holly Spruck October’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Holly Spruck’s paintings have been featured in solo and group exhibitions in galleries across the United States and…

Diane Aka-Bashorun August 2024’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Diane Aka-Bashorun is a self taught artist from the San Francisco Bay Area.  Art has become a…

Liz Haywood August 2024’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: I’ve been drawing and painting ever since I could hold a crayon. After attaining the position as…

Johnny Rocket Ibanez July 2024’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Johnny Rocket Ibanez is a contemporary artist who currently focuses on abstract figurative painting with a…

Anand Wakankar June 2024’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Anand Wakankar was born in India, where he  completed his degree in Engineering and began his career in…

Donna Heil May 2024’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Donna Heil’s art takes inspiration from her journey to her current residence in Charlotte, NC. She collected…

Emilie White April 2024’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Emilie White received her BFA at Samford University which included a major in Interior Architecture and a…

Tina Ruark-Baker March 2024’s Featured Artist Artist Bio:  Tina Ruark-Baker, affectionately known as “T,” is a self-taught abstract artist based in North Carolina.  Having recently…

Lee Ko January 2024’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1976. Lee earned her initial BFA and MFA degrees…

Kaitlyn Fraser December 2023’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Kaitlyn is a local Charlotte artist who creates art to still moments, evoke memories, and share emotions.…

Maria Napier November 2023’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Maria Napier is a Colombian-American artist who has lived in Charlotte, NC for most of her life.…

strongHER Exhibition Octoberber 2023 – A Collaboration of Women Artist A collaborative art exhibit celebrating five Charlotte artists: Holly Spruck, Melissa Herriott, Veda Saravanan, Liz…

Melissa Herriott November’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Bloom Wild is a collection of original ink and acrylic pieces that celebrate “becoming”. The paintings are colorful,…

Mikel Frank July 2023’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Experienced artist professional, who has dedicated his life to studying, teaching, and working in the arts. His…

John Burgin April 2023’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: John Burgin is an illustrator/writer from Charlotte, NC.  He graduated from West Mecklenburg High School and completed…

Stephanie Chamelo March 2023’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Stephanie Chamelo is a self-taught abstract artist. Over the course of her career Stephanie has created a…

Ellen Carlisle  February 2023’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Originally from New Jersey, Ellen and her husband of 44 years moved their growing family 8 times…

Liz Haywood November’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Liz’s earliest memory of creating art was painting her beloved rescue dog, Sammy. He is painted on a fuchsia…

Kathryn Hood December 2022’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Kathryn Hood (b. 1996) is an interdisciplinary artist who specializes in photography, mixed media, and fiber arts. Originally from Raleigh, North…

Elijah Kell october’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Elijah Kell is a glass artist from Mint Hill, North Carolina. His artistic journey began at the age…

Liz Cisneros September 2022’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Liz Cisneros is a textural fine artist who loves to create sculptural paintings inspired by life experiences,…

Amanda Farley August 2022’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Amanda Farley is an artist working in Charlotte, NC and a graduate of the Savannah College of…

Ryan Sumner july’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Ryan Sumner is a studio photographer at NoDa’s Fenix Fotography. And though his literal and artistic home is…

LAURIE SMITHWICK  June 2022’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Laurie Smithwick is an abstract painter, printmaker, and muralist. She was born and raised in Charlotte, NC,…

Kelly Aiken May 2022’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Kelly Aiken is an artist and creative designer living in south Charlotte, NC area. Ms. Aiken graduated…

Emily Berger April 2022’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Holly Spruck is a narrative oil painter working in Charlotte, NC since 2002. Born and raised in…

John Burgin February 2022’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: I love to draw. Apart from a one and a half year college experience at Western Carolina…

ET Trigg January 2022’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: ET is 83 years old.  He only started sculpting and painting three years ago.  He was originally…

Taylor Lee Nicholson December 2021’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Taylor Lee Nicholson (b. 1990, Williamston, NC, they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist who loves to mix…

Emily Berger November 2021’s art show, by featured artists Sam Guzzie & Hannah Fairweather. Field Notes is an exploration of the human experience by way…

Pam Singh The featured artist for October 2021. Artist Bio: Pam Singh is a Fashion Designer and a self-educated Fine Artist originally from India now…

Owl The featured artist for September 2021. Artist Bio: Owl was born in Bogota, Colombia, where she spent a lot of her time in the…

Katelynn Racer The featured artist for August 2021. Artist Bio: Born and raised in Charlotte, NC, I have had a passion for all things art…

Mark Doepker The featured artist for July 2021. Artist Bio: Mark is a self taught lifelong artist hailing from the mid west. His resides in…

Donald Ray The featured artist for June 2021. Artist Bio: Donald  Ray Is   his signature, He  thought it looks better  on  the canvas  that way.…

Sam Sykes The featured artist for May 2021. Artist Bio: Prior to welding, I made my wages as a professional poker player, but eventually I…

Tracy Gansrow “It’s Not Just Black & White – Looking Behind the Obvious” by Tracy Gansrow will be on display the month of April 2021.…

Jay Watson February 2021’s featured artist. Artist Bio: Jay started his art career as a painter/mural artist painting many murals in Hilton Head Island, SC…

Tim Petrinec December 2020’s featured artist Artist Bio: Tim Petrinec had his first professional art show in Brooklyn in 2003. A few years later, he…

Elijah Kell october’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Elijah Kell is a glass artist from Mint Hill, North Carolina. His artistic journey began at the age…

THE WILD INSIDE The Wild Inside is a collaborative exploration of the role that imagination and wonder play in coping with the collective experience of…

Brian Twitty Visual Artist Artist Bio: A multi-award-winning photographer with a background in board sports, portraiture and varying commercial industries, BT has wide-ranging work from…

Holly Spruck Connect: to bring together so as to form a new whole. Artist Bio: Holly Spruck, class of 2018 #ArtPopCLT. Palette knife enthusiast. Former…

Dakotah Aiyanna “Art is a language where no words are needed to make you feel or understand what is trying to be said.”. Dakotah’s artwork…

William Antonio “Layers of life, layers in art! Through his abstract visions he captures what he sees in nature and life experiences. Combining the two…

Clay Anita Artist, Bodycast Sculptor Artist Bio: Clay is based in Charlotte, NC where he was born and raised. This is more interesting than it…

Ryan Sumner “Sacred and Profane Love” by Ryan Sumner will be on display the month of June. Artist Bio: Ryan Sumner wanted to be an…

CURRENT FEATURED ARTISTS SouthEnd ARTS: Melissa Herriott, LaDara McKinnon, Elijah Kell and Mary Zio Artist Bio: SouthEnd ARTS is a nonprofit committed to creating equity…

Donald Ray “I love all the arts! I have been inspired by my wife Alana, through music to paint in the past few years. I…

Jonay di Ragno “If a painting does not resemble the fascination emanating from a star, a sun, or a moon – if it does not…

SAM GUZZIE “In a search for words to describe my thoughts, I found a paintbrush.” Artist Bio: Sam Guzzie is a multi-media artist and muralist from…

WADE CARPENTER Charlotte-based photographer and travel writer Artist Bio: In May 2017, his best friend, Max Diaz, died suddenly from a rare brain tumor. Max’s…