Charlotte Artery, 130 Bland St.

It’s time to announce our second exhibition! Charlotte Artery will be having our next showing on Friday, November 13th at 130 Bland Street, one quick block off of Tryon St. in South End. It’s a stunningly simple 40’ x 40’ enclosed space that we will convert into a gallery for one week. We can’t wait.
Artery members have been hard at work putting together more work to for this show, and we’ve invited a few guest artists to exhibit with us. That makes this an eight person show, so there will be lots to see. We’re proud to have with us the following;

Paul Keysar
Jon Tarleton
Teresa Overcash

The posted images are our new cards to advertise the show around town. They were designed by Artery member Dan Allegrucci who did a stand-up job. We will post a list of places you can find the cards soon. In the meantime enjoy this preview. Below you will find the back which contains a map and a few details.

Card Back

It’s been an active week for Charlotte Artery, with lots of news to share. So without further ado, a quick recap;

NC Music Factory/ Lesbian Gay Community Center

We had our third and what was supposed to be our final showing at the LGCC last night, and it was a great success. So great that the show has been extended through October 14 to coordinate with upcoming events! So if you were not able to make it out, you’ll still have some upcoming opportunities. Their hours are;

Tuesday through Thursday, 5-8

Friday and Saturday, 10-1

The exhibit will conclude with a “Meet the Candidate”  event October 14^th.

Another big thanks to the Center and Denise Palmbeck who was great to work with!

http://www.gaycharlotte.com/

Trolley Powerhouse Museum

Another exhibit last night, this one at the Charlotte Trolley Powerhouse Museum. That’s right; two shows in one night! Yes, we were stretched thin, but it was worth it to put on two great shows simultaneously.

The exhibit was coordinated with WFAE and The Charlotte Trolley Powerhouse Museum for Gallery Crawl. It was a great combination that drew in a great crowd and we hope to work with both organizations again.

For this event, a big thanks to Andrea Fey and Laura Van Ness their hospitality in having us!

http://www.charlottetrolley.org/index.html

Charlotte Observer

We were featured in the Style section of the Charlotte Observer this week! It was a flattering article, but hey, it’s all true. The article appeared Thursday, October 2. If you missed it, you can catch it here;

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/165/story/978297.html

Another thanks, this time to Linda Luis Brown who wrote the great article. Linda is a local artist herself. You can see some of her work here;

http://www.lindaluisebrown.com/

Creative Loafing

I told you it was a busy week. In addition to that, we also got a nod from the Creative Loafing blog. Yet more kind words. What can I say? We’ll take it.

http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/theclog/2009/09/29/group-dynamics-introducing-charlotte-artery/

More thanks, this time for Manoj Kesavan and Barbara Schreiber. Among the many cultural entities they have a hand in is Point 8 Forum;

http://point8.org/

With only a few details left, the show is up and ready. The room has been converted, the artworks displayed. The countdown has begun. Our first show will begin tomorrow (Thursday) at 6:00pm. We look forward to seeing you there.

One of the challenges for the year is conducting a series of six exhibitions in non-gallery locations. It can be challenging enough coordinating a show, but we will be converting non-gallery spaces into exhibition locations. Today the Charlotte Artery members rolled up their sleeves and began converting the LGCC room into a full-fledged space for art display. We came in with temporary walls, display pedestals, paint, lights, and of course artwork.

Still a long way to go before our opening exhibition this Thursday, but it’s beginning to take shape. Our curator Paola was on hand to select and organize while the rest of us hauled, drilled, painted and sweated.

Hats off to Fred Brazzell andthe folks at Music Factory and especially the Lesbian & Gay Community Center for their graciousness in hosting our first event.

A quick look at some of the upcoming and current exhibits you can find Charlotte Artery members participating in;

Bev Nagy’s “Weaving Transitions” exhibit is on view at Wingate University’s George A. Batte Jr. Fine Art Center through September 29.

Dan Allegrucci will include a woodcut in Carolina’s Got Art!, a juried exhibition sponsored by Elder Art. The exhibit will be held at Atherton Mill with a reception October 2.

A watercolor by Ashley Lathe will be in the group exhibit “Collected” at McColl Center for Visual Art. Opening reception will be held September 25th.