Several local arts and cultural organizations are using their programming to explore and expand upon the contributions differently abled children and young adults make in our community.

ASC Artist Support Grants support professional and artistic development for emerging and established artists to enhance their skills and abilities to create work or to improve their business operations and capacity to bring their work to new audiences.

Kalin Devone is using her $10,000 ASC Emerging Creators Fellowship to develop a new body of work examining self-perspective through portraiture.

Artist Debra Aase-Farnum’s goal for her ASC Creative Renewal Fellowship is as simple and as grand as this: She wants to connect her art to her heritage.

Bush dedicated his 45-year career to making arts and culture more accessible in Charlotte-Mecklenburg and throughout the U.S.

From traditional holiday performances to new productions, there are plenty of festive events happening this holiday season!

Charlotte creative Jermaine Nakia Lee is using his ASC Cultural Vision Grant to support the KUUMBA Academy, an 18-month artist development program for Charlotte-Mecklenburg visual and performing ALAANA artists.

Matthew Steele is using his 2022 ASC Emerging Creators Fellowship to support studio enhancements and equipment upgrades to expand his work. 

A 2022 ASC Emerging Creators Fellowship is helping Rosalia Torres Weiner infuse technology into her artistic practice and explore augmented reality, animation and digital marketplaces.

Murals created by seven Charlotte-Mecklenburg artists are prominently featured in Charlotte-Douglas International Airport’s redesigned concourses.