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.
In honor of National Arts & Humanities Month, we’re shining a spotlight on the local literary scene and some of the talented writers who call Charlotte home. ASC funding has helped create a thriving literary community while helping individual authors hone their craft.
A 2022 ASC Emerging Creators Fellowship is helping Joanne Rogers advance equity for historically excluded visual artists through mentorship, skills training, administrative support and a professionally outfitted art gallery where the artists’ work is showcased.
Charlotte hip-hop artist Shauna “ReeCee Raps” Respass will use her ASC Emerging Creators Fellowship to to reinvest in herself and roll out her new project, “Queen of Hearts.”
ASC’s Culture Blocks program is sponsoring a free community showing of local playwright Lakeetha Blakeney’s play “Princess Fearless” on Sept. 24 at Stumptown Park in Matthews.
SEED Grants represent a shift in how ASC supports creatives. In this case, artists are making awards to other artists.