We are really enjoying our time here at the McColl Center for Art + Innovation!

The next (big) open studio Saturday is coming up on July 13th

We are excited to announce a live appearance from Aunt Johaha, who will be hosting a lemonade stand in our space!

Here is the FB write up and link to the event!

You are invited to explore our vibrant contemporary art space at Open Studio Saturday!

Bring your family and friends to view our summer exhibition, New Works / Alumni Three, meet our artists-in-residence—Chris Clamp, Troy Dugas, Lauren Rosenthal McManus, Carmen Neely, s/n (Jennida Chase and Hassan Pitts), and Gregory Thielker—and participate in fun hands-on activities all over the building.

Admission, popcorn, and cotton candy are free and everyone is welcome. We’ll also have a bar with drinks for all ages. Open Studio Saturday is presented by Wells Fargo.

What to expect:

Food Truck
Lenny’s Press Box

DJ Luis Minuche
Enjoy summer music from 12:00–3:00 p.m. on the front lawn!

Cities & Sanctuaries Art Workshop
Create a mini cityscape or sanctuary you can take home with you. Alumna artist Sharon Dowell leads you through experimental painting exercises with color, texture, and pattern on paper.

Repetition, Pattern & Radial Forms
Transform existing patterns into something new by incorporating decorative shapes of rubber stamps, a technique used by current artist-in-residence Troy Dugas.

Create a collaborative textile artwork
Following alumna and exhibiting artist Susannah Mira’s artistic practice of using recycled materials, all of the fabric pieces used in this hands-on art making activity are remnants sourced from the Charlotte region’s textile industry.

Art from Rocks and Soil
Do you know your ecological address? Artist-in-residence Lauren Rosenthal McManus wants to help you find it! Bring a soil or rock sample from your property or local creek to Lauren’s studio and add a pin to her watershed map of Mecklenburg County. She’ll use your samples to create natural pigments for a new limited-edition, hand-colored print series of Charlotte’s streams.

Member Lounge
Location: Alumni Artist Lounge, second floor

How to get here and where to park
We’re at 721 N. Tryon St. in Uptown Charlotte. Plenty of free parking is available on N. Tryon St. on Saturdays and in the lot at the corner of W. 10th St. and N. Church St. (behind Charlotte Ballet).

We are excited to announce that s/n’s short The Fawn will screen in the 2019 North Bellarine Film Festival, which takes place in Drysdale & Portarlington, Victoria, Australia

This Thursday June 6th,

Thursday, June 6, 2019
6:00–9:00 p.m.

721 N. Tryon St.
Charlotte, North Carolina

REGISTER

You are invited to a welcoming party for McColl Center’s summer artists-in-residence and the summer exhibition’s opening reception. Expect art everywhere, a beer and wine bar, DJ Bo White, participatory art installations, and free admission. McColl Center members receive complimentary bubbles, exclusives, and access to the Member Lounge. Become a member at mccollcenter.org/support.

Summer 2019 Artists-In-Residence: 
Chris Clamp, Troy Dugas, Carmen Neely, Lauren Rosenthal McManus, s/n (featuring Jennida Chase and Hassan Pitts), and Gregory Thielker

Here is the FB link for the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2265617863704470/

Our short Sunny with a chance... will screen at 5:30pm on Saturday 6/8 in the Shorties for Everyone Showcase during the Tarheel Shorties Film Festival in Wilson, NC!

We are very excited to spend our 2019 summer in residency at the prestigious McColl Center for Art + Innovation residency in Charlotte, NC.

We are pleased to announce that our short Sunny with a chance… will screen at the Tarheel Shorties Film Festival

we are very excited to announce that we have been awarded the Filmed in NC Fund 2019 by Cucalorus Film Festival!!

The award will help fund our upcoming project Queen City : Playable Space

s/n is excited to have several works screen with World and/or US premieres at the Bronx World Film Cycle  on January 4th and 2pm on Saturday January 5th, 2019. The festival will take place at La Nacional in Manhattan.

The US premiere of Sunny with a chance… during the family screenings at 1:30 on January 4th and 2pm on Saturday January 5th during

The world premieres of Thing of the Past , Twilight and Unnoticed I & II, and Vtlava Coil II will all premiere and screen on January 4th and on Saturday January 5th

The Pleasure of Ruins will also screen.

A full list of films and schedules can be found here:

https://www.bronxworldfilm.org/microproductions

Playbill BWF Cycle 2019

We are pleased to participate in the Art Teleported exhibition and conference in Brooklyn, New York on January 4th and 5th, 2019, hosted by CICA Museum. We  present a short artist’s talk regarding the Fawn on the morning January 5th. The exhibition will be up both days.