By Bernie Petit Communications Specialist Getting dirty and playing with bugs provided a hands-on ecology lesson for about 50 student campers in the Arts & Science Council’s Digital and Media Literacy Camp. During a trip to the Hidden Valley Ecological Gardens, located along the headwaters of Little Sugar Creek in north Charlotte, campers ranging from …
By Bernie Petit Communications Specialist This story from the Charlotte Nature Museum is too good not to share. Construction of an outdoor turtle area is expected to be finished by the end of July. The project would not be possible without the hard work and dedication of 14-year-old Girl Scout volunteer Anne Frances Jarrell. (Click …
By Bernie Petit Communications Specialist She’s groundbreaking, innovative, engaging – and she’s charged with creating what will be a highly-visible public art piece in Charlotte. She’s Sheila Klein, and you can meet her, share ideas about the North Tryon Business Corridor streetscape improvement project and see her mini-exhibition during Open Studio Saturday from 11 a.m. …
By Bernie Petit Communications Specialist With the enormous funding challenges the Charlotte-Mecklenburg cultural sector is facing, it helps to have leaders prepared to guide arts organizations through whatever lies ahead. That’s where the Arts & Science Council (ASC) is continuing to make a difference with its Cultural Leadership Training (CLT) program. The CLT program, which …
At the Arts & Science Council’s Digital and Media Literacy Camp, high school students have taken field trips to Studio 345, the multimedia space where ASC runs an after-school youth development program during the school year. Read on to learn more about Ashley Boyd-Hobbs’ experience at the studio. By Ashley Boyd-Hobbs ASC Digital and Media …