By Bernie Petit Communications Manager Just how engaged in the cultural community are you? Find out by taking our unofficial and unscientific – but totally fun – Cultural Life quiz. We’ve taken anticipated annual cultural events and popular arts, science, history and heritage pursuits that can be enjoyed locally and boiled them down into score-able …
By Bernie Petit Communications Manager ASC is pleased to announce the 20 regional artists that will be part of ArtPop in 2016. ArtPop is a program in which local artists submit their work to be displayed on available billboard space. ASC, Adams Outdoor Advertising and ArtPop founder Wendy Hickey partnered to launch the local program …
By Bernie Petit Communications Manager Here’s a statistic for you: More than two-thirds of Charlotte-Mecklenburg residents believe that individual artists contribute to our community’s quality of life, according to a 2015 Urban Institute Cultural Life in Mecklenburg County Survey. Count us among the two-thirds here at ASC. A strong community of individual artists is critical …
By Bernie Petit Communications Manager Creativity in its purest form. That’s what Jason Woodberry’s digital illustration of a young child blowing sci-fi-inspired bubbles signifies. “The overall idea is the birth of imagination,” he said. “It’s that imaginative free spirit aspect that allows us to create the craziest things.” The piece, titled “Dark Matter,” is one …