Public Art
Landmark moments shape our lives. Landmark art shapes our city. Charlotte is rich in diversity, but it is through public art programs that Charlotte becomes established in its identity. Public art is our opportunity to write many narratives into one overarching story of this place we call home.
Since 1993, ASC has managed the public art programs for the city and county. The Public Art Commission is responsible for the community-based artist selection and design review process for each public artwork. The commission is an appointed board of volunteer citizens from the arts, education and business sectors.
In 2003, Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners and the Charlotte City Council adopted ordinances that appropriate 1 percent of eligible capital improvement project funds for public art. The ordinance helps ensure that artworks enhance our public spaces and become an integral part of urban and economic development efforts.
View the Public Art Commission
Help Bring Public Artwork to Light
Artist Danielle Roney’s monumental gateway sculptures, “Meridian: East and West,” will be suspended in fall 2021 and early 2023 the pre-security area of the Departures/Ticketing lobby as part of Charlotte Douglas International Airport’s Terminal Lobby Expansion.
Roney is asking Charlotte-Mecklenburg residents to take a short survey or record their story so that she can map their personal geographic histories across the public artwork’s LED surface. Resident responses will impact the dynamic movement of the artwork’s integrated lighting.
In-Progress Projects
Prosperity Village
Artist: Robert Tully
Anticipated Install: December, 2020
City of Charlotte CMPD Central Police Station
Artist: Freyja Bardell and Brian Howe
Anticipated Install: January, 2021
Shamrock Drive Corridor
Artist: Carrie Gault
Anticipated Install: January, 2021
Berryhill Roundabout
Artist: David Douwe
Anticipated Install: December, 2020
North Tryon Business Corridor
Artist: Wowhaus
Anticipated Install: January, 2021
Selected Completed Projects
Midtown Park
Artist: Living Lenses – Po Shu Wang and Louise Bertelsen
Completed: April, 2012
Eastway Regional Recreation Center
Artist: RE: site
Completed: January, 2021
CMPD Eastway
Artist: Vivienne McConnell Collins
Completed: April, 2014
West Trade St.
Artist: Jack Pentes
Completed: March, 1986
Reid Park
Artist: Laurel Holtzapple, Shaun Cassidy and Lauren Doran
Completed: November, 2015
Billingsley Campus
Artist: Jann Rosen-Queralt
Completed: October, 2006
Elizabeth
Artist: Amy Bagwell and Graham Carew
Completed: December, 2015
Morrison Regional Library
Artist: Beth Ravitz
Completed: November, 2017
Sedgefield
Artist: Paula Smith
Completed: April, 2016
CMPD Hickory Grove
Artist: Roberto Delgado and Rude Calderon
Completed: July, 2020
North County Regional Library
Artist: Martha Clippinger
Completed: August, 2019
Grove Park
Artist: Dana Gingras
Completed: September, 2015
Second Ward High School Gym
Artist: Tommie Robinson
Completed: January, 2019
CMPD Westover
Artist: Michael Morgan
Completed: September, 2015
South County Regional Library
Artist: Jim Gallucci
Completed: October, 2020
Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Artist: Hoss Haley
Completed: June, 2016
Waymer Gym
Artist: Michelle Turner
Completed: March, 2020
CMPD Steele Creek
Artist: Billy Lee
Completed: June, 2012
Bojangles Coliseum
Artist: Blane De St. Croix
Completed: September, 2020
Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Artist: Ed Carpenter
Completed: August, 2012
Charlotte Fire Department #43
Artist: Yuri Tsuzuki
Completed: July, 2020
Beatties Ford Library
Artist: Maja Godlewska
Completed: April, 2011
Charlotte Douglas International Airport – Concourse C
Artist: Amy Bagwell
Completed: November, 2020
Fire Station 42
Artist: Zachary Noble
Completed: October, 2011
Charlotte Douglas International Airport – Concourse C
Artist: Ruth Ava Lyons
Completed: November, 2020
Little Sugar Creek Greenway
Artist: Masayuki Nagase
Completed: August, 2010
First Ward Park
Artist: Daily tous les jours
Completed: January, 2021
Matthews Sportsplex
Artist: Shaun Cassidy & Tom Stanley
Completed: June, 2013
Latta Nature Center
Artist: Buster Simpson
Completed: September, 2020
Mecklenburg County Double Oaks Family Aquatic Center
Artist: Marc Moulton
Completed: May, 2017
Romare Bearden Park
Artist: Richard Hunt
Completed: May, 2017