This past Saturday, the Center held an Open Studio with a special painting project in collaboration with Charlotte Area Transit System. With over 375 visitors for the day, participants braved the near-record-breaking weather to drop in and contribute their creative talents to a community mural which will serve as the construction fence at Charlotte Area Transit's North Davidson bus facility at 12th and North Davidson streets.

El. Conquistador AKA Shaun Leonardo, winter 2010 Artist-in-Residence at his outreach with Smith Language Academy.

A Charlotte Observer Article By Greg Lacour

Introducing The Queer Reclamation of the Queen City project. Confronting questions of identity in relation to gay culture, current 2010 Winter Artist-in-Residence Abdi Osman is facilitating a photographic recovery and reclamation project to document people, places, artifacts and icons of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) community. What to share your perception? Keep reading…

This week McColl Center for Visual Art was pleased to welcome all the kids from St. Patrick Elementary School for a session with ceramic artist Tom Thoune, thanks to a grant from the Arts and Science Council. The students are creating a mosaic for the school’s sculpture garden out of old glassware and porcelain. Many “oohs” and “ahhs” came from the crowd as Tom explained the ancient history of the mosaic process before they got their hands dirty.