Date: September 16^th& 17^th, 2011

Time: Friday September 16^th: VIP Night Reception, 7:00-10:00pm

Saturday September 17^th: Art, Wine, Music, 12:00pm-8:00pm

The EpiCentre is proud to present the 2^nd Annual Sip & Stroll in Charlotte, NC. For those of you not familiar with the EpiCentre, it is a vibrant, urban shopping, dining and entertainment complex located in the heart of Charlotte.

Sip & Stroll will follow the tradition of the finest outdoor art shows in Charlotte, affording attendees the opportunity to meet and interact with artists and purchase their art directly.  This show will attract customers who live and work uptown, as well as visitors from the greater Charlotte metropolitan area.

Sip & Stroll will incorporate all three levels of the EpiCentre. Artists will set up booths displaying and selling artwork, additionally wine vineyards will be present allowing for wine tasting. Complimentary souvenir wine glasses will be provided to patrons with ticket purchase. Areas will be reserved for kids to enjoy face painting and other exciting activities, while live music performances are held throughout the weekend.

Media categories include Basketry, Clay, Fiber, Glass, Jewelry, Metal, Mixed-Media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking and Wood. Booths will be a standard 10′X10′, white tent and black linens. Artists will keep 100% commission of their art sold. All artists are invited for the VIP reception Friday night. There will be passed hors devours, drinks, art demonstrations and live music.

• Applicants must submit four digital images of their work and one image of his/her outdoor booth space along with a completed Artist Application.
• Application available online: www.sipandstrollcharlotte.com (or download RIGHT HERE)
• For more information: ali@theghazicompany.com
  

Hey, Artists,

The 2nd annual Ahlara Art Fair in Mooresville will be Saturday, October 8th, from 9 am to 4 pm. They are now accepting applications for artist vendors.

Please see the flyer for further information.

A note from NoDa Public Gallery:

When we started the NoDa Public Gallery project, it was an experiment. We wondered if anyone would respond to free artistic expression in public places. We wondered if the city or the negligent owners of the property would notice or care. We wondered if the art would be stolen, vandalized, removed, loved, hated or ignored. We’ve gotten all of those reactions so far, and hopefully we’ve inspired people to make the world around you more interesting than it would be otherwise.

We were very surprised to see that all four panels from Public Gallery #2 had been removed (stolen?). Public Gallery #2 is located in front of the neglected 1930′s service station on N. Davidson Street between Tasty Yo and Dialect Design (one of the two buildings along with the former Barbaria’s Pool Hall) that have sat neglected and rotting looking for million-dollar investments.

The panels were forcefully removed from their eye-hooks.

This is not the first time a panel has been removed from a Gallery. “Ava” the portrait of the  young girl was removed last year from Gallery 1; and just as mysteriously as it disappeared, it reappeared a week later. A few months ago, the portrait of the dog in Gallery 1 was removed and replaced with a new painting – which we found curious/exiting/perplexing – because we want more contributions to the Galleries, but not at the expense of someone else’s work. (We would love to get the dog portrait back!).

So now, PG#2 is empty. We will have to tell the artist that someone liked their work so much that they stole it. The artist understood from the beginning that this was a possibility, and hopefully will be more flattered that disappointed. None the less, as the collective group that dreamed up the idea of NoDa Public Gallery, we are proud and perplexed daily by the response we get.

For anonymity sake, NoDaRioty handles our public relations. We call them our “benefactors.” And we are the “curators.” If you know anything about the missing paintings, or would like to contribute to the project, you can contact NoDaRioty for more information.

Thanks!

NoDa Public Gallery Collective

(NoDaRioty would also like to add that our original ALL ARTS MARKET signage was stolen from the front wall of the former Consolidated Press building.  Any tips or returns of any of the mentioned stolen items will be appreciated and treated with anonymity and discretion.)

Matheson Bridge Detail

Will Puckett on WSOCTV

Every day, I’m excited to drive under Matheson Bridge and see the progress on the mural by artist William Puckett. Each day I love it even more!

NoDa has been needing public art at its entrances, and this is an amazing first installation. Read the story at the official webpage or join the group on facebook.  This project is funded in part by ASC, NoDaRioty, and (soon) the City of Charlotte.

Volunteer labor is still needed, so if interested, contact info@mathesonbridge.com.

Schedule:

• All Arts Market: Thursday, May 19, 6-10pm & Friday, May 20, 6-10pm
• Gallery Crawl: Friday, May 20, 6-9:30pm
• Pimp My Rack: Friday, May 20, 5-10pm
• FemmeFest: Saturday, May 21, 6pm-1am

Check our press release for full details

April 27, 6:59 a.m. – 75 available booths.

April 27, 7:15 a.m. – 8 available booths.

And for the first time ever!!: no double-bookings, no emails or calls about system failure or timing out. Successful registration in record time. Hallelujah!

Check out our 75 artists on this map! Click on specific booths for details of the art, or click on a specific artist on the left to find out where they will be located.

Our waiting list has reached 20 people, but if you would like to still have a chance, please send us an email asking to be on the waiting list.

Hey, everyone. As we did lose the downstairs level, we have re-vamped the entire layout, hoping to squeeze in as many artists as possible! We have added booth areas on the actual stage (there will be a new set of stairs provided).  Please review the maps below before registration, to get an idea of the new space.

Bar Level (Previously "premium")

Stage Level (Previously "medium")

Local artist T’Afo Feimster is interviewed by WRAL about the origins of his American Black History Museum.

WRAL: Latibah Collard Green Museum

What better place to experience the edgy, artsy flavor of NoDa than the All Arts Market at Neighborhood Theatre? We’re back for another weekend of great sites, sounds, and people Friday and Saturday, March 11 & 12.
This will be NoDaRioty’s 7th All Arts Market, and we aim to improve and expand the experience each time. We have 85 artists who are so eager to show you their creations, that on registration day, the servers of a professional, nation-wide event registration software company crashed because of the overwhelming response! That says a lot about the draw of this NoDa-born event. By providing this opportunity to artists and to local-friendly shoppers, we serve to bolster the presence of art in Charlotte’s Arts District!