Each month, Charlotte Is Creative awards Queen City creatives with HUG (“Helpful Unfettered Gift”) Micro-grants to help them move their passions and projects along. Six $250 HUGs were awarded in October from funds provided by HUG sponsors and individual donors. from funds provided by individual donors and HUG Sponsors: Google Fiber, T. Reid & Company, NoDa Brewing, Savvy + Co. Real Estate and the Knight Foundation.

Creative Community Engagement

• Lica Mishelle, Ghood Girl Magic
• Robin Stockton, Robin Antoinette’s Art for All 

Visual Arts

• Irisol Gonzalez, Free Mural Installation at a Latinx business
• Nadia Meadows, Piece shown at the Rowe Arts Gallery at UNCC

Podcasts and Media

• Kittridge Janvrin, Podcasts for Seniors
• Faith Froemming, Podcasts for Kids

GIVE A HUG OR GET A HUG

HUG Microgrants are open to both nonprofit and for-profit projects and initiatives at work in the greater Charlotte area. To make a donation in any amount to the HUG program or to apply for a HUG, click here.