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Explore Mecklenburg County Through Art

Viewing Sickle Cell Disease Through Jaundiced Eyes

LendingTree Foundation Powering Big HUGs

LA BESTIA – The Dark Side of The Circus

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All Roads Lead to Matthews

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5 (+ 4 Not Really) Ridiculous Questions with a Charlottean We Love: Danny Knaub

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Four Creatives to Know – July 9, 2021

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One Incredible Find: Rainbow on Main

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DUNC Creates a “Massive Mural” below Binaco Tower

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Partnership Pairings: “Fearful Symmetry” Meets Charcoal and Pencils

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If Walls Could Talk …

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Seeger, Baez, Dylan, Quisol

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Creative News: Week of June 23

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Where Are We In CLT? From Charlotte With Love

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Charlotte’s Most Exciting Asian & Pacific Islander Creatives

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Creative News: Week of June 14

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Ancient Art Meets Modern Medicine

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Halah Z. Kheldoon’s 3 Biggest Challenges

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Putting a Face on the Past

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Creating Art From Pain

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It Takes a (Creative) Village to Make an Impact

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Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte Wants to Rock Us Out of this Rut

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Building Bridges with Food and Photography

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Tempted to Touch: A Creative’s Push for PDA During a Pandemic

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Can’t-Miss creative sights along Rock Hill’s Mural Mile

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Art, Music & Surprises Popping Up During South End Blooms

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Happy Notebook Day! Let’s Peek Into Artists’ Souls

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Creatives are Charlotte. Damn right they are! Imag

Creatives are Charlotte. Damn right they are! Imagine what life here would be like without their ideas … their vision … the music of their work … the electricity of their passion … the fearless of their convictions … and their endless drive to bring us together. Charlotte wouldn’t be Charlotte without them.

#FlashbackFriday Sitting here in a Friday thinking

#FlashbackFriday Sitting here in a Friday thinking about much cool, creative stuff has happened over the last year because of Jen Sudul Edwards and her amazing team at @themintmuseum … keep on kicking creative @$$, @curatorjen! If Jen has made tour life a little more awesome, giver her flowers in the comments below.

Congratulations to the five creatives who received

Congratulations to the five creatives who received a $250 HUG (Helpful Unfettered Gift) micro-grant help them with an inspiring project! ⁣
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These strings-free gifts are possible thanks to amazing sponsors — @nodabrewing and @googlefiber — and local photographer, @brookebrownphotography_clt, who donated her services to fund a HUG!⁣
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𝗝𝗨𝗟𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭 𝗛𝗨𝗚 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗦⁣
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🤗 𝗞𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥 - Koren is a Clinical Outpatient Therapist that has put together a short documentary to outline life after surviving domestic violence. Her goal is to raise awareness and encourage more Black community members to come and seek out mental healthcare. The HUG will pay the photographers and videographers on the project.⁣ - @black_mhm
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🤗 𝗭𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗦𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗦𝗘 - Zach will use the grant for art supplies. He will be creating a new project every two weeks for his YouTube channel. His goal is to show that Making Mistakes is part of Making things.⁣ - @settewongse
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🤗 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗚 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗦 - Craig will be starting a sign, lettering, and mural business. He has been in the sign and fine art business for over 30 years. This HUG will go towards the creation of his LLC. - @artguycraig
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🤗 𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗦𝗛 -Elle's HUG will pay for chalk that she will be giving away during classes she is doing this summer for kids.⁣- @cltchalkart
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🤗 𝗞𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗡𝗘 - Kalin's HUG will go towards the supplies needed for an exhibit at BLK Market CLT in Camp North End. This would fund all of the materials she needs, including canvases, paint, brushes and oil painting mediums.⁣ - @kalin_renee
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𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗔 𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗔 𝗛𝗨𝗚?⁣
DM us to donate in any amount toward a $250 HUG!⁣
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𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗔 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗔 𝗛𝗨𝗚?⁣
Apply at HUGGrant.com. Our application takes 10-15 minutes!

Oh, yeah … this Saturday it’s gettin’ 🔥🔥🔥 in W. Trade Street. We are poppin’ with pride to support “A Vibe Outside” with a Bear HUG grant! ❤️🔥❤️ Posted @withregram • @avibecalledfreshclt 🗣TAG THE HOMIES & SHARE THIS VIDEO!
This will be an amazing *FREE* event that you do not want to miss. And if you really love your friends, you wouldn't want them to miss it either. Hit the link in bio to reserve your free skate rental. || A Vibe Outside: Episode 1 - "The House Music Jam" || Sat. July 24th • 5pm-9pm || 1600 W. Trade St. CLT, NC 28216 || #AVibeOutside #AVibeCalledFresh #Charlotte #BlackCharlotte #Culture #BlackCulture #CLT #GOGO #Perculator #BlackIsBeautiful #RollerSkating #Dance #HouseMusic #BlackArt #BlackCreatives #ChicagoHouseMusic #NewJerseyHouseMusic #DetroitTechno #BaltimoreClub

“I wanted to give the neighborhood something bea

“I wanted to give the neighborhood something beautiful to look at … other than a highway,” - @owlymo⁣
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Driving to school with her mother as a child, Charlotte artist, Melissa Wineman (AKA @owlymo) used to see hateful messages painted on a retaining wall along 12th Street (under I-277) and think, “One day, I’m going to paint that.”⁣
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Last year — years later — she did just that, painting dawn to dusk for 17 days by herself. She painted a 300-ft. mural as a gift to the neighborhood. We wrote about it in our newsletter, The Biscuit, last year because Melissa’s journey inspired us.⁣
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Now, history is repeating itself as the mural has been tagged and defaced. This might break a lesser artist, but Melissa is undaunted. The clean-up and restoration are underway, but you can help clean the mural from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. ⁣
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𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝘁!⁣
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❤️🎨❤️Posted @withregram • @owlymo I hate when you write a whole paragraph into your description and then it deletes it when you post it online… so this is from today thank you to everyone that came out and helped this Sunday I will be back out there trying to fix it from 1 to 4 I will be posting more of my stories thank you again always for all your love and support 💙💙💙 #wildflowerson12th #owlymo #mural #handpaintedmural #cltmural #wildflowermural

Take a turn through history with us tonight. This

Take a turn through history with us tonight. This Sunday is National Carousel Day. To prepare, we want to celebrate the beautiful carousel at Carowinds and share a little history with you. ⁣📸 = @carowinds
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𝗔 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬⁣
It’s called the “Grand Carousel” … and, at 98 years young, it has a grand history. It was built in 1923 -- one of only 87 ever made by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters. Riders can select from 68 hand-carved wooden horses and chariots created by master carver John Zihar. For 50 years, the carousel delighted residents and visitors in various parks in Evansville, Indiana.⁣
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𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗦𝗘𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗡’𝗧 𝗕𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗗⁣
Despite a community effort to save it, the carousel was disassembled and moved from Evansville in 1973. It was temporarily silenced, but its wild (and gorgeous) horses could not be stopped. After a multi-year restoration effort, the carousel’s 68 horses resumed a full gallop in 1979 in a new home -- Carowinds, part of the “Happy Land of Hanna-Barbera.”⁣
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𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧’𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘?⁣
Over the years, the carousel has been known by many names -- Carrousel (two “r’s”), Carousel (“r”), Antique Carousel, Nick-O-Round and Character Carousel. When it was moved to its new home in the park (including a new structure) in 2019, it was crowned with a new name, one befitting its age and grandeur -- The Grand Carousel. Several of the horses were refurbished, as well. ⁣
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The Charlotte area has loved our team of 68 horses for 42 years. May the Grand Carousel delight children of any age (hand raised here) for many, many more to come. ⁣
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𝗦𝗘𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗟⁣
Matt Olin and Tim Miner of Charlotte Is Creative will broadcast from the carousel on @qclife at 9:15AM this Friday on @wbtv_news.
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘞𝘦𝘣 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘭: 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴.𝘤𝘰𝘮/𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨/𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟿/𝘢𝘴-𝘵𝘩𝘦-𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘭-𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴