Fun Things to Do in Charlotte NC—The Gantt Center for African-American Arts+Culture
The Gantt Center for African-American Arts+Culture will celebrate its first birthday in October 2010. My husband and I spent a pleasant Sunday afternoon recently at the Gantt Center and recommend it to anyone interested in African-American visual arts. There were three exhibits at the Center on the day we visited. Highlights from the John and Vivian Hewitt Collection of African-American Art presented fifty eight works of art, including Romare Bearden and Elizabeth Catlett. Two other galleries contain prints, paintings and wooden vases and bowls.
The Gantt Center is located in uptown Charlotte NC on North Trade Street. It is part of the Wells Fargo Cultural Campus. Other museums at the Cultural Campus include Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, the Mint Museum opening in October, and the Knight Theater.
The Gantt Center has its roots in Charlotte’s Afro-American Cultural Center, which was founded in 1974. Community leaders in conjunction with the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) created the center to provide the public access to African-American culture through exhibitions, performing arts, and innovative educational programs.
The Center is named for Harvey B. Gantt, a Charlotte architect. Harvey Gantt was the first African-American student admitted to Clemson University and the first African-American mayor of Charlotte.
The first annual GanttFest takes place on September 11, 2010. This event will include story-telling, dance, spoken word, music and other live performances throughout the day. It is free to the public and the Gantt Center will be open from 9am to 6pm that day.
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Copyright 2010. Carol Fox. Allen Tate Realtors. *Fun Things to Do in Charlotte NC—The Gantt Center for African-American Arts+Culture*
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