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Aphasia
Aphasia was written by Jim Gloster, a Charlotte, NC director, actor and writer. Gloster wanted to capture the story of his friend, actor Carl McIntyre who suffered a massive stroke in 2005 at just 44 years of age. As a result, McIntyre lives with aphasia, an acquired communication disorder that impairs a person's ability to process language but does not affect intelligence. Aphasia is a double dose of reality told in narrative form. Carl stars as himself and portrays his life story in a powerful and nuanced performance. Aphasia uses comedy and pathos to raise awareness about aphasia and provide hope and inspiration to anyone working to overcome obstacles in their lives. The film recounts McIntyre's first person experience during the stroke, his recovery and his struggle with his inability to communicate. The film was shot in Charlotte, NC with approximately 100 crew members rotating through the eight day shoot. There are 33 speaking roles and roughly 35 cast extras that were used at different times. Most of them had worked with Carl previously or knew of him, his career and his story. 1st event will start at 6:30 p.m. with reception following and the second event will have the reception prior at 7:30 p.m. with the screening starting at 8:00 p.m. The wine and cheese reception will be with Carl McIntyre and other members of the cast and crew and is included in the ticket price. RSVP is required and tickets are $20. To reserve your space for this limited seating, one-night-only event, you can purchase tickets online through Queens University Continuing Education or send RSVP email to [email protected] or call 704 334-3799.
When: Thursday, November 11, 2010, @ 6:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Where: Hodges Taylor Gallery
More Info: www.hodgestaylor.com

 
My Mother's Hats
My Mother's Hats is a musical and dance production featuring compositions by famous jazz and blues artists during the Harlem Renaissance. (acts regularly featured at the Cotton Club and Savoy Night Club.) The production showcases African dance as well as liturgical dance. It is a true and inspirational story based on the books, Lois Mailou Jones, A Life in Vibrant Colors by the Mint Museum, and Lois Mailou Jones, A Life in Color by Dr. Chris Chapman, M.D. The event will be held in the Van Every Theater at the Mint Museum. The play is about the life and legacy of Lois Mailou Jones Pierre-Noel, an African-American Artist, from Boston whose mother was milliner, floral designer, and beautician and father a lawyer who made sacrifices for Lois with her art schools and training that help shape her life and career in art. She overcame many obstacles during 1920's - 1940's and became a well-known International Artist. Educator, and Pioneer. She's referred to as the Harriet Tubman in the art world for Her determination, and the impact she made on over 2500 students she taught is amzing. See website for show times and ticket info.
When: Friday, November 12 - Sunday, November 21, 2010
Where: Mint Museum Randolph
More Info: www.mintmuseum.org

Michelle Shocked

Michelle Shocked is a traveller, a troubadour, a picker-poet, as they say in Texas. As a young feminist, she left Texas to travel, Kerouac-style, and was caught up in Reagan-era grassroots politics. Her musical career was ignited by a bootleg recording made around a Kerrville Folk Festival campfire on a Sony walkman. Released in England as The Texas Campfire Tapes without Shocked's authority, its success abroad enticed Mercury Records to offer the newcomer a recording contract. Blues & Gospel & Country & Western Swing & Honkytonk & Folk from East Texas & Texarkana. Visit website to order tix!
When: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 @ 8pm
Where: Neighborhood Theatre
More Info: www.neighborhoodtheatre.com

Cathy Smith Bowers
Poet Laureate of North Carolina, Cathy Smith Bowers, will be giving a reading and signing books at Queens University! Bowers' poems appear widely in publications such as The Atlantic Monthly, The Georgia Review, Poetry, The Southern Review and The Kenyon Review. She has written four collections of poetry, including her most recent, "The Candle I Hold Up to See You" (Iris Press), and has received the J.B. Fuqua Distinguished Educator Award and the Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet Award, given by the North Carolina Poetry Society.
When: Thursday, November 18, 2010 @ 8pm
Where: Sykes Auditorium at Queens University
More Info: www.queens.edu
  

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Local

Artery Artist Talks
Visit the Charlotte Artery's Fall Exhibit November 12 and hear exhibiting artists discuss their work! Ashley Lathe and Sharon Dowell will present on November 12. Paul Keysar and Indrani Nayar-Gall will present on November 19. Each evening will start with a meet and greet with exhibiting artists, followed by the artists talks at 7 p.m. The focus of Ashley Lathe's work is the recognition and celebration of the banal and overlooked in everyday life; bricks, garbage cans, food, warehouses, sidewalks, and other common objects and places which lack their own drama. As works of art, they are acknowledged and given meaning. Sharon Dowell captures the energy of place, the economic boom and downturn, and explores the theme of man vs. nature. She is interested in the documentation of memory and place and strives to find beauty in often overlooked structures and spaces. Paul Keysar's night series pushes out the abstracted shapes that the subtle shifts of light create in the night. Paul's other series, Conquest, portrays man and nature interacting together. In these works, there is beauty amidst disorder and destruction.  Indrani Nayar-Gall's series Through The Looking Glass and Other Stories is a personal narrative of issues related to migration, displacement and acculturation. Many of these are constructions from her personal encounters, memories and readings.
When: Friday, November 12, 2010 6-9pm & Friday, November 19, 2010, 6-9pm
Where: 1127 S. Mint St in Charlotte's Historic South End.
More Info: www.charlotteartery.com 

Dan Allegrucci & Patricia Raible
An opening reception will be held on November 19 from 6 to 9 PM for Dan Allegrucci and Patricia Raible, 11-Month Affiliate Artists, whose works of art will be on display in the 2nd and 3rd floor galleries. This reception also marks the end of the residency period for the Fall Artists-in-Residences who will have new works of art on display in their studios that was created during the three month residency. In addition, The McColl Center is pleased to present "Projecting the Sky So It Can See Itself" by AIR Jonathan Brilliant, a one night only projection which will temporarily transform the exterior of McColl Center for Visual Art into a magnificent cloudscape.
When: Friday, November 19, 2010 @ 6pm
Where: McColl Center for Visual Art
More Info: www.mccollcenter.org

The Light Factory 29th Annual Auction
The Light Factory Annual Art Auction is anything but predictable. Folks may come dressed to the nines or just in jeans, but everyone comes ready to party. Fine art photography and other great art from artists near and far. Clear a spot on your wall, you just might bring home something amazing! The Light Factory is one of only four museums in the United States that promotes the power of image through photography and film. The Light Factory hosts photography exhibitions and film screenings, as well as community outreach and classes that range from basic photography to advanced Photoshop, darkroom techniques, screenwriting and filmmaking. For more than 30 years, The Light Factory has served the diverse community of Charlotte, giving both local and emerging artists a place to learn, while exhibiting internationally-renowned photographers and filmmakers.
When:Saturday, November 20, 2010 @ 7:00 pm
Where: The Extravaganza Depot (1610 N. Tryon Street)
More Info: www.lightfactory.org  

 

Gallery Crawls

NoDa - Every first and third Friday of the month   
South End - Every first Friday of the month.

PlazaMidwood -  Click here for schedule  

  

 






National

     
 

Ed Moses - wic wack

Renowned Los Angeles painter Ed Moses opens a solo exhibition, wic

wack, at Brian Gross Fine Art! While Moses is known for his

innovative, non-objective abstractions, the works on view explore

pattern and figuration through fabric stencils, animal motifs, and

face-like forms. These dynamic, textile-like paintings can be a shock

to those who identify Moses as a purely abstract painter. Large, vivid

compositions feature mysterious offset patterns and silhouettes of paired "talking heads." In works such as Anima Kracker, exotic fauna

such as zebras, tigers, and giraffes overlap and converge, like zoological quilts. Many animals sport their own patterns of stripes and spots, adding another layer of complexity to the designs.

When: Now - December 23, 2010
Where: Brian Gross Fine Art, San Fransisco, CA
More Info: www.briangrossfineart.com
   

International

Sam Havadtoy - Beauty is Mystery
The first stage of Havadtoy's work consists of writing an autobiographical text, which he reduces and condenses and then copies onto canvas. He covers it all with a coat of paint and at times glues onto it a layer of lace, also painted. The exhibition presents portraits the artist made inspired by paintings by Alexej von Jawlensky in the collection of the museum. In some of the paintings, the figure's outlines are very clear, whereas in others, Jawlensky's paintings take on a new interpretation by Havadtoy, almost devoid of figurative aspect. The process of work, combining painting and erasing and concealing the image, leads Havadtoy's work towards minimalist, almost abstract painting that seeks to reach a sublime spiritual experience through its intensity.
When: Permanent Exhibition
Where: Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
More Info: www.tamuseum.com