Charlotte’s Durag Fest went through during the pandemic. Murals abounded across the city. Artists mixed creativity with entrepreneurial spirit. Charlotte had too many arts and culture stories to compile in one article, but here are a few of our favorite moments.
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T Afo Feimster stands next to NC 8, a mural he and fellow artist Abel Jackson just completed at 1600 W. Trade St. in Charlotte. The mural depicts eight legendary Black musicians from North Carolina.
Almost as soon as you head west from uptown Charlotte into the historic Biddleville neighborhood, you’re greeted with public art.
As construction crews worked on West Trade Street near where an extension of the Gold Line Streetcar is coming on a recent morning, color popped behind them. On the side of Johnson C. Smith University’s Arts Factory, a beaming mural showed off past and contemporary scenes from the city’s Historic West End.