Charlotte Arts
Bechtler Museum of Modern Art located in Uptown Charlotte; (c) Soul Of America
Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
DESCRIPTION: Designed by Mario Botta, the same designer of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. with dramatic 4-story atrium vistas plus hallways and galleries that do sweet justice to the grand art they contain. Museum collections include works by many influential artists of the 20th century including Miró, Giacometti, Picasso, Calder, Hepworth, Nicholson, Warhol, Tinguely, Ernst, Le Corbusier, and Chillida. The evocative and uplifting museum includes a cafe and a well-stocked museum store.
ADMISSION: Adults 8, Ages 65+ and College Students with ID $6, Ages 11-18 $4
DAYS & HOURS: Mon, Wed-Sat 10a-5p, Sun Noon-5p
ADDRESS: 420 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC
PARKING: discounted parking at the Wells Fargo Cultural Campus Garage at 550 South Tryon Street
PHONE: 704-353-9200
WEBSITE: https://www.bechtler.org
Knight Theater
DESCRIPTION: A popular small concert venue designed with a glass curtain exterior in curvy modern architecture. The venue physically shares lobby space with the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art. It seats 1,192 within its cozy orchestra, grand tier, and mezzanine levels and hosts a variety of dance and music shows. Along with small plays, featured genres include Comedy, Jazz, Pop, and Country. Reservations for Patron Assistance are encouraged. Assistive listening systems are available at Knight Theater. It has Wheelchair Accessibility and an usher can meet patrons who need assistance at the corner of 1st and South Tryon Streets. The venue is near CATS Light Rail 3rd Street Station
BOX OFFICE: Mon-Sat 10a-6p
ADDRESS: 430 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC
PARKING: available in Center City Charlotte
PHONE: 704-372-1000
WEBSITE: https://www.blumenthalarts.org/venues/detail/knight-theater
North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
DESCRIPTION: Opened in 1992, the architecturally refined center has three performance spaces: 2,100-seat Belk Theater. It features a 434-seat Booth Playhouse and a 150-seat Studio Theater. With that range of venue options, the center presents touring Broadway productions, a home for the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Charlotte Repertory Theatre, Opera Carolina, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Carolina Voices, the Charlotte Philharmonic Orchestra, Moving Poets Theater of Dance, and the Carolinas Concert Association.
BOX OFFICE: Call Center Mon-Sat 10a-6p; On performance days, the box office opens two (2) hours prior to curtain time.
ADDRESS: 130 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC
PARKING: available in Center City Charlotte
PHONE: 704-372-1000
WEBSITE: http://www.performingartsctr.org
Spirit Square Center for Arts & Education in Uptown, Charlotte; (c) Soul Of America
Spirit Square Center for Arts & Education
DESCRIPTION: Opened in 1976, Spirit Square is a community center focusing on arts education. Its venue is the 720-seat McGlohon Theatre, which was originally the First Baptist Church sanctuary. The theatre has been carefully restored to enhance its architectural details. Spirit Square’s second theatre is the black-box style Duke Power Theatre which seats 180 patrons and is home to the Actor’s Theatre. The theatre is named in honor of jazz pianist Loonis McGlohon of Charlotte. In 1997, Spirit Square was absorbed by the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center.
BOX OFFICE: Mon-Sat 10a-6p at 130 North Tryon Street
ADDRESS: 345 North College Street, Charlotte, NC
PARKING: garages are nearby
PHONE: 704-372-1000
WEBSITE: http://www.performingartsctr.org
Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture
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Mint Museum of Craft & Design
DESCRIPTION: Housed in a former department store, this renovated building for Mint Museum showcases the work of designers who conceive and fabricate original objects in the traditional craft mediums of ceramic, fiber, glass, metal, and wood. A permanent collection, education programs, research, publications, and changing exhibitions are rapidly moving this museum to acclaim in the art and design world, the museum is highly noted for its glass art by Dale Chihuly, Tom Patti, Stanislav Libensky, and Jaroslava Brychtova.
ADMISSION: Adults $10, Students aged 65+ with an ID $8, Ages 5-17 $5, Ages 4 and under enter free
DAYS & HOURS: Tue-Sat 10a-5p, Third Thursday 10a-8p, Sun Noon-5p
ADDRESS: 220 North Tryon Street
PARKING: Free parking for 2 hours in the Dunhill Hotel Garage parking deck accessible from 6th Street
PHONE: 704-337-2000
WEBSITE: https://www.mintmuseum.org
Mint Museum of Art in Uptown Charlotte; (c) Soul Of America
Mint Museum of Art
DESCRIPTION: The museum initially served as the first branch of the United States Mint before the Civil War. A grassroots community effort during the Depression saved the original Federal-style building from demolition and moved it to its present Randolph Road site. The museum opened to the public in 1936 as North Carolina’s first art museum. Now it originates and hosts major national and international exhibitions and features public programs including daily tours, seminars, lectures, family day festivals, and adult and children’s art classes. Resources include two research libraries, a slide and videotape library, teacher training programs, and in-school programs.
ADMISSION: Adults $10, Students aged 65+ with an ID $8, Ages 5-17 $5, Ages 4 and under enter free
DAYS & HOURS: Tue 10a-9p, Wed-Sat 10a-5p
ADDRESS: 2730 Randolph Road, Charlotte, NC
PARKING: free on-premises
PHONE: 704-337-2000
WEBSITE: https://www.mintmuseum.org
McColl Center for Visual Art
DESCRIPTION: In the vanguard of contemporary art and features a strong representation by a diverse range of Carolinian artists. The McColl has featured a major Afro-Cuban exhibition and has a notable artist-in-residence program.
ADMISSION: Free; fees for select events
DAYS & HOURS: Tue-Sat 11a-4p
ADDRESS: 721 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC
PARKING: Free at Church & 10th Streets
PHONE: 704-332-5535
WEBSITE: https://mccollcenter.org
Bojangles Entertainment Complex
DESCRIPTION: Opened in 1955 and formerly called Ovens Auditorium, it has hosted more than 7,000 events, from Billy Graham Crusade to Steve Wonder to Bruce Springsteen to Ne-Yo. Renovated and able to seat 11,000 patrons, the venue hosts Broadway shows, symphony concerts, opera, dance recitals, and national speakers.
ADDRESS: 2700 East Independence Boulevard, Charlotte, NC
PHONE: 704-372-3600
PARKING: on-premises for a fee
WEBSITE: https://www.boplex.com