What’s up this week in Charlotte’s visual arts?
What to do
Support Charlotte’s local/grassroots artist residency, Goodyear Arts, via its fundraiser, titled “Mythos,” from 8 p.m. to midnight Oct. 13. You can dress up as your favorite mythological being (or not: that’s OK, too) for this event featuring live music and DJ Fannie Mae plus small bites and drinks. Tickets start at $50 for this 21+ event. Buy tickets here.
Where to go
Before heading to the 21+ event at Goodyear Arts, enjoy a family-centered event – Family Day – at the Cabarrus County Arts Council, 1-4 p.m. Oct. 13. In addition to visiting “In the Open Air,” an exhibition featuring plein air painters Jane Chapin, Aaron Johnson, Paul Keysar, Dottie T. Leatherwood, Diane Pike, Jeremy Sams and Chad Smith, little ones can create their own artwork at various Creation Stations throughout the galleries and participate in a scavenger hunt. The event is free and open to the public. At 4 p.m., Houston-based Soul Street Dance will perform, for a fee of $10 per adult/$5 per child.
Each week, Grace Cote and Lia Newman offer Observer readers a to-do list on immersing yourself in visual arts around town. Newman is director/curator of the Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College, Cote is senior coordinator at Jerald Melberg Gallery, and they collaborate on the blog HappeningsCLT (happeningsCLT.com).