Spheres Series held a private, subscription-based monthly lecture series on a variety of art-related topics and moved its participants around the city to various public and private art venues for lectures led by a changing roster of curators, artists, collectors and other Charlotte-based arts leaders. 

We are currently running ART 101: A Global Adventure. Spring session 2022 is full, but please contact the Mint Museum for the Fall 2022 session.

PREVIOUS TOPICS AND SPEAKERS HAVE INCLUDED:

“The Importance of Artists Residency Programs for Artists and Communities” with artists Liz Nielsen and Holly Keogh at the McColl Center for Art + Innovation.

“Crowd Work: How Participation Informs Art” with artist Rebecca Henderson and Jonell Logan, Independent Curator and Executive Director of the League of Creative Interventionists at Not Just Coffee.

“Creating Ritual Through Color” with San Francisco-based artist Leah Rosenberg at Hodges Taylor Art Consultancy.

“Nomatic Murals: Tapestries of the Modern Era” with John Boyer, CEO and President of the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art.

“Parallel: An Experience with Augmented Reality” with artist Nick Napoletano and collaborator Peter Godshall.

“All Art Has Been Contemporary” with Adam Justice Director of Galleries at UNC Charlotte City Center at Towne Brewing.

“Performance Art” with curator Jen Sudul Edwards, PhD and multidisciplinary New York-based artist Jen Ray at SOCO Gallery.

“Books Are Dead. Long Live Books!” with multi-media artist Brad Thomas at Goodyear Arts.

Berlin-based multidisciplinary artist Hiwa K at The Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College.

“West African Printed Factory Textiles” with Winthrop University professor and art historian Dr. Alice Burmeister. Co-hosted by the Mint African-Print Fashion Now and Davidson College Yinka Shonibare: The American Library.

“149 Paintings You Really Need to See in North America (So You Can Ignore the Others” with Canadian authors and litigators Julian Porter and Stephen Grant at the Mint Museum.

“Memory and Archive: What Found Family Photographs Say About Black Visual Representation” with artist Zun Lee at the Light Factory.