Artists

July's Queen City Soup

On July 26 we hosted our first Queen City Soup micro-grant dinner at The 7th Street Public Market. What a fun evening!

Guests enjoyed chatting with our “Artist Ambassadors” before dinner. This was a great chance for our Ambassadors to display their art and field questions from our guests.  A special thanks to our Ambassadors : Sharon Dowell, Rosa Diaz, Cher CosperOsama WazanClaudia SoriaTina Alberni, and Mark Doepker

During the meal, April Denée, Phil Thomas, Carmella Jarvi, Jose Vazquez and Sydney Duarte presented their grant proposals. The full details of the proposals are available at this link. Our dinner guests voted Jose Vazquez the winner of the $780 Queen City Soup Micro-grant for his “Five Dollars for My Story”: Homeless in the Homeland project.

We would like to thank our sponsors who made this possible: The 7th Street Market, Pure Pizza and Las Delicias Bakery for their generous support.

The next Queen City Soup will be September 21 at the Epicenter Pavilion.

Do you have a project you would like to get started on? Do you know someone creative whose idea could use a financial boost? We are currently accepting proposals for the September event online. If you are interested in attending, please register on our website, www.projectartaid.org.

Art Bacchanal Sale November 16th and 17th in NoDa!

Project Art Aid has organized a pre-holiday art sale in NoDa. We have a bold agenda planned for 2013, and the Art Bacchanal sale is one way you can help support us.

This sale will be held at the Behailu Academy in NoDa (formerly the Green Rice Gallery) on November 16th and 17th from 7:00 pm -10:00 pm at 451 East 36th St. We have invited Project Art Aid participating artists to sell their original artwork and art-related prints & products. 
20% of the proceeds will be used to fund future Project Art Aid events and activities. Some of the planned activities include:

  • Filing our application for Non-Profit status ($750 fee)
  • Creating a seed fund to supplement the next round of Queen City Soup micro-grants
  • Establishing funding to create marketing and promotional materials

We are planning two nights of great art, great people, and food, wine and entertainment. Please join us as we celebrate a great year of promoting the arts in Charlotte.