Join us in Celebrating Local Art!

ArtPop’s Summer Art Market brought a brand new creative experience to Burial in Plaza Midwood! Community members attending this free event could connect with eight local artists from our 2026 Artist Cohort, and shop artworks from a wide variety of creative techniques.

Upcycled Fashion garments from ArtPop's Sustainability & Fashion program were featured in Mint To Be: The Feminine Body as Costume Art. This immersive, month-long exhibit at the Mint Museum Uptown celebrated femininity through the creative vision of local artists.

For the second year in a row, ArtPop brought a Fashion & Sustainability showcase to Daniel Stowe Conservancy’s Hats in the Garden event. Guests were treated to a runway show featuring four garments from our 2025 Upcycled Fashion Show, and they got to meet & mingle with the models and designers!

Our first Community Art Market of the 2026 featured a combination of ArtPop Alumni along with talented local artists from the Charlotte and surrounding regions. There were a great variety of mediums and scale of work on display with many pieces finding their way into local collections.

ArtPop is excited to present a new gallery exhibition in partnership with Connect Labs Charlotte!

This exhibit aims to inspire innovation, and a positive outlook on human health, nature, and beauty. Works by over 30 local artists will convey creativity and optimism to this innovational lab space within The Pearl!

ArtPop was honored to parter with Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and the Baxter Mill Archive for their beautiful Holiday Soirée. The Sustainability & Fashion program showing future first upcycled fashion against the backdrop of an expansive history of fabric and fashion was a perfect way to close out 2025!

ArtPop’s final public event of 2025 was an incredible show of community support! ArtPop’s Art Markets are casual, accessible environments where all are welcome to connect with ten featured local artists and support their small businesses.

ArtPop is thrilled to have hosted our 5th Annual Upcycled Fashion Show & Fundraiser on September 6th at Blume Studios! This art-filled spin on a runway fashion show is a celebration of local creativity, sustainability, and community.

Enjoy this recap of everything that this premier event had to offer, including 15 featured pieces of upcycled fashion, unforgettable experiences, and how it supports the creative transformation of our community through art.

ArtPop is excited to have partnered again with Cain Center for the Arts to present another exhibition of works by our talented artists & alumni! For this 3rd-annual partnered exhibit, the theme was lens-based media - including digital and traditional photography, videography, and artworks that incorporate original photographic imagery.

Through ArtPop’s Inspiration Projects division, 20 local artists have been commissioned to creatively embellish table runners that will be on displayed at Carolina Farm Feast. This event hosted by Carolina Farm Trust is a farm-to-table dinner highlighting regional food & art, and celebrating a decade of the impact of their organization’s efforts.

We were thrilled to bring sustainable style to one of the season’s most elegant events! Guests of the Hats in the Garden event at Daniel Stowe Conservancy were treated to a mini fashion show during lunch and met our talented models and designers up close as they transformed the garden into a living runway.

As a part of the Beige campaign, ArtPop and the TAOH Outdoor Gallery staged this awareness event to draw attention to the immediate need for arts funding in Charlotte. The typically-bright and colorful creative space at TAOH was blanked out as the bland face of Beige as artists, art-lovers, and the press converged to discuss the massive impact that the arts have in our community!

The community showed up in full force at our first Art Market of 2025, making it one of our most-attended yet! ArtPop’s Art Markets are casual, accessible environments where all are welcome to connect with ten featured local artists and support their small businesses.

Enjoy this recap of our 2024 Community Events, where we connect with our community, showcase local artists, and create spaces where everyone is welcome to enjoy public art!