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"CLARITY"

by Matt Moore and Matt Hooker

The art scene in Charlotte right now is on fire. I have a hard time talking about it because I don’t want to jinx anything.  —Matt Moore

Established in 2018 to elevate creativity and showcase regional talent, @TalkingWallsCharlotte has transformed large swaths of the cityscape. "Affectionately known as 'The Matts'" Talking Walls says Matt Moore, aka PuckMcGruff, and Matt Hooker, aka HookerMedia, are two of the central figures in that transformation having collaborated on several walls throughout the Queen City. This prominent wall visible from I-277 is behind the city's Visual and Performing Arts Center and Moore says it was his favorite piece of 2019.

LOCATION: 100 E. 11th St. Charlotte, NC 28202

@puckmcgruff/   @hookermedia/

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November 22, 2018

SOLSTICE TAVERN

by Sevin

“This is that space where the winter solstice and summer solstice goddess embrace over brews—my largest creation so far...” —Georgie Nakima, aka Sevin, aka GardenOfJourney

Despite being honored last year with a @CharlotteMag Best of the Best award, @SolsticeTavern just this month shut its doors “due to circumstances beyond our control”—but thankfully not before the tavern’s Davidson St wall became the canvas for some of the city’s most striking urban art, including this 2017 work by Sevin. Sevin’s unconventional path to art included study of biology and chemistry at Winston-Salem State, but she says the distinctly different disciplines have become intertwined and her studies only serve to nurture her wonder at the geometric patterns of nature. At Solstice Tavern Sevin’s reflection on the solstices was only her fourth mural—hopefully a stepping stone to even bigger and better things.  @gardenofjourney/

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July 12, 2018

SOLSTICE TAVERN

by Nick Napoletano

“With a spray can in hand” says NBC’s Charlotte affiliate @WCNCTV, “Nick Napoletano is attempting to influence Charlotte’s cultural transformation through his craft.” Using the human figure as “a vehicle to explore and document various facets of the human condition” Napoletano says community growth and dialogue are a key component of his agenda and his installations are intended to serve as a mirror on the community. In 2017, in the heat of Charlotte’s summer, Napoletano’s beautiful new mural for @SolsticeTavern on N. Davidson St turns that mirror on fellow Charlotte creative—designer, illustrator, and consultant Victoria Haidar—while also reflecting the culture of NoDa, Charlotte’s historic arts and entertainment district.  @napoletanoart  @v.haidar  @nodaclt

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June 29, 2018

NEIGHBORHOOD THEATRE

by Will Puckett

“I wanted to do something abstract to symbolically represent this charging force that is coming through our community. Even though we are evolving we are still keeping the past in the present.” —Will Puckett

During the summer weeks in 2015 spent painting the front of the theater at Davidson and E 36th in the NoDa neighborhood of Charlotte, Puckett told @CharlotteAgenda that he drew on his degree in art history to create a “design of animals that have been represented throughout time in different cultures.” Despite the art history degree, when asked about his greatest influences Puckett cites philosophers and literary critics. Perhaps not surprisingly then, a year after completing this work he and his family pulled up stakes so he could pursue an MA in Contemporary Art Theory and a PhD in Philosophy at University of Edinburgh.  @mr_puckett/  @neighborhoodtheatre/

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'We accept the love we think we deserve' by American 1440 (@1.4.4.0) in Charlotte (NC), USA (2021) #1440 #charlottestreetart #streetart #lamolinastreetart 📷 via artist bit.ly/3xfX5c4 (at Charlotte, NC) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ceg9c4rrw_C/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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'Vision' by American Nick Napoletano (@napoletanoart) in Charlotte (NC), USA (2020) #nicknapoletano #charlotte #charlottestreetart #mural #streetart #lamolinastreetart 📷 via Insta artist | bit.ly/3589C39 (bij Charlotte, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGaux7VlUK_/?igshid=1aywpr7gd7ler

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'From the stillness a seed of hope is planted' by US artist Nick Napoletano (@napoletanoart) in Charlotte (NC), USA (2020) #nicknapoletano #charlotte #usa #charlottestreetart #streetart #lamolinastreetart 📷 by @codylhughes via Insta artist | bit.ly/33VLxfu (bij Charlotte, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFjoBFtFj0A/?igshid=g4xhtqoyz2mo