ON DISPLAY – The Vault @ The Mint Museum, CLT

Organized by guest curator Jessica Gaynelle Moss, The Vault highlights the significant responsibility and privilege that comes with being a custodian of Black art.

This exhibit features objects from the private collections of four prominent Black art collectors living in Charlotte: Judy and Patrick Diamond, Nina and James Jackson, Christy and Quincy Lee, and Cheryse and Christopher Terry.

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ON DISPLAY – Guiding Winds: Rosalia Torres-Weiner

In many ways, the various art exhibitions, maps, explanations, installations and other displays in museum galleries throughout the world illustrate the history of humanity – a collection of stories about groups of people moving and migrating over land and water, carrying their cultural practices and ancestral heritage with them.

“Art is powerful and not just to hang on the wall,” says Rosalía Torres-Weiner. “It’s a weapon to express our stories.”

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