With protests against social injustice taking hold around the country, the arts festival BOOM Charlotte felt it was important for artists to share their perspective through their work.

In partnership with BLK MRKT CLT, Charlotte Is Creative, and The Roll Up CLT; BOOM Charlotte put out a call for art addressing social injustice back in June. Multiple disciplines will displayed online as a part of the 3-part Act:Now Series.

Artist $HAN Wallace pulls from her own collection of photographs to piece and layer imagery of landscapes, textures and people to create new narratives. Using collage techniques as a means of addressing topics like race, class and politics, $HAN is able to communicate a sense of new worlds that feel both foreign and familiar.

2019
Charlotte, NC

Dapline! Site and Institutional Producer

After the initial performance, we had a series of conversations at Bunker Projects, a lunchtime discussion about the history of ‘Radical Blackness’, and an evening program at the Center for Arts and Society discussing the history of the ‘Black Gesture’.

2019
Pittsburgh, PA

Featured Artists: Nsenga Knight, Nick Szuberla, Rachel Debuque, John Q | Joey Orr + Wesley Chenault, Charisse Weston, Nikita Gale, Hillerbrand + Magsamen, Martha Whittington, Jana Harper, Regina Agu, Cosmo Whyte, Daniel B. Coleman, Antoine Williams, Andrew Raffo Dewar, Izel Vargas, Stacy Lynn Waddell, Maria Molteni, Melissa Vandenberg

2019
Greensboro, NC

Local, national and international artists who are invested in Charlotte’s creative and cultural community were provided with only one instruction– regardless of their media, subject matter or creative direction, they must work on or within a square, with four equal sides and four equal angles.

$HAN Wallace
Will "SimplisticPhobia" Jenkins
Laurie Smithwick
ESTKO
Ellie Loor
LaDara
terrysuave
Philip Cherry
Being2
Lavonia Garrett

2019
Charlotte, NC

EMBRACING THE HISTORY OF STREET ART & CULTURE

#danielarsham #joseaureliobaez #christopherchan #jessechorng #sethclark
#shepardfairey #stevenfirenze #freehandprofit #blainehurdle #hninnie #odriewgo #stephenwilson #christopheroberts #davidrosenstraus #gracestott #swoon #dammitwesley #bryanwilson

2018
Charlotte, NC

50 Black artists, 70 works.

2018
Charlotte, NC

Jamila Brown
Bryan M. Wilson, MFA
Ty Brown
James Jefferies
Trap House Art
LaDara McKinnon
mulletvision
WDSTK (pronounced Woodstock)
Mike Wirth/Dr. Caligari
Melissa 'Mo' Wineman
CHD:WCK!
Christine Williams
Fart.PDF
Holly Keogh
Ndelo
Amanda Moody
ben shropshire
Loude Zue

2018
Charlotte, NC

Alvin Jacobs, Anansi Knowbody, Brianna Daniels, Brianna Robinson, Brooklyn Sabino-Smith, Bryan Wilson, CHD:WCK!, Chris Watts, DAMMITWESLEY, Drew Lustro, Gianni Lee, Jaleesa Renee Wells, Jamila Brown, Janelle Dunlap, Jessica Moss, Marian Mereba, Maxime Hilaire, Renee Cloud, and Will Jenkins

2017
Charlotte, NC