CPCC Art Galleries receives BOB award in Charlotte Magazine!!

Shaun Cassidy's "The Sound of Everything" at CPCC's Ross Gallery
Installation view of Shaun Cassidy’s “The Sound of Everything” at CPCC’s Ross Gallery, on view now through July 16, 2015.

Charlotte Magazine has announced that CPCC Ross and Pease Art Galleries has received a Best of the Best award as the city’s Best Art Gallery!

The galleries at Central Piedmont Community College have always served students and faculty, providing a space for their work and occasionally bringing in outside talent. But recently, the spaces have evolved. The Ross and Pease are now home to emerging and professional talent, from Shaun Cassidy’s The Sound of Everything (which runs through July 14) to a recent exhibition made entirely of animated GIFs, a medium never before presented in Charlotte galleries.

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"New Geographic One", a pop-up exhibition of animated gifs in Pease Gallery January 14-20, 2015

Currently on display in Ross Gallery is Shaun Cassidy’s The Sound of Everything, on view through July 14. Cassidy was also recognized with a BOB award as Best Artist by Charlotte Magazine.

The Annual Student Exhibition is now on display in Pease Gallery, and has been extended through mid-July.

CPCC Art Galleries remains committed to our mission of inspiring, educating, and engaging students, faculty, and community members through access to exceptional visual art in all media. The Galleries constantly support the teaching mission of the college by serving as a lab for the visual arts curricula and enhancing a variety of other subjects. Additional educational programming celebrates artistic achievement and cross-discipline collaboration.

Look for more exciting events and artist’s lectures in the coming year!

 

The Charlotte Observer on “The Sound of Everything” at CPCC’s Ross Gallery

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“The Sound of Everything,” currently on view at Ross Gallery
is featured in an article by The Charlotte Observer’s Barbara Schreiber.

Shaun Cassidy, "The Sound of Everything" Ross Gallery CPCC

Shaun Cassidy, "The Sound of Everything" Ross Gallery CPCC

Ms. Schreiber states: “Cassidy’s vivid, powder-coated steel sculptures succeed because they are primal.”

“The Sound of Everything” was inspired by music, and Schreiber writes,  “Although several vaguely resemble actual instruments, some of the best ones – including ‘Violin,’ ‘Fiddle,’ and ‘Snare’ – are sheer explosions of movement and sound.”

Read the article in the Charlotte Observer