The center is named in honor of Harvey Gant, who served as Charlotte's first African-American mayor. It serves as a reflective prism for the community to celebrate the significant contributions of African-Americans to society.story_potoo
My work explores portraiture as a form of world-building. Through paintings, sculptures, and objects, I create intimate portraits of people of color and others whose bodies have historically existed outside the bounds of traditional portraiture, representing them as whole, complex individuals.
Elliot and Kimberly Perry present abstract works by Black artists, spanning the 1920s to today across three galleries.
Elliot and Kimberly Perry present abstract works by Black artists, spanning the 1920s to today across three galleries.