Thu., June 20, 6 p.m.

Center for the Arts  - Rock Hill

The Arts Council of York County announces its 9th Annual Photography Competition and the 4rd Annual Youth Photography Competition winners at a free, public reception at the Center for the Arts, 121 E. Main St., Rock Hill. The reception will be on June 20, 2013 at 6 PM. The Photography Competition exhibition will be on display from June 20 - July 28, 2013. For more information on Arts Council events, contact the Arts Council of York County at 803-328-2787, by email at arts@yorkcountyarts.org, or visit our webpage at http://www.yorkcountyarts.org.

Thu., June 20, 8 p.m.

Crown Station Pub  - Elizabeth

Price: Pay what you can Artist Mingle is the event where local artists come together and mingle with each other and network. Trading shows and exchanging contact info is encouraged. Performances by Slow Motion Riot, Cory Wells, Magic, JT, DJ CoRd, DJ Josh Waters, Pyrroh, and a special secret performance at 10 30. Admission is pay what you can. All proceeds will go to the performers. Come out and support local music and art.

Fri., June 21, 7-9 p.m.

Orange Olive Hair Gallery  - General Charlotte Area

Price: Free admission

April 22-June 21

Cornelius Arts Center  - Lake Norman

Price: Free admission

Fri., June 21, 7 p.m.

Charlotte Fine Art Gallery  - Pineville/Hwy 51

Price: $35 The third Friday of each month is Girls’ Night Out at Charlotte Fine Art Gallery. In June, create abstract designs with alcohol-based inks on slick Yupo paper. Model the image on something you see--or find your subject within your creation! This is a fun and exciting GNO that everyone enjoys. Time: June 21, 2013, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 ish Girls' Night Out is a time to relax and enjoy doing art with the "girls" ... no experience needed. Refreshments served. (Must be 21.) All supplies included. Pre-registration required.

Fri., June 21, 7 p.m.

Birdsong Brewery  - NoDa

Price: Free Admission Celebrate the first day of summer with art, design, music & beer. Sum Art is a summer themed artistic experience, organized by a group of local artists/designers.

Sat., June 22, 1 & 4 p.m.

VBGB Beer Hall & Garden  - Uptown

Price: $15.00 Your favorite food blogger is throwing a burger bash! Join in the fun at VBGB at the NC Music Factory as reggae band, Jahfishermen, sets the mood. Each ticket includes your choice of 4 specialty burgers created specifically for this event, a side designed to compliment it, and the perfectly paired brew. Check out local artwork and meet the chef! Get your ticket and the scoop on local restaurants at www.burgerdivas.com

Thu., June 20, 8 p.m. and Thu., June 27, 8 p.m.

St. Peter's Episcopal Church  - Uptown

Price: $15 •World premieres of new works by composers participating in the Charlotte New Music Festival. Freya String Quartet & Erinn Frechette (flute - Charlotte Symphony) Premiering the works will be the following performers: Thursday, June 20 - •Pemiering new works by composers participating in the Composers Workshop of the Charlotte New Music Festival. Erinn Frechette (flute), Daniel Spiegel (piano), Freya String Quartet, & Stephanie Wilson (percussion). Thursday, June 27 - Erinn Frechette (flute), Tomoko Deguchi (piano), Freya String Quartet, & Patrick McGinty (percussion

Fri., June 28, 6 p.m.

McColl Center for Visual Art  - Uptown

Price: Free RECAP highlights Chin’s recent residency as a Knight Artist-in-Residence at McColl Center for Visual Art. From September 2012 through March 2013, his studio was the headquarters for the creation of new works in sculpture, video, drawing, collage, painting, and ongoing work on Operation Paydirt, a long-term artist-led collaborative effort to raise awareness and support solutions to childhood lead poisoning.

June 5-30

Neighborhood Theatre  - NoDa

May 17-June 30

New Gallery of Modern Art  - Uptown

Price: Free admission

June 4-30, 10 a.m.

Charlotte Fine Art Gallery  - Pineville/Hwy 51

Price: FREE First Friday opening reception for Life: Moving and Still, featuring Anne Hightower-Patterson, artist: June 7, 2013, 6-9 p.m. Meet the artist at the reception. (Refreshments served.) Our highlighted artist for June, Anne Hightower-Patterson, has been painting for nearly five decades. In her exhibit Life: Moving and Still, this award-winning South Carolina watercolor painter tells stories through still life images and other scenes that depict people caught candidly in the midst of ordinary actions. Highlighted June 4 through June 29. Gallery Hours: Tue 10-4; Wed-Thu 10-9; Fri 10-6; Sat 10-2. Closed Sun and Mon.

March 22-July 1

Bechtler Museum of Modern Art  - Uptown

Price: $4-$8 (free for members and children ages 10 and under)

May 16-July 1

The Light Factory  - Uptown

Price: Free admission

Sat., July 6, 7 p.m.

Twenty-Two  - Plaza-Midwood

Price: Free It is the nature of great art to allow it’s audience to see through the makeup of humanity and behold both it’s ugliness, as well as the daylight of it’s beauty through the soot and smog of the everyday grey. In Search of Sustenance is the expression of how two artists approach this concept. Through their individual techniques, philosophies, and visions, Osiris Rain and Joe Helms answer the question, “What makes us sustain?” Whether it be love, ideology or the simple carnal instinct to survive, the poetry of this exhibit speaks to the humanity in all of us.