Visual Arts

Charlotte Contemporary: the Art, Design & Fashion Event of the Year

When: Oct. 16-18, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. 2015

Charlotte Contemporary is an exciting new addition to the vibrant Charlotte arts scene, featuring more than one-hundred of the nation's top contemporary artists offering their latest work in ceramics, glass, wood, metal, mixed-media and more. Contemporary art furniture also will be available, with artists using wood, metal, glass and other materials to create heirloom works of art that will last for generations. Many of the artists you'll meet at the show have work in major museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Mint Museum and others.

Price: $20 single day admission, $30 weekend pass