Coming up at Gantt Center: Free admission, Classic Black Cinema, Fine Art Friday, more...

Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts+Culture

The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts+Culture, at 551 South Tryon Street at Levine Center for the Arts, has a number of free and low-cost events coming up for the community.

To start with, admission is FREE every Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., through June 30th, 2020. This is the first time they’ve had a weekly free evening, so make sure to take advantage! At Walk Up Wednesdays, there will also be drop-in art activities and enhanced tours, scavenger hunts, film screenings and more.

The Mint Museum is also free on Wednesday evenings, and Mint Museum Uptown is right across the street from the Gantt Center, so why not make an evening of it?

Also, please see this Groupon for 50% off admission for 2 or 4.

Some of the events that take regularly place at the Gantt Center:

Art After Dark (see above video!)
Gantt After Dark
Family First
Classic Black Cinema

Fine Art Fridays: Collage 101
Friday, September 20th, 2019
11 a.m.: Age 4-8
2 p.m.: All ages
$5 general admission, $3 groups of 10 or more, free for members
Follow above link to RSVP

Perfect for homeschool groups, Fine Art Fridays offer beginning to intermediate art-making sessions. In September, we’re celebrating Charlotte-born artist Romare Bearden’s birthday with a collage-making workshop. Designed for enthusiasts of all ages and levels, local mixed-media artist Shane Manier will guide workshop participants as they create an original work of art.

Collage is a technique using an assemblage of diverse materials and media which can include newspaper, magazines, fabric, paint, photographs and other found materials in different forms and shapes to create a finished composition.

Smithsonian Day
Saturday, September 21st, 2019
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Free with ticket (follow above link)

Join us Saturday, September 21, 2019 for Museum Day, America’s annual celebration of boundless curiosity sponsored by Smithsonian Magazine!

We’re excited to join other museums, zoos and cultural centers across the country and open our doors free of charge as the nation celebrates the Year of Music.

In addition to self-guided tours of our award-winning exhibitions, scavenger hunts, and our drop-in art table, the Gantt will offer special music-themed, hands-on art activities for all ages.

Your ticket from Smithsonian Magazine is your admission to all the day offers!

The Classic Black Cinema Series — Brother From Another Planet
Sunday, October 13th, 2019
2 p.m.
Free with museum admission
Age 18+

(1984) A mute alien (Joe Morton) with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.