Center City Gallery

The Projective Eye Gallery at UNC Charlotte Center City opened in September 2011. Curated by Director of Galleries Crista Cammaroto, the gallery presents major exhibitions and installations by national and international artists and distinguishes itself by presenting inter-disciplinary "happenings" in conjunction with exhibitions throughout the year.

About the CoA+A Gallery System

The mission of the College of Arts + Architecture gallery system is to create lively forums in which the curious encounter the work of global, regional, and local artists through diverse media and dynamic exchanges that are nourished by the intellectual and creative life of the university. Our programming will echo crossovers of the visual arts, architecture, music, theatre, and dance inherent to the College of Arts + Architecture at UNC Charlotte. We seek to provide a haven for experimentation, to invigorate the environments we occupy, and to amplify the means to engage art and design in our community.

Current Exhibition

Favelas: Architecture of Survival

March 9-May 30
Opening reception March 22, 6-8 pm

Favelas: Architecture of Survival includes 48 large format photographs by Brazilian photographer Pedro Lobo, documenting the favelas or shanty towns in Rio de Janeiro, the longest-lived squatter settlements in the world. In conjunction with the exhibition, the gallery will host response work from our neighbors at Urban Ministry and students in the UNC Charlotte School of Architecture and its Master of Urban Design program in the Center City building’s front window.

The opening reception on March 22 features a lecture by Pedro Lobo followed by “Negotiating the Gap,” a panel discussion addressing transitional housing, and Brazilian music and dance by Cordoa de Ouro Charlotte – Mestre Esquilo. FREE

Favelas: Architecture of Survival was organized by the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art of the School of the Arts at the College of Charleston, SC, and curated by Mark Long, Professor of Political Science at the College of Charleston.

Read more here: "Art is awesome. Poverty is not."; "Could Charlotte's homeless build their own homes?"; "Pedro Lobo's Favelas."