2008 History
Learning Series

Discovering Charlotte's Historic...

May 13^th
…Artevation: A Celebration of History Through Art.  Panel Discussion with Civic By Design & HCI on Warren Burgess & other exhibiting Artists
(The Queen's Art Gallery)

 September 16^th
…Early Blues Music Scene
Tom Hanchett

October 14^th
…Pinewood/Elmwood Cemetery  Guided Tour,
Lynn Weis

November 18^th
…North Carolina Presidents
Courtney Harbinger

Jillian’s in Historic South End
200 E. Bland Street
 Charlotte, NC 28203
704-376-1526 

Social Starts at 5:30 / Program at 6:00pm
Free Parking behind Jillian's

Free to Historic Charlotte members. Open to the public. $5 for non-members.

Artevation Opening Event 
May 9^th ~ 7:00-9:00 PM 
The Queen's Art Gallery~1212 The Plaza

 Artevation is a show of works depicting historic places and properties in Charlotte.  The show is a tribute to the late Warren Burgess, an influential city planner, urban designer and talented artist who worked many years for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission and the Town of Davidson. 

Artevation will showcase many of Burgess’ architectural drawings, as well as the work of the following local artists whose work depicts Charlotte’s architecture and history through photography, fabric art, paintings, woodcuts, illustrations, and more:

 Wendy Arundel~Nellie Ashford~Bryon Baldwin
~Diane Davis~Starr Davis~David French~
John Howard~Deborah Langsam~James Sack 

Many of the works will be available for purchase
with a percentage of proceeds going to
Historic Charlotte, Inc.   

Artevation Sponsors

Title Sponsors
DAS Architecture, Inc.
Neighboring Concepts, PLLC

 Gold Sponsors
Gantt Huberman Architects
Foodman Hunter & Karres, PLLC
The Nichols Company

Silver Sponsors
Absolute Remodeling
Coral Construction Inc.
Dilworth Community Development Association
DPZ Architects and Town Planners, Inc.
Friends of Fourth Ward

Kent Lineberger Architecture

Miller Architecture

Peter Tart Architecture

Plaza-Midwood Neighborhood Association

Historic Charlotte's 7th Annual  - Blast for the Past  - Preservation Award Winners 

The winners for the 2007 Preservation Awards are:
Awards II
Alpha Mill
(at right)


 

Central High
(at left )

Dilworth School
(at left )

Award III
Greene Residence
(at right)