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| - Yes, rock it, Charlotte! This museum is a fantastic addition to the booming downtown (is it uptown?) area. First, it's BEAUTIFUL. The outside is confusing and lovely and angular and convex and just gorgeous. Then the lobby is also beautiful, the staff person was ever so friendly and pleasant, and it's included in Bank of America cardholder free days!
We stopped by on a Sunday afternoon when I was visiting his family in Charlotte. There was a special event in a room on the second floor where four writers read their works related to Food, connecting to the Food exhibit on the third (or was it fourth?) floor. This was amazing- they weren't nobody writers either. They were fantastic and local and alive and we got to eat some food and sing some songs and it was one of the most memorable art museum experiences I've ever had (and I've been to a TON of art museums, pretty much one in every city I've visited).
We left that event early to check out the exhibits. We're still talking about Debora Arango's haunting exhibit three months later, and I adored our sprint through the food exhibit. Honestly I have no idea what's in the permanent display, though I probably saw it? But the entire place is airy (love the huge atrium) and conducive to discussing the art between galleries, in galleries, and in the event spaces. Gorgeously curated (especially the food exhibit, which came with a "menu" of all the information so there were no distracting/helpful placards anywhere).
I'd definitely come back and I definitely would recommend anyone visiting Charlotte to give it a go. Also I would tell them to go to Cookout.
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