Champion local art. Build community.
ARTS partners with venues that support Charlotte’s local art community.
By hosting a thoughtfully curated micro-gallery, your business becomes a destination for a growing community of artists, collectors, and curious visitors, creating new opportunities for people to discover your space, stay longer, and return.
Why Partner with ARTS
ARTS helps transform everyday businesses into places where culture, community, and commerce come together. By integrating original local art into your space, your venue becomes more than a destination. It becomes part of Charlotte’s growing creative ecosystem while offering an experience that encourages discovery, conversation, and repeat visits.
Each artist becomes an ambassador for your venue.
Every collection features approximately fifteen Charlotte artists. As they invite friends, collectors, and followers to experience their work, they also introduce new people to your business—creating meaningful opportunities for discovery, repeat visits, and long-term community connections.
How It Works
1. Let’s Talk
We’ll learn about your venue, your community, and whether ARTS is a good fit for your space.
2. We Prepare Everything
ARTS handles the planning, installation, and setup of your micro-gallery, making the process simple and seamless for your team.
3. Your Gallery Opens
Your venue becomes home to a rotating collection of original artwork by Charlotte artists, giving visitors a new reason to discover and return.
4. We Manage the Experience
ARTS takes care of curation, artist relationships, inventory, sales, maintenance, and regular collection rotations.
5. Your Community Keeps Growing
With every new collection, your venue welcomes new artists, new collectors, and new visitors. Each rotation creates fresh reasons for people to discover your space, return often, and become part of your community.
More culture. Less work.
Hosting ARTS is designed to be effortless. We manage the day-to-day operation so you can focus on what you do best while your visitors enjoy a unique cultural experience.
You gain
- A unique cultural attraction
- Greater customer engagement
- Longer visits
- New and returning visitors through rotating collections
- A stronger connection to Charlotte’s creative community
We take care of
- Installation and setup
- Curating every collection
- Artist relationships
- Inventory management
- Sales and payment processing
- Marketing and promotion
- Restocking and maintenance
- Customer support
What We Ask From You
Provide a suitable location for the ARTS micro-gallery
Help create an environment where visitors can naturally discover and engage with local art as part of their experience.
Communicate openly with the ARTS team
As your venue evolves, so will ARTS. Keeping an open line of communication allows us to adapt, improve, and create the best possible experience together.
Share our commitment to supporting Charlotte’s creative community
ARTS is more than an installation. It’s a shared belief that local art belongs in everyday life—and that businesses can play an active role in helping creativity flourish across our city.
Frequently Asked Questions
What kinds of venues are a good fit for ARTS?
ARTS partners with independently owned businesses and cultural spaces that share a commitment to community, the arts, and celebrating what makes Charlotte unique.
Does ARTS require a lot of space?
Not at all. ARTS stands for Art in a Really Tiny Space for a reason. The micro-gallery is intentionally designed to fit where no one would imagine an art gallery could. Yet it does, bringing original local art into places your community will naturally come to love.
Who manages the day-to-day operation?
ARTS handles installation, curation, artist relationships, inventory, sales, maintenance, and collection rotations. Your role is simply to provide the space and enjoy hosting the experience.
Does hosting ARTS require an upfront investment?
No. ARTS provides the micro-gallery, manages its operation, and covers the day-to-day responsibilities associated with the installation.
How often does the artwork change?
Collections rotate regularly, giving visitors new reasons to return while creating ongoing opportunities for Charlotte artists to share their work.
How do we know if our venue is a good fit?
Every partnership begins with a conversation. We’d love to learn more about your space, your community, and how ARTS could become a natural part of the experience you already offer.
Still have a question?
We’d love to learn more about your business and explore whether ARTS is the right fit for your space.
Ready to Champion Local Art?
Help create new opportunities for Charlotte artists while offering
your community an experience they won’t find anywhere else.
