President's Message
Dear Guild Members,
Under the Tent
A couple of years ago, our Board spent considerable time thinking about what we wanted the Guild of Charlotte Artists to be and the role we hoped it would play in our community. Out of those conversations came our vision:
“The Guild will actively nurture and celebrate a dynamic community of artists whose creativity contributes to Charlotte’s vibrancy and enriches lives in the community.”
As I sit here this evening reflecting on today’s Pop Up Artists Market at the Mint Museum Randolph, I can’t think of a better expression of that vision.
Under one enormous tent, artists gathered to share their work, hundreds of people came to see it, the parking lot overflowed, artwork went home with new owners, and everywhere you looked there were conversations, smiles, connections, and an unmistakable sense of goodwill. There was wonderful energy in the air.
For one afternoon, that tent became a small community of its own. Artists supported one another. Volunteers gave generously of their time. Visitors discovered artists and artwork they might never have encountered otherwise. And collectively, we made Charlotte a little more vibrant and, I believe, enriched quite a few lives along the way.
None of it happened by accident. Angela Lubinecky led an extraordinary Pop Up Committee that included Mari Matamoros, Christine Weber, Mikel Frank, Susan Moore, Shefalee Patel, Kathy Collins, Tina Alberni, and Doris Barahona. Together, they organized an army of volunteers who seemed to anticipate every detail and made the entire experience remarkably easy for those of us exhibiting our work. To Angela, the committee, and every volunteer who helped make the day possible, thank you!
What struck me most as I thought about the day was that this wasn’t simply a successful art market. It was the Guild at its finest: artists helping artists, to the benefit of our city.
A couple of years ago, we put our aspirations into words. Today, under a big white tent at the Mint, we got to see what those words look like. Let’s keep making our vision visible throughout Charlotte!
Making Art. Building Community.
John Komisin
President
Guild of Charlotte Artists
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Member Highlight
Rachael Logsdon | Dragonfly Quilt Design
I am a fiber artist in Indian Trail, North Carolina, specializing in realistic, quilted portraits created from fabric, ink, and thread.
To me, quilting is magical. I love how something beautiful can be cut into small pieces, then carefully rearranged to create something even more beautiful. I see this as a metaphor for life. Difficult things may happen to us from time to time, but when we emerge from the fire, we can become even more amazing than we were before. Most of my portraits feature animals because I believe we can learn much from them about resilience, beauty, courage, and the sheer joy of being alive. Through my work, I try to capture not only the realistic appearance of an animal, but also its spirit and the emotions it evokes.
Using fabric, ink, and thread, I build my portraits one piece at a time. Each cut, stitch, and layer becomes part of the story. What begins as separate pieces ultimately becomes a unified work of art – a reminder that even the broken or difficult pieces of our lives can be rearranged into something beautiful.
Ruby M. Theyson
Ruby M. Theyson is an intuitive abstract artist creating within the threshold of ancestral memory, ritual, and deep knowing. Her work carries an ancient pulse; deeply influenced by ancestral roots, folklore, old gods, and symbolic worlds, making her paintings often feel like fragments of a forgotten mythology.
Theyson works with acrylic, oil, salt, and other natural materials with her paintings emerging as offerings rather than constructions. Often cold wax moves through her work as both material and ritual, a reflection of her practice as a professional chandler; melted, sealed with intention.
Alongside painting, her devotion to poetry, 35mm film, and analog weaves the sense of tangible connection through her work, and sharpens the sensitivity. At its core, Ruby’s work is an invocation and an offering of presence, connection, and the recognition of the unseen threads that bind us.
Sharon Superville
I’m an artist inspired by color, often drawing from the evolving tones and textures in my home décor. Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, I bring a vibrant, ever-changing perspective to my work and enjoy experimenting with new styles rather than repeating the same pieces.
My current work explores disco ball–inspired pieces, focusing on silver tones as well as colored variations like pink, gold, lilac, rose gold, and silver.
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