Wall Poems
  • Murals
    • "Things to Do in the Belly of the Whale" by Dan Albergotti
    • "Love Comes Quietly" by Robert Creeley
    • untitled by William Harmon
    • "Now is Fireworks" by Amy Bagwell
    • "The Choice" by Morri Creech
    • "First Novel" by Fred Chappell
    • "Night Driving" by William Matthews
    • "Bus Stop" by Donald Justice
    • "Where We Are" by Robert Martin Evans
    • from "The People, Yes" by Carl Sandburg
    • "Salute" by A.R. Ammons
  • Gone / Temporary
    • "These Days" by Charles Olson
    • 3 Tryon Street Newsracks (3 poems)
    • from "Memory in the Shape of a Swimming Lesson" by Jon Pineda
    • "Any Kind of Mountainside" by Betty Adcock
  • The Elizabeth Project
    • project description
    • Permanent: roundabout structure
    • Semi-Permanent: fence scenes
    • Temporary: wordhouses
  • Patrons & Partners
  • About & Contact

Picture

    "Razing of Goodyear Store Offers Art Show Template"
    Kimberly Lawson, Charlotte Viewpoint, July 27, 2015


Picture

    "Ahead of Demolition, Old Goodyear Store Used for Artist Residencies Uptown"
    Andy Smith, Charlotte Magazine, July 7, 2015


Picture

    "Poems for Everyone"
    "Our State TV," UNC-TV, August 7, 2014 and August 6, 2015


Picture

"But poetry, like all art, can feel like it’s talking right to us."
    "Why Wall Poems?"
    Amy Bagwell (guest post), Richard Blanco blog, July 24, 2014


Picture

"This project is changing the city."
    Poetry in Plain Sight
    John Schacht, Creative Loafing Charlotte (cover), June 19, 2014


Picture

"...art can help bring available retail space to life and offer access to art and education for Uptown residents and visitors."
    New lease on life at Artspace 525
    Grace Cote, Creative Loafing Charlotte, May 22, 2014


Picture

"...because Elizabeth wants to the art to incorporate multiple sites to pull people through the area, the neighborhood project lends itself to being poem-centered."
    New public art to enhance Charlotte neighborhoods

    Bernie Petit, A Vibrant Cultural Life (ASC Bog), May 4, 2014


Picture

"If paint can bring energy to an old wall, can an art group bring new energy to a corporate building?"
    No Longer A Mystery, Wall Poems Opens Uptown Homebase
    Briana Duggan, WFAE (NPR), April 22, 2014


Picture

"A citywide art project is bringing together poetry and graphic design in Charlotte, rewarding those who take a moment to look up."
    Poems for Everyone
    Jeremy Markovich, Our State Magazine, January 2014


Picture

"...a force for poetry in public spaces in Charlotte, NC."
      Waiting Ahead
      Madge McKeithen, New York + Points South, November 1, 2013


Picture

"...taking over uptown with lyrical, thought-provoking messages."
    Wall Words
    The Charlotte Observer, October 27, 2013


Picture

"In Charlotte, the writing is on the wall—-literally."
    The Wall Poems of Charlotte
    White Cross School, NC Writers' Network, October 10, 2013


Picture

"Best Public Art"
    Best of Charlotte 2013
    Creative Loafing, October 2, 2013


Picture

    Best Murals in Charlotte
    CBS Charlotte, September 30, 2013


Picture

"There’s nothing like hiding poems in plain sight to bring them to your waiting public."
    This Week's Top Ten Poetic Picks
    Tweetspeak Poetry, May 30, 2013


Picture

"Whether you're a slick-haired banker or a blue-collared worker, the mural's hard to miss."
    Bringing Poetry to the People with The Wall Poems of Charlotte

      Tyler Ferneyhough, The Charlotte Observer/ CAJA, May 17, 2013


Picture

    The Wall Poems of Charlotte Preserves History
    WCCB-TV News Rising, May 17, 2013


Picture

"With the Wall Poems project in Charlotte, the proactive presence of poetry takes shape in our city...People and place are connected through the context of culture and the power of words."
      Power to the People - through Poetry

   
  Kimberly Wohlford, Charlotte Arts Journalism Alliance, April 12, 2013


Picture

"Creativity is bleeding into the bricked cracks of Uptown. I. Love. This."
    Weekend Wonders: Poetry graffiti in Uptown

    Kimberly Lawson, Creative Loafing, April 5, 2013

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.