Dates
April 10–12, 2025
VIP Opening
Friday, 7–9 PM
VIP Opening
Mooresville, NC
A Curated Evening of Art, Artists, and Connection
An evening you'll talk about
long after you leave.
Intentionally intimate — once it's full, it's full
Why This Exists
You've earned a Friday night
that actually feeds your soul.
Art After Hours is a curated, beautifully hosted evening where five Charlotte-area artists bring their work to life — and where you get to discover them, meet them, and bring a little of that beauty home.
Light bites, a glass in hand, a mini workshop to make something useful, and the kind of conversation that surprises you. This is what a real Friday night looks like.
And if you're the kind of woman who has been meaning to do something like this — this is your invitation.
The Experience
What’s waiting for you.
Five Curated Artists
Abstract landscapes, layered mixed media, modern portraits, digital art, and dog portraits. Every artist hand-selected. Every piece original. You'll be in genuinely good company, discovering work you won't find anywhere else. (No offense, HomeGoods.)
Light Bites & Drinks
We'll have complimentary light bites and a signature drink waiting for you. We're calling it The Golden Hour. You'll see why.
Gallery Wall Workshop
A hands-on mini workshop on curating and hanging a collection of pieces that feel entirely yours. You'll leave with real skills, real ideas, and perhaps a new piece you can already picture in that perfect spot.
Prize Drawings
Each artist has contributed a gift for our prize drawings — think gorgeous prints, small originals, and a few surprises. You have to be there to win.
Art Available to Purchase
The art on display is available for purchase all three days — Friday through Sunday. VIP guests get first access Friday night, before the doors open to the public Saturday morning.
Friday, April 10
Some experiences you stream later.
This isn't one of them.
Friday's VIP opening is the only night the artists are in the room. Think of it like an opening night screening where the director is in the house for a live Q&A — except instead of a darkened theater, it's a beautifully curated space, a drink in hand, and five local artists who make extraordinary things and love talking about them.
If you're the kind of woman who enjoys business class when she can get it — this is your upgrade. (And yes, the men are welcome too.)
You'll meet the artists directly, hear the stories behind the pieces, and leave knowing the work in a way you simply can't through a screen. You'll also have first access to purchase — before the doors open to the public Saturday morning. No crowds. No here's-what's-left-after-the-party vibes.
Nope. Friday night is just you, the work, and the women who made it.
How the evening flows:
7:00 PM — Doors open. Drink in hand. Artists in the room. Browse, connect, and settle in at your own pace.
7:15 PM — Gallery Wall Workshop with Christy. Hands-on, not a lecture. You'll arrange actual pieces, learn what makes a collection work, and leave knowing exactly what to do with that wall. A PDF guide goes home with you.
8:30 PM — Prize Drawings. Five artists. Five gifts. You have to be there to win.
VIP Opening Night
7–9 PM
Friday, April 10, 2025
Once we hit capacity, we close the list. There's no waitlist — just a quiet little regret for those who hesitated. We'd rather that not be you
The Artists
Five voices.
Five visions.
We curated four established Charlotte-area artists whose work spans a beautiful range — and one rising student artist attending UNC-Charlotte who's about to become someone you'll want to say you knew early.
Here's what we want you to remember: every piece in this room is an original. Not a print. Not a reproduction. Something the artist's hand moved across — sometimes for weeks on end — building layer by layer into what you'll see on these walls. It will never hang in anyone else's home. It was made once.
And somewhere in this room, there's probably a piece that's been waiting for exactly the right wall. Yours.
You might not know you need it until you see it. But you'll know.
Eva Crawford
Portrait Stories
Larissa Miller
Layered Abstraction
Bridgette Martin
Title Here
Mary Claire Tillotson
Title Here
Calista of Lucky Dog Artwork
Pet Portraits
Mini Workshop
Leave knowing exactly
how to hang the wall
you've been imagining.
Maybe you've pinned a 47 gallery walls. Perhaps you've admired them in other people's homes. Maybe you've bought a piece or two that's still leaning against the baseboards because — where does it go, exactly?
This isn't theory. It's a hands-on workshop where you'll actually arrange artworks on a tabletop and see how it all comes together before a single nail goes in the wall.
We'll cover the things that actually matter: finding your underlying shape, determining the right scale for your space, choosing an anchor piece, knowing when to match frames and when to mix them, getting spacing right, and how to add to your collection over time without starting from scratch.
Plus — the Swiss cheese problem. We'll show you exactly how to avoid it.
You'll leave with a PDF that covers everything, so you have it in hand long after the evening ends. Consider it your gallery wall guide — designed for the wall you actually have, not the one in a catalog.
The Venue
Knotty and Board Furniture Market
There's a reason we chose this space.
Knotty and Board carries top North Carolina upholstery brands, along with consoles, sideboards, tables, and chairs — all arranged the way they'd actually live in a home. Which means when you find a piece of art you love, you can walk it across the room and hold it next to a sofa that looks a lot like yours.
No more guessing. No more "I think it'll work." You'll see it.
And if you still have questions, Knotty and Board’s expert design team will be on hand all evening to help you think it through. The "would this work in my space?" question has never had a better place to be asked.
The Weekend
Three days. One not to miss.
Friday
Complimentary light bites and The Golden Hour signature drink
Intimate artist meet & greet
First access to all works available for purchase
Hands-on Gallery Wall Workshop with a take-home PDF
Prize drawings to close the evening
NOTE: RSVP required
Day One
April 10, 7—9 PM . VIP
Remaining artwork continues on display
Available for purchase
Open to all — no RSVP needed
Artists not on site
Day Two
April 11, 10-5 PM
Saturday
Remaining artwork continues on display
Available for purchase
Open to all — no RSVP needed
Artists not on site
Day Three
April 12, 12-5 PM
Sunday
Don't be the one
who heard about it later.
Friday's VIP opening is intentionally small. The kind of evening where everyone gets to actually talk to each other, see the art up close, and leave feeling like they were somewhere worth being. We'd love for that to include you.
⬥ Capacity is limited ⬥ First come, first welcomed
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Art After Hours · April 10–12, 2025
Knotty and Board Furniture Market
204 Transco Rd, Mooresville, NC 28117