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Checking out the Charlotte SHOUT!
Pianodrome installation
WBTV - April 13, 2023
How Charlotte destroyed and
revived the Brooklyn neighborhood
NINERTIMES - April 17, 2023
"A nonprofit organization called The Brooklyn Collective now inhabits three of these buildings. The Brooklyn Collective is a collection of nine small businesses and nonprofits looking to bring the spirit of Brooklyn back to Charlotte."
We're like one big family here," said Executive Director of The Brooklyn Collective Monique Douglas. "But we're very intentional about who our tenants are in the building."
Continuing historic
Brooklyn neighborhood's legacy
WFAE 90.7 - March 16, 2022
"Nearly 100 years after first opening its doors, MiCo — along with Grace A.M.E. Zion Church and Studio 229 on Brevard — was reborn as the Brooklyn Collective.
Our mission here is to be a gathering place for real conversations, to not only make a real difference for our community but also be a place of education and empowerment,"
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'Still Standing' exhibit debuts to honor
Mecklenburg Investment Company's 100th year
WCNC CLT - February 18, 2022
"This event is an opportunity to do exactly what The Brooklyn Collective is here for, and that is to be a collision point for the community,"
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Uptown Collisions
SouthPark Magazine - February 1, 2022
"To honor the 100-year anniversary of the M.I.C. building in 2022, owner Jason Wolf has a yearlong celebration planned. A special exhibition curated by Charles Edward Williams, a contemporary artist from Georgetown, S.C., is scheduled for this spring. Wolf commissioned Williams to create the Collective’s history exhibit, a mixed-media installation in the lobby of the M.I.C. building that shares the backstory of the space, its founders and the Brooklyn neighborhood."
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Uptown’s Brooklyn Collective will serve as tribute to
historic black neighborhood
COUP D’ÉTAT: ART BASEL MIAMI
"Coup D'état is an ambitious and soulful exhibition of artists collectively addressing the powers that be with an aim to challenge, uplift and propel minds to higher levels amidst the tumult of our times. Coup D’état will feature paintings, textiles, drawings, and sculptures by 18 artists with exceptional artisanship and formal mastery, whose works spotlight social inequities, explore cultural identity, confront institutionalized powers and journey to the sublime."
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