Art Galleries

Central Piedmont offers a variety of gallery spaces, including academic and institutional art galleries.

Elizabeth Ross Gallery, Pauline Dove Gallery and the Overcash Gallery

Pauline Dove, a cherished figure in Central Piedmont Community College’s arts community, graciously donated the gallery space that now bears her name—the Pauline Dove Art Gallery. Located in the Parr Center, this vibrant gallery stands as a testament to Dove’s lifelong dedication to the visual arts and her enduring impact on the college. Her generous contribution provides a dynamic venue for showcasing creative expression, enriching the cultural fabric of Central Piedmont, and inspiring future generations of artists. As a former chair of the Visual Arts Program and longtime instructor, Dove’s legacy continues to shape the college’s artistic identity. The gallery not only honors her remarkable career but also strengthens Central Piedmont’s commitment to fostering artistic excellence and community engagement.

Like the Dove Gallery, the Ross and Overcash galleries are committed to inspiring, educating, and engaging students, faculty, and community members through access to exceptional visual art in all media. All three galleries support the teaching mission of the college by serving as a lab for the visual arts curricula, celebrating artistic achievement, and promoting cross-discipline collaboration. These galleries are located on Central Campus.

Bill and Patty Gorelick Art Galleries

In 2013, Patty and Bill Gorelick generously donated to Central Piedmont through the Central Piedmont Community College Foundation, Inc., establishing the Bill & Patty Gorelick Galleries across the college’s six campuses. Opened over a period of years between 2013 and 2021, each gallery was thoughtfully designed to reflect the distinct personality of its campus, with open, non-traditional gallery spaces that invite student and faculty engagement. Inspired by Mr. Gorelick’s vision to make art accessible to all, this generous gift has created welcoming environments where art can be enjoyed and appreciated as part of everyday campus life. We are deeply grateful for this meaningful partnership, which continues to enrich the educational experience for students, faculty, staff, and visitors alike.

I hope that you will find just one thing that you like…your interest in something is yours; no one can take that away from you. Bill Gorelick

More Information About Our Galleries

Locations and Hours
- Pauline Dove Art Gallery: Parr Center, Ground Floor 0110, 1201 Elizabeth Ave, Charlotte, NC 28204. Hours: Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
- The Art Hub (located in the Ross Gallery): Overcash Center, First Floor, 110-113, 1206 Elizabeth Ave, Charlotte, NC 28204.Hours: Monday-Thursday, 10
- The Bill & Patty Gorelick Galleries at Central Piedmont
  - Central Campus Gorelick Gallery: North Classroom Building, First Floor, 1320 Sam Ryburn Walk, Charlotte, NC 28204. Hours: Open during regular college hours
  - Harper Campus Gorelick Gallery: Harper 4, Ground Level, 221 W Hebron St, Charlotte, NC 28273. Hours: Open during regular college hours
  - Harris Campus Gorelick Gallery: Harris 2, Ground Level, 3216 CPCC Harris Campus Dr, Charlotte, NC 28208. Hours: Open during regular college hours
  - Levine Campus Gorelick Gallery: Levine 2, Ground Level, 2800 Campus Ridge Rd, Matthews, NC 28105. Hours: Open during regular college hours
  - Merancas Campus Gorelick Gallery: Merancas 4, Ground Level, 12010 Verhoeff Dr, Huntersville, NC 28078. Hours: Open during regular college hours
  - Cato Campus Gorelick Gallery: Annable Building, Ground Level, 8121 Grier Road, Charlotte, NC 28215. Hours: Open during regular college hours
Artist Calls

Use this form to submit your work to be exhibited at one of our galleries. This form is open until January 2026.
Annual Student Art Show
Attention Central Piedmont artists: you put in the work, you earned the grade... now what?

Each year, Central Piedmont hosts an annual Student Art Show, open to all students who have completed an art course at the college. This is your chance to have your artwork selected for exhibition in the Pauline Dove Gallery, located in the Parr Center.

A guest juror will be invited to review submissions and select 50-80 pieces to be featured in the show.

Details about submission guidelines and deadlines will be posted on this page once the submission period opens.

Cash awards and a formal recognition will be given for multiple works, including:
- First, Second, and Third Place Best in Show
- Kappy McCleneghan Drawing Award
- Painting Awards
- Arzberger Purchase Awards
- John White Photo Award
- Honorable Mentions
Associate in Fine Arts in Visual Arts
Selected courses included in the AFA in Visual Arts at Central Piedmont include:
- art history and art appreciation
- ceramics
- drawing
- jewelry and metals
- painting
- photography and computer art
- printmaking
- sculpture
Contact Isaac Payne, Program Chair, with questions about this degree.
Current Exhibitions

The Unscene South: Charles Eady Revisits History

Central Campus, Dove Gallery: August-October 2025

Visit the Parr Center Dove Art Gallery on Central Campus. Artist Charles Eady's art is influenced by the population of Blacks who lived free in this country amidst pre-Civil War bondage.

This is a thought-provoking exhibit about Blacks living free in the Antebellum South. It promises to challenge and even change the way this time and place are understood, offering a compelling chapter of history with implications for our own complex times.

"A Love Letter from Charlotte"

Central Campus, North Classroom Building: August-December 2025

Central Piedmont's Gorelick Galleries is pleased to present an exhibition featuring Mike Daikubara.

Mike Daikubara is an artist, author, designer, and educator based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He began daily sketching in 2000 as a way to communicate more clearly and quickly in his design work—and hasn’t stopped since. For him, sketching is a way to see, understand, and enjoy the world.

Mike is the author of 10 books on Urban Sketching, including Sketch NOW, Think Later and Color First, Ink Later, both published by Quarto. He has taught hundreds of students both in the U.S. and abroad and has been a featured instructor at three international Urban Sketchers symposiums—in Manchester (UK), Porto (Portugal), and Chicago. Locally, he teaches sketching at Central Piedmont.

This exhibition features 60 sketches drawn on location around Charlotte since he moved here in 2018. You’ll find well-known landmarks, hidden corners, and even a few places that no longer exist—reminders of how quickly this city is changing.

The Thin Red Line

Cato Campus, Annable Building: March-December 2025

Stop by Cato Campus to see the latest exhibition featuring Mario Loprete. Italian artist Mario Loprete brings to us a fresh look at the archaic artistic culture of Italy with hip hop vibe. Created during the lockdowns of 2020, Loprete blended the idea of street art and street performers, or lack thereof during the lockdowns, which inspired him. Reversing the concept of bringing art to the streets, Loprete brings street to art.

Ancient Romans famously built and sculpted out of concrete. Using his own clothing as inspiration, Loprete created concrete sculptures formed out of shirts, hats, shoes and more. Using masks as a support medium, Loprete incorporates hip hop dance and graffiti into his exhibition, mixing both traditional and contemporary styles as his muse.

A Celebration of Art

Harris Conference Center: February-December 2025

The Bill and Patty Gorelick Galleries present an exhibition at Harris Conference Center featuring the best of the College’s permanent art collection alongside featured artists Tuan Mai, Itala Flores, Sheridan Hathaway, and Andres Palacios.

Works from the College’s collection exhibit a variety of works from former Central Piedmont students. “A Celebration of Art” is certain to deliver a diverse selection of 2D and 3D artwork for the 2025 year.

Terri Yacovelli

Levine Campus: August-November 2025

This series of encaustic paintings reimagines landscape as a fluid, internal space shaped by perception, memory, and emotional resonance rather than fixed geography. Through abstraction, layered textures, and color’s psychological impact, the work balances familiarity with ambiguity, inviting contemplation of the shifting terrain within.

Jackie Radford and Patricia Raible

Levine Campus: August-December 2025

This exhibit explores the relationship of an artist's book to fine art: namely, how is the structure influenced by content, whether words or visuals, and conversely, how is the content influenced by structure? As a medium of artistic expression, we use the book form as inspiration to illustrate ideas, communicate concepts, and develop relationships between materials and form.