| Artist | Romare Bearden |
|---|---|
| Type of work | Mosaics |
| Where | Main Library, 310 N Tryon St, Charlotte |
| Owner | Mecklenburg County |
| Ownership | Public |
| Setting | Exterior |
This record comes from the Arts & Science Council’s public art register, which is the authority for what is installed and who owns it. The register does not say whether a work is currently on display, and interior works may not be publicly viewable.
Part of the collection at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library
The register records 20 works at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library. See all of them.
- 581.92975
- Arts/Entertainment
- Business/Industry
- Cubic Harmony
- Hickory Grove
- If you have...
- Imaginary Cloud
- Joining Forces
Why these exist
Charlotte City Code Chapter 15, Article IX — Ordinance No. 2308, adopted 27 May 2003 — sets aside one percent of the cost of eligible city capital projects for public art, with exclusions and a threshold below which it does not apply. Transit art runs separately, to the Metropolitan Transit Commission’s own guidelines. Title in the artwork vests in the city, and the ordinance sets out a removal procedure in which the city’s decision is final. That is why so much of the work here is publicly owned, and why so much of it is attached to a building or a station rather than standing in a park.
Where this comes up
What else is close
- Buddy Bear · next to it · Attractions & public art
- Carolina Theatre · next to it · Historic places
- Light Bridge · next to it · Attractions & public art
- Sixteen Bells · next to it · Attractions & public art
- First United Presbyterian Church · 200 m away · Historic places
- North Carolina Medical College Building · 200 m away · Historic places
Distances are straight-line from the recorded coordinates, not walking distance — there may be a creek, a rail line or an interstate in between.