The county’s public art register records 35 works at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. This page lists all of them, with the artist, the type of work and whether the register marks it as interior or exterior.
32 of the 35 are recorded as interior. An interior work sits inside a building, and the register does not say whether that building is open to the public or whether the work is on display. Check with the venue before making a trip for one.
Recorded owners: Arts and Science Council, City of Charlotte.
| Work | Artist | Type | Setting | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antinomies | Jonathan Michael Davis | Unknown | Interior | Concourse E Phase 8 |
| Ascendus | Ed Carpenter | Sculpture | Exterior | Birmingham/Billy Graham |
| Catawba Ways | Janelle Stanley | Sculpture | Interior | Terminal Lobby Expansion |
| Connections | Benjamin Premeaux | Sculpture | Interior | Terminal A (Gate A-1) |
| First in Flight | George Greenamyer | Sculpture | Interior | Central Atrium |
| Flight Dialogue | Tom Patti | Artglass | Interior | International Concourse D |
| Garden Carpet | Susan Brenner | Sculpture | Interior | Terminal Lobby Expansion |
| Heritage 4 Charlotte | Andrea Myklebust; Stanton Sears | Sculpture | Exterior | Shuttlebus Traffic Circle at Airport Daily Parking Decks |
| Honoring all Teachers | Nellie Ashford | Sculpture | Interior | Terminal A (Gates A6 & A7) |
| Interconnected | Refik Anadol | Computerized lights | Interior | Terminal A Expansion |
| Interplay I | Ruth Ava Lyons | Mural | Interior | Terminal C |
| Interplay II | Ruth Ava Lyons | Mural | Interior | Terminal C |
| Journey 1 | Raed Al-Rawi | Sculpture | Interior | Terminal B (Gates B3 & B4) |
| Journey 2 | Raed Al-Rawi | Sculpture | Interior | Terminal B (Gates B3 & B4) |
| Loops | Christian Moeller | Sculpture | Interior | Terminal E |
| Meridian (East + West) | Danielle Roney | Sculpture | Interior | Terminal Lobby Expansion |
| Old Growth | Hoss Haley | Sculpture | Exterior | FBO Plaza |
| Our Days | Amy Bagwell | Mural | Interior | Terminal C |
| Playful Race of Life Patterns | Jonathan Grauel | Sculpture | Interior | Terminal A (Gates A3 & A4) |
| Postcards From North Carolina | Beatrice Coron | Wall Hanging | Interior | Ticketing Lobby |
| Q | Ray Kaskey | Sculpture | Interior | Terminal Lobby Expansion |
| Queen Charlotte Plinth | Ray Kaskey | Sculpture | Interior | Terminal Lobby |
| Queens of Catawba | Nico Amortegui | Sculpture | Interior | Terminal B (Gates B7 & B10) |
| Restless Sea | Catherine Widgery | Sculpture | Interior | Terminal Lobby Expansion |
| Restless Sky | Catherine Widgery | Sculpture | Interior | Terminal Lobby Expansion |
| Texture of Time in Flight | Jonathan Grauel | Sculpture | Interior | Terminal A (Gates A3 & A4) |
| Untitled | Scott Parsons | Sculpture | Interior | Terminal Lobby Expansion |
| Untitled | Dixie Friend Gay | Sculpture | Interior | Terminal Lobby Expansion |
| Untitled | Bejamin Ball | Sculpture | Interior | Concourse A |
| Untitled | Olaekan Jeyifous | Sculpture | Interior | Terminal Lobby Expansion |
| Vulcan's Gate | Herb Jackson | Painting | Interior | International Departures area |
| Walk Together Children | Nellie Ashford | Sculpture | Interior | Terminal A (Gates A6 & A7) |
| We Are | Amy Bagwell | Mural | Interior | Terminal C |
| We Are All on the Same Plane | Nico Amortegui | Sculpture | Interior | Terminal B (Gates B7 & B10) |
| Where Earth Meets Sky | Val Britton | Sculpture | Interior | Concourse A Phase 2 |
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.