Meet the Artists
LigoranoReese – Artistic Directors
Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese have collaborated together as LigoranoReese for over three decades. Since 2006 they’ve been installing “temporary monuments” at the conventions. Sculpted entirely from ice, the sculptures disappear over a period of 16-26 hours.
They’ve melted down the word Democracy at the Democratic and Republican Conventions and the Economy in front of the New York Supreme Court Building at Foley Square in 2008; the Middle Class at the conventions in 2012; The Future during the People’s Climate March and The American Dream in 2016.
This election year, they're partnering with cultural institutions in Charlotte inviting local artists to create works reflecting on what's affecting them and their communities during a time of uncertainty and crisis.
Participating Artists
The Light Factory Seeing Voices Community (Un)Heard Workshop Teachers
Renee Cloud, de'Angelo Dia, Julio Gonzalez, Hector Vaca
Seeing Voices Community (Un)Heard Workshop Participants
Jack Flowers, Francisco Gonzales, Megan Driving Hawk, Susan Hillyard, Lisa Howell, Jinna Kim, Malik Norman, Eva Osuch, Michael Robinson, Dustin Shores, Molly Wilbanks
The Levine Museum of the New South
Counting Up! What's On Your Ballot Exhibition Artists
Christina Aiken, Chalice Bartsch, Mel Chin, Renee Cloud, Owens Daniels, Joseph Fronsee, Natalie Jones, Jinna Kim, Ken Knudtsen, Peri Law, Rebecca Lipp, Ruth Ava Lyons, Trey Miles, Varsha Pradhan, Veda Saravanan, Tara Spil, Hector Vaca
I Once Was Lost But Now Am Found
Spoken Word Poets
Bluz, Deem Malik, Herrison Chicas, Shane Manier, Jaki Shelton Green
Music Directors
David Tang, Eric Banks, Kevin Mayes
Musicians
Herbert Johnson and Jose “Peppie” Calvar – lead vocals; Jonny Fung – guitar; Jim Brock – percussion; Peppie Calvar – bass
Choirs
Alegría Hispana – Carmen Calvar, director; The Charlotte Community Virtual Choir; The Winston-Salem State University Singing Rams – D’Walla Simmons-Burke, director
I Believe Singers
Ada Astudillo, Alina MacNichol, Amber Ward, Andrea Fiallo, Bernard Lee, Brandon Gaines, Brandy Woods, Carl Edgren, Carmen Calvar, Charmaine Williams, Christine Pernas, Clare Morris, Clintell Owens, Daniel Smith, Danita McDuffie, David Canals, Dawn Blackwell, Dennis Steele, Domingo Monrobert, Edward Kubala, Eva Baez, Evelyn Esquivel, Francisco Mahecha, Giolga Reyes, Gloria Frattina, Gloria Montilla, Hilda Torres, James Kevin Gray, Jared Daugherty, Jennifer Shea, John Bell, Jorge Pernas, Junior Azurin, Kenya Chong, Kevin Mayes, Kristine “Kiki” Neale, Kristine Eckmann, Lauryn Rainey, Makala Crawford, Mary Eppley, MaryAnn Foltz, Mauricio Suarez, N’dia Lee, Paul Sheehan, Paul Zeman, Perry Mixter, Rebecca Saunders, Rebecka Nelli, Rhienne Redmond, Selena Brockington, Shamia Johnson, Shayna McLeod, Tanisha Uzeta, Thelma Uzeta, Tim Foskey, Yelim Seo, Yuseli Forero
To be a stranger Singers
Achil Jackson Obenza Anthony Trecek-King, Bel Quintela, Brian Chu, Brittni Liyanage, Carol Yeh, Daniel Sabzghabaei, David Tang, Dawn Ellis, Edelmar Obenza, Eugene Rogers, Fahad Siadat, Gitanjali Mathur, Hanna Benn, Jennifer dela Cruz, Jennifer Munzel, Jimmie Herrod, Johnaye Kendrick, Jonathan You, Marjorie Gómez, Melissa Givens, Michael Bussewitz-Quarm, Michael Walker, Michele Kennedy, Phillip Cheah, Phillip Woods, Rebecca Burke-Agüero, Rémie Christ, Sandhya Iyer, Tai Oney, Thales Silva, Theo Yaung
Will I See? Singers
Alanda Coon, Alex Reid, Alina MacNichol, Amber Ward, Amy Erlanger, Anna Carpenter, Anna Cederstav, Ariel Duke, Betsy Moore, Caroline Alba, Catherine Kunkemueller, Clare Morris, Dawn Blackwell, Dawn Ellis, Dennis Dresang, Ed Spitzberg, Edward Kubala, Ellis Lanier, Heather Beatty, Herbert Johnson, Irene Pointon, Jared Daugherty, Jason McKinney, Jason Michael, Jeanine Dovell, Jennifer Jackson, Jennifer Shea, Jo Parry, John Watson, Karen Carpenter, Kate Garassino, Lynn Harris, Martin Sarna, Mary Eppley, Matt Aibel, Matt Hinson, Maxine Austin, Melissa Koomey, Nancy Michael, Nathaniel Cauldwell, Nina Sarna-Jones, Pam Peterson, Paul Saint-Amour, Perry Mixter, Priscilla Anderson, Ryan Lanning, Selena Brockington, Ted Latham, Teresa Daugherty, Zack Nelli
Revisioning Recovery and Stories Beyond Borders Filmmakers
Judith Helfand, Christine Delp, Pilar Timpane, Daniel Quintenilla and Hanji Chang, Almudena Toral, Lorena Arroyo, Cindy Karp, Konrad Aderer, Monica Medellin, Shauna Siggelkow, Yosimar Reyes, & Define American