VAPA Center
VAPA Center will have a vendor table.
The Visual and Performing Arts Center (VAPA), a non-profit organization, was created in 2021 by ten anchor arts organizations (‘Founding Members’) in Charlotte NC to create a much–needed space for artists to create, practice, exhibit, and perform their respective arts. Due to COVID and the closing of Spirit Square to accommodate renovations and construction of the new Main Library, many of Charlotte’s most innovative and cherished arts organizations lost an essential space to teach classes, rehearse shows and perform. This group of artists, which included the McColl Center and Charlotte Ballet, worked with Mecklenburg County to identify an underused space in uptown that could be repurposed as an improvised arts center.
This group was inspired by similar artistic incubators in other cities that, once established, grew in popularity and were able to transform once-desolate areas of town into vibrant thriving hubs for business and tourism. The initial group of visual and performing artists combined their efforts, passions, expertise, drive, and commitment to create a collective that could facilitate a space for creativity, art, performance and community. This new entity will serve Charlotte’s irrepressible artistic community and attract the general public and visitors alike to enjoy this vibrant space. Thus, VAPA was born.
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