The Roll Up CLT
Website: https://www.jesseplane.com/projects
Instagram: @therollupclt
KEY PERSONNEL
Founder: Jessica Moss
Email: therollupclt@gmail.com
ABOUT: The Roll Up CLT explores economic improvement through people, community arts and creative strategies in the Camp Greene community of Charlotte. The goal is to establish a residency program that connects national artists, local talent, and community residents as neighbors through innovative pedagogical collaborations, participatory interventions and art creation/dissemination over the residency period and beyond. By connecting communities and artists, we transform people and neighborhoods ultimately creating a space that contributes to social change.
The Roll Up CLT utilizes a residential home and repurposes the garage into a gallery/work space where artists are invited to stay for three month to one year terms. Moss acts as a liaison between the artist and the community, helping them navigate through Charlotte. Moss speaks on the program during an interview: “I founded The Roll Up CLT in 2016, with the goal of activating a national network of artist residencies in vulnerable neighborhoods with a concentrated population of the economically disadvantaged… Investing in my own community, watering my seeds in the places they were planted and vesting my interests in the neighborhoods that I came from, and that I call home.”
MEDIA COVERAGE
The Roll Up: Charlotte’s New Artist Residency Program - Pride Magazine
Jessica Moss Connects, Houses Artists in Charlotte and Beyond - Charlotte Magazine
The Roll Up CLT Connects Artists to Their Craft and the Community - Arts and Science Council
The Best of Arts, Culture, and Entertainment in Charlotte - Charlotte Magazine
While in Charlotte, this Baltimore photographer uses her art to create community - The Charlotte Observer
Why Baltimore Persists as a Cultural Beacon - The New York Times Style Magazine
Creativity and flexibility powers welcome space for artists - The Charlotte Post
9 Charlotte arts moments hit us in 2018 – but what’s next in 2019? - The Charlotte Observer
This year, activism – in varying intensities – takes the stage - The Charlotte Observer
Well-known photographer at work in West Charlotte says, ‘We want people to roll up’ at The Roll Up - The Charlotte Observer
