Spring has finally sprung but our visual arts calendar is moving slow for the first few weeks of this beautiful (though unstable) weather. While there aren’t many events happening this Easter week, we’ve pulled together a few and listed them below. We also want to remind you that our column ARTFUL is still appearing in the Charlotte Observer every Sunday. Check out this week’s here.

THURSDAY

Work by Cristina Toro will be on view at LACA Projects.

Opening Reception for COLLECTIVE II: Latin American Perspectives
LACA PROJECTS
6-9 p.m.
FREE

LaCa Projects proudly presents Collective II: Latin American Perspectives, an exhibition celebrating its third anniversary and showcasing a stellar line-up of Latin American contemporary artists, including Carlos Estévez (Cuba), Juan Dolhare (Argentina), Vicente Hernández (Cuba), Ricardo “Chino” Morales (Costa Rica), Alicia de la Campa (Cuba), Otto Apuy (Costa Rica), Cristina Toro (Puerto Rico), Juan Carlos Verdial (Cuba) and Leandro Manzo (Argentina). Work by studio artists Luis Ardila (Colombia) and Rosalia Torres-Weiner (Mexico) will also be debuted for the first time and featured in Collective II.

Opening of House that Modernism Built
Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
$8 regular admission

The exhibition includes loans from many institutions including Jerald Melberg Gallery. James Rosati (1911-1988), Study for HEROIC GALLEY c. 1958. Zinc, 26 3/4 x 40 x 3 1/2 inches.

This long-anticipated exhibition, which examines how the modernist aesthetic shaped peoples’ lives in the twentieth century, opens to the public on Thursday. According to the Bechtler website, this show “will present the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art’s rich mid-20th-century art collection alongside furniture, textile, and ceramic holdings on loan from various institutions including Eames Office, Herman Miller Archives, the Gregg Museum of Art & Design along with works from private collectors.”

p.s. Get your tix for STUDIO PARTY 16. We have ours!