Join us tomorrow night, Nov 11th for the last HANG of the year! Topic: From Feed to Fit: Define Your Music Aesthetic.

Your look is part of your sound. Whether it’s your album cover, your Instagram feed, or what you wear on stage, your visual identity can make or break how people connect with your music. This conversation dives into how artists can own their image and tell a cohesive story—without selling out or faking it.

  Dasia Hood, Lucas Ayres, Will White

A live performance from Yung Citizen will set the vibe before our convo even begins. This event Is FREE to attend!

Discover the power of your words in this hands-on, drop-in workshop! Participants will write a short poem and then bring it to life using digital tools on a MacBook Air.

Participants will write a short poem inspired by a fun prompt, then use MacBook Airs and simple design tools to turn their words into visually expressive digital art. They can save a digital copy to take home and optionally share their creation with the group.

Participants will learn how to combine creative writing with digital design to express ideas in both words and visuals. They will gain confidence in quickly generating and sharing original content. Additionally, they will explore beginner-friendly digital tools that can turn their creativity into tangible, shareable projects.

Notebooks or sketchpads (for drafting poems and rough designs)

Pens, pencils, colored pencils, and markers (for writing and visual brainstorming)

Construction paper (for experimenting with layout, color, and design ideas)

Optional: erasers and rulers (for neat drafting and layout)

Dasia Hood is a poet, curator, and community-builder who uses storytelling as a sacred tool for connection, healing, and joy. Known for her warm facilitation style and creative approach to group work, Dasia has led experiences in museums and cultural spaces in Charlotte, NC. Her workshops blend poetry, sensory exploration, and intentional dialogue to spark reflection and community—especially within Black families and multigenerational groups.

Graduation Day, featuring photographer and poet Robert Delk, is an art exhibition born from the decision to withstand. As we stand at the edge of life, the choice is to create instead of collapse, and to pour light into the shadows becomes art. From that choice came this collection of stories, images, and triumphs.

Graduation Day honors the crossings we make when we refuse to give up: from grief to grace, despair to determination, struggle to self-worth. It’s for the Black men, women, and children whose resilience is a ceremony of its own: unshaken, unbroken, and beautifully alive.

• Opening Reception: October 10, 2024,  6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

• Curated by Dasia Hood and Hosted by Ohavia Phillips

In this Self-Guided Naming Ceremony, inspired by the themes of identity and transformation in exhibitions on view, participants acknowledge the weight of identity and the spark of joy that transformation brings.

This private, drop-in style collage and acrylic painting workshop is in support of the Peer Community Day conference at the Harvey B. Gantt Center, sponsored by the Wallace Foundation.

The Heart of Us is a guided poetry experience where individuals and families explore and express the values that define who they are—together. Through creative writing prompts, gentle discussion, and collaborative exercises, participants of all ages will reflect on what matters most: love, courage, kindness, fun, honesty, and more.

This workshop is rooted in affirmation, connection, and creativity. Each family will co-write a signature “Family Values Poem” that celebrates their unique bond and shared intentions. The workshop will end with an optional group share and create a paper frame to display their poem at home.

This space is playful yet meaningful, designed to strengthen family identity through the beauty of words.

Family First is presented by Novant Health

ANNOUNCING ARTPOP’S 5TH ANNUAL UPCYCLED FASHION SHOW & FUNDRAISER!

Saturday, September 6th, 2025, at Blume Studios in Charlotte, NC

ArtPop Street Gallery is excited to announce the 5th year of our premier event, the Upcycled Fashion Show! Join us for an extraordinary evening where art, sustainability, and high fashion converge!

At this much-anticipated annual event, 400 distinguished guests will celebrate the cycle of creativity through the transformation of retired ArtPop artist billboards into stunning, wearable works of art. Talented local designers and models have been commissioned to bring these bold, eco-conscious visions to life.

Introducing Our Emcee: Charlotte Creative Dasia Hood!

Dasia Hood is a dynamic curator, spoken word artist, and creative visionary known for transforming spaces into soul-stirring experiences.

As the host of the 5th Annual ArtPop Upcycled Fashion Show, Dasia brings her signature blend of regal charisma, cultural fluency, and artistic reverence to center stage. With a deep commitment to sustainability, storytelling, and Black creative expression, she guides audiences through an unforgettable showcase of fashion, art, and innovation. Whether commanding the mic or crafting transformative spaces, Dasia is here to uplift the beauty of reinvention — of materials, narratives, and ourselves.

Dark & Divine Union: an inspired poetry workshop and artist talk

Dasia Hood invites guests to McColl Center for a poetry workshop, pairing portraits from the Dark & Divine exhibition with poetic prompts while engaging featured artists in dialogue on their process and work in nude portraiture. Guests can also complete their own "Declaration of My Body", the exhibition's featured fill-in-the-blank poem by Tammaka Staley. 

Music playlist by Wild Recluse

Special performance by Jason Dawkins and Dasia Hood

Cash bar and snacks provided.

Open Road, Open Soul is a poetry workshop inspired by Black Behind Bars: Black Biker Culture, exploring freedom and resilience. Participants will engage in guided reflection and meditative writing with the open road as a path to healing and self-discovery. Through poetry, we embrace second chances and craft narratives of personal liberation. This immersive experience fosters community, creativity, and introspection, leaving participants with a renewed sense of empowerment and direction.

"Fragments of Self: An Abstract Collage Exploration of Identity", inspired by YoYo Lander's Between the Quiet exhibition, is a hands-on workshop designed for college students to explore the layers of their identity through abstract collage and poetry. Using magazines, textures, and colors, participants will create visual representations of their personal narratives, cultural influences, and evolving sense of self. Through guided reflection and creative expression, this session encourages poetic dialogue on identity beyond labels, embracing complexity and transformation. Participants will leave with a collage and poem.

"Dark & Divine: Tasting Her Words" pairs poetry and pleasure through a chocolate-tasting session that takes participants on a sensory experience of Black women creatives, including Solange Knowles, Ntzoke Shange, and more. 

The workshop, led by Dasia Hood, opens with a welcome and intention-setting, sharing the inspiration to honor Black women poets and lyricists by indulging in chocolate—the muses of the mind and tongue. Taste and poetry merge to explore themes of resilience, creativity, and sensuality while bringing mindfulness to indulgence through an ethical chocolate tasting.

Dasia Hood is performing spoken word at The Melanin Affair for a night of Black Excellence, Fashion, and Entertainment.

Join me for the ultimate indulgence - the limited edition chocolate sour cherry donut at Beyond Amazing Donuts, glazed with Divine Chocolate! Meet me at Beyond Amazing Donuts at noon to try the featured flavor and purchase a signed copy of my poetry book, Lovings You.

Join us for the closing reception of RED: Rated R, an immersive exhibition by Lorem Ipsum, curated by Dasia Hood’s Dark & Divine, where sensuality meets artistry. Dive deeper into the art with an artist panel discussion moderated by Dasia Hood.

Exhibition Credits:

[participating artist]
@willakeemhicks
@drudsy
@chdwckart
@wildrecluse
@ida.mae
@whatisrelax
@rodneyraines
@crane.seven
@makaylabinter_
@artofjane
@livelongsoho
@leaving.my.marq
@robby_taught_me
@nome_three0five
@art_of_fresco
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[models & dancers]
@theeonetheeonly
@_oliviabrielle
@drudsy
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[sounds by]
@blackasthecosmos
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[final touches by]
@to.liveincolor
@_eros_creation
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[curated by]
@dasiahood
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[sponsored by]
@bacardi
@angelsenvy
@blomluxuryflorals