4X4CLT — Poetry+Art Poster Series
We’re taking poetry out of books and art off gallery walls and bringing them to you.
4X4CLT is Charlotte Lit’s poetry+art showcase series. Four times a year, in April, June, September and December, we release four different posters featuring four poems and four works of art. For each release, a reading and celebration will be held with featured poets and artists. After each event, the posters are displayed in public places throughout the city—coffee shops, waiting rooms, libraries, storefronts. View the current release below, and all previous releases here.
To display these posters in your place of business, send a request to series curator Lisa Zerkle: lisaz@charlottelit.org.
Have you seen a 4X4CLT poster at a favorite hangout? Snap a picture and tag CharlotteLit on Instagram!
4X4CLT is made possible by a generous grant from the Arts & Science Council.
4X4CLT Series 5 Number 2 | May 2019
Printing partner: Boingo Graphics
Design partner: Jennifer Garrison
Poets & Artist
A Prayer to Talk to Animals
Poem “A Prayer to Talk to Animals” © 2019 Nickole Brown. First appeared on The Academy of American Poets’ Poem-A-Day. The poem is also included in the Rattle Chapbook Prize winner, To Those Who Were Our First Gods. Reprinted with permission of the poet, www.nickolebrown.org
Art “Charles” 2018, oil on canvas, 20” X 20,” by Alexandra Loesser Schoen, © 2018 Alexandra Loesser Schoen, Reprinted with permission of the artist, www.alexandraschoen.com, @alex.schoen.art
What the Moths Taught Me
Poem “What the Moths Taught Me,” © 2019 Nickole Brown. Reprinted with permission of the poet, www.nickolebrown.org
Art “Nocturne” 2018, oil on canvas, 16” X 20,” by Alexandra Loesser Schoen, © 2018 Alexandra Loesser Schoen, Reprinted with permission of the artist, www.alexandraschoen.com, @alex.schoen.art
Primer
Poem “Primer,” from Take Me with You, Wherever You’re Going. Copyright © 2019 Jessica Jacobs. Reprinted with permission of Four Way Books, fourwaybooks.com
Art “The 5th” 2018, oil on panel, 8” X 10,” by Alexandra Loesser Schoen, © 2018 Alexandra Loesser Schoen, Reprinted with permission of the artist, www.alexandraschoen.com, @alex.schoen.art
Thanks, stupid heart
Poem “Thanks, stupid heart,” from Take Me with You, Wherever You’re Going. Copyright © 2019 Jessica Jacobs. Reprinted with permission of Four Way Books, fourwaybooks.com
Art “The Calm before the Storm” 2018, oil on canvas, by Alexandra Loesser Schoen, © 2018 Alexandra Loesser Schoen, Reprinted with permission of the artist, www.alexandraschoen.com, @alex.schoen.art
Poster Hosts
We’re grateful to our gracious hosts who provide their walls as gallery space for 4X4CLT in support of public art in the Charlotte area:
Ayrsley/Steele Creek
Ayrsley Grand Cinema 14
Carolina Beer Temple
The Peaceful Dragon
Steele Creek Branch, Public Library
Ballantyne
Sunflour Baking Company
Beatties Ford
Beatties Ford Branch, Public Library
Bette Rae Recreation Center
Enderly Coffee
Northwest School of the Arts
Wallace Pruitt Recreation Center
Camp North End
Goodyear Arts
Davidson
Main Street Books, Davidson
Moxie Mercantile
Dilworth/Myers Park
Paper Skyscraper
Regal Manor Twin Theatre
Theatre Charlotte
Queens University of Charlotte
Yoga One
Eastway
EastSide Local Eatery
Visart Video
Elizabeth
Central Piedmont Community College, Main Campus
Earl’s Grocery
Sunflour Baking Company
The Bag Lady
The Third Place Coffee
Villani’s Bakery
Freemore West
Hygge Coworking
Rhino Market
West Boulevard Branch, Public Library
Yoga for Life
Gastonia/Kings Mountain
Gaston Public Library
Hive Design/Stationery/Gifts
Loray Mill, Alfred C. Kessell History Center
Southern Arts Society
Harrisburg
Sunflour Baking Company
Matthews/Pineville
Carolina Beer Temple
CrossFit Jane
Independence Branch, Public Library
Temple Mojo Growler Shop
The Book Rack
Misenheimer
Pfeiffer University
Montford/Park Road
Movement Dialogues
Park Road Books
Pasta & Provisions
NoDa
Birdsong Brewing
Comic Girl Coffee
Free Range Brewing
NoDa Bodega
NoDa Company Store
popbar
Pura Vida Worldly Art
Rhino Market
Smelly Cat Coffeehouse
Plaza Midwood
Advent Coworking
Book Buyers
Boris & Natasha
Charlotte Center for Literary Arts
CLTCH
FROCK Shop
Gear Goat Exchange
Legion Brewing
The Light Factory
Lunchbox Records
Moxie Mercantile
Pilot Brewing
Plaza Midwood Branch, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Pure Pizza
Resident Culture Brewing Company
Sanctuary Imports
Two Scoops Creamery
Undercurrent Coffee
Yoga One
South End
C3 Lab
Golden Cow Creamery
Lincoln’s Haberdashery
Red Clay Ciderworks
Triple C Brewing
Vin Master
Wooden Robot
Southpark
Golden Cow Creamery
Legion Brewing
Myers Park High School
University
UNC Charlotte
University City Regional Branch, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Uptown
Hygge Coworking
Johnson and Wales University Library
Main Library
Rhino Market
7th Street Public Market
Wendover/Monroe Road
Julia’s Cafe & Books
Time Out Youth
Wilmore
Pasta & Provisions