Artist-Led Photo Walk

Photography plays a starring role in our new exhibition season! What better way to celebrate the opening of Welcome to Brookhill and elevate your photography skills than with a photo walk around the Levine Center for the Arts campus?

During our community opening, arts educator Natalie Chanel will guide participants on a tour of the Gantt Center and the surrounding blocks to capture images of the day. During the exploration, participants will focus on composition, using the rule of thirds and how to incorporate alternative ways of "seeing" subjects and objects.

After the walk, the group returns to the Gantt for a lesson on wood block transfer. Participants will select their favorite image, print and mount to take home.

Participants can use a photo from the walk or one from their personal collection.

About The Artist

Natalie Chanel is an artist, small business owner and a Visual Arts Specialist for the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. She has ten years of experience working as an art teacher and teaching artist throughout the east coast and the Midwest. She received her B.F.A. Degree from Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia and her M.A. Degree from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

During the summer months, Natalie travels to different countries to learn about different ethnic cultural practices and the different textile and artistic traditions that have been passed down over time. During her traveling journey, she has developed a deep passion for observing, photographing and meeting different people from all over the world. She has photographed people and cultural traditions in Africa, Europe, Asia, South America and India. Some of her photographs can be found in two published books entitled: Las Tradicionales Viven by Ñawpa Yachayninchiskunaqa Kawsanmi (2018) and Heirs' Property in the African American Community by Anderson Jones (cover art-2013). Currently, she is working on a photography project that sheds light on the murders of black men at the hands of law enforcement and spotlighting highly intelligent black males in high schools throughout the Charlotte public school system.