Litmosphere

The Litmosphere exhibition brings to life a creative dialogue between visual art and the written word. Flipping the traditional paradigm of art inspiring text, this exhibition showcases a creative collaboration where the written word led the way. Litmosphere: Journal of Charlotte Lit, published biannually, featured the artwork of Amy Hart in the Spring 2026 issue. Hart, a fine art photographer and UNC Charlotte Creative Photographic Director, collaborated closely with Charlotte Lit Press Editor-in-Chief Kathie Collins and Managing Editor Paul Reali, to curate the collection and pair her work with the issue’s vivid poems and stories. The result: a dynamic conversation between the visual and literary arts.

This exhibition, designed by Director of Galleries Adam Justice, extends that conversation on a larger scale, showing how one medium can deepen and enrich the experience of another.

The reception on September 24 will include a conversation with the artist and readings from the literary journal by the Charlotte Lit community.

This project marks an inaugural partnership between UNC Charlotte’s College of Arts + Architecture and Charlotte Lit. Charlotte Lit is a nonprofit literary arts center and literary press founded in 2016. Located in Uptown Charlotte, it offers more than 100 events annually for writers and readers.

Amy Hart is creative photographic director at UNC Charlotte and an award-winning independent filmmaker and photographer. Her documentary films have been shown at 100+ festivals around the world, and she received a Fulbright Cultural Exchange Award for Water First, the film she made in Malawi, Africa. Hart earned her B.A. at Bennington College and her M.A. at Queens University of Charlotte. She previously taught as an adjunct professor at New York University and has taught courses at UNC Charlotte.