Art & Soul Rowan invites all people to explore the transformative power of creativity and contemplation to cultivate wholeness, heal brokenness and foster spirit filled living.
Art & Poetry Workshops
Facilitator: Poet and Artist Nichole Pequeño
*Register early Spaces are limited
Poetry Group
A welcoming place to share your poetry and receive group critiques. All levels are welcome!
Every 1st Wednesday of each month, 6-8pm
May 7th, June 4th, July 2nd, August 6th
Free -- No preregistration required
Meet the Team
Dedication. Expertise. Passion
Our Artists in Residence:
Art & Soul's AIR program aims to host at least four local artists every year. Selected artists are provided program stipends, art studio spaces, and facility resources so they can spend their time focusing on their creative practice. During their residency they are encouraged to hosts classes, lead programs, and host a gallery exhibition or performance. We often create resident events where we invite the community to join as we celebrate their developing bodies of work.
Bradley Moore
BRADLEY MOORE has spent most of his life working professionally in the theatre, with an exciting decade sabbatical in the music business, just for good measure. A Maryland native, he received his undergrad in Theatre Performance from Winthrop University in South Carolina, where he also achieved his master’s in Arts Administration. Bradley spent 17 years as a Nashville resident and worked on the road as a Tour Manager and Production Coordinator for LeAnn Rimes, Jessica Simpson, India Arie, among others. His work with these artists allowed him to travel all over the world including Europe, Japan, & Africa. Getting back to his theatre roots, in 2009 he started Music City Theatre Company in Nashville. Bradley is the recipient of the Broadway World Award for Best Director of a Musical for the regional premiere of American Idiot (2016) & the First Night Award for Best Director of a Musical for the regional premiere of Mamma Mia! (2018). Other favorite directing credits include: Sister Act, the regional premiere of Freaky Friday: The Musical, the Tennessee premiere of Matilda, Peter & The Starcatcher, & August: Osage County. He has worked with many theatres up and down the East Coast including Studio Tenn, Expression City, Chaffin’s Barn, where he spent time as the Assistant Artistic Director, and Cumberland County Playhouse in East Tennessee. Bradley is also an actor, having performed in over 120 productions in his lifetime, and a playwright who is the author/co-author of several original musicals, including the Broadway World Award winning Casey Stampfield: The Musical and a recent new musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Recently, Bradley has directed Ragtime, [title of show], Legally Blonde, The Sound of Music, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, A Christmas Carol, Heathers, Kinky Boots, Bye Bye Birdie, Rent, and POTUS. He was recently nominated for five Metrolina Theatre Association Awards in Charlotte, NC for his work last season at Piedmont Players. Bradley just appeared as Lenny in Rumors at Lee Street Theatre.
Nichole Pequeño
Introducing Nichole Pequeño, one of our newest Artists in Residence for 2025! Nichole is coming on as a creative writing artist. She is also a visual artist. Look for upcoming creative writing classes with Nichole!
Other biographical information for Nichole:
Nichole Pequeño is an Indigenous Futurism artist originally from Chicago where she studied printmaking, wearable arts and design. Currently, she utilizes painting, printmaking, and photography into her artwork. Pequeño's art is influenced by her culture, historical nostalgia mixed with the present and future.
Shane Manier
Visual & Spoken Word Artist
Shane Manier is a Creative Coach, Visual Artist, Live Event Painter, Tedx and Key Note Speaker, Trauma Informed Care Instructor, Poetry Mentor and National Spoken Word Poet based in the Charlotte Metro Region of NC. She is the founder of The National Poetry Month Summit, and Guerilla Poets, a nonprofit art collective with branches in the US and UK.
She is currently the Visual Arts Teaching Instructor for The Harvey B. Gantt Center, Henderson High School, The Arts Empowerment Project, Playing for Others, as well as Center for Faith and the Arts Visual Artist in Residence and has served on board of CCAG Arts Collective of Cornelius North Carolina in 2017.
She is one of the few North Carolina live speed painters in the Charlotte Metro area and an Ultimate Painting Finalist for Regional Championship Live Speed Painting Competition. She has showcased two bodies of work through her residency at Center for Faith and the Arts, “Black Kings,” and “This is Salisbury.”
Alaina Cantrell
Creative Movement
Alaina specializes in creative movement and has started teaching Tai Chi classes here at Art & Soul Rowan. Through ASR she has been working with children on the autism spectrum teaching creative movement at Partners In Learning. She is a certified Tai Chi instructor through Functional Aging Institute and has a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. She is a recent graduate from Catawba College where she majored in Sociology and minored in Dance. She also performed with a professional Ballet Company, Carolina Ballet Theatre, for 5 years.
Kela Hunt
Visual Artist
Kela Hunt, is a visual artist from Cleveland, NC. who obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Western Carolina University. He is a visual arts instructor for Rowan County Schools and coaches track and field. He is a proud member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., and a member of Third Creek AME Zion Church. He is the owner and operator of Flexx Design Studio LLC. Where he serves as an active artist and art advocate. He believes that art is used to express oneself and allow their voice to be heard. That voice becomes a visual artform which aids in telling a story. What is your story? He enjoys the challenge of portrait work and has found pleasure in doing paint classes and ‘sip and paint’ parties. He also enjoys doing murals when time allows.
Caleb Hill
Musician
Caleb Hill is one of our newest Artists in Residence. Caleb is a local musician and songwriter. He also handcrafts a variety of instruments, and he teaches private music lessons. Caleb is also what he refers to as a "garbage artist" making art from found objects. Caleb leads our monthly drum circle on the last Friday of each month from 6-8pm. The drum circle is free and open to everyone, including children. The drums are provided, so just drop in.
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