In Spring 2026, Charlotte Center for Literary Arts (Charlotte Lit) released its sixth issue of Litmosphere, a biannual online journal of literary and visual arts. Along with original prose and poetry from writers nationwide, this issue features photography by Amy Hart, creative photographic director at UNC Charlotte. Hart worked with Charlotte Lit Press editors to pair her work with the issue’s poems and stories, leading to a dynamic conversation between the visual and literary arts. This exhibition extends that conversation on a larger scale, showing how one medium can deepen and enrich the experience of another. 

The reception on Sept. 24 will include a conversation with the artist and readings from the literary journal. 

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 currently teaches a humanities course at UNC Charlotte’s Honors College that explores global artists who are also activists.

The exhibition is on view Sept. 14 through Oct. 16.