Friends of Art at Queens unites Queens University of Charlotte with the Charlotte community through a shared appreciation of the visual arts. Friends of Art supports the Art Department and sponsors lectures and exhibitions by significant artists for the Queens faculty, students and the greater Charlotte community.  Friends of Art at Queens has been successful in bringing some of the great artists of our time — including Marisol, Philip Pearlstein, Chuck Close, Christo & Jeanne-Claude, and Judy Chicago — to Charlotte, and provides support for the Queens Art Department and its students by exposing them to artists shaping world opinion.